Talking about New Birds Eye and 3D cities in Virtual Earth. Portugal, Italy, and Austria get big updates.

There’s a big list of updated cities that have new imagery (see below) so this is the easiest way to pass on the latest Live Maps/Virtual Earth news . 

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New Birds Eye and 3D cities in Virtual Earth. Portugal, Italy, and Austria get big updates.

The latest monthly update of maps is complete. Highlights include all maps for North America republished with the latest NavteQ street data, new JD Barnes aerial imagery in Canada, and lots of new aerial imagery in India and China. Below is a list of new and expanded Birds Eye and 3D cities as well.

I’m glad to see the Birds eye in Portugal getting a big lift.

 

New/Updated Birds Eye Cities in the US

Etowah Co, AL Mobile Co, AL Monterey Co, CA Boulder Co Broomfield Co WashingtonDC. Cobb Co, GA De Kalb Co, GA Muscogee Co, GA Macon Co, IL Will Co, IL Rowan Co, KY Fayette Co, KY Anne Arundel Co, MD Grand Rapids Metro, MI Detroit Metro North, MI Cottonwood Co, MN

Buncombe Co, NC Greenville Metro, NC Wilson Co, NC Lancaster Co, NE Strafford Co, NH San Juan Co, NM Binghamton Metro, NY Butler Co, PA Westmoreland Co, PA Greenwood Co, SC Williamson Co, TX Fisher Co, TX Salt Lake City Metro, UT Hampton Metro, VA Alexandria, VA Arlington Co, VA Spokane, WA

New/Updated Birds Eye Cities in Europe

London, UK Medway Towns Urban Area, UK Islwyn, UK Leighton-Buzzard, UK Londonderry, UK Galway, Ireland Reims, France Besancon, France Chalon, France Strasbourg, France Belfort, France Colmar, France Metz, France Mulhouse, France Nancy, France Troyes, France Parma (integration), France BustArsizio/Legnano, Italy Alghero, Italy Como, Italy Empoli, Italy Enna, Italy Frosinone, Italy Gorizia, Italy Isernia, Italy Mantova (integration), Italy Nuoro, Italy Oristano, Italy Foligno, Italy Marsala, Italy Modica, Italy Siracusa, Italy Varese, Italy Vittoria, Italy Rieti, Italy San Marino, Italy Urbino, Italy Verbania, Italy VibValentia, Italy

Lisbon, Portugal Faro, Portugal Aveiro, Portugal Braga, Portugal Coimbra, Portugal Guimaraes, Portugal Leiria, Portugal Porto, Portugal Setubal, Portugal Austria Innsbruck, Austria Klagenfurt, Austria Linz, Austria Salzburg, Austria St. Polten (Sankt Pelten), Austria Villach, Austria Wels, Austria Germany Lüdenschied, Germany Norway Bergen, Norway Stavanger, Norway Denmark Herning, Denmark Horsens, Denmark Silkeborg, Denmark Vejle, Denmark Spain Arrecife, Spain Santa Lucia de Tiranjana, Spain Finland Hamnlinna, Finland Belgium Mouscron (Mouskroen), Belgium

New/Enhanced 3D cities

France Vannes Great Britain Southampton Colorado Pueblo Connecticut Bridgeport Stamford Maine Portland Michigan Battle Creek Grand Rapids Warren Missouri Springfield

Montana Billings New Jersey Trenton Nevada Henderson Sunrise Manor New York Rochester Syracuse Pennsylvania Allentown Washington Olympia Yakima Wisconsin La Crosse Madison

Oxfam impersonated by Errorsafe pimps – Spyware Sucks

Sandi (at http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/) has been tracking down and exposing malicious Flash ads for months now and this Oxfam impersonation is one of the worst cases she’s come across so this post is in support of her efforts.

The link to her latest post is below.

Other posts from her blog include the following:

• Adobe Flash is turning into the Typhoid Mary of the Internet: msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/
• Beware Unexpected e-Valentines: redtape.msnbc.com
• Cleanator advertised on groups.msn.com (Malicious Flash ad): msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/
• Critics Throw Stones At Security Of Adobe’s Flash: www.informationweek.com
• Detecting potentially malicious advertising campaigns: msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/
• Fraudware targetting the MAC: msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/
• Malicious advertisement at diepresse.com: msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/
• Malicious advertisement on MySpace.com: msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/
• Malicious banner advertisement at 123greetings.com: msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/
• Malware – Happy Stormy New Year: blog.trendmicro.com
• Malware – Roasting on that Open File: blog.trendmicro.com
• Who is behind malicious Flash advertisements: msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/

Oxfam impersonated by Errorsafe pimps – Spyware Sucks

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Sites Fri 29-Feb-2008 – MySong, OneNote, Live platform services, World Wide Telescope

Plenty of sites on this extra day in 2008 – a video of the World Wide Telescope being announced at TED and another innovation from Microsoft Research Labs, MySong, which automatically adds accompaniment to a song’s vocals (links below):

