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Find a Partner in Australia with Virtual Earth

Posted Thursday, August 30, 2007 9:05 AM by alogan
The new find a microsoft partner page is up - this is a mashup between Microsoft's partner enrollment database and Virtual Earth - very nice. Technical info: - SQL - ASP.NET - Virtual Earth SDK - Clustering pushpins. Nice work team ! Read More...
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3 of my favorite things... Halo & Silverlight & Windows Live

Posted Thursday, August 30, 2007 8:18 AM by alogan
We are pumping the Halo 3 Silverlight exclusive content at 2 Mbps via Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live . Rated M (Mature) Mild Language, Violence, Blood and Gore. This image is used with the explicit permission of Microsoft Corporation © 2007 All Read More...
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Windows Live ID adds Beta support for Information Cards with CardSpace!

Posted Saturday, August 25, 2007 10:27 AM by alogan
From the Windows Live ID team blog *. CardSpace is a new way to sign in securely and conveniently into websites. And now you can use CardSpace with Windows Live! Using CardSpace with Windows Live means you don’t use a password to sign-in to websites which Read More...
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Microsoft & Limelight Press Announcement

Posted Friday, August 24, 2007 11:40 AM by alogan
Limelight have released a press release : Limelight Networks Teams With Microsoft to Deliver Next Generation Network Technology and Services Agreement Will Improve the Performance, Scalability, and Reliability of Microsoft's Online Services for Consumers Read More...
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Full house @ campus on a Sunday

Posted Monday, August 20, 2007 10:42 AM by alogan
I work a lot and its cool to see other people do too. This is a shot of the carpark out the front of my building on campus @ 4.40pm on Sunday :) I saw a project plan on a whiteboard and there were deliverables on Saturday & Sunday too, it feels like Read More...
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Got code(plex)? SkyDrive screenscrapery up there.

Posted Monday, August 20, 2007 7:49 AM by alogan
ScottIsAFool has released his SkyDriveViewer up to CodePlex . I'm not endorsing what Scott did , but it is kinda cool in lieu of the SkyDrive team releasing any real APIs yet ( I give them a hard time about it every day :) ) Just out of interest - What Read More...
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HOW TO VIDEO: Nick from nbDev talks through his Community Server Live ID add in.

Posted Saturday, August 18, 2007 2:40 PM by alogan
Over on Nick's blog he posted a great video (18mins) for how he built the Community Server Live ID integration. Very cool! Read More...
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Windows Live ID authentication plug in for Community Server

Posted Friday, August 17, 2007 9:41 AM by alogan
The guys over at Liveside have implemented nbDevelopment's add in for Community Server for Windows Live ID . What does it do? It uses Windows Live ID Web Authentication as the authentication store for Community server . Here are some pictures from Liveside Read More...
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Windows Live ID Channel9 - Lynn Ayres interviewed by Catherine Heller

Posted Friday, August 17, 2007 9:20 AM by alogan
W atch the video Windows Live ID (formerly known as Passport) is the identity and authentication system for Microsoft online services. Currently, over 380 million users have credentials that work with Windows Live ID. Windows Live ID Web Authentication Read More...
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My new personal hero

Posted Thursday, August 16, 2007 11:51 AM by alogan
I'm not sure who this guy ( Alex Media ) is but he is all over the Windows Live ID forum, all the recent discussion threads he's in there ! Read More...
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SERVICE RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT: Windows Live ID Web Authentication Released!

Posted Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:42 AM by alogan
Exciting! - Windows Live(TM) ID Web Authentication has been released (final 1.0 release) - see dev.live.com/liveid or the Windows Live ID Team Blog ( feed ) --- What is Windows Live ID? Windows Live™ ID is the authentication system for Microsoft’s online Read More...
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Conferences - MIX UK

Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2007 1:22 PM by alogan
Aside from MIX (the MIX) conference the next biggest is MIX UK - 11 & 12 September 2007 The crew over there have setup a MIX UK blog ( feed ) Some confirmed speakers: Andy Hood , Creative Development Director, AKQA Beau Ambur , CEO of Metaliq Inc Read More...
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How to say I told you so. On your blog - Live @ TechEd Australia

Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2007 12:45 PM by alogan
It seems the lack of Live at TechEd Australia was noticed ... Let me go on the record saying THERE WILL BE LOTS OF LIVE AT FUTURE CONFERENCES Right now I'm looking at my calendar and here the Line Up of conferences where we will be covering live in the Read More...
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Must be a bug in twitter, its not all about Scoble

Posted Monday, August 13, 2007 2:16 PM by alogan
and here I thought my entire twitter feed was just for stalking Scoble , how dare Nigel Watson twit something and mess up my wall. Read More...
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The Silverlight SDK samples running in Silverlight Streaming

Posted Monday, August 13, 2007 12:54 PM by alogan
A lot of code samples from the Silverlight SDK have been uploaded to Silverlight Streaming . The following sample applications are available for download: Hello World 1.0 : The original Silverlight Hello World application, updated for Silverlight Streaming. Read More...
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Windows Live is all the rage @ Channel 10 - 3 videos in 3 days

Posted Monday, August 13, 2007 8:55 AM by alogan
What is Windows Live? Catherine Heller is a technical evangelist for Windows Live. Windows Live is a collection of end user offerings. We have offerings you can use from a browser or services you may use from a mobile device. It's all about bringing your Read More...
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Live Writer Plugin - Insert Silverlight Streaming Application

Posted Sunday, August 12, 2007 7:27 AM by alogan
Scenario: you have been super cool cutting edge and uploading a lot of Silverlight applications (SLS is more than just Video). You now want to get these up in into your awesome blog. Easy! Download the Plugin from James' blog If you use a lot of Visual Read More...
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Rocking it @ GNOMDEX - From the XBox to Hosted Services

Posted Saturday, August 11, 2007 7:56 AM by alogan
GNOMDEX is rocking hard! (literally) There was a rock star playing Guitar Hero in Microsoft's booth (low key just an Xbox and a few nerds): So we have a lot of people playing Guitar Hero and I thought I would capture a video of it. I ran into James Clarke Read More...
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Windows Live SkyDrive (beta) out now. Enough said.

Posted Friday, August 10, 2007 6:32 AM by alogan
Second, we’ve been listening intently to your feedback and suggestions, and based directly on that feedback, we’re excited to bring you our next release, featuring: An upgraded look and feel — new graphics to go along with your new features! "Also on Read More...
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Try the new Contacts Control - it is fast!

Posted Thursday, August 09, 2007 1:14 PM by alogan
As Danny mentioned on his blog - we have released a new version of the Windows Live Contacts control(s). MSNBC are currently running it on their site so you can see it running in production. The major enhancement is this is A LOT FASTER than the previous Read More...
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Corporate VP getting into the dogfood.

Posted Wednesday, August 08, 2007 6:42 PM by alogan
I just signed up to an internal dogfood of a new service. you need to drop your name onto a SharePoint list to be provisioned, and on the list you can see the other dogfood participants. 2 rows above my name is a Corporate VP. VPs should dogfood. Read More...
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Don't blog angry... whatever - WHO HIJACKS OLD FEEDBURNER FEEDS???!?!?!

Posted Wednesday, August 08, 2007 5:35 PM by alogan
I just found on Alpesh Nakars' blog someone hijacked MY OLD FEED BURNER FEED . C'mon - thats not cool! I will give them points for ingenuity ( plus they have ad's in their feed ) but everything else is cheap. Wonder if I will run into someone from one Read More...
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Want to to be in the Windows Live Agent Pilot Program? Limited space

Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 3:33 PM by alogan
Agents are very cool - check them out here - and we have some stuff coming in the future which is cooler. Over in the Agents forum Todd posted about the SDK & free agent hosting being opened up to a limited number of Alpha participants. The Windows Read More...
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If your Silverlight App dies what to do. (Beta to Release Candidate)

Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 3:08 PM by alogan
Silverlight 1.0 Beta expires soon (1st August) so you need to upgrade to the Release Candidate. This shouldn't be a problem for Silverlight Apps. If you have your app being delivered via Silverlight Streaming by Windows Live watch the Service News page Read More...
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The fun never ends - follow the bicycle rider through London with Virtual Earth 3D

Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 12:03 PM by alogan
One killer thing about Virtual Earth ( SDK ) is if you code for the 2D Arial / 2D Hybrid or even 3D! This requires 0 lines of additional code - Just one click! (when the map console comes up just click on 3D and install the plugin). Check it out - http://contosobicycleclub.mslivelabs.com/ Read More...
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