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Windows Live Photo Gallery Wave 4 demo videos

Windows Live Photo GalleryJust yesterday we told you about What’s new in Windows Live Essentials Wave 4, and one of our reader Chrilo tipped us about the new demo videos already available on the Windows Live Preview website. While the pages has …

Official clarification about the changed webcam functionality in Windows Live Messenger Wave 3

Windows Live MessengerSince Microsoft released the latest “QFE3” (QFE stands for Quick-Fix Engineering) version of Windows Live Essentials (Wave 3), build 14.0.8117.416, there had been numerous complains both at LiveSide and at the official Inside Windows Live team blog about the …

Windows Live Groups Wave 4 to get group collaboration features

Windows Live GroupsWith the release of Windows Live Wave 4 imminent, Picturepan2 from LiveSino.net has provided us with some exclusive screenshots of Windows Live Groups Wave 4. We’ve previously mentioned that Windows Live Group is changing its focus to be the place …

Wave 4: What’s New in Windows Live Essentials

Windows Live EssentialsFollowing the announcement of Messenger and Hotmail Wave 4, the next step for Microsoft’s Windows Live Wave 4 announcement is the new Essentials. Today the Windows Live Essentials Preview website (http://windowslive.com/essentials) briefly went online for a short while …

New icons spotted for Windows Live Sync, Family Safety, Devices, Groups, and Profile

Thanks to a post from Technogran (via MyMicrosoftLife), who posted a new icon of Windows Live Sync on her new blog post, we were able to dig further get a glimpse of some of the new icons for Windows …

Windows Live Video Messages beta to be discontinued July 21

Windows Live Video Messages logoAs Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 nears public release, Microsoft will be shutting off several current services due to consolidation of their services in the new version. We know that Office Live Workspaces is being migrated to Windows Live Office

New Wave 4 Header spotted in the wild, with working Web Messenger

Our friend and LiveSide reader Gilly2468 over at My Microsoft Life has come across a Windows Live url complete with a partially working Wave 4 Header.  The url, https://consent.live.com, which appears to be available to anyone with a …

Microsoft “I’m” charity program shut down: raised over $3 million

The I’m initiative, if you recall, was a way to support your favorite charity while using Windows Live Messenger or Hotmail, but now, after 3 years, the program has come to an end.  Some of our readers noticed that the …

Wave 4: Windows Live Office – A First Look

Office logoWindows Live Hotmail Wave 4 was officially unveiled yesterday, and one of the major upgrades to Hotmail is it’s tight integration with SkyDrive and Office Web Apps. As part of the announcement, Microsoft also revealed one of their newest …

What’s new in Hotmail: more good stuff

There’s lots of cool stuff in the new Hotmail, and I got to see it with my own eyes already! Last week I attended a special Windows Live (lunch) session at Microsoft headquarters here in the Netherlands. Dharmesh Mehta …