Windows Live Messenger 9.0 (2009) Beta Refresh
The Windows Live Messenger for Facebook update delivered at the end of the past week was just a preview of the evolution of the desktop instant messaging client.
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17.12.2008 XP SP3 Refresh 2 and Vista SP1 RC Refresh 2 Join Windows 7
Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Candidate Refresh 2 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate Refresh 2 have joined Windows 7 on torrent trackers.
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1.2.2008 Windows Live Essentials for Windows 7 Beta Refresh
On the path to Wave 3, the Windows Live collection of services and applications debuted into Beta earlier this year, and has been crawling toward RTW ever since.
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17.12.2008 Vista SP1 RC Refresh Ships – Windows XP SP3 RC Refresh Next?
Should you hold your breath for a new version of Windows XP SP3? Currently, Microsoft has opened up the testing process of the third and final service pack for Windows XP, and, now, all users of the operating system have access to the first Release Candidate of the refresh, as of late 2007.
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10.1.2008 Windows Live FolderShare Beta Refresh for PC-to-PC Sync
Today, the FolderShare Team is shipping a Beta Refresh of both the Windows Live FolderShare website and client that offers some great improvements to the Windows Live FolderShare service at http://www.foldershare.com/.
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11.3.2008 All New XP SP3 RC Refresh 2 and Vista SP1 RC Refresh 2 Available for Download
Making headway with the development of Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Microsoft has made available new builds of both service packs.
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25.1.2008 Microsoft: Should You Install Windows Vista SP1 RC Refresh?
Last week, on January 9th, 2008, Microsoft dropped Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate Refresh Build 17128 into the laps of some 15,000 testers.
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14.1.2008 New IE, Media Player Features Expected to Debut in Windows Vista Refresh
Testers will soon have a new Community Technology Preview build, the second one that Microsoft has issued for its next-gen Windows client. Beta 2 is looking like December, sources say. windows -
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Windows Server 2003 SP2 RC Refresh 1 Released to testers
Windows Serviceability is pleased to announce the release of RC Refresh 1 (build 2845) of Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2003.
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20.12.2006 Windows XP SP3 RC Refresh (Build 3264) on Connect
Oh wow, Thanks Microsoft! They have just posted a refresh of Windows XP Service Pack 3.
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18.12.2007 New Windows Vista SP1 RC Refresh - Build 17128 Available for Download
Windows Vista SP1 Release Candidate Refresh - Build 17128 is now available for download. Microsoft is making headway with the development of the first service pack for Windows Vista.
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10.1.2008 Microsoft Killed Windows XP SP3 Release Candidate 2 RC2 Refresh
The third and last service pack for Windows XP is barely out the door and Microsoft has rushed to put the past behind it.
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7.5.2008 Microsoft Preps IE 7 Beta Refresh
On Monday at the Mix '06 conference in Las Vegas, Microsoft will issue a refreshed version of Internet Explorer (IE) 7 beta, which the company is describing as feature complete. The company will also discuss the next version of IE at the show, which will likely include features that didn't make it into IE 7, including a true download manager and more seamless inline Web page searching.
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Beta 2 Technical Refresh Available Tomorrow
This morning, we announced that starting tomorrow (Thursday, Septemeber 14) you'll be able to download the Beta 2 Technical Refresh build of Office 2007 (build 4407.1005).
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13.9.2006 Office 2007 Beta 1 Refresh Released
Microsoft has just posted the Beta 1 refresh of Office 2007 to their servers. This refresh build allows testers to use Office 2007 on the Feburary Vista CTP release and features additional UI and stability improvements.
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14.3.2006 Office 2007 Interim Beta Refresh Coming Soon
Note to Windows Vista testers:
Don't try loading your Office 2007 Beta 1 code on top of the newest Windows Vista test build(the February Community Technology Preview (CTP) build, Number 5308, released this week). It's a bad idea. But Microsoft is planning to refresh its Office beta code some time soon with an interim test release, known as "Office 12 Beta-1 Technical Refresh," as noted over on the Windows Connected blog.
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23.2.2006 Microsoft Office System Beta 2 Technical Refresh
According to a German blog, Microsoft plans to release Beta 2 Technical Refresh on the 14/15th September.
