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re: Windows Live Translator now with Office integration

Alber1690 — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:53:01 GMT

It seems like everyone's able to see the screenshots now.

This is a very good example of how Windows Live can be integrated into Windows/Office, eh? But who knows if they know that, and if they do, it will be interesting to see how they will market this.

re: Hints on a Windows Live SkyDrive update?

ScottIsAFool — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:39:58 GMT

@Mishraz yes, use Windows Live Photo Gallery and you can upload them to a Live Space. If you wanted to then download those albums, as long as you have WLPG on the machine you're on, then you can download them from your Live Space.

re: Live Search joins the Olympics

BV2312 — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:19:23 GMT

Olympics - too early!

re: Live Search joins the Olympics

BV2312 — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:17:20 GMT

@DaMaster I totally understand what you are saying however i see this as a good time to show users of 'world' that Live Search is better in providing information on Olympics.. I would think that they will be crawling the NBC Oylmpics site

re: Live Search joins the Olympics

damaster — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:46:27 GMT

Well technically you can just add ?mkt=en-US to the end of the address to see it, regardless of where you are in the world. But this is not guaranteed to work.

I guess mainly because the new Live Search features like the rotating homepage image, the new Live Search News page, and xRank are not rolled out to other countries yet because of various reasons - so the new Olympics additions can't be rolled out to those non-US markets as well.

re: Live Search joins the Olympics

BV2312 — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:16:59 GMT

Why just US? :S

re: Hints on a Windows Live SkyDrive update?

foaf — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:19:17 GMT

Live Mesh is the only service currently I would pay to synchronise with. Skydrive is too browser orientated to truly back up at the moment.

re: Hints on a Windows Live SkyDrive update?

Mishraz — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:17:35 GMT

I think unlimited storage for 50$ is not a bad deal.

secondly, I wanted to ask is there any way to upload a bulk of images, I mean like picasa can upload any number of images if they are under 1 GB to picasa web albums ... is there something to upload pics to Live Sky Drive or to any other MS Live Service.

re: Hints on a Windows Live SkyDrive update?

quikboy — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:48:49 GMT

Maybe they should make one simple subscription fee for all the monetized services of Windows Live. Like combine OneCare, Hotmail Plus, SkyDrive Plus, and whatever's good into one flat monthly/yearly fee. Sort of like MSN Premium, but the modern day version.

Call it Windows Live Pro.

re: Hints on a Windows Live SkyDrive update?

AWEInCA — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:11:41 GMT

Actually if MS doesn't throttle the upload speed for backups, I certainly would subscribe. I currently use Carbonite (which has unlimited space) but it is extremely slow. Even though I have FiOS with a good upload, Carbonite won't use all of it. They said it was "unfair to other customers" I'm sure that was just the best excuse they could come up with.

I consider my data extremely valuable and an offsite backup is important.

re: Hints on a Windows Live SkyDrive update?

AWEInCA — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:06:36 GMT

I used SkyDrive a lot before Live Mesh. I would pay $100 a year for unlimited space on Live Mesh. But I think surilamin is right. All of these services should be bundled.

re: Hints on a Windows Live SkyDrive update?

Chris — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:35:04 GMT

Of course one way of doing unlimited backup is to limit the amount of upload/download traffic you can do in a month. A la Spaces with the 500 photos per month.

re: Hints on a Windows Live SkyDrive update?

surilamin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:13:12 GMT

I would like some sort of a unified service that would give me premium features for all of the live services. For which I would be willing to be able to pay close to $10 a month or $100 a year. Similar to MobileMe, now that I think about it.

re: Hints on a Windows Live SkyDrive update?

bobo2854 — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:27:12 GMT

$170 bought me 1TB of back-up and I never have to pay anymore. MS is getting all about the money; i.e Games for windows live FREE(until enough sign-up) XBOX Live $50 a year.(All ready popular) Now skydrive is hot so? $50 a year. Heck you cant even talk to a MS tech for under $35 bucks. Money talks, especially if its Microsoft.

re: Linked Live IDs Getting Pushed On Windows Live Spaces

bobo2854 — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:19:55 GMT

Live ID is flawed bigtime. Xbox.com a MS product refuses to recognize associated ID's. Being Xbox Live was first my old hotmail is it's ID. Now with an associated Live ID as my day to day ID I must switch to the old hotmail before xbox.com signs me on? Other then that I think Live ID is awesome.