Can Linux beat the bloat
Linus Torvalds shocked the crowd (well, the group) at LinuxCon this week with three words.
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25.9.2009 Windows Live Spaces goes Live!r. Our nameless source writes:
On Monday Microsoft began rolling out Windows Live Spaces, the next generation of the world’s most widely used blogging service, MSN Spaces. The new service includes social networking features designed to help users discover and connect with friends through their trusted contacts and allows customers to personalize their Windows Live Spaces with gadgets.
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2.8.2006 Windows Live Mail, Live Writer & Messenger 8.5 Beta
Microsoft has announced the availability of 3 Windows Live products today, all of which are beta.
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31.5.2007 Office Live and Windows Live Call + Screenshots
After the announcements yesterday about Microsoft's new "live" services the company held a press conference detailing all the products in the Microsoft Live platform.
The company demoed an early version of Office Live, a managed web application for organising calendar, mail and contacts. Office Live will combine Web Hosting, Collaboration of Projects, Business Applications and Communications. Many expect a fully hosted version of Microsoft Office but this is not the company's intension for Office Live.
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New Windows Live Messenger Is Live, Web-Based
While it is in the process of forcing users of its IM client to upgrade to the latest version of the client-based application, Microsoft has introduced a new version of Windows Live Messenger.
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13.10.2009 Windows Live FrameIt, a Small Piece of Windows Live Wave 3
Microsoft is currently cooking Wave 3 of its Windows Live suite of products and services. As of July 30, the Redmond company unveiled Windows Live FrameIt, a new Windows Live service built as an integral part of Wave 3.
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1.8.2008 Windows Live Mail 5 is Live
Well, almost. It's coming very soon, we promise. But for those who can't wait, here's a sneak peak at all the new features for Windows Live Mail Beta "M5" (M5 is geek speak for Milestone 5).
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1.3.2006 Windows Live Sync is Live!
We've been hard at work on the new software, and we're pleased to report that the new Windows Live Sync is now available for Windows and the Mac.
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12.12.2008 Microsoft Goes Live Crazy With Live Labs
We've heard about Windows Live, Office Live, Visual Studio Live, CRM Live. But now there's the Live granddaddy of them all:
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26.1.2006 Windows Live Preview
On November 1, 2005, Microsoft announced that it would release a set of services beginning in 2006 under the Windows Live brand. For the most part, the Windows Live services match up with previous projects from MSN, which had been pulled into the Windows division at Microsoft during a late 2005 reorganization.
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23.1.2006 Windows Live on WSUS
Today you will see a new product category in WSUS for Windows Live. Windows Live online services include web-based products for consumers, such as Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Toolbar.
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19.4.2006 Windows Live LifeCams
Microsoft's new Windows Live section seems to be moving into the hardware business, according to LiveSide. The Redmond-based giant is planning to release 2 WebCams (or, as Microsoft calls them, LifeCams), which will produce high definition pictures, plus high-definition video on select models.
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14.5.2006 Windows Live Messenger 8.5 - A First Look
The guys over at Messenger Adictos have made available the Spanish version of the next version of Windows Live Messenger, 8.5.
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27.5.2007 Windows Live OneCare 1.6
After discussion last week that Windows Live OneCare 1.6 had been released, it is now available to all users from onecare.live.com.
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6.6.2007 Windows Live Messenger 9.0
Drops in late 2008, early 2009. Forget about Windows Live Messenger 8.1 and 8.5, Microsoft is cooking Windows Live Messenger 9.0.
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1.11.2007 Windows Live OneCare 2.0
Microsoft is indeed offering Windows Live OneCare 2.0 for free, but only the 90-day trial period version.
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20.6.2008 Windows Live OneCare 2.5
Windows Live OneCare has moved to the next stage in its evolution. At the debut of July, 2008, Microsoft made available for download version 2.5 of its one-size-fits all security solution.
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10.7.2008 The New Windows Live Clubhouse
A new Windows Live Clubhouse and new Windows Live site will be launched on Aug 4th.