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31.8.2006 Download 2007 Microsoft Office Beta 2 refresh now!
This is an update to the Beta 2 version of a 2007 Microsoft Office system product. Beta 2 Technical Refresh updates are compatible with the Microsoft Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 pre-release product.
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14.9.2006 Download Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar Beta 1 Refresh
The Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar provides several features for exploring and understanding Web pages. These features enable you to:
-- Explore and modify the document object model (DOM) of a Web page.
-- Locate and select specific elements on a Web page through a variety of techniques.
-- Selectively disable Internet Explorer settings.
-- View HTML object class names, ID's, and details such as link paths, tab index values, and access keys.
-- Outline tables, table cells, images, or selected tags.
-- Validate HTML, CSS, WAI, and RSS Web feed links.
-- Display image dimensions, file sizes, path information, and alternate (ALT) text.
-- Immediately resize the browser window to a new resolution.
-- Selectively clear the browser cache and saved cookies. Choose from all objects or those associated with a given domain.
-- Choose direct links to W3C specification references, the Internet Explorer team weblog (blog), and other resources.
-- Display a fully featured design ruler to help accurately align objects on your pages.
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Microsoft To Release Office 2007 Beta Refresh - Screenshots
According to news.com who sourced a Microsoft spokesperson, Microsoft is planning to release an updated beta version of the companies next generation Office suite, Office 2007.
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9.3.2006 Install Vista SP1 RC Refresh for the Added Performance
According to Microsoft, one reason to install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate Refresh and test drive it is the added performance.
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15.1.2008 Microsoft to launch test build of Internet Explorer refresh in December
Following its August settlement of a long-standing patent dispute with Eolas, Microsoft is readying a refresh of its Internet Explorer (IE) browser that will remove an interim “Click to Activate” control setting.
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8.11.2007 Microsoft releases another Vista SP1 refresh to 15,000 testers
Microsoft made availble to testers on January 9 yet another refresh of Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 Release Candidate (RC) test build.
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9.1.2008 The Vista SP1 and XP SP3 WU Refresh Impacts the Entire Update Infrastructure
At the end of the past week, Microsoft announced a refresh to the Windows Update agent in Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP Service Pack 3.
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8.7.2008 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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1.3.2006Windows Live Hotmail wave 3 rollout begins
As we
reported on last week, Microsoft
has been prepping a big refresh for Windows Live Hotmail users. Starting this week, users should begin noticing changes to their interface. Due to the
huge user base and multiple servers that power Hotmail, not all users will get the new interface at once.
Over on the
Windows Live Wire, Microsoft has further
outlined some of those changes. Along with an improved look, one that merges some of the fast loading features of the "classic" interface along with
the enhanced features of the last version, Microsoft claims that the new interface is up to 70% faster than the previous version.
Live
Calendar has also been improved, including enhanced calendar sharing and iCal subscriptions to public calendars. Calendar also now syncs with the
Windows Live Mail beta and Microsoft Outlook when using the Outlook Connector addin. Also included are to-do lists that allow you to manage both
personal and shared tasks between contacts.
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01.10.2008Live Search-"Kumo Lite" Refresh Screenshots
If you use Live search, you are no doubt well used to the daily background changes that the search engine goes through. Today, a little more than the
background changed. Without so much as a press release or a blog post, Microsoft unlocked a "Kumo Lite" UI refresh for selected public beta
testers. We are calling it "Lite" only because there is much more to come in the upcoming full Live Search refresh, which is codenamed "Kumo".
The screen shot above is the new homepage for live.com. As you can see there is a new left hand navigation panel with a few new options.
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19.05.2009Announcing Windows Live FolderShare Beta Refresh for PC-to-PC Sync
Brandon LeBlanc: <...> Windows Live FolderShare is a service that lets users sign-in to set up Libraries that consist of folders on multiple PCs.
These Libraries are synced using the Windows Live FolderShare client that sits on each PC. Users can have multiple Libraries setup as well as Shared
Libraries with friends.
Today,
the FolderShare Team is shipping a Beta Refresh of
both the Windows Live FolderShare website and client that offers some great improvements to the Windows Live FolderShare service at
http://www.foldershare.com/. Those improvements include:
- Improved usability with the Windows Live FolderShare website - UI aligns with other Windows Live services.
