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More information (and some speculation) about Hotmail

With the announced release of Windows Live Hotmail still rolling out, a bit more information has come out in the form of some blog posts from Hotmail team members. 

First, Steve Kafka goes more in depth into cleaning up your

LiveSide Wave 3.3 – Mobile

LiveSide.net on your mobile.  Simply go to liveside.net, and it’ll redirect you to the mobile version of the home page.  Please note that it’s only for the homepage news so you wont get the thinned down theme on the rest …

More Home.Live.com goodness

From the “woah, Microsoft is UNSTOPPABLE” category, Chris just noticed that the color of the (too large??) header turns colors with the changing time of the day.  Here in sunny Seattle we’re still in the light blue zone:

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SkyDrive With Spaces and Writer [Plugin Updated]

With SkyDrive not even 6 hours old, we already have our first addins for it. The Spaces and SkyDrive team have just unveiled a new module for your Windows Live Space, one that shows the public folders you have on …

Microsoft launches new Windows Live Home beta

Yet another bolt out the blue (maybe not), Microsoft just launched the new Windows Live Home beta portal. At the moment it offers only basic functionality, ie no integration, just access to all the Windows Live services. Funnily …

Windows Live SkyDrive – A First Look

skydriveWell, 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.

New Look 

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Previously Accessed Folders

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 …

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. Featuring the new …

Family Safety Gets Update – Contact Controls

Last week Windows Live Family Safety got updated to allow parents to have some control over who their children can have on their contact list within Windows Live Messenger, so long as you are using the current version (which for …

I’m initiative produces 25% growth for Windows Live Messenger

Back at the beginning of March, Microsoft launched the “I’m Initiative,” a new charity program carried out through Windows Live Messenger. At the homepage, you can learn more about the charities that are recieving donations and how by putting one …