January, 2007

OneCare 1.5 available for download

Contrary to the belief that OneCare 1.5 will be available from 30th January, it is now available on the OneCare website for download. Choose to download the 90 day free trial, and its all yours. If you are running Windows …

Windows Live OneCare 1.5 begins upgrades for current users

If you are a current OneCare subscriber (or have an active free trial), expect to be upgraded to version 1.5 in the next few days, according to the OneCare blog.  Windows Live OneCare will be officially released on January …

Windows Live Mail moves to M9 Beta

Just after we received a tip that Windows Live Mail was at M9, Ben Poon posted on the Mail Call that indeed the next version of the beta is being deployed.

What’s new with the new build?  Well first and …

Live Search to donate to ninemillion.org

Thanks to quikboy for reminding us to post about a new effort by Windows Live Search to promote ninemillion.org, a UN program to help refugee children.  For every Live Search made at Click4theCause from Jan 17 til March 31, Live Search …

Windows Live Maps imagery update

Windows Live Maps has updated some of its imagery, adding Miami to the list of cities you can explore in 3D, as well as updating to high-res imagery for numerous other locations.

To show the difference between high-res and the …

Windows Live Messenger 8.1 to be released soon

The latest incremental version WL Messenger is set to be released as soon as January 25th, according to a post on Windows X’s Shrine.  Whether or not it meets that actual date, the new version should be out to …

The Vista Bus invades Washington DC

I got a chance to meet up with the Vista Bus earlier this morning as it rolled through our nation’s capital. In case you haven’t heard, Microsoft took a sweet “rock star” bus, loaded with Vista laptops and set out on an 8 …

Windows Live Contacts control adds “presence”

Microsoft’s Danny Thorpe talks about the new version of the Windows Live Contacts control that adds a new tile view that displays online presence (i.e. online, busy, etc) and initiate a messenger session. The hosting Web site can also pre-define a …

MSN to launch new mobile beta homepage – MSN to go

With Steve Berkowitz firing on all cylinders to keep the MSN brand rolling, the start of 2007 should see MSN taking back some of the spotlight from Windows Live.

First up is MSN to go, the new MSN Mobile service. …

Windows Live in the (Mercury) news

The San Jose Mercury News on Sunday posted two interesting articles written by Elise Ackerman, one – Hooked on Google, replays some depressing numbers for Windows Live Search, offers up Google as the new Microsoft, as Microsoft was the new …