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Windows Live Essentials 2011 Released!

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It’s here, go get it!

Update: links to all installers, web and full, can be found below in the comments. With thanks to Menthix.…

Xbox Live Fall 2010 Dashboard Update starts rolling out, Windows Live Messenger MPOP enabled!

Engadget reports that the fall update has just been made available to those in the preview program:

Shortly before Kinect hits store shelves on November 4th, Microsoft plans on rolling out the Fall Update to Xbox Live — even

Microsoft Security Essentials celebrates first Birthday

It has been one year since Microsoft Security Essentials was made generally available to the public.

There are now over 30 million customers in 74 different countries around the world enjoying the trusted security and quiet protection that Microsoft Security …

Save The Poles, Phase 3 Started!

Back in April we told you about Eric Larsen and his goal to be the first man to reach the world’s three poles — South, North, and summit of Mt. Everest — within one calendar year.

The first phase, the …

Windows Live Movie Maker – Don’t mess with evil Tina

Remember the Double Rainbow video? Well, the Lanman Brothers are at it again! Their latest is called “Don’t mess with Evil Tina.” Automatically turn your videos, photos, and music into a great movie by using AutoMovie.

You can read …

Video: Windows Phone 7 versus Windows Mobile 6.5.5

We’ve already shown you 3 comparison videos (Windows Phone 7 vs iPhone 4 and Android) in a previous article, but today another interesting one turned up that we didn’t want to hold back from you. Here it is, a …

Yes VB Developers, you may develop apps for Windows Phone 7

The biggest wish/request from the WP7 Dev Community for Windows Phone 7 Tools and platform has been granted:

You can now download the Visual Basic CTP for Windows Phone Developer Tools. Provided in this download are all the templates,

More Hotmail updates coming up!

The still fairly new Hotmail has gotten a string of smaller updates. Some were planned, like push email, calendar, and contacts through Exchange ActiveSync, but others were the results of feedback received and acted on during the rollout: right-click …

Bing Social now with recommendations!

Twitter follow recommendations that is. The team calls this People Recommendation:

With Twitter growing to more than 145 million accounts, finding interesting people to follow can be difficult. People Recommendation on Bing Social helps you discover interesting and relevant

Windows Phone Developer Training Kit – RTM Refresh

Now the Windows Phone 7 SDK went RTM, the Windows Phone Training Kit for developers also got updated to the RTM version of the tools.

Due to the size of the Training Kit, and to make it easier for you …