Windows Live

Blaise Aguera y Arcas is an Architect of PhotoSynth, which is a super cool 3-D image "tourism" application that enables a new methodology for exploring related groups of images using a complex imaging algorithm developed in part by Microsoft Research. Here, Charles sits down with Blaise…

Windows 8 is designed to be cloud-powered, so it comes with Metro style apps for communication, sharing, scheduling, photos, and videos. Preview versions of these apps come installed with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview and include Mail, Calendar, People, Photos, Messaging, and SkyDrive.…

I chatted with Bryan Starbuck and his team about the new mail client that works with Windows Live Mail and all your POP3 and IMAP accounts as well... and RSS... and seems to go way beyond the feature set of Oulook Express. The new Windows Live Mail Desktop beta that is shown in the video will…

At OSCON today the Microsoft Eduation Labs group released a Windows Live services plug-in for the open source Moodle e-learning platform. Kosar Jaff joined me in the studio for a demonstration of Moodle and a look at how his group incorporated Windows Live services into the Moodle…

As of today, Windows Live Movie Maker is officially out of beta and available to download for FREE as part of the Windows Live Essentials suite. Victor Santodomingo, Windows Live Movie Maker Engine Development Lead, joined me in the studio to demonstrate the new Movie Maker…

This week on Channel 9, Dan and Brian are back to discuss: - Windows 7 Beta 1 is unveiled at CES and available for download  - Larry Larsen from Channel 10 shows the key Beta 1 features in 3 minutes. - The Channel 10 crew have a slew of videos on new stuff coming out of…

In Part I of this two part screencast, Microsoft Federal Developer Evangelist Marc Schweigert demonstrates the basic concepts used build a mashup application using the Virtual Earth map control and AJAX style programming.  In Part II, we’ll build the same solution using ASP.NET…

In Part II of this two part screencast, Microsoft Federal Developer Evangelist Marc Schweigert demonstrates how ASP.NET Atlas abstracts the complexities of AJAX programming and provides a new set of tools to your developer toolbox to build richer, more engaging web user interfaces. …

The Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 Beta is now available to download.The WLE Wave 4 Beta suite contains updates to Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, Mail, Writer, and Messenger. Additionally, it introduces a new service, Live Sync, which replaces the Live Mesh technology preview.The new betas of Windows…

This Week on Channel 9, Dan and Brian go through this week's news including:   - BizSpark program for startup launches (0:35 - 1:53) - XNA Game Studio 3.0 RTM's, via Greg Duncan (1:53 - 3:09) - Windows Live becomes an Open ID provider (3:09 -…