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• Windows Live SkyDrive - A First Look

  Well, as Chris announced, SkyDrive is here and sports a nice new Wave 2 look, so let's take a look at exactly what has changed, and what you can do with SkyDrive now. Posted Aug 09 2007, 08:18 PM by ScottIsAFool with | with 22 comment(s) Filed under: Skydrive, Folders, Featured

• Windows Live Folders renamed to Skydrive - Gets update too

  Today sees the somewhat expected renaming of Windows Live Folders to its final name, Windows Live Skydrive. There is also a significant update to the service, extending the basic functionality that was criticised somewhat at the start of the initial beta... Posted Aug 09 2007, 06:05 PM by Chris with | with 22 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Live, Storage, Skydrive, Folders

• Get ready for a new Live.com - Windows Live Home

  At a briefing given to Japanese press about Windows Live, Tetuya Onoda (Windows Live Director) held up a nice big picture of the new Windows Live Homepage that looks set to replace the existing personalised Live.com page. Posted Aug 08 2007, 06:29 AM by Chris with | with 64 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Live, Spaces, OneCare, Calendar, Skydrive, Folders, Events, Featured, Windows Live Home

• Windows Live Folders not final name for cloud storage service - Windows Live Skydrive instead?

  Some things just seem to keep reappearing like a bad penny, and for Windows Live its undoubtedly the naming strategy. Since the Folders beta was expanded earlier this week, the login page has referenced the service as Windows Live Skydrive. As we've... Posted Aug 03 2007, 11:38 PM by Chris with | with 19 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Live, Corporate Strategy, Storage, Skydrive, Folders

• Windows Live Folders beta expands tomorrow

  Hot off the press is an email sent to some of those who signed up for the Windows Live Folders beta and don't yet have access. "Subject: Windows Live Folders -- opening soon! Thanks for signing up for the Windows Live Folders waiting list. We’re sending... Posted Jul 31 2007, 11:28 PM by Chris with | with 26 comment(s) Filed under: Folders

• Live Folders To Support Image Previews

  Just a small tidbit found over at the Live Folders Team Blog , they have announced that the next release of Live Folders will include thumbnails of any pictures that are in your folders. Currently when you have a folder open that contains pictures you... Posted Jul 15 2007, 07:38 PM by ScottIsAFool with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: Folders

• Windows Live OneCare 2.0 beta almost here

  In an email sent to Windows Live OneCare testers, Microsoft confirmed the imminent start of the OneCare 2.0 beta program. Designated as a "pre-premiere", OneCare 2.0 will not be available as a public beta initially. New features we should be seeing include... Posted Jul 04 2007, 03:00 PM by Chris with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: OneCare, Storage, Folders

• Folders beta closed, for now

  The Windows Live Folders beta opened up yesterday, and contrary to what we understood, was simply open to the first 5,000 users to get there, with a slight caveat of changing your locale to en-us. That explains why many of you were able to get in, with... Posted Jun 28 2007, 06:58 PM by Kip Kniskern with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: Folders

• Folders and Photo Gallery are now in beta

  Well we just got the email, and Windows Live Folders and Windows Live Photo Gallery are now available if you have been invited. You should have received an invitation to "Windows Live Beta" a few weeks ago, and if you completed that, you're... Posted Jun 27 2007, 07:37 PM by Kip Kniskern with | with 22 comment(s) Filed under: Folders, Photo Gallery, Beta

• Folders and Photo Gallery announced - more to come this summer

  Windows Live Folders and Windows Live Photo Gallery are set to begin limited managed betas, according to an announcement by Microsoft today . Windows Live Folders, which we showed you when it briefly popped up back in May, is the first attempt at a "storage... Posted Jun 27 2007, 05:57 AM by Kip Kniskern with | with 15 comment(s) Filed under: Folders, Photo Gallery

• Leaked Windows Live Messenger 8.5 turns up more surprises

  For those of you who haven't seen it at mess.be , the leaked Messenger 8.5 build contained some hidden but basic Windows Live Folders integration/promotion. While the infobar isn't earth-shattering, remember this isn't a beta build so it'll be interesting... Posted May 29 2007, 08:10 PM by Chris with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Live, Messenger, Essentials, Dashboard, Folders

• Windows Live FolderShare Beta - there is still hope

  Looks like there is a ray of hope for those FolderShare users who've been out in the cold since Microsoft's acquisiton of ByteTaxi back at the end of the 2005. Apart from a partial rebrand to Windows Live , there hasn't been much to get exicted about... Posted May 28 2007, 01:47 PM by Chris with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Home Server, Folders, FolderShare

• Windows Live Folders Part III

  Just a few more points on Windows Live Folders: The Windows Live Folders homepage is now offline. The beta has not started and there is no signup page yet either. Subscribe to our RSS feed if you want to know when this is available. The 500MB storage... Posted May 12 2007, 10:15 PM by Chris with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: Skydrive, Folders

• Windows Live Folders beta - more info

  As the last post on Windows Live Folders got a bit too long, we've separately reviewed Microsoft's upcoming online storage service, Windows Live Folders beta. Click to enlarge the screenshots. Posted May 12 2007, 01:33 PM by Chris with | with 26 comment(s) Filed under: Folders

• "Live Drive" is almost here - Windows Live Folders beta

  One beta ends and suddenly five more spring up in its place. We can finally get the talk around Windows Live going again - the Windows Live Folders site has just opened up in preparation for the beta. (Please note the beta has not yet started, so the... Posted May 12 2007, 01:30 PM by Chris with | with 16 comment(s) Filed under: Folders