Although bitter rivals in the past, Microsoft and Nokia are teaming up to bring Live Search to the mobile device.  This will add Microsoft to one of of many search providers for Nokia's Mobile Search platform since it launched…

Windows Live Expo has just announced a new update to the service, including integrated payment via PayPal, job listings via CareerBuilder, featured ads by AdMission – initially in the real estate and autos sections, better search, and tighter …

First it was Warhol becoming MSN Soapbox. Next up is Search Center, the latest program which surprisingly will be losing the "Live" prefix that is being given to nearly everything else coming out of Redmond this year. For now it is looking to be called Windows Search Preview, …

While we're waiting to get a peek at Soapbox (well more than the dancing butterfly, anyway), here's some Windows Live news:

• Danny Thorpe writes that the Windows Live Contacts Gadget is due for an update soon, one that's going to

Paula Hane at Information Today writes about a new search technology that may soon be included in Windows Live Search – faceted search.  One of many search projects coming out of Microsoft Research Asia’s Search Technology Center, faceted search tries …

MSN Soapbox, which we wrote about on Sept. 7, the user uploaded feature now in internal beta as "Warhol" is set to be released into beta tomorrow (Tuesday), according to MS employee and Warhol tester Kurt Shintaku.

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Yes, the week has only just begun and already we have a new beta build to play with. The latest beta refresh of Mail Desktop (Build 1034) includes:

• Virus scanning of attachments
• Photo Emails can be sent via POP accounts
• RSS syncing –

Office Live, the web hosting, custom domain, and website creator, may soon be incorporating another feature: an online version of Microsoft Works, according to Business Week:

The company is working on plans to offer a free version hosted on

A new version of the Virtual Earth SDK is out, that's the very nicely done interactive SDK at dev.live.com.  New features include:

Add Custom Tiles:
     Generate map tiles using the MapCruncher from Microsoft Research to add custom overlays, in …