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TED Video Of WorldWide Telescope

The TED conference website has already uploaded videos of the presentations, and here’s their video of Microsoft’s presentation of the WorldWide Telescope:

(via Long Zheng)

February 29th, 2008 Posted by Nathan Weinberg | General | no comments

Microsoft Announcing APIs, Silverlight Streaming and Windows Live Improvements

Microsoft is making a ton of announcements pre Mix ‘08. Let’s go through them:

The Windows Live Messenger API - releasing in beta, this lets developers build Messenger right into websites, offering most of the core Messenger features right on the page.

Silverlight Streaming has been updated, going from alpha to beta, up to 10 gigabytes of storage space and 100 megabyte file sizes. Files stream now at 1,400 kbps, with tit free as long as you use under 500,000 minutes per month. File manipulation is also improved, with the ability to use Windows Explorer, plus support for Visual Studio 2008 with Windows Live Tools for Visual Studio.

The Windows Live Contacts API allows users to use their Windows Live contact info with any site while retaining control of their information. Also, Windows Live ID Delegated Authentication allows web apps to request permission from users to access their information.

The Windows Live Photo API allows full control of photos on Live Spaces, without the need to go to the Spaces site. Third party sites can show Spaces photos, thumbnails and download links.

There are two new example Windows Live QuickApps, plus updates to Tafiti.

February 29th, 2008 Posted by Nathan Weinberg | Silverlight, Developers, Live, Spaces, Windows | no comments