Microsoft Data Centers Futures Architect James Hamilton is leaving Microsoft to become a Vice President at Amazon Web Services, according to a report by TechFlash , citing posts on Hamilton’s website and an email from an Amazon spokesman confirming the...

Next week, at the O’Reilly Web 2.0 Expo at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, Microsoft is expected to unveil Live Mesh , a new product that will bring the first of Ray Ozzie’s services vision to light. Live Mesh combines a program installation on computers...

( Note: while we've been serving up a number of potential new Windows Live logos recently, this isn't one of them. I just happen to like Clifford the Big Red Dog ) Much has been made recently about last night's announcement of the Google App...

Its been almost a year since we first mentioned Windows Live Core, the project lead by Ray Ozzie to establish Microsoft's software as a service platform and not much has been said since then. Microsoft hasn't acknowledged its existance, despite...

With all the fuss about a "leaked" powerpoint from the MGX conference (that gives a tentative date for Windows 7 of 2010 ,) you'd be forgiven for missing the few points made relating to Windows Live. Here's a couple of blog posts that caught our eye....

The big news today is that Microsoft released their Fourth Quarter Earnings Report . Well, that report brought some interesting news from the Online Services Group. According to the report, the Online Services Group, which includes Windows Live, lost...

While Ray Ozzie has been keeping details of his Software as a Service platform quiet, some small bits of information are emerging from other members on his team. Two of his direct reports, David Treadwell and Amitabh Srivastava are both listed as working on developing the next generation Live services platform known as Windows Live Core:

"This start-up effort will define the vision and create the implementation for cloud-based platform services that will allow the creation of compelling applications that make deep use of network-based information." ...