Yesterday I needed to set up an automatic backup system for files on 2 Windows servers. I figured out that Windows Live Sync might be good for – synchronizing files (well, yes :P). And as I never tested Sync throroughly yet, I figured out this was a good chance.
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History and Future of Live Search and Bing
When you visit www.live.com these days, you get a notification banner within the Bing homepage: “Your access to the Bing homepage from live.com will stop soon.” What will we see at www.live.com in the future?
Windows and You: By an ordinary user (Technogran)
Welcome to a new series on this blog. Windows and You will feature how people deal with and think about Microsoft Windows. It gives an insight what you like most in Windows as well as what you want to see in the next version. Let’s start the series with Technogran, an avid Windows user already running Windows 7.
Malicious Windows Update mails in the wild
When I opened my mail this morning, I found a message pretending to be from Microsoft. It offered me to install a Critical Update for Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express (KB910721), and also sent the download link.
Office 2010 Beta: Technical Preview will close
I just received the following e-mail from Connect: “The Beta release of Office 2010 marks the end of the Technical Preview program.”
Windows Live Sync updated
You can use Windows Live Sync to synchronize folders with multiple computers. The Sync team has released an update that fixes a compatibility problem with Windows EasyTransfer.
Ten reasons for Windows 7
Windows 7 is designed to simplify the things you do every day, work the way you want, and make some exciting new things possible. Want examples? Here are 10 good reasons for Windows 7.
Windows 7 is out. What now?
Windows 7 is generally available since yesterday. Never have the expectations for a new operating system been as high as this time, as we as end users have never been integrated into finding ideas for a new Windows, like we have this time. On top of that, Windows Vista has moved to the storage siding and is called a big flop by some people. Surely expectations climb up then – can Windows 7 embrace them?
What happened to my.live.com?
“Windows Live Personalised Experience”—this is what Wikipedia calls my.live.com, the successor of start.com. This service allowed you to put together your own home page with gadgets and other stuff to get you a home on the Web. Much like iGoogle, to be honest. Frozen project, it seems. Dead project? Let’s
Windows Live Web Messenger, reinvented
Microsoft Singapore have recently released their web-based Messenger, built on top of the Messenger Library. You don’t need to install anything, as messaging works out-of-the-box. Check it out for free: http://webim.live.sg/ What do you think?