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Live Search comes to Facebook with custom search page

Mashable just spotted the new implementation of Live Search integrated into Facebook.  According to Mashable:

The implementation is fairly straightforward: in the search box on the top right of Facebook, which is also used for quick access to your friends’ profiles and intrasite search, there is now an option to “Search the Web,” which in turn triggers a query of Microsoft Live Search. Results then display within a custom interface designed for Facebook.

by Kip Kniskern on 07 Oct 2008, 02:08 PM with 5 comment(s) and 870 views

Office Live Workspaces Add-In now available: Beta to begin soon?

Thanks to Josh at Windows Connected for pointing out a new download now available that adds in menu options to be able to open and save documents directly to Office Live Workspaces when it becomes available.  From the download details:

The Office Live Add-in will install new menu options in Microsoft Office 2007 and a toolbar in Microsoft Office XP and Microsoft Office 2003. You will be able to open documents located in Office Live Workspace directly from Microsoft Office Word, Office Excel, and Office PowerPoint. You will also be able to save files directly from Microsoft Office Word, Office Excel, and Office PowerPoint to your Microsoft Office Live Workspace.
You can pre-register for Microsoft Office Live Workspace at http://workspace.officelive.com.

Pre registration requires providing a phone number for a verification sequence, a simple process.

Office 2003 Add-In (toolbar)
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Office 2007 Add-In (menu option)
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According to the initial announcement of Office Live Workspaces, which will provide 500mb of free storage "in the cloud", the beta is set to begin "in December".  We would expect that to be early in December, based on the appearance of this add-in, and the crush of the holidays coming later in the month.  We'll keep you posted, but you can subscribe to the Office Live Workspaces blog for updates as they become available.


Posted Nov 29 2007, 04:51 PM by Kip Kniskern

Comments

G-Z wrote re: Office Live Workspaces Add-In now available: Beta to begin soon?
on 11-29-2007 5:43 PM

can this service also be used with outlook (sync contacts, tasks, calendar etc.)?

Jesper wrote re: Office Live Workspaces Add-In now available: Beta to begin soon?
on 11-29-2007 8:07 PM

I hope they let people from Europe in on the beat - although I doubt it :-(

Mephiles wrote re: Office Live Workspaces Add-In now available: Beta to begin soon?
on 11-29-2007 11:43 PM

They will eventually.

tophtucker wrote re: Office Live Workspaces Add-In now available: Beta to begin soon?
on 11-30-2007 2:15 AM

Cool! --although even better would be a new "Live" tab offering real-time collaboration features. Maybe in Office 14.

joeale wrote re: Office Live Workspaces Add-In now available: Beta to begin soon?
on 11-30-2007 5:36 PM

It is going rock.And is just just as big when xbox live was lunched.And the new zune web site.

stu wrote re: Office Live Workspaces Add-In now available: Beta to begin soon?
on 11-30-2007 9:02 PM

A much better application is here in my view:

www.btbroadbandoffice.com/.../workspace

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