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Windows Live Movie Maker receives PCMAG.COM Editors Choice

This week PCMAG.COM gave Windows Live Movie Maker Wave 4 Beta an Editors’ Choice Award.

WL Movie MakerWith Microsoft Movie Maker Wave 4 Beta, the Windows Live team has done the seemingly impossible—they’ve made video editing simple, yet powerful enough to create

After a month, Hotmail continues rollout (#NoHotmailYet)

hotmailwave4Mike Shackwitz posted another update on the rollout of Hotmail Wave 4 today on Inside Windows Live, reporting that “we’re right on track with our release plan”.  Some 50 million accounts on “several different clusters” have already been upgraded, which …

Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 beta full installer now available [Updated]

sprite_logos_essentialsWhen Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 public beta was released less than a month ago, the download website http://explore.live.com offered only the web installer, with no full installer available. Well, the truth is, the link to the full installer is …

Outlook Social Connector update: here’s the links

Last night we told you about some exciting new features coming to Outlook Social Connector, including Facebook and Windows Live Messenger providers:

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However we weren’t able to find any official word (other than the Channel 9 video) when we …

Outlook Social Connector adds Facebook, Windows Live Messenger providers

Mashable is reporting that the Microsoft Outlook Social Connector is making some big announcements tonight, including the addition of two promised and now (apparently almost) delivered social network providers, Facebook and Windows Live Messenger (I just checked on my little …

Some facts about Office Web Apps on Windows Live – Co-authoring for all web apps by the end of 2010

Office Web AppsOffice Web Apps was released as final version on Windows Live SkyDrive last month, together with the launch of other Windows Live Wave 4 web services (all except Hotmail, Contacts, Alerts, FrameIt, and Admin Center). While great as it …

Wave 4: SmartScreen for URLs

Those of you who are trying out the new Windows Live Essentials Beta, probably already came across some of these:
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But what are those? Never saw those before (no difference whether you use Internet Explorer or not)! What happened? …

New SkyDrive Logo coming

imageLooks like there is a new SkyDrive logo coming. I say looks like, as the only place it is appearing now is on the the Windows Live Preview site, as noted by LiveSino.

The new logo follows the …

What’s up with Spaces: Evolving, or Dead Man Walking?

After what seems like years of silence over the status and fate of Windows Live Spaces, Senior Lead Program Manager Tony East blogged yesterday about the beleaguered blogging platform.  In “The Evolution of Windows Live Spaces”, East touches …

The LiveSide Wave 4 Wiki

We hope you had the patience to wade through the hundreds of comments on our Wave 4 posts, but if you had a little trouble keeping up, well so did we.  You’ve contributed quite a bit to the discussion, …