Just in case you wonder about the announced release of the Windows Live Essentials (that is, the programs for your PC, like Live Mail, Live Messenger, Live Photo Gallery, Live Movie Maker, Live Writer, Live Toolbar and Live Family Safety) – they had been planned to ship Friday noon Redmond
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Windows Live tips in the upcoming Release Candidate
The release candidate of Windows Live Messenger 2009, being expected for this week, will feature a new function to hint you how to use certain functions within Windows Live. This popup window will show you usage tips about the new Windows Live experience and won’t open on each sign-in, but
Live Wave 3 rollout: Official start announcement
As you see already in my previous posts, Windows Live Wave 3 is rolling out. Now we get the official announcement that it happens… Today we’ve started releasing the first set of updates to our web services, and these will continue to roll out globally over the next 24 hours
How-to: “What I’m listening to” for Deezer.com
Maybe you’re one of the people who can’t live without music. And maybe you know Deezer, where you can listen to music for free, streamed. How can you show what is currently playing there, in your Current Media info in Windows Live Messenger? To set it up, follow this how-to.
Future of Internet Explorer 8
The IE8 team has announced details on the future of Windows Internet Explorer 8. After the Beta 2 was released on August 27, 2008, the team is preparing for another pre-release version, also known as Release Candidate, of IE8. We will release one more public update of IE8 in the
Windows Live Wave 3 – Preview to the new features
Microsoft has announced details on the future, the new, Windows Live, and I am bringing them to you like I promised. Over the coming weeks, the next generation of Windows Live will become available at www.windowslive.com. The new Windows Live experience is enhanced by Microsoft partners with feeds from third-party
Featuring: Sopair skin for Messenger 2009 Beta and Plus! 4.79 Beta
Many of the people using the current public Windows Live Messenger 2009 Beta wonder about the changed (or modernized?) interface. Things look different, are at a different place, etc. Of course, a product used by millions of users should make progress every now and then, also in the User Interface.
New Live Hotmail: Has Microsoft a hearing ear?
Since the roll-out of the new Windows Live Hotmail, there has been an enormous reaction of the users, mostly negative, as we see on the amount of comments to various blog posts on Windows Live Wire. Finally, it seems as if Microsoft was listening to their users and working on
Plus! 4.79: Public Beta now available!
Long awaited, often asked for: the public beta of Messenger Plus! Live 4.79, introducing complete compatibility with the newest Windows Live Messenger 2009 beta. What is new/changed?
Microsoft .NET: Introducing the new Logo
Forget about the old .NET logo, designed some 8 years ago – there is a new one! Every two years or so, the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) brings out a whole bunch of interesting and new things. While the main focus will be on the Milestone 3 beta of