October, 2007

Microsoft SharedView Beta 2 now available

Microsoft SharedView, while not technically a Windows Live program, is available on www.get.live.com under “more betas”, and it seems to be falling in the cracks between Office and Windows Live.

SharedView allows you to collaborate on documents etc with up …

Is Live Search coming to Facebook?

Hot on the heels of today’s Microsoft buys a share of Facebook announcement comes some speculation from Search Engine Land, that Live Search may soon make an appearance inside of Facebook.  The speculation, from Greg Sterling:

During this afternoon’s

Overview: Professional Windows Live Programming

Wrox is about to release a book by Jon Arking titled “Professional Windows Live Programming”. As a Microsoft MVP, I was fortunate to get a pre-release copy.

The book does a good job highlighting the many services that makeup Windows …

Windows Live Spaces at a crossroads: will the US catch up to the world?

One thing the LiveSide Stickers Around the World project really brought home, for someone who lives and breaths a US-centric life, was how much goes on in the world that is not neccesarily happening in the US.  I watched Robert …

Virtual Earth 3D Tours: starting to get the hang of it

We got our first glimpse of Virtual Earth 3D Tours at Searchification, but it wasn’t much more that a glimpse, and when it went public we were scrambling a bit to get it figured out and get a post up …

Coming soon: Get a Windows Live ID from your phone

An announcement coming at CTIA in San Francisco this week will unveil plans to offer the ability to sign up for a Windows Live ID from your phone, simply and securely.  Why is this important?  This from Phil Holden from

Writing Windows Live Writer Plugins – A Recap

There was a comment left on my most recent plugin guide:

“I would love to see a guide on how to code Plugins for Writer.  That would be really cool :D”

Well, that guide already exists and were some of …

The most common Windows Live installation problems

Thanks to Mess.be for spotting this – a Knowledge Base article on what to do if you can’t get Windows Live apps to install.  The article lists the most common problems:

•The system does not meet the minimum requirements

Microsoft Live Labs Listas Technology Preview

Microsoft Live Labs have recently released their latest technology preview, Microsoft Live Labs Listas, a web-based application tool for the creation, management and sharing of lists, notes, favorites, and other such stuff. Listas provides you with a WYSIWYG which allows you to

Writing Plugins For Windows Live Writer – Using PluginHttpRequest Instead of HttpWebRequest

In a few of my plugins, I often find myself using System.Net.HttpWebRequest to get some data from a website, whether from a service or to access a specific part of a website. This is all very well and good, but …