- Updated
Windows Live FolderShare Client.
- Back-end improvements.
- Full Windows Vista support with updated Windows Live FolderShare
Client.
Today's Beta Refresh supports Windows Live FolderShare's already supported countries and regions: English, French,
German, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.
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10.03.2008Windows Live Expo Comes Out of
Beta
Microsoft brought its
classified listings site out
of beta on Wednesday, adding
several new features as well
as a refresh of the design. In
addition, the Redmond company
announced plans to launch a
beta of Windows Live Expo in
the United Kingdom beginning
on Thursday...
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12.07.2006Windows Live Mail Desktop Refresh Available
Very few time after the last
update, which was numbered as
build 1024, Microsoft has
released a new build of
Windows Live Mail Desktop
Beta, build 1083. Instead of
being a bug fix only release,
the team decided to implement
quite a few features to this
new release alongside the 150
bug fixes:
-Current View settings are
now sticky
-Update Feeds
Button
-Minimizing to
System Tray
-Support
for Windows Live ID sign in
(for non-MSN Mail, Hotmail,
and Windows Live Mail account
holders)
-A new, slight
UI refresh, especially for the
login interface
Thanks to Wanderer
for the heads up!
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11.10.2006Windows Live Mail Desktop
Refresh Released
Little more than a month after
the last build, the Windows
Live Mail Desktop Beta team
released minutes ago build
1034 of the product.
Along with a vastly
improved support for the
upcoming Windows Vista
operating system, the product
has been improved in many
different ways since the last
refresh, mainly in the
following areas:
- Virus scanning of
attachments
- Photo
E-mails can be sent via POP
accounts
- RSS
synchronization: The ability
to sync all your RSS feeds at
once
- Auto-update: You
can now opt-in during setup to
receive update notifications
through the Automatic Updates
service
- Contact Import
improvements: Any suspected
duplicate contacts are
identified and can be merged
into one
- Performance
improvements through the
product, especially for the
sign-in process
- Over
1000 various issues fixed!
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19.09.2006Windows 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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28.06.2007Windows Live Essentials Have Arrived
The Windows Live betas weve been playing with for a while now have just received another refresh. As of today, the page at
http://download.live.com has been updated with a new set of betas, now called the śWindows Live Essentials.ť
Here, youll find the latest versions of
Messenger,
Mail,
Photo Gallery,
Movie Maker,
Writer,
Toolbar, and
Family Safety, as well as additional
programs like the
Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, the
Office Live Add-in and
Microsoft
Silverlight. All the programs are available via one installer that lets you choose which programs you want installed or not installed.
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16.12.2008Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC Refresh Public Availability Program
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC Refresh is available to Beta testers through Windows Update. Experience the WU installation path for Windows Vista SP1
by following these simple steps and give us your feedback to improve our quality.
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12.01.2008Windows Live Messenger April
Refresh
Yup, it's that time again! It
seems the WLM Team are giving
us a slightly late easter gift
as they are soon to be
chucking out a refresh build,
which im sure all of you have
been waiting for seen as the
we all got an insight of the
vastly updated GUI a few weeks
back.
This new
build is said to have the
following features;
Windows Live
Today : The Windows
Live replacement of MSN
Messenger?s MSN Today pop up
box when you sign in to
Messenger.
Encrypted
Contacts : You can now
choose to encrypt you buddy
list when it is stored on your
PC, so no one can steal your
friends away from you.
Read more on
our current discussion thread
for a full list of expected
features and more!.
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16.04.2006iCal bugs can lead to DoS and code execution attacks
Researchers with Core Security have found three vulnerabilities in Mac OS X's calendaring app that could create havoc for users...
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22.05.2008Windows Live Mail Desktop Beta
Refresh
Earlier today, the Windows
Live Desktop Beta team rolled
out another refresh of WLMD.
If you have not seen it yet,
prepare to be shocked.
Build 932 offers
huge changes from previous
builds. The aspect of WLMD
that people complained the
most about was the UI, well
not anymore. The user
interface has been completely
overhauled with a new glass
like "Vistaish" design,
which looks absolutely
incredible.
