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So there's a bunch of Live Search news that's emerged in the last 24hours, of which the official CES news was the new search deals with Dell and Verizon wireless. Out today though there are several new stories: 1) Official confirmation that Microsoft is "actively" considering rebranding Live Search, due to Microsoft not making the
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Over at MSN UK Entertainment, they are trialing the new MSN v13 UI, complete with Silverlight enhancements. The test site at http://entertainment.next.uk.msn.com/ follows on from the testing of a Silverlight homepage design, http://viewer.uk.msn.com/ . As Peter Bale, Executive Producer for MSN UK mentions when discussing the trial , the addition of
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One of the centre pieces for the new Windows Live Wave 3 experience services (MS marketing speak is infectious), is the new customisable homepage at http://home.live.com . While the first version of this launched with Wave 2 was somewhat basic, the new super-charged version is a big improvement. Damaster already covered some of the basics when it was
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As we hinted at yesterday , today marks the update for most of the Windows Live services to Wave 3. This release (Codename Peloton for those keeping track), is expected to mainly take place from 4pm PST onwards, and will include the release of new services such as Windows Live Groups, Photos and Profile as well as the significantly updated Home and
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Microsoft has just switched on the new Windows Live Account , bringing with it the first of many expected services upgrades this week to Wave 3. Unfortunately the update is an anti-climax, as none of the good stuff (like Home or Profile options) are enabled until those services have rolled out. Of course one issue with these large services being rollled
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In a sign of things to come, Blockbuster today announced a collaboration with Microosft to deliver new mobile services, thereby allowing users to "watch even more movies on more devices." This vision is being driven by the Live Mesh platform and the many opportunities it offers 3rd party developers. "Eventually, we'll give customers
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While talk of the weekend may have been around whether or not a $20bn Microsoft-Yahoo search deal is back on the cards, there were a few other bits and pieces that caught my eye. Firstly was Mary Jo Foley's post about the continued push to rebrand Live Search as Kumo . Mary-Jo has jumped on some of the vertical search domains now registered by CSC
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A few months ago Mary Jo Foley got a tip about some new brand names that were being considered for Live Search. One of these, Kumo, jumped out at us due to the sheer scale of TLDs that had been acquired during 2008, as well as the corporate owner hiding anonymously behind the registrar. Incidentally, Kumo means “cloud” or “spider” in Japanese. Fast
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Microsoft just announced that it is discontinuing Windows Live OneCare from 2009, replacing it with a free lightweight alternative, codenamed “Morro”. The new product will be available towards the end of 2009, and provide complete malware protection to consumers, at no cost. This is in contrast to Windows Live Onecare, which currently offers malware
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With the announcement of the Windows Live Wave 3 (web) services today, there are a few new service names that have popped into the mix. One of these is Windows Live People and this new address book features all of your contacts, both Hotmail, Messenger, Spaces friends as well as Groups you are part of. Here's a brief overview of the main things