If you had a look at the Windows Live Wave 3 headers recently, you might have noticed that Microsoft’s new decision engine Bing is promoted there. Looks like this: Furthermore, Bing has a prominent place on microsoft.com. We see that the search box is Bingified, and the big promotion area
How-to: Repair Messenger Plus! scripts and skins importing
You can’t import any Messenger Plus! scripts or skins anymore, getting an innocent message box like this one? You will have to repair the internal shortcuts for *.plsc and *.plsk files. The solution: Repair your file shortcuts Open the Control Panel. Go to the Uninstall section for programs. Act as
Xbox 360 gets socialized
Microsoft announced today on its E3 Press Conference that Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm integration will be brought to the Xbox 360 dashboard. Tweeting will be easy as nothing from your Xbox. You can now view photos, make friends, and otherwise interact on Facebook directly from the game console. With Facebook
Live Search gets Bing – and what about Live.com?
Bing is live. The team says: You probably didn’t wake up today expecting an entirely new search experience. But – Bing! – here it is. Why a new engine? Why just now? The way the world searches is changing. You want more than just information. You want knowledge that leads
Peeking into Bing for Messenger
Microsoft is renaming Live Search to “Bing” and launching it publicly from June 1 to June 3, 2009. Rather than being another search engine, it claims being a “decision engine” answering prominent questions you are interested in (read more). Along with the Bing website, there will be a Messenger Plus!
Windows Live and You: “Messenger is like the phone: I just use it” (Kip Kniskern)
What’s the site where you get Windows Live news first? — Probably your answer is “LiveSide”, and that has its reason. I had an interesting discussion with Kip Kniskern, who is one of the authors at LiveSide.net. mynetx: Please tell me a bit about yourself. Is your life directly or
Reason for Error 810003c1
Are you getting Error 810003c1: “We were unable to sign you in to the .NET Messenger Service” when trying to sign in to Messenger recently? Microsoft has cut off several countries from using Messenger, countries that are embargoed by the United States. These are: Cuba, Syria, Iran, Sudan and North
Windows Live and You: “From The Beginning” (Dane N.)
Another great member of the Messenger community, who has been there for quite long, is Dane. Are you interested in his ideas for Windows Live? Let’s see. mynetx: Nice that you got some minutes to talk about Windows Live and You. To get started, please describe yourself and your connection
Love Coldplay? Get new Live album “LeftRightLeftRightLeft” for free!
“Playing live is what we love. This album is a thank you to our fans—the people who give us a reason to do it and make it happen,” says Coldplay. Do you love Coldplay? Check out “LeftRightLeftRightLeft”, the album that the band is giving out to every visitor of the
Windows Live and You: “I use a variety of the Live services” (Jonathan Kay)
This time I spoke with a member of the Windows Live Community about his thoughts and ideas. Many of you might know Jonathan Kay as a helpful Messenger expert. mynetx: Nice to see you! Windows Live and You—that includes some personal questions as well. You could start with describing yourself