Steven Sinofsky has announced, via the Building Windows 8 blog, that the ‘Windows Live’ branding will be killed off. Officially the term is ‘reimagined’, but essentially the brand is going…

Update Microsoft have just released a teaser site for the new functionality – http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/skydrive/ It may not be Bingo, but one of my predictions from last night just became a…

Along with YouTube’s new front page (when logged in), they also made an important change to how the embed code is handled. Traditionally embedding YouTube videos used the <embed> tags,…

Gmail users concerned with security were able to enable SSL connections to their mail for over a year now. A few months ago, Google turned this on by default for…

The latest suite of desktop applications under the banner of Windows Live Essentials 2011. This includes Windows Live Messenger, Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, Writer, Bing Bar, Family Safety, and the…

Just confirmed on The Windows Blog, the much anticipated Live Essentials 2011 beta (or wave 4) will be released to the public tomorrow. Just to re-iterate, XP users are out…

Those of you familiar with http://home.live.com will notice a change when you visit there today. Microsoft have updated the web properties of Live Wave 4. Home page This includes your…

Next Tuesday I’ll be heading to Sydney for press lunch hosted by Microsoft’s Director of Marketing and MSN products – Alex Parsons. The Windows Live team will be showcasing a…