August, 2009

CodeCast Episode 41: Ken Levy talks with James Senior

codemag Ken Levy, who left Microsoft just a bit over a year ago after working on the Windows Live Platform team, and “kick starting” Dev.Live.com, has been doing (among lots of other things) a podcast for Code Magazine online.  In his …

Yahoo! announces newly revamped services, we (finally) notice

yahoomail We missed commenting on this earlier in the week when it came out, but Yahoo! made an announcement regarding its newly revamped set of services, including Yahoo! Mail, Messenger, and search.  Featured among the changes are:

  • a new streamlined design

50 Bing Tricks for Students and Librarians (and you)

onlinecolleges.net OnlineColleges.net, a website ranking and reviewing online colleges, has put together a list of 50 tips for students and librarians using Bing.  Broken down into categories such as “Finding Information”, “Research and Collaboration”, and “Images and Video”, the site …

The Virtual Earth/Bing Maps ASP .NET Control CTP – It’s Toast!

Just as the Live Framework CTP, this one will also disappear. It lasted little over a year. On the question what will happen with the Virtual Earth/Bing Maps ASP .NET Control, Chris Pendleton posted the following:

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Details on the latest Windows Live Mail update

Windows Live Mail The Windows Live Mail team has posted on their blog today about what was updated and fixed in the latest release (build number 14.0.8089.0726) that came along with the new Windows Live Movie Maker. Here’s a few of the …

Live Framework CTP to shut down September 8th

liveframework Back in January, the Live Services Platform, along with Live Mesh, moved under the umbrella of a unified Windows Live organization, as part of Windows and Windows Live Engineering.  David Treadwell, the Corporate Vice President for the Live Services Platform …

Adding Photos To Hotmail Messages – A Temporary Change

Have you noticed that you can no longer add photos directly into the body of a Windows Live Hotmail message the way you used to? It’s been temporarily removed, here’s why:

During a recent review, we identified an incompatibility with

Photosynth Turns One Year Old

It’s been over a year since Photosynth.net launched. The team has written a massive article with the highlights of this past year. Now we’re not going to put them all here, for that you can read their article, …

Windows Live Family Safety updated with greater Windows integration

Along with the latest release of Windows Live Essentials yesterday which has been covered with news about the shiny new Windows Live Movie Maker final, what went unnoticed was also a feature update to Windows Live Family Safety. Today …

Now that’s a serious webcam: the LifeCam Cinema – 720p HD widescreen video

Yesterday Microsoft released Windows Live Movie Maker with HD support, and today they’re announcing a new webcam that may just be the perfect complement. The LifeCam Cinema, which will be available for pre-order from Amazon.com on August 24th, and available …