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• Virtual Earth at Mix08 with Silverlight and Seadragon

  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, who demoed how developers... Posted Mar 19 2008, 10:41 PM by Chris with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Live, Virtual Earth, Featured, Mix 08

• Microsoft churning out the Ozzie + Mesh PR, so nobody talks about Horizon

  In case you haven't been following the Microsoft PR Mix08 tour bus, here's the numerous stops they've been making on the subject of Ray Ozzie and Mesh: The FT churns out a great piece , which you could be forgiven for thinking that Ray Ozzie... Posted Mar 11 2008, 12:38 AM by Chris with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Featured, FeedSync, Mix 08, Horizon, Mesh

• Ray Ozzie at Mix08 - Mesh, Horizon and FeedSync

  So today at Mix08 Ray Ozzie went back to basics. If you compare the headings of his speech to that of his famous memo , there is a lot of common ground. So if you're an exec, how do you keep yourself entertained during these keynotes when repeating... Posted Mar 06 2008, 08:07 AM by Chris with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Ray Ozzie, Mix 08, Horizon, Mesh, Live Mesh

• Silverlight 2 and Deep Zoom - Get ready to build your own photozooming collections

  Steve Clayton just posted about part of the Silverlight 2 Mix08 demo, specifically a feature called Deep Zoom which is implemented over at http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/ . Deep Zoom allows users to smoothly and seamlessly zoom in and out of a collage... Posted Mar 06 2008, 12:08 AM by Chris with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Live, PhotoZoom, PhotoSynth, Mix 08

• MIX 08 - Microsoft Unveils Next Generation Web Technologies at MIX

  Today at MIX 08 Microsoft announced/unveiled the following: · Internet Explorer 8 beta 1: Microsoft unveiled for the first time Internet Explorer 8, showcasing Internet Explorer’s commitment to developers. Internet Explorer 8 offers an unprecedented level... Posted Mar 06 2008, 12:46 AM by Sunshine with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Betas, Silverlight, Developers, Mix 08, IE8

• IE 8 Beta coming soon - Download pages up now (links not working

  Well we're here in Las Vegas (more on that later), getting ready for Mix to officially start with the keynote this morning, and it looks like we're not the only ones getting ready.  Thanks to LiveSide member pikalu0530, we can show you two... Posted Mar 05 2008, 03:29 PM by Kip Kniskern with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Mix 08, IE8

• LiveSide at Mix

  Well the Softies are descending on Vegas, and tomorrow I'll be there too - just in time to meet up with Long Zheng and company, who has a bit of a longer flight from Australia than I do from Seattle. Now the way these things seem to work is that conferences... Posted Mar 04 2008, 08:19 AM by Kip Kniskern with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Mix 08

• Big IE8 News: Will support standards by default

  Microsoft has just posted a press release announcing that IE8 will support standards by default, which is a change from what had been previously announced (that IE8 would support IE7 "mode" by default, and render to standards only with the inclusion... Posted Mar 04 2008, 12:35 AM by Kip Kniskern with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Mix 08, IE8

• Windows Live Platform Announcements: Cool new toys just in time for Mix

  With Mix08 less than a week away, details of what's coming are slowly creeping out: details of the IE8 beta , Scott Guthrie has posted details about Silverlight 2.0 . And now the Windows Live Platform team is announcing today a series of new and updated... Posted Feb 28 2008, 02:00 PM by Kip Kniskern with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Live Messenger, Silverlight Streaming, Windows Live Platform, Tafiti, Windows Live ID, Mix 08

• Microsoft moves towards IE8 beta

  Looks like Microsoft is ramping up the teasers for Mix08. Activewin just posted the text from a Internet Explorer 8 Microsoft Connect invitation email. "Greetings from the Internet Explorer Team! We are nearing the launch of Windows Internet Explorer... Posted Feb 23 2008, 05:51 PM by Chris with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Developers, Mix 08, IE8

• Ray Ozzie at Mix08

  If you took the time to check out our feed sampler you may have already noticed the news that Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect at Microsoft and the successor to Bill Gates when he steps down from daily duties this July, has been added as a speaker... Posted Jan 30 2008, 06:38 PM by Kip Kniskern with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Ray Ozzie, Mix08, Mix 08

• Mix08 on the radar

  You can tell how close a conference is getting by how frequent the talk about "swag" is. CES and Gizmodogate - done. Some other trade show happening this week that nobody everybody is talking about - done. Next up on our radar is Mix08 , running... Posted Jan 17 2008, 07:50 AM by Chris with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Featured, Mix 08

• Mix n Mash: on Mix08, Feedsync, Silverlight, and an hour with Bill Gates

  LiveSide is an enthusiasts website. We follow Windows Live because we're intrigued by the promise of the software and services, and we're honored to have developed a following and a reputation as a reliable source of news about Windows Live. Most... Posted Dec 05 2007, 07:08 AM by Kip Kniskern with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Gatineau, Silverlight, FeedSync, Mix08, Mix 08, Bill Gate