September, 2008

Wave 3: Individual Installers

Here at Liveside, we have been getting a few requests for the individual installers for Wave 3. This could be because they don’t want to upgrade Messenger (ie, they only want to upgrade Writer, for example), or they’re trying …

New PDC sessions announced; Sinofsky, Treadwell to keynote

The Windows 7 and Windows Live bits are starting to come out of the woodwork for PDC, with the announcement of 20 new sessions on Windows 7, and some additions to the keynotes, including Senior Vice President of Windows …

Virtual Earth, Live Maps update: Lots of new features, new SDKs, more

Virtual Earth 6.2, a big new update to Live Maps, and new access to a 3DVia content library where you can download, mash-up, and include 3D content on your 3D maps collections just went live.  Lots to tell you about, …

Windows Mobile 7 delayed, says Ina

Yesterday it was confirmation that Windows Live components would replace their Windows counterparts in Windows 7, and today Ina Fried at CNET is reporting that Windows Mobile 7, the next generation smartphone operating system, will be delayed until the second

Silverlight: MSN UK’s New Experimental Viewer

In an attempt to provide an enhanced, fresh, new browsing experience, MSN UK created Viewer.

Viewer utilizes Microsoft Silverlight technology and is a window into all parts of the portal, from Cars to Entertainment to News. As such it …

Image Composite Editor Released

ICE, a technology behind Windows Live Photo Gallery advanced panoramic image stitching was released today. You can download the x86 here and the x64 here.

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We have seen this technology in Windows Live Photo Gallery for some time …

New MS posts on Windows Live Wave 3 – is blogging back in fashion?

Hopefully the blogging logjam we’ve been experiencing for the past year is beginning to clear, as there are a number of new posts on Windows Live Wave 3 appearing in MS team blogs and also in some of the individual …

Live Mesh: Manually Solve Folder Conflict Issue

As announced in Live Mesh: Update Folder Conflict Issue, the Team has posted instructions on how to manually resolve these issues (files stopped synchronizing or files appearing to be missing).

I’ll recap here:

1. Determine which of the devices …

Windows Live to replace Mail, Photo Gallery, and Movie Maker in Windows 7

Windows Live is set to take a much more prominent role with Windows 7, as Microsoft made it official today that Mail, Photo Gallery, and Movie Maker are being removed from the operating system, to be replaced by the free …

Wave 3 download links: The story

So our post earlier in the week with all the Wave 3 download g-links may have annoyed a few people. Or more than a few people. But hey, we’re only fulfilling our roles as both fans and bloggers. Translucency versus …