But
that's not all. Also included
in this build is a new
configuration wizard which
allows users to easily import
contacts and settings from
Outlook Express and
Windows.
And
performance, build 932 offers
huge improvements to the sign
in time and to the amount of
time it takes to synchronize
your mail.
The
only thing that has not
appeared in this build is the
new re-branding of Windows
Live Mail Desktop Beta to
Windows Live Mail Center. This
will most likely not appear
until the final stages of the
beta.
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10.08.2006Windows Live Mail Desktop Update Available
Microsoft seems to have
finally waken up with its
Windows Live set of services:
after months of incredible
inactivity, the products
offered in the Windows Live
family have seen a whole lot
of updates recently. After the
beta refresh for Family Safety
and a new Windows Live
Messenger 8.1 build, it's
Windows Live Mail Desktop's
turn to step to another
milestone.
The
new version of the mail
client, numbered as build
1223, appears to be mostly a
"bug fixes update", except
for a completely revamped
login screen. Further changes
are still unknown at this time
since the product team has not
yet released a changelog.
If you are looking
into filing bugs concerning
Windows Live Mail Desktop, it
is recommended by the
developers that you use the
recently created Microsoft
Connect public beta program to
do so instead of the Windows
Live website because of the
added flexibility it offers.
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14.12.2006Windows Live Wave 3: Coming to testers near you soon
The
leaks
are
picking up.
Windo
ws Live Wave 3 the next version of Microsoft’s Windows Live software and services is finally expected to move into broader beta testing in
the coming weeks.
Microsoft is expected to refresh all of its core Windows Live services, plus the common installer, as part of
Wave 3. There is a new version of Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Photo Gallery and more that are in the
pipeline. Microsoft has hinted that it will be revamping Windows Live Spaces, its blogging/social-networking platform, in a major way as part of the
Wave 3 release. In addition,
all of the core Windows Live services are expected to get more
profile-centric as part of the next wave.
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14.08.2008Microsoft releases Windows Vista SP1 RC Refresh 2
The Windows team stepped up a gear and have
released SP1 RC (Release Candidate) Refresh 2
today. In the past this probably would of been called RC3.
Microsoft said this release would reach just 15,000 official beta testers
who can download it through Windows Update or as a stand alone file. As with previous builds, the Service Pack requires an RTM version of Vista
without earlier SP1 updates applied.
Service Pack 1 is expected to be made available in the middle of next month.
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25.01.2008Microsoft preps Live Hotmail refresh
Microsoft has been doing a lot this week to help boost the image of the future for their Live services, along with the
recently released "wave 3" of Windows
Live utilities, Microsoft has sent
an
email out to their Live Hotmail subscribers outlining some of the changes they have planned to give a boost to the service.
Based on
customer feedback, Microsoft has focused on making the next version of Live Hotmail faster, in fact they claim the next version will be nearly 70%
faster when signing in, opening and viewing messages when used with a broadband connection and up to 56% faster on slower connections.
To
add a new twist to the ever increasing storage-size war between Microsoft, Google and Yahoo... Microsoft has upped the ante by planning to introduce a
storage system that "will grow with you" -- while not mentioning specifics, they claim that as you need more storage for your messages, you'll
get it and while there will be a limit it will be "so large that chances are you won't even come close to them."
Other new features
include the ability to IM directly from the Hotmail interface, improvements to the calendaring system and a revamped UI. Rumor has it that the UI will
attempt to merge some of the innovations of the latest version with the more familiar, simpler, Hotmail that layout users were used to before the last
upgrade.
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20.09.2008Best 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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03.09.2006Yahoo's new social networking calendar enters beta
After ten years, Yahoo is finally updating its online calendar, with new capabilities ranging from Flickr-based photo integration to iCal compliance
for sharing information with friends all over the Web...
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09.10.2008Windows Live Messenger Build
689 Refresh
Microsoft have just released a
new refresh build of Windows
Live Messenger to testers -
build 689. Some of the changes
in this build include
improvements to the color
scheme and overall look and
feel, Live Contacts, Messenger
Add-ins, and Voice Call
improvements.
Naturally, only provisioned
accounts can sign into the
beta. The build is available
to download publicly as well
as from Microsoft
Connect.
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