Microsoft today announced that it has released a fork of the Windows Live Writer software for creating and posting blogs under an open source MIT license. Microsoft engineers no longer actively ...

Sometimes Microsoft creates a piece of software that doesn’t necessarily catch on with the general public but still wins over a dedicated core of users. Typically these programs die a long, slow death ...

I have been preparing this weblog with Windows Live Writer (WLW), a free Microsoft beta-test tool. Why in the world would I use a tool still in beta test for real work? As Bob Frankston asked me one ...

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Microsoft’s ugly Live Spaces rollout not only caused the company problems, it also preceded another round of Office-is-moving-to-the-Web pundit hee-hawing. And that ...

Microsoft’s Windows Live Essentials 2011, is ready for prime time. Microsoft announced Thursday it’s consumer focused suite of free applications, has moved from testing mode (beta) to the final ...

During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. Microsoft is bringing its Windows Live services together ...

Microsoft Wednesday started limited beta offerings of Windows Live file and photo sharing services. Along with others that have recently been rolled out, they will be part of a suite of services ...

Windows Live Writer is a blogging tool designed to make it easy to compose and publish posts on websites using WordPress, Blogger, Typepad, Sharepoint, or several other popular blogging platforms. But ...