Dr Angus and I have been working hard on new sessions for Mix.  Some of them have been published today over here:  http://2009.visitmix.com/Agenda/Sessions.aspx Make sure you register early and I’ll see you in Vegas! :-) Mesh-Enabled...

I wrote recently about the Windows Live slipstreaming of features and how it’s nice to get visibility of what’s going on in terms of the software that I consume on the internet.  Windows Live Mail today let me know there were three changes that I...

It’s always interesting to read what your competition think of you.  None more so when your technology is new and you’ve just gone and pitched it to the world at PDC.  Ryan Barrett works for Google on their App Engine and he’s written his thoughts...

Media Center on Windows 7 is simply stunning, check out Ben Reed from Microsoft do the demo: Oh and if you’re not familiar with Windows Media Center, it’s been around for a while now and is one of the best products we have – here is the history: Evolution...

I loved Ray’s acceptance speech last night at the Crunchies when we picked up the award for Most Innovative Technology 2008 for Live Mesh .  This line has been picked up a lot in the press and I think it is actually quite beautiful: “When we are...

Last night I was at the Crunchies (Oscars for Technology) and watched Ray Ozzie and David Treadwell pick up the award for Best Technology Innovation at the Crunchies award ceremony in San Francisco. It was a great night for a number of reasons. ...

Just drafted a new bio, interested to get your feedback! James Senior ( http://www.jamessenior.com ) James is based in Seattle as the Technical Evangelist for Live Services at Microsoft. Live Services provide both amazing online experiences for 500 million...

As Steve Ballmer announced last night at CES , Windows 7 Beta 1 is now available! On Channel 9 and Channel 10 , we are planning to publish a series of videos on Windows 7 readiness for enthusiasts, partners, and developers, including the following videos...

If you didn’t catch CES tonight, Ballmer kicked off his first CES keynote with some SMS messages he may (or may not) have received prior to the event.  I laughed out loud reading Gates, Yang and Blagojevich.  Good form Ballmer, good form. Courtesy...

Running up to Christmas we dished out quite a few new Live Mesh Tokens to people who were waiting in the line.  To sign up for a developer account (enabling you to code against Live Mesh and Live Framework) you needed to visit http://lx.azure.microsoft...

This week I’ve been exploring more and more of the Live Framework and playing around with building some demos and samples.  To help me out I’ve found the Live Framework Walkthrus really useful: Walkthrough Resource Model and Feeds Walkthrough MeshApp...

The beauty of services is that it provides the ability to add new features rapidly and discretely.  I was playing around with some of my photos on http://home.live.com earlier and when looking at an album’s thumbnails it gave me an option to install...

Hope you all have had a great Christmas and are looking forward to an exciting New Year’s Eve!  I’ve been dodging snow in Seattle by spending some time in California with my family and working from Microsoft’s Mountain View office in the heart of...

I’m back from Europe and Le Web in Paris!  It was an interesting conference that had it’s fair share of problems, from heating to lack of internet connectivity.  It’s been well documented how many of the exhibitors and startups were unable to...

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  We’re pleased to announce that to celebrate LeWeb’08 and Microsoft’s official partnership with the event, we are providing attendees exclusive access to 30GB of free Live Mesh online storage.  To claim your 30GB storage on Live Mesh please...

I’m calling out Steve Clayton and Steve Lamb on this one. Looks like if you have a hand in organizing these events you get missed off the bill! It’s like having a birthday party and you don’t get an invite. Anyway, seems like you have to decide whether...

Facebook and TechCrunch are in a relationship . You can now sign in using your Facebook account and use those credentials to leave comments on TC posts. I went to try it and had the comment fields pre-populated with something else – bit weird! CLARIFICATION...

Having been in the USA for a little over a month, there can be a lot said for the customer service I’ve come to expect and how far people will go to make sure you – the customer – are delighted with your experience.  It’s a far cry from Europe where...

Got into the office today to find a nice gift from the Zune team waiting for me.  They’ve given me 2 free music passes to the Zune marketplace! Nice touch guys.

There are two types of application that you can build using Live Framework: 1. Mesh enabled web-application AJAX or RIA Silverlight apps Hosted in Live Mesh Uses Live Framework Support Application Lifecycle: Users - Discover, License/Subscribe, Use, Share...

One of the common questions I’ve been getting from developers and IT guys about Mesh is how we are planning to get the infrastructure, storage and platform in Mesh delivered in an on-premise scenario so that individuals or businesses can take advantage...

There has been some confusion recently about conflicting products and services coming out of the Windows Live group.  There’s a good explanation for the confusion but first to give some context. Last week the FolderShare team both rebranded and launched...

Yummy! No longer will I have to use the god-forsaken Facebook photo upload tool – thank you Will Duff!!!! http://blogs.msdn.com/pix/pages/Plug_2D00_ins.aspx Windows Live Photo Gallery (Beta) and Windows Live Movie Maker (Beta) make it simple to add publishing...

I’ve just uploaded this cool video which I got hold of internally that shows how the PDC08 keynote room was assembled, used and broken down in under 6 minutes.  It’s quite impressive how it all comes together, just for a few hours of presentations...