Windows Live Writer is one of the first applications of the Essentials suite to enter the planning phase for its next release, called “Wave 5.” Now is the time to get involved...
Read moreOn December 14, 2010, the Windows Live team has introduced a new subdomain of Live.com, featuring plug-ins for Windows Live Essentials. For example, you can find extensions for...
Read moreIf you wanted to try out the synchronization service Windows Live Mesh recently and launched it for the first time, you might have seen the following error message only: The good...
Read moreGoogle Chrome is the fastest browser and getting more and more popular as alternative to Internet Explorer and Firefox. Gmail users however miss the integration of their email...
Read moreThere are many ways to open the Task Manager. Most Windows users press the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Del and then click on Start Task Manager. You can speed this up by pressing the...
Read moreIt is still getting more interesting: They cannot apply juridical means to Wikileaks, at least not fast and effectively — that’s how the Web is like. Thus, other means have to be...
Read moreIn recent times, the 64 bit architecture gets more and more important. Recently there have even been rumors that Microsoft is going to ship the next Windows version, 8, in 64 bit...
Read moreThanks to a tip by our friends over at Wikikou.fr, we got to know that yesterday a so-called QFE update (that is, an update with bug fixes only) was published for nearly all...
Read moreNo matter which desktop background you set in Windows 7: while starting, you will always see the blue default background. You want to style this background as well? Here are the...
Read moreThe web pioneer Tim Berners-Lee considers websites like Facebook to be dangerous for the Web. They allow data to get in — but do not offer adequate ways to get them out again. In...
Read moreYou wonder why no emoticons are showing up in chats with your friends? Here’s a solution. - Open Messenger, and sign in with your Windows Live ID. - In Messenger’s main window,...
Read moreUnlike expected, Facebook has not unveiled a new webmail service competitive to Gmail. Instead, we will see a new inbox generation, combining messages from different channels,...
Read moreFake security updates for Internet Explorer 9 and Firefox 3 are currently spreading as malware on the web. The malware programmers use spam e-mails to spread their work. What you...
Read moreStarting from Windows Live Messenger 2011, your friends will always see your real name when talking with you. In order to unify the experience, the development team says, the...
Read moreSince this week, Google has added a new useful feature: On entering a search term, you may discover a small magnifying glass next to each result. Clicking it causes Google to...
Read moreFacebook might plan to unveil a new service for all 500+ million users on Monday: the ability to send and receive e-mail through Facebook. Until now, Facebook is quite dependent...
Read moreMicrosoft has provided the Windows Service Pack Blocker Tool for Administrators. With this tool, you can block Windows 7 Service Pack 1 from getting installed automatically...
Read moreMicrosoft’s web mail service Hotmail, part of Windows Live, now supports SSL encryption throughout your session. Before, SSL was only used for the sign-in process. SSL includes...
Read moreIf Internet Explorer crashes often or gets painfully slow, resetting its settings may help. Resetting IE deletes all personal settings and restores the browser to the state right...
Read moreReinstalling Microsoft Office is sometimes not trivial. When trying to restart the setup, a message might appear stating that Office cannot be removed. Even in the Control Panel,...
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