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Finally! Windows Live Mail sign-in UI updated

WLMail new icon.gifThe sign-in site for Windows Live Mail has been updated to the new Live ID interface. As Trevin stated on his blog, in order to see the new interface, you must be a Live Mail user and sign in …

Active Search: New in Windows Live Mail Desktop

maildesktop.pngThe Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta blog announces Active Search, soon to be available to a small group of beta participants in the US. This new feature searches email for relevant terms, and then provides search links automatically, without …

Mail returns to M6

WLMail new icon.gifAfter experiencing a few availability issues 2 weeks ago and being rolled back to M5, the Windows Live Mail team has now re-released M6, albeit with a few fixes that should hopefully improve stability. So where does Mail go from …

A look at Windows Live Sessions 2

WindowsLive.gifRomain Gilbert, from Heaven (local Microsoft agency), has put together a pretty nice video recap, showing impressions from the recent Windows Live Sessions 2 in London, Paris, and Munich. This one is definitely worth a quick look. See if …

Windows Live OneCare Now Available!

WOCL Logo.gifAccording to the Windows Live OneCare Blog, starting this evening – Windows Live OneCare is now available for purchase and download!

Beginning today, May 31st, Windows Live OneCare is available in over a dozen of the top retail stores nationwide

Windows Live OneCare release on Thursday

Microsoft's entry into the anti-virus software market, Windows Live OneCare, is slated for general release on Thursday, June 1, according to PC World. OneCare, recently certified by ICSA Labs and West Coast Labs "as an effective solution to combat …

Safety Center enters new markets

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Windows Live Safety Center has gone global and is now available in 43 markets. If you are like me and are frequently asked to help friends and family out when they contract the latest virus or spyware, then this service …

Major Xbox Live update expected

xboxlogosmall.pngWe probably don't spend near enough time here at LiveSide on Xbox and Xbox Live, but there's a bunch of Xbox sites, and of course they're all abuzz this week with news of the upcoming major update to Xbox Live, …

Windows Live SDK for Gadgets

WLLive.com icon.gifAnother Windows Live SDK has been released, this time for Windows Live Gadgets, and you can "start using this SDK right now to build Gadgets that run on Live.com" according to James Lau on the Gadgets blog. The Live …

Live.com minor update + Gadget SDK

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The live.com team just released another small update, as well as the Windows Live Gadgets SDK. Changes include: – Performance improvements – Drag and drop gadgets to a specific page – Ability to create folders within "My Stuff" – …