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4.8.2008 Windows OneCare Beta Goes Live
Microsoft is waving goodbye to Symantec and McAfee it seems. On Tuesday, the company opened the doors to its Windows OneCare Live beta, a PC protection and maintenance service that offers an antivirus and firewall, along with tune-up and backup functionality.
Any Windows XP SP2 user can now register to download the latest beta release.
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1.12.2005 Windows Live Session UK - #1
Last Thursday evening I attended a Windows Live Session hosted by Microsoft's Phil Holden.
Phil is Director of MSN Global Business and Product Management at MSN. He has been at Microsoft for nearly 14 years working originally with IBM as a hardware engineer.
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28.1.2006 Windows Live Messenger 8.0 BETA
Windows Live Messenger will be the next-generation MSN Messenger. It will have everything you already love about Messenger-your contact list, emoticons, and instant access to your friends via text, voice, and video-plus new ways to connect and share documents with almost magical ease. As always, it will be free to download Messenger and use most of its features.
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28.1.2006 Microsoft Does a Windows Live Show-and-Tell
VSLive this week wasn't only about team-development tools. The Softies also provided demonstrations of how they expect developers to piece together Windows-Live-style services, going forward. Microsoft showed off new mashups made from Windows Live beta components. And execs committed to making Microsoft's Live.com aggregator "the front door to Search in the coming months."
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4.2.2006 Windows Live site updated
Windows Live Portal has been updated, although still in beta it is already in the top 500 most visited websites and still climbing.
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28.2.2006 Download new Windows Live Toolbar
Now you can download new Windows Live Toolbar Beta.
What it is
A super-useful tool that helps you find stuff on the Internet faster and more securely.
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19.3.2006 Windows Live to get Product Search
After posting about Windows Live Academic Search last week, yet another new search product has entered our radar. This time it's Windows Live Product Search, and like its cousins Image Search and Feed Search, it too will be integrated into the standard Windows Live Search service.
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11.4.2006 Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0683
Michael Sun has posted a couple of interesting screenshots of Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0683.00_Branches, an internal build already showing differences with the preview of the new UI we gave you last month. The exclusive images also reveal some new features.
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17.4.2006 Windows Live Mail M6 is here
They are currently putting up the new login page at mail.live.com, but you can log in via hotmail.com as usual.
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16.5.2006 Windows Live SDK for Gadgets
Another 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.
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30.5.2006 Windows Live OneCare Released
Microsoft has unveiled its highly anticipated security software suite - Windows Live OneCare.
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31.5.2006 Download Windows Live Writer now
Microsoft, will be reaviling a new Windows Live product on 14th August 2006. This new product will be called Windows Live Writer. This new product from Microsoft will allow a user to write documents/blog postings from a downloadable application called Windows Live Writer and post them to a blog (other than Windows Live Spaces). Right know, we have no other known features, except Spell Check, of this product untill Monday the 14th.
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13.8.2006Windows Live Strategy Inches Forward, Slowly
Microsoft is continuing to
flesh out its Windows Live
strategy, on Wednesday
releasing beta versions of
Windows Live Photo Gallery and
Windows Live Folders. The
additions will join Windows
Live Mail Desktop, Windows
Live Writer, and a number of
other applications as part of
the Windows Live Suite...
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28.06.2007More Firefox Bloat? Say It Ain't So, Mozilla
When Firefox launched
in beta release five years
ago, it burst on the
open-source browser scene like
a young Elvis Presley -- slim,
sexy and dangerous. Since then
it has attracted millions of
users, generally set the
agenda for browser development
and unseated Microsoft's
Internet Explorer as the de
facto monopoly in the
field.
But,
with Firefox 3.0 poised for
release this summer, the "IE
killer" is in danger of
morphing into an early Fat
Elvis, if increasing numbers
of die-hard fans turned
reluctant critics are any
guide.
