BuddyFuse Web Messenger

Remember BuddyFuse, the extension to Windows Live Messenger that integrates third party (social/IM) networks into Windows Live Messenger? Well, they did it again. As we all know MSN Web Messenger retired on June 30th ... Read more »

More WPC09 News: Windows Marketplace For Mobile And Azure Pricing/Release Date

Whilst we are playing with the Office 2010 Technical Preview, there is more news coming out of/to be announced at the Worldwide Partner Conference. Windows Mobile Marketplace The following will be announced regarding Windows ... Read more »

Microsoft SQL Services Is Now Microsoft SQL Azure, More Software + Services News Next Week At WPC09

Microsoft is updating the branding for SQL Services and SQL Data Services. From now on SQL Services will be called Microsoft SQL Azure and SQL Data Services will be called Microsoft Azure Database: This ... Read more »

NewCloudApp() Azure Developer Contest: Win $5000

Just announced today, NewCloudApp(), The Azure Services Platform Developer Challenge, offers US based Azure developers a couple of chances to win exposure via Azure.com and major Microsoft events, Channel 9, the Structure Azure conference, ... Read more »

MIX09: Silverlight 3 Beta, Tools And More…

More news from today’s keynote at MIX09: Silverlight 3 Beta Silverlight 3 Beta was unveiled at MIX09. This is a preview release which introduces more than 50 new features, including support for running Silverlight ... Read more »

Azure joins the “crash club”: down for 22 hours

Microsoft’s fledgling Azure Services platform, a beta offering that offers cloud computing services, suffered a 22 hour outage this weekend.  Azure joins Amazon and Flexiscale along with Hotmail and Gmail as web services that ... Read more »

Steve Ballmer on Windows 7 and Azure, etc: Live from Australia

Steve Ballmer is about to take the stage in Sydney, Australia, to speak for the first time since the announcements last week at PDC.  You can watch the video here, starting at 11:30am Thursday ... Read more »

Windows Live Tools For Visual Studio Updated

Whilst there has been no official word on this yet, I noticed today that the Windows Live Tools for Visual Studio has been updated on Microsoft Downloads. From the download page: This CTP is ... Read more »