It now has (amongst other things):

• Inline spell checking
• Direct link to blog management web page
• Direct link to blog stats web page
• Easier to link to previous posts
• Can add categories

Those last three work with WordPress at least.

So I’m happy that the features release match many of the ones I was looking for.  Now if it could have an MDI interface…

Check it out.  Note that http://writer.live.com/ is not pointing to the new stuff for some reason.

So despite there being some apparent non-disclosure gag in effect, iLounge is adamant that Microsoft held a day-long meeting with developers on Monday to show off a ‘not bad’ flash-memory-based Zune and a beefier (screen and storage) zune.

My questions are… why was it a day-long event and why developers?  Does this mean some kind of SDK or Silverlight on a Zune could be a possibility?  I certainly hope so.

MS could conceivably release developer information without specifying specs or price and could even provide an emulator (like the Windows mobile emulator) so is this developer news or not?