Anecdotal
reports of problems, from
sluggishness to slow page
loads and frequent crashes,
have begun circulating in web
forums, along with
increasingly loud calls for
Firefox to return to its
roots. The alleged culprit:
bloat, the same problem that
once plagued Mozilla, the
slow, overstuffed open-source
browser spawned by Netscape
that Firefox was originally
meant to replace...
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17.05.2007Best Practices for keeping your Windows Live ID safe
Brandon LeBlanc: Your Windows Live ID is essentially your online identity for all of the Windows Live services, Xbox Live, Zune and other third party
websites (such as Expedia.com) that utilize Windows Live ID. If you're using Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger, your Windows Live ID
stores all your contacts and email messages. Your Windows Live ID is definitely something you don't want to have compromised and I've got several
pointers - or best practices - in keeping your Windows Live ID safe.
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06.05.2008Ideas.live.com Up Again!
After a couple of perhaps
unintentional sneak previews,
the newly designed Windows
Live Ideas, or ideas.live.com,
is up and running. The portal
to Windows Live beta projects.
Now hopefully well see some
new betas. What will be next
to appear? Live Clipboard?
Live Drive? Something
completely different? Well
(hopefully) soon find out...
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03.09.2006Microsoft releases Windows Live Essentials build 8064
As we reported a few weeks ago, Microsoft has officially rolled out an update to Windows Live Essentials (Build 8064). If you're not familiar with
Windows Live Essentials, it is a suite of applications that include: Windows Live Mail (Desktop Version), Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Photo
Gallery, Windows Live Writer, Windows Live Toolbar, Windows Live Family Safety, and Windows Live Movie Maker Beta. The updates don't appear to
have any new features, but contain lots of fixed bugs especially for Windows 7 users. Microsoft has announced that users still using Windows Live
Messenger 8.1, 8.5, and the latest 9.0 (build 1202) will be asked, not required, to update to 14.0.8064.0206.
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13.02.2009Join the Online Community with
Windows Live Services
Columnist Rob Tidrow discusses
how to get started with
Windows Live services, set up
your own Windows Live Space,
and participate in the Windows
Live Beta experience...
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13.09.2006The New Windows Live Clubhouse
A new Windows Live Clubhouse and new Windows Live site will be launched on Aug 4th.
Windows Live Clubhouse, is a different kind of community, built
for the most avid users of Windows Live products. Here, they can share their experience in using Windows Live products. You will also find the best of
tips and techniques shared by them. Currently, the Windows Live Clubhouse Spaces is invite only, where you can also have an On-Demand Guided Tour of
New Windows Live Clubhouse to get a sneak peek.
A new
Windows Live site
and the broader Windows Live Community will also be launched on Aug. 4th. So get set for the launch and get familiar with everything about Windows
Live, before a new Wave 3 of new Live products get introduced later on.
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04.08.2008Introducing Windows Live Solution Center
The Windows Live Team is at it again. Following the major release of the Windows Live Essentials release 3 days ago, the team has released Windows
Live Solution Center. The name is quite a cache though. Most would assume that the website would provide solutions for users using all of the Windows
Live products and services. However, the main focus of the new solution center at the moment is Windows Live Hotmail. The Windows Live team has stated
that more services will be covered in the new solution center at a later date, but that doesn't mean you absolutely cannot ask for help with other
Windows Live products and services.
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19.12.2008Windows Live gets upgrade, final Essentials release
Microsoft's Windows Live team today formally announced a number of upgrades to the Live platform that constitute its "next generation," a
more unified experience across all the services within Windows Live...
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13.11.2008Windows Live Desktop Apps
Renamed
In order to lessen some
confusion surrounding its
Windows Live Web services and
desktop applications,
Microsoft has opted to rename
two of its products. The
Windows Live Search
application, formerly known as
OneView, will now be called
Windows Live Search Center...
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13.07.2006Windows Live OneCare 2.5 Now Available
Beginning last week (July 1st to be exact) - existing Windows Live OneCare users (paid subscribers) began automatically receiving Windows Live OneCare
2.5. The Windows Live OneCare website also began offering Windows Live OneCare 2.5 for new users as well. If you are a Windows Live OneCare subscriber
and have not yet been automatically updated, you can either wait until the update occurs or download the new version from the Windows Live OneCare
website.
