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Windows Live Wave 4: Messenger Companion

Many of you might’ve realised that an old Milestone 2 build of Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 has been leaked to the web (we heard that development is currently at Milestone 3). From the screenshots leaked, you might’ve …

My.Live.com decommission delayed until March 30, 2010

While we thought My.Live.com (also known as Windows Live Personalized Experience) was supposed to be discontinued yesterday, it seems like Microsoft has quietly delayed the date to March 30, 2010, fifteen days later than the original planned decommission date:

My.Live.com discontinued

This …

Windows Live Messenger Wave 4: Interoperability with Facebook chat

Wlm_logo-ic While we may or may not hear about Windows Live Wave 4 at MIX10 this year(we do try to keep our hopes up though!), recently we’ve received a few tips from sources close to Microsoft about the upcoming version of …

Office Web Apps to graduate with Windows Live Wave 4: gives clue to final release date?

Today we noticed a tweet coming from our good friend Long Zheng who noted the following:

Just spoke with MS reps about Office Web Apps. V1 will be shipping with Live Wave 4. Date tentative

While this is not surprising as Office Web Apps is part of Windows Live SkyDrive (or to be potentially called Windows Live Docs), …

Introducing the new Windows Live Solution Center – now expanded beyond Hotmail support

Windows Live Solution Center Back in 2008, Microsoft introduced the Windows Live Solution Center (WLSC), originally intended to focus on problems and solutions specifically for Hotmail. Today upon visiting the website, it seems like Microsoft recently updated Solution Center to support all Windows …

TechFest 2010: Next generation Image Composite Editor with Multi-Image Fusion technologies

Last week we presented you with one of TechFest 2010’s new research projects: OneAlbum. Today we’ll introduce you to another piece of new technology from Microsoft Research labs – Image Composite Editor (ICE) with Multi-Image Fusion. To some of …

Microsoft OneAlbum: Fusing Facial Recognition and Social Networks – The Future of Windows Live Photos?

Microsoft Research recently revealed one of their projects at TechFest 2010 which caught our attention – OneAlbum. TechFest is Microsoft’s annual showcase of emerging technologies from Microsoft Research and is a channel for these new incubation technologies to make …

Creative new names for the Windows Live Wave 4 themes, mobile experience to get themes support

Last week we showed you some of the newest themes coming in the next version of Windows Live. Unfortunately at that stage we were only able to get hold of the temporary placeholder names for each of the new themes. …

First look at the new Windows Live Wave 4 header themes

Following our last post on the new Windows Live Wave 4 header, showing you some of its new functionalities and the organisation of services, this time we will show you several of the new themes that will come with …

Even more Wave 4 screenshots emerge (Part 2)

Following our Part 1 coverage on LiveSino.net and cnBeta.com’s leak of new Windows Live Wave 4 screenshots, this time we’ll take a glimpse at the next version of Windows Live SkyDrive, Family Safety, Sync and Movie Maker. We’ll examine …