With the kickoff of the designer and developer conference MIX10 yesterday, the Silverlight team made several announcements, including the release of a Silverlight Pivot control and the announcement of the Silverlight 4 RC, which is now available for download. So what’s new with the latest version…

At yesterday’s MIX10 conference, we got a lot of new information about the upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series devices, including features, options for developers, how applications will be handled and marketed and more. If you weren’t able to attend the conference yourself or tune into the live stream,…

At the E3 Expo, Microsoft announced that the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter will be coming to the Xbox LIVE service as well as music streaming site Last.fm. The social network integration will arrive by way of what are basically client apps built right into the dashboard. (Gizmodo has…

Brandon just posted on the Windows Experience blog that Windows Live OneCare 2.5 has arrived in beta form. The software can now be found on the Microsoft Connect site for download. This latest version doesn't offer any major UI updates; instead, the changes from 2.0 to 2.5 are "under the…

If you’re buying a Zune, you’ll definitely want order it from the Zune Originals web site. For no extra charge, you can order a Zune with custom art etched onto the back of your device before it gets shipped to you. As the site often does, they’ve refreshed their online selection of art with some…

The popular location-based mobile social networking game Foursquare is finally going to make its Windows Mobile debut. A new third-party application from Anand Iyer called WinMoSquare is now under development. Using Foursquare APIs, .NET, and a special GPS driver, the new app can automatically…

You may remember when we covered IE7Pro last year, calling it the "essential IE7 add-on." Well now there is even more to love about it. A new version, IE7 Pro 2.3 was recently released and offers some bug fixes and several new features. Now, in addition to its already huge feature set…

If you're into digital photography, I just discovered a great resource that you'll want to check out via Brian Johnson's BufferOverrun blog. Brian created a list of links using Microsoft Live Labs Listas, which breaks down the resources into the following categories: Digital Camera Resources,…

Along with the announcement of the new features to Office Live, there also arrives a new add-in for Microsoft Office users. With this add-in, you can now open and save documents directly from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, directly into your Office Live Workspace. The add-in works by providing you…

Sure, you've been good all year, and you know you need to kick some love up to the bearded one. But as a techie family, what are you going to do, write a letter and snail mail it? Of course not! All you have to do is add northpole@live.com to Windows Live Messenger and you can be chatting live…