• agTweener – An animation library for Silverlight: home.exetel.com.au/thesandpit/
• Creating online content more like a girls’ thing: www.signonsandiego.com
• Fine balance in the UK’s electricity: news.bbc.co.uk
• First Look at Using Expression Blend with Silverlight 2: weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/
• iBloks – Live in 3D: www.ibloks.com/videomessenger/
• Live Spaces & SkyDrive: Recent Releases from Windows Live: www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/
• Meet the new OneNote 2007 “Help & How-to” home page: blogs.msdn.com/michael_oldenburg/
• Microsoft Expression Community: expression.microsoft.com
• MySong – Automatic Accompaniment for Vocal Melodies: research.microsoft.com/~dan/mysong/
• MySong makes your singing sound a lot better: www.istartedsomething.com
• Need wallpaper or a screen saver?: blogs.msdn.com/clip_art_and_media/
• New and Updated Windows Live Platform Services (David Treadwell, Feb 28 2008): dev.live.com/blogs/devlive/
• OneNote 2007 Help and How-to: office.microsoft.com
• RSS Platform User-Agent String: blogs.msdn.com/rssteam/
• Tips and Tricks for Microsoft Office: www.microsoft.com/office/greattips/
• Windows Live ID Team Blog: winliveid.spaces.live.com
• Windows Live ID – Delivering Data Portability – Delegated Authentication SDK v1.0: winliveid.spaces.live.com/blog/
• Windows Live Platform Announcements for Developers: www.liveside.net
• WorldWide Telescope – Introduction at TED by Roy Gould: www.ted.com
• Zero-sum game explained: markharrison.wordpress.com

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Sites Thu 28-Feb-2008 – Astronomy, World Wide Telescope, Schools

The World Wide Telescope from Microsoft Research is the main news item today (it should be available in the Northern Spring according to wwtelescope.com).

• Galaxy Dynamics Gallery: www.galaxydynamics.org/gallery/
• How people around the world count money: www.metacafe.com
• Make3D – Convert Image to 3D: make3d.stanford.edu
• Microsoft launches WorldWide Telescope into private alpha: www.liveside.net
• Microsoft Office Fluent User Interface Resource Center: technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/
• Microsoft Research’s WorldWide Telescope: www.brandonleblanc.com
• Microsoft Silverlight – Light up the Web: www.microsoft.com/silverlight/
• Microsoft’s World Wide Telescope – What made Scobe cry: scobleizer.com
• Organizational Learning Personas: blogs.technet.com/mmulcare/
• Reading Pre-Columbian Artifacts (Library of Congress): www.loc.gov
• Rushworth Community House History Movie #9: rushworthrtc.spaces.live.com/Blog/
• TED – Technology, Entertainment, Design: www.ted.com
• Visual Studio Gallery: visualstudiogallery.com
• WWTelescope: wwtelescope.com

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Technorati Tags: Today’s sites,World Wide Telescope,Education,Schools,Learning,Silverlight,Visual Studio

Sites Wed 27-Feb-2008 – Live Spaces, Digital photo resources, Office

Today’s varied sites:

• 12 safety tips on blogging for parents and kids: www.microsoft.com/protect/family/
• Basics of Tetris in VB.NET 2005: www.codeproject.com
• Brianjo’s Digital Photography Resources: listas.labs.live.com
• CAPTCHA’s are broken – so now what?: blogs.msdn.com/tzink/
• Digital Photography Resources: brianjo.spaces.live.com/Blog/
• How to study for Computer Science exams: compsci.ca/blog/
• Introduction to Outlook calendar sharing: office.microsoft.com
• JavaScript Intellisense for the Virtual Earth MapControl: virtualearth.spaces.live.com/Blog/
• More information on Friends in common on Live Spaces: thespacecraft.spaces.live.com/Blog/
• Office Hours: How Bill Gates uses Office: office.microsoft.com
• Parago IT Asset Management for Schools: www.parago.co.uk
• SCAMWatch: www.scamwatch.gov.au
• Silverlight Snack Player Tutorials: blogs.technet.com/itproaustralia/

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Technorati Tags: Today’s sites,Blogging tips,photography,Outlook,Live Spaces

Sites Tue 26-Feb-2008 – Live Spaces, photography, railway photos, Skydrive, musical illusions

Today’s sites:

• All the Live Spaces updates in the past week: d3vmax.spaces.live.com/Blog/
• Applying The "Ken Burns" Effect to Your Photos: blogs.msdn.com/johnmont/
• Center for Railroad Photography & Art: www.railphoto-art.org
• Diana Deutsch’s musical illusions and paradoxes: deutsch.ucsd.edu/psychology/
• Getting the best out of Windows Live Spaces: d3vmax.spaces.live.com/Blog/
• Images of Railroading: www.railroadheritage.org
• Innovation Life Cycle: blogs.msdn.com/jmeier/
• International Women’s Week – Mar 3 to 7: rushcomhouse.spaces.live.com/Blog/
• Lessons Learned from the Most Successful Innovators: blogs.msdn.com/jmeier/
• Popfly Nominated for CNET Webware 100: blogs.msdn.com/johnmont/
• Simply Australian – Home of Quality Australian Products: www.simplyoz.com
• The world needs more than 5 computers: blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01/
• Windows Live Skydrive available in Australia NOW!: blogs.technet.com/harveys/
• Wolverhampton Mobile Learning – Article Downloads: www.learning2go.org

