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Windows Live Wave 4 web services to be released June 3?

Earlier this month, Microsoft France’s student website accidentally spilled the news that Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 will be available on June 21. Later on, an email from Live@edu gave us hints that Windows Live Wave 4 web services (like

Wave 4: Windows Live Profile – An In-depth Overview

Following our coverage of Windows Live Office and Windows Live Groups Wave 4, today we’ll take you through the new Windows Live Profile experience. First up, when you first log in to Windows Live Profile (once it gets upgraded to …

Windows Live Photo Gallery Wave 4 demo videos

Windows Live Photo GalleryJust yesterday we told you about What’s new in Windows Live Essentials Wave 4, and one of our reader Chrilo tipped us about the new demo videos already available on the Windows Live Preview website. While the pages has …

Official clarification about the changed webcam functionality in Windows Live Messenger Wave 3

Windows Live MessengerSince Microsoft released the latest “QFE3” (QFE stands for Quick-Fix Engineering) version of Windows Live Essentials (Wave 3), build 14.0.8117.416, there had been numerous complains both at LiveSide and at the official Inside Windows Live team blog about the …

Windows Live Groups Wave 4 to get group collaboration features

Windows Live GroupsWith the release of Windows Live Wave 4 imminent, Picturepan2 from LiveSino.net has provided us with some exclusive screenshots of Windows Live Groups Wave 4. We’ve previously mentioned that Windows Live Group is changing its focus to be the place …

Wave 4: What’s New in Windows Live Essentials

Windows Live EssentialsFollowing the announcement of Messenger and Hotmail Wave 4, the next step for Microsoft’s Windows Live Wave 4 announcement is the new Essentials. Today the Windows Live Essentials Preview website (http://windowslive.com/essentials) briefly went online for a short while …

New icons spotted for Windows Live Sync, Family Safety, Devices, Groups, and Profile

Thanks to a post from Technogran (via MyMicrosoftLife), who posted a new icon of Windows Live Sync on her new blog post, we were able to dig further get a glimpse of some of the new icons for Windows …

Windows Live Video Messages beta to be discontinued July 21

Windows Live Video Messages logoAs Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 nears public release, Microsoft will be shutting off several current services due to consolidation of their services in the new version. We know that Office Live Workspaces is being migrated to Windows Live Office

Windows Live Hotmail Wave 4 to be officially unveiled May 18 in Sydney, Australia

5751_Hotmail_5F00_6DED2A31According to our friend Long Zheng’s blog post, several Australian bloggers and journalist have received an invitation to attend an exclusive lunch briefing about “the new version of Hotmail” in Sydney, Australia, at 12:30pm (AEST) on Tuesday, May 18th,

Windows Live Wave 4 web services to begin gradual roll-out soon – full roll-out in early June

It seems like Microsoft has confirmed the release dates for Windows Live Wave 4 web services to be in early June 2010 following an email sent to Microsoft Live@edu administrators about upcoming co-branding changes to Windows Live services. Here’s an …