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If you use Internet Explorer for your web browsing needs, you may be interested to know that a final, release version of IE8 is now available for download *. For security and stability, it’s always best to run the latest release version of your...
I have mentioned Photosynth in the past , but now it’s time to get the community involved. If you are going to attend the US Presidential inauguration next week in Washington D.C., head over to CNN.com to see how you can help create a Presidential...
If you listened to my show last week, you know that e is working on building a PC. (Yes, e is a PC.) While LIVE is still being worked on, I thought I’d post his list for you to take a look at and give him your opinion. A few explanatory notes: This...
The Alpha came out in May, but the team just shipped the beta version with some new features for your game making fun. If you’re looking for something to do this weekend (if you’re not coming to PAX) why not kick out a game? Note: You’ll...
Behind The Maps - Flying the UltraCam Mark Brown on the Virtual Earth team has an interesting post and video (above) that give you a behind the scenes look at the UltraCam and the process involved in getting those high resolution images (Bird’s...
The Popfly team have launched a new site where (if you have Silverlight installed) you can create your own game with the aptly named Popfly Game Creator . Using simple tools you can create a browser based game from a set of pre-defined templates. If you...
I mean, after all who doesn’t like robots ? If they flip your switch, then RoboChamps is for you. It is a Microsoft sponsored contest where you get free simulated robots and simulated environments to compete against one another to win real robots. Check...
The folks over at LIVE Maps pushed out a pretty significant update yesterday, including an option to export to various GPS formats. The team outlines the changes on their blog.
I made a Twitter about this, but it’s worth mentioning that if you use FolderShare , they have an update available for both Mac and PC . Full details on the Foldershare blog
If you are interested in Surface and you live in the Boston area, head over to the Sheraton Boston Hotel (39 Dalton Street) tomorrow (November 10th) from 10am to 3pm. The surface team will have three Surface for you to play around with test. Not sure...
This is your one stop install point for many of the Windows Live services. Hit WindowsLive.com for one download that will install the final versions of Photo Gallery, Windows Live Writer and more. Plus you can customize the install to only install exactly...
Adam Kinney , a developer here at Microsoft, has authored a Vista Gadget thet allows you to keep tabs of some of your Xbox Live friends list. If you have Vista and you have Silverlight installed, this gadget will help you keep track some of your friends...
As you know, I work on the Xbox LIVE product team (the men and women that actually build and maintain the LIVE service) and I frequently talk to other parts of the company about their services and what they are building. From Windows Live Search , Expo...
Channel 9 is working on an update to their site, and they just posted the below video, based on the Halo TV ads that have been running: Head on over to Channel 9, where Duncan has more details about the update to the site . Edit: Sorry, the guys over...
Need a place to store your stuff ‘in the cloud’ ? Sign up for the Windows Live SkyDrive Beta that was just opened to the public. This will give you 500 MB of storage that you can access anytime, from anywhere you have a PC. It could come in...
I mentioned Photosynth last year , but the team has added a new Space Shuttle collection that may be worth checking out if your enjoy the technology. Note: You’ll need the (sorry...Windows only) download to view the collection.
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