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At Wednesday’s SBTUG James McCutcheon gave us a quick rundown on the latest CTP3 of the Windows Live Controls (download here). Neil Roodyn and Nick Randolph have each put together quick videos on a few of the controls – Silverlight Streaming in Neil’s case and Virtual Earth in Nick’s. The videos are short (approx 10 mins give or take), clear and interesting – worth a look. Neil, Nick...

I think I’m finally starting to get my head around Live Mesh. I have to admit to being under-whelmed at first (although in my defence I do think it was massively over-hyped when released), but articles like this one from ReadWriteWeb help clear things up. Sometimes the grand picture is hard to relate to, which is why having simple little Mesh scenarios like these can help. After reading each...

The Live team released a new beta of Windows Live Writer a month or so ago (they are calling this one a Preview in some places, an Update in others) and I give it the thumbs up. I’ve always been impressed with LiveWriter – in fact I think it’s one of the better tools Microsoft has put out (World Wide Telescope is another – download it here – but more on that in another post). This...

There’s a nice little interview with Bill Gates up on Channel 9. The first 8 minutes are the best as Bill covers what a Chief Software Architect should do (summary: ensure different teams work together), and his thoughts on Ray Ozzie (note to self: perhaps I need to give Ray a second chance – I’ve been completely unimpressed with him to date, but if Bill thinks so highly of him...