Microsoft releases updated Windows Live apps
Microsoft today is releasing the final version of its new set of Windows Live apps, including updates to its photo- and video-editing programs, as well as synching and blogging tools.
Microsoft axes Windows Live Spaces, taps WordPress
SAN FRANCISCO–Microsoft said today that it is scrapping its aging Windows Live Spaces blogging technology and will instead make WordPress the default blogging option for Windows Live. It’s the latest move by Microsoft to use Windows Live to connect to other leading Web services, rather than rely on its own, less popular options
How ‘Catfish’ filmmakers took Facebook plunge (Q&A)
The three filmmakers: Nev Schulman, Ariel Schulman, and Henry Joost. (Credit: CNET) SAN FRANCISCO–It’s a little hard to write more about the movie “Catfish” without spoiling its thrilling twists, but I’m going to try, because really, who likes spoiled catfish
Microsoft brings back Live Mesh, sort of
Microsoft has decided to make a series of changes to its Live Sync service including changing the name to the Windows Live Mesh before it is released in final form this fall.
Purported Windows 8 document leaks to Web
Microsoft still won’t officially use Windows and the number eight in the same sentence, but several Microsoft enthusiast sites have posted what appear to be some early details on the next version of Microsoft’s flagship operating system. On his Microsoft Journal Web site, Francisco Martin Garcia posted several slides stamped “Microsoft Confidential” that discuss key features of the still hush-hush operating system, including a focus on facial recognition as a means of authentication as well as improving boot-up times