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10.07.2008Windows Live for mobile updated
Windows Live blog has announced the availability of the new updated Windows Live for mobile. Go to new Windows Live for mobile website from your
mobile phone's web browser and you can instantly start using the new services. The new and updated mobile web services include Windows Live Home,
Photos, Profile, People, and Spaces. These complement the existing mobile services, like Hotmail and Messenger. With this release, the Live platform
is extending even more of Windows Live to mobile devices, but with a mobile twist. To get started, all you need is a phone with a browser and a data
plan.
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11.12.2008Share Calendars to Windows with Windows Live Calender
Yesterday, along with the launch of the new Windows Live apps and services, Microsoft also commenced with the public beta of
Windows Live Calendar. Denise Ho, Lead Program Manager for Windows Live
Calendar,
made the
announcement off of the Windows Live Hotmail blog.
Windows Live Calendar is designed to make it easier to share your plans with friends
and family. Using Windows Live Calendar, you can share your calendar out to people in your Windows Live Contacts. For those of them using Windows Live
Calendar, they can accept an invite to view your shared calendar which will then appear in their account when they log in to Windows Live Calendar.
For friends who dont have Windows Live IDs - you can send them a secret link to view your calendar without the need to sign in. You can read Denises
post mentioned above for the complete lowdown on what Windows Live Calendar offers.
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08.11.2007Windows Live 4 developers
The vast majority of the Internet users has already been in touch with some of the tools and services that are grouped under the Windows Live label.
Services like Live Mail (which includes Hotmail and MSN Mail), Live Messenger (MSN Messenger), Live Spaces, Live Search, Live IDs, and Virtual Earth
(maps.live.com) are daily used by hundreds million of people.
Windows Live services are in continuous evolution and new services
are added regularly, like the new Live Skydrive , Silverlight Streaming, Live OneCare, Live Expo,¦
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21.04.2008Live Search QnA moves to MSN platform
Back in 2005 Windows Live was announced and many products were moved from the MSN platform to the Windows Live platform. New products and services
were announced including Windows Live QnA. The service name explains it all. Windows Live QnA is a community of users from around the globe asking and
answering about anything and everything. When the Windows Live QnA beta first launched it was it's own service on the Windows Live platform, but
then moved to the Live Search platform and is now known as Live Search QnA. The move helped gain thousands of new contributors engaging in the
community.
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18.02.2009Microsoft begins updated Windows Live rollout
The new Windows Live profile features that were recently announced have begun to take effect, turning the formerly sterile Windows Live into a more
cohesive portal for online content consumption...
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03.12.2008Windows Live Mail Now 'Live Hotmail'
In an attempt to allay
confusion over its new
AJAX-enabled webmail system,
Microsoft said Thursday that
Windows Live Mail was being
renamed to Windows Live
Hotmail. The decision follows
a recent switch to keep the
classic Hotmail interface for
existing users...
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09.02.2007Games for Windows Live to get Marketplace, full title downloads
Microsoft Today unveiled upgrades to its Games for Windows Live service -- the PC equivalent of Xbox Live -- that immediately updates the interface,
and promises a Games for Windows Live Marketplace in early December...
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13.11.2008Windows Live Spaces Teaser
Some more news about Windows
Live Spaces: a new teaser page
has been discovered.
The page highlights
some of the newly introduced
features, and shows the new
Windows Live UI, as expected.
Windows Live Spaces will be
the first Windows Live service
to show both the new header
("Flare") and the Windows
Live Orb, rarely seen as of
now.
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28.06.2006Windows Live Messenger Goes
Public
Microsoft opened up the
Windows Live Messenger to the
public Tuesday, as well as
introducing Windows Live Call
in six additional markets.
Uniden and Philips have also
launched phones compatible
with the Live Call service,
the company said...
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