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A look at the Live Maps high-res cameras [Updated]
Didn't get the digital camera you wanted for Christmas? Then maybe you should consider buying yourself one of these, an UltraCamX Large Form ...
Microsoft seeks younger audience with YouTube and Facebook ads
Long has picked up on Microsoft's latest advertising strategy, YouTube. Several videos promoting the benefits of using Windows Vista, Office ...
The LiveSide 2007 recap and a look at 2008
Its at this time of year that people post their yearly recaps and scorecards, whilst looking ahead to the following year. Whi ...
Messenger InterOp: Old news is no news
Things at LiveSide have been a little quiet lately, as we enjoy the holiday season, and frankly enjoy a little break as Windows Live news ha ...
Microsoft places FeedSync under Open Specifications Promise
Received a nice email today from Steven Lees, a member of the CSA Concept Development Team at Microsoft, announcing that Microsoft has place ...
Apparently a Trojan virus on LiveSide came from our Google Adsense
I came home from work today to find multiple notifications from readers that LiveSide (and other sites) had been setting off Anti-Virus dete ...
Community Server Windows Live Addons now on CodePlex
We use a number of Windows Live services at LiveSide, and now our Community Server guru, Nick Brown, has started a CodePlex project, "Commun ...
Live Search Maps adds traffic for 3 Canadian cities
Just in from our friends at Windows Live Chronicles, traffic info has been added for 3 Canadian cities: Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal - s ...
Tafiti Search Visualization – Overview
If you head over to Codeplex you will find a number of Contoso Quick Applications posted there. Each one demonstrating various aspects of th ...
Microsoft launches Tafiti source code as a Windows Live Quickapp (Plus, a LiveSide giveaway)
Earlier today Microsoft made available the source code for tafiti.com as part of the Windows Live Quickapps series. For those of you interes ...
Live Search updates mobile search at m.live.com
Live Search and Live Search Maps continue to improve their offerings, with the latest being an update to m.live.com, for mobile search. ...
Pay attention to FeedSync
So yeah it's kind of a slow news week, not much happens just before the holidays, when things will really shut down. But there's been ...
LiveSide Data Center Update notice: Down for maintenance
Our service provider, 1and1.com, has notified us that we will be down for a few hours this coming Sunday evening/Monday morning: In preparat ...
Our first look at Office Live Workspaces
Well it took a few days, and I actually got an email saying it would be a few more, and hey watch this video while you're waiting, but then ...
Live Search Maps – the Chinese version
Live Search Maps announced via their blog today that a new Chinese version is now available, at www.ditu.live.com (ditu (地图) means maps in C ...
More on Live Maps in China: O’Reilly interviews Vincent Tao
Some interesting information from Vincent Tao, Senior Director of Virtual Earth and Live Local Search at Microsoft, from an interview by Bra ...
Microsoft Acquires MultiMap
Microsoft today announced that it had acquired MultiMap, "one of the United Kingdom’s top 100 technology companies and one of the leading on ...
Announcement: LiveNet Wrapper for Windows Live Developing
My friend Luke Smith and I for the last month have been working on a new .Net wrapper for Windows Live, which we have called LiveNet. You mi ...
New version of Windows Live Messenger for MSN Mobile available
Phil Holden points out that a new version of Windows Live Messenger is available for almost all phones, by accessing MSN Mobile, ...
Microsoft launches mobile advertising on MSN Mobile
Microsoft is today announcing the launch of mobile advertising on its range of MSN Mobile services in US, with mobile advertising already ex ...
The latest from OnMSFT.com
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