Soapbox Is Now Open For Full Video Viewing

We have just opened Soapbox on MSN Video for full video viewing.You no longer need to be signed into the service to view Soapbox videos!However just as before, you still need to sign in to upload, comment, tag or rate videos.The Embedded Player is also available for full viewing and embedding.While it might not be visible, we have spent the last month working hard on improving our backend, to make encoding and performance as scalable as possible.

We are also now conducting proactive filtering of all uploaded content, using technology from Audible Magic.Audible Magic bases their filtering on the video’s audio track and their database is being updated constantly.By using this technology, we see this as an important step to ensure the viability and success of Soapbox over the long run. We are committed to provide a great experience for people to find and share their personal videos on Soapbox on MSN Video.

Source- Soapbox official blog

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Windows Live Writer 2008

The Windows Live Writer is a blogging tool that has been available in the US since August of last year. The tool was very well received by US bloggers at launch since it provides increased product functionality for Windows Live Spaces users and it also allows publishing to many of the largest blogging products in the world.


Here are some of the new features you’ll find in Beta 2:

New Authoring Capabilities

* Inline spell checking
* Table editing
* Ability to add categories
* Page authoring for WordPress and TypePad
* Support for excerpts and extended entries
* Improved hyperlinking and image insertion
* Paste Special

Integration and Compatibility

* SharePoint 2007 support
* New APIs enabling custom extensions by weblog providers
* Automatic synchronization of local and online edits
* Integration with Windows Live Gallery
* Support for Blogger Labels

Plus…

* New look and feel
* Available in 6 languages
* Improved accessibility and keyboard support
* Many other frequently requested enhancements!

More Information and download link-http://get.live.com/betas/writer_betas
Direct download link- http://g.live.com/1rebeta/en-us/WLInstaller.exe

MSN Live Earth Launched

This week MSN teams launched http://liveearth.msn.com, the exclusive online destination for Live Earth: The Concert for a Climate in Crisis. Live Earth will culminate on 7/07/07 with a global concert on seven continents with venues that include the US, UK, Japan, Brazil, South Africa, China, Australia, and Turkey. Live Earth is much more than a concert – it’s designed to be a catalyst event to coalesce a worldwide community of people who share a single environmental vision and mission: to convert concern to action.

More than 150 of the world’s hottest artists will perform for Live Earth including Madonna, whose new song, “Hey You” is available for free download exclusively for seven days from the MSN Live Earth site.

“Hey You” was produced by Pharrell Williams and Madonna and recorded in London. Madonna will perform “Hey You” as one of the headliners for Live Earth U.K., joining the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Genesis, the Beastie Boys and other performers at Wembley Stadium in London on July 7, as part of the 24-hour, seven-continent Live Earth concert series.

As the exclusive online destination for Live Earth, MSN is pleased to offer this song in conjunction with Madonna and is proud to donate 25 cents for each of the first 1 million downloads to the Alliance for Climate Protection, in support of Live Earth.

Windows Server 2008

After so much rumours Microsoft has officially named Windows Longhorn as Windows Server 2008.Here is the logo of the Windows Server 2008-

and here is the image of the box-

Link to the Windows server 2008 website- http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/default.mspx