May, 2008

MSN Toolbar released – yes another toolbar. Is this one different?

After a couple of months of beta testing, the MSN Toolbar is ready for release.  We first told you about it in March, and while yes, it’s another toolbar, the new MSN Toolbar is different in a couple of …

Live Maps Collections Mobile – Create a collection and add it to your phone

With the recent update of Live Search for Mobile comes the ability to access collections on your mobile device.  The feature comes with a few preloaded collections, and you can search through items collected by others, but it becomes much …

MSFT-YHOO: This time, an “alternative” to just buy search

In the latest twist on the Microsoft-Yahoo! soap opera, Microsoft issued a statement today, announcing that they were back in the game, but this time looking to make a deal for “an alternative that would involve a transaction with …

Live Spaces Vision – get blog updates in (near) real-time

So many blogs, so little time. There are over 112 million blogs on the Internet! How do you keep up? You can take Live Spaces Vision for a spin! Yea really, a spin! Beware not to get dizzy while this …

Personalized page moved to http://My.Live.com

Your personalized page has moved from Live.com, which is now Live Search Home page, to http://my.live.com

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You can still reach your personalized page from live.com, just click Personalized page at bottom right.

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MSN China: “prayers and blessings” to earthquake victims

rainbowOur thoughts and prayers go out to victims of the recent earthquake in China, and MSN China is helping to remember those who suffered through the earthquake by remembering them with a Rainbow symbol in front of your nick:

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Live Search for Windows Mobile gets update

Live Search for Windows Mobile has just received an update, bringing out the features announced at CTIA last month. While it provides the standard mapping and local search that we’ve come to expect, it now adds the following:

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So what’s the deal with Microsoft and Yahoo!?

Today, billionaire investor Carl Icahn sent a letter to the Yahoo! Board of Directors, announcing his intentions to force Yahoo! to work out a deal with Microsoft.  He announced a slate of candidates who will be up for election …

Moonlight (Silverlight for Linux) is available now

moonlight icon In another “not quite Windows Live but still cool” post, Moonlight, an open source implementation of Microsoft Silverlight for Unix systems, is now available in both Silverlight v1.o and 2.0 builds.  Silverlight, while it still has a long way …

World Wide Telescope from MS Research is Live

While this isn’t strictly a Windows Live service, it is still very cool stuff and we told you about it when it was first announced, and now the World Wide Telescope is live and available for download.

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Check it out …