Tag: LIVE

Sebastian told you yesterday that Games on Demand was coming, and it's now here. Need a reason to care? Perhaps getting a pretty sweet game for free would do the trick. I'm certainly not impressed with the price points Microsoft has posted on the 12 pay-to-play titles they've listed so far. Kane and Lynch, for example, is offered for 1600 Xbox points. That's about $20. Why would I pay that ...

digg_url = 'http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2009/12/15/microsoft-attempts-to-challenge-steam-with-new-game-download-s/'; It's called Games on Demand (not quite as punchy as 'Steam'), and it's now part of the Games for Windows LIVE platform. While the list of big-name games available at launch is short -- Resident Evil 5 is the only stand-out title -- there is the usual slew of ...

Live Messenger 2010 is coming, and NeoWin has posted some hands-on screenshots. The short version: it looks a lot like the current version, which many of you think is ugly as sin. There's also the addition of social kung-fu with activity streams from sites like Twitter and Facebook. There's also a big win when it comes to the conversation window: a tabbed interface. Thank you, Live Messenger, ...

According to an unsourced story from the Telegraph, Twitter's founders have been throwing around the idea of bringing live video posts to the site. The post describes mobile video uploads posted directly to users' profiles, as opposed to posting links to short videos, a la Tweetube or Twiddeo, but there's not much more to the story. If the rumors are true, it's going to bring some speculation ...

Nik Fletcher and I are in the Herbst Theatre in downtown San Francisco covering the 2nd annual Crunchies -- billed as "our sometimes kitschy and irreverent awards ceremony" celebrating the best of the web. Or something. Perhaps Fake Steve Jobs said it best in this acceptance speech video. Follow downloadsquad on Twitter for up-to-date activities, and at the end of the ceremony we'll provide a ...

If you haven't checked it out yet, the Windows Live Messenger 2009 Beta is now available for download. Yes, it's the same horrid installer. It has obviously undergone some changes, though, and isn't quite as bad as the previous version. My apps downloaded and installed on the first try, a stark contrast to my numerous failures with the last Live Installer. Live Messenger's UI has received a ...

RIM and Microsoft have announced a deal that will officially bring Windows Live Services -- specifically Hotmail and Messenger -- to Blackberry handsets. Has hell frozen over? We wouldn't know. What we do know is the two companies have been rivals in the mobile industry up until now, but they both gain significantly from agreement. Microsoft is no stranger to the idea of playing in a ...

Microsoft is getting into the events business with their latest launch, Windows Live Events. Windows Live Events is a part of the ever-growing Live suite of products that allows users of Windows Live Spaces to both share and plan events and send out invitations. The collaboration also continues through to the Windows Live Calendar where users can manage and plan events as well as set and receive ...

Microsoft has just acquired JellyFish, a comparative shopping engine. The team in Redmond Washington has been working on shopping and commerce components for Live Search, and the recent addition of JellyFish to the Live team could mean some new improvements for the MSN Shopping space. Jellyfish calls itself the "internet's first buying engine". The service pieces together the shopping puzzle ...

Microsoft is headed towards the rollout of a new Live.com search today, including a brand spankin' new interface. There will be a gathering in Mountain View at the Microsoft campus for industry insiders to get a glimpse at Microsoft's latest search interface and redesign today. The new redesign will see a refreshing look for the search interface taking cues from both Ask and Google Universal ...

Microsoft's new Tafiti web site isn't exactly a new search engine. It's powered by Microsoft's search, so you'll get exactly the same results from Tafiti, MSN.com or Live.com. So what's the point of Tafiti? It's pretty. When you first visit the site, you're prompted to install Silverlight if you haven't already. Then you're presented with a lot of empty space and a search box. When you enter ...

We haven't heard from Microsoft's Hotmail in a little while, but now that we have, we are happy about them staying in the email game and making some performance adjustments. With Google's Gmail and Yahoo's Mail throwing Gigabytes at users, it was time that Hotmail stepped up its game and gave users a little more storage. The change from 2GB of free email, just got boosted to 5GB, with paid users ...

If you need a "little" more online storage for pictures, music, documents and videos, Microsoft's online Live storage solution has been re-released, and is available in beta with a few more updates. Formally called Windows Live Folders, Windows Live Skydrive provides users with a fresh design and new features on the 500 MB online storage solution. There are new graphics, image thumbnails, the ...

We sometimes like the comfort of getting an answer from a real individual rather than just searching for it in our favorite search engine, and Fluther understands that. Ask a question to Fluther, and they will route it to the appropriate people. With their online service users simply ask a question, that question is sent out to get an answer from people that can help. Not only that, but if you ...

Microsoft has been steadily rolling out new "Live" items since its introduction, there were two that got released late last night, with more planned to come out this summer. Live Folders has been showing its face since around May, and are finally ready for some outside testing. The "storage on a cloud" Live Drive service, as it was coined earlier, will provide users with a free 500mb of online ...