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Technorati Tags: Today’s sites,Live Spaces,photography,Popfly,railway photos,Skydrive,musical illusions

Sites Mon 25-Feb-2008 – Bills Horse Troughs, Powerpoint, secure software, Bendigo Madison

Today’s sites:

• Annis and George Bills Horse Troughs: www.webdotwiz.com/billshorsetroughs/
• BB FlashBack Express – Screen Recorder: www.bbsoftware.co.uk
• Bendigo International Madison (Mar 7-9 2008): www.madison.org.au
• Creating, Encoding and Delivering Silverlight Streaming Screen Capture Videos: www.codeproject.com
• First Step on the Road to More Secure Software is admitting you have a Problem: blogs.msdn.com/sdl/
• London Cattle Troughs: www.londontroughs.co.uk
• Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association: drinkingfountains.org
• PowerPoint – how do you get nice transparent images: blogs.msdn.com/angus_logan/
• Silverlight/XAML – Learning By Coding: slxlbc.datenverdrahten.de

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Technorati Tags: Today’s sites,Powerpoint,Bills horse troughs

Sites Sun 24-Feb-2008 – Windows Media Center, Skydrive, sound illusions

Sunday’s list of sites:

• Apostrophes in Names Stir Lot O’ Trouble: news.wired.com
• Coworking – cafe-like community/collaboration space: coworking.pbwiki.com
• French people eat until they’re full, Americans eat until the food’s gone: www.boingboing.net
• Google and Feedburner versus Extended Validation Certificates: msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/
• How to knit an R2D2 beanie: www.boingboing.net
• Hunt for the God particle at CERN: ngm.nationalgeographic.com
• Music special – Five great auditory illusions: www.newscientist.com
• Top 100 Blogs in Technorati: blogs.msdn.com/jmeier/
• Turing Alarm Clock: www.cheaphack.net
• Watching TV in Windows Vista with the ATI TV Wonder 600 USB: windowsvistablog.com
• Windows Live SkyDrive: blogs.msdn.com/tejas/
• Windows Media Center query-based recording: blogs.technet.com/ewan/

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Technorati Tags: Today’s sites,Windows Media Center,Live Skydrive

Sites Sat 23-Feb-2008 – Malicious advertisements, Windows XP SP3, Aussie $10 chip

Today’s sites with another link to some information about Windows Live Skydrive:

• $10 chip puts Australia on the fast track: www.theage.com.au
• Avoid the “Microsoft Lottery” phishing scam: www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/
• British Library – Digital Object Formats: www.bl.uk/dp/formats
• Buttons clip art: office.microsoft.com/en-au/clipart/
• Chart Templates in Excel: blogs.msdn.com/excel/
• Cruising Queen Victoria docks at Circular Quay: www.abc.net.au/news/
• First Look at Silverlight 2: weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/
• Intellectual Property Rights for Students: www.mybytes.com
• Malicious advertisement on MySpace.com: msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/
• Microsoft Office Interactive Developer Map Version 2: blogs.msdn.com/erikaehrli/
• Release Notes for Windows XP Service Pack 3: www.microsoft.com/downloads/
• SQL Server Express and Hosting: blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/
• Teacher’s Guide to Intellectual Property Rights: www.ipreducation.com
• Useless (maths): www.xkcd.com/55/
• Video.Show: codeplex.com/videoshow
• xkcd – Webcomic of romance, sarcasm, maths and language: www.xkcd.com

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Technorati Tags: Today’s sites,Malware,Windows XP SP3,Microsoft Office,Video.Show

Sites Fri 22-Feb-2008 – Windows Live Skydrive, Live QnA, Heroes Happen Here, Live Spaces update

Today’s sites, among which there’s the announcement of Live Skydrive that gives Windows Live users in 38 countries 5 gigabytes of free online storage for documents, photos and videos (which can be shared or there’s a public folder for access by everyone):

• Bigger, better, faster SkyDrive: windowslivewire.spaces.live.com
• Detecting Internet Explorer More Effectively: msdn2.microsoft.com
• Face of future broadband : news.bbc.co.uk
• Gears of War 2 coming November 2008: www.xbox.com
• Heroes Happen Here Comic Archive: www.microsoft.com/heroeshappenhere/
• Internet Explorer 8 User-Agent String: blogs.msdn.com/ie/
• Internet Forum-Speak: blogs.msdn.com/officeoffline/
• Microsoft Interoperability: www.microsoft.com/interop/
• New Windows Live Spaces and Events updates (Feb 21, 2008): thespacecraft.spaces.live.com/Blog/
• SkyDrive, at 5Gb, offered in 38 countries : www.liveside.net
• Tuning Live Question and Answer (QnA) to tackle some recent issues: liveqna.spaces.live.com/Blog/
• Welcome to the bigger, better, faster SkyDrive: skydriveteam.spaces.live.com/blog/
• Windows Live Skydrive (5Gb free storage): skydrive.live.com

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Technorati Tags: Today’s sites,Live Skydrive,Live Spaces,Live QnA