I found on a Microsoft employee’s PowerPoint presentation a really old concept idea for Flip3D which we all know now is finalised, but it’s interesting to see a bit of nostalgia It’s obviously from the “Longhorn” days from the graphics, but I thought it’d still rather nice to post it. Enjoy!

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Abobe have recently released the latest version of Flash Player which will fix the random crashing problem in Windows Live Messenger 8.1 in Windows Vista RC2 and above, including the final RTM version.

Messenger would hang usually mid-coversation, use up loads of memory and get stuck into a loop (reported up to 600MB of memory if left to its own devices) then crashes for good. Make sure you’re running the 8.1.168 version of Messenger if you have it, and install the latest version of Flash Player.

Download Windows Live Messenger 8.1
Download Adobe Flash Player 9.0.28

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Since Microsoft Beta shutdown at the end of October last year after hosting Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Connect has been the focal point for all beta programs, being “connections”.

The top ones seem to be:

• Microsoft Expression Blend: for creating new user interfaces for web design or application design
• Microsoft Game Studios Beta Program: if you’re interested in testing games for Microsoft, this is a must.
• Windows Wipe: the new way to report issues and feedback from Windows Vista to the developers and managers.

I recommend Windows Wipe - it sounds a bit corny (it’s not the final name of the product) but it’s going to be somewhat-big