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Embarke provides a mechanism to bring together all social and email messaging through a comprehensive set of APIs. Conversations are threaded across networks, and developers can use the APIs to "mash up" various social networks and communication modes. Embarke uses Web roles, worker…

  It's all about you. Learn how to call the Windows Live Search service to create a vanity page that displays images, news articles, and websites about you. Stephen Walther Superexpert Blog Difficulty: Easy Time Required: Less than 1 hour Cost: Free Software: Visual Web Developer 2005…

  This articles shows how to build a Windows Live Messenger Add-in that connects to Windows Sharepoint Services. Paul-Valentin Borza Paul's Blog Difficulty: Intermediate Time Required: 1-3 hours Cost: Free Software: Visual Basic or Visual C# Express Editions, Windows Live Messenger,…

  The AJAX Chat Sample shows how to build a browser based chat using ASP .NET and AJAX. ASP.NET AJAX is the easiest and most enjoyable way to start writing asynchronous Web applications using ASP.NET. The official ASP.NET AJAX site is here, and you will want to make sure you have…

  In this post, Stephen Walther shows you how to create an ASP.NET Hangman control. This control contains embedded images, sounds, XML, and Javascript. Stephen Walther Steve's Blog Difficulty: Easy Time Required: Less than 1 hour Cost: Free Software: Visual Basic or Visual C# Express…

  In this post, Stephen Walther explains how to make your websites have more noise. You learn how to use Javascript to add sound effects to your ASP.NET pages. Stephen Walther Steve's Blog Difficulty: Easy Time Required: Less than 1 hour Cost: Free Software: Visual Web Developer 2005…

  Learn how to display gentler error messages when errors are encountered while developing ASP.NET applications. In this article, Stephen Walther shows you how you can modify the default ASP.NET error page so that it displays motivational sounds, messages, and pictures.  Stephen…

Lifehacker alerted me that Live can now do 3D maps!  Right now San Francisco, Atlanta, Boston, and Seattle are in 3D. What is even cooler is you can use some javascript with the provided API to manipulate the earth.  Here is the "hello world" program from the post.…

eBay has released a beta of their Sidebar for IE8 which allows you to track items as well as see which auctions you've won with a drag and drop interface.  You can see the Sidebar in action in this video. 

Jon Seitel provides a full explaination of how you can customize IE8 Accelerator Categories.  He also covers how you can do this as a developer of your own Accelerator.