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Outlook Connector updated

Outlook Connector, both the 32 and 64bit versions, were updated today, and you can get them here:

I had to uninstall the previous version (14.0.5118.4000) to get the new one (14.0.5118.5000) to …

Open@4: Cloud Computing

Yesterday I attended the very first Open@4 Press Event at Microsoft headquarters here in the Netherlands. Open@4 (the meets start at 4 PM) are informal press meetings to be held quarterly, with a different topic each time. This time the …

Autolinks in Windows Live Mail

Did you know that if you have autolinks in Live Writer that you can use them in Windows Live Mail? This is a hidden feature Scott just discovered in the Windows Live Essentials Beta.

And hidden it is! …

The history of Windows Live Mesh

You might’ve heard that Microsoft recently decided to rebrand Windows Live Sync to Windows Live Mesh. But what was the story behind this great file synchronisation tool? We’ll give you a brief summary of the history behind Windows Live …

Double Rainbows with Photo Stitch “What does it mean?”

Sometimes we focus so much on all the latest upcoming news that we forget to talk about some of the cool existing features in Windows Live.  Windows Live Photo Gallery does some pretty amazing stuff, from simple photo fixing, to …

“Windows Live ActiveSync” update: No HTML mail in WM 6.xx, and our own FAQ

(Hey look, more naming confusion, yay! Yesterday’s Inside Windows Live blog post didn’t mention it, but we just noticed that the “Known Issues” page refers to “Windows Live ActiveSync”, go figure.  Anyway we’ll probably call it EAS for Hotmail …

Exchange ActiveSync now available

OK it’s official, Hotmail Exchange ActiveSync is now available, according to a blog post on Inside Windows Live.  The setup details are the same as we’d posted earlier, here they are:

Server / URL

m.hotmail.com

Username

Enter full email

Windows Live Activity Streams

This week Rob Dolin wrote up a good summary of Windows Live Activity Streams, the information you see on Windows Live Home, in the expanded Messenger window, and soon on Windows Phones. 

Today we added a “Share with Messenger” …

A new (old) name for Live Sync: Live Mesh !?!

We’ve been hearing rumblings about a Live Sync name change, and sure enough, today on the Inside Windows Live blog Microsoft is announcing that Live Sync will be renamed as…Windows Live Mesh.

Geez we’re not going to even bother …

Chris Pendleton moves to Bing Mobile

Chris PendletonToday our good friend Chris Pendleton is announcing his departure as the Bing Maps Tech Evangelist. He’s been holding this position for over 3 years. On September 13 he will become a Sr. Program Manager on the Bing Mobile team …