While we wait for Microsoft to buy Yahoo!, and Wave 3 to begin, and now that Mix08 news is out, there’s a little lull in Windows Live reporting.  That’s ok, though, it gives us some time to take a look …

In a blog post this morning, John Richards, Director of Windows Live Platform at Microsoft, announces a set of new partnerships signed by Microsoft and 5 major social networks: Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, Tagged, and LinkedIn.  From the blog post:…

Yahoo! announced today a new collaboration agreement with Computational Research Laboratories (CRL), which is owned by India’s Tata Sons Limited, to utilize Tata’s giant supercomputer, the fourth fastest in the world, to “leverage CRL’s expertise in high performance …

Having remained with the old "Flair" design since May 2007, Windows Live Dev finally gets a new look (http://dev.live.com). But don’t be surprised to not find the Wave 2.0 look when you enter, because the designers at Microsoft …

Word seems to be filtering out about a move to a more modular core for Windows 7, with additional pieces layered on top.  Mary Jo Foley first wrote about it last week, with a hint at what’s to come …

Thanks to Todd Bishop of the Seattle PI (Why are these ads for MSN, Not Windows Live?) for taking a picture of the billboard I drove by today:

It appeared this week in south Seattle, and I’ve been …

The US search share numbers are out for February from comScore, and the bottom line is that its more of the same for Microsoft and Live Search.  US search share and Microsoft stock seem to share a lot in common, …

One of the best things about Mix08 is that all the sessions are online, meaning if you don’t go you can still educate yourself. The one I’ve just watched was given by Chris Pendleton, Virtual Earth Tech Evangelist, …

The latest from Yahoo! was an SEC filing on March 18 recapping a  December 2007 financial plan presented to the board of directors describing Yahoo! lofty goals.  In the presentation, Yahoo! takes pains to point out that no one believes …

Thanks to ActiveWin for finding this, a new Live Search SDK (version 1.1b, 3/15/08) with samples for Visual Studio 2005 is up and ready for download.  According to the download page:

The Live Search SDK provides documentation that describes