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An engineering blog for Windows Live
2/4/2010 1:32:14 PM, Windows Live Dev Team
Chris Jones, the Corporate Vice President for Windows Live, recently launched a new engineering blog called Inside Windows Live. The new blog provides a place for engineers and others who work on Windows Live to share insight into what it takes to build ...
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Put your best face forward
2/3/2010 11:06:00 PM, Greg
Perhaps the most exciting and forward thinking features of Windows Live are the underused and poorly understood web activities. These allow you to publish updates from other services, such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, to Windows Live. The net effect ...
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How to get Windows Live Messenger on your mobile phone
2/2/2010 6:33:06 PM, Windows Live Dev Team
If you use Windows Live™ Messenger at home, work, or school, and if you’ve ever wondered how great it would be to instant message with friends and colleagues even when you’re away from your PC, there’s good news. Messenger is now available on most mobile ...
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Gimme some space
1/31/2010 9:39:30 PM, Greg
Spaces is one of the most flexible and quirkiest members of the Windows Live family of services. Perhaps that’s why it’s so often misunderstood…and misused. With a myriad of applications, it’s a venerable tool for newbies and pros alike. Most users ...
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Be more productive with Hotmail in 2010!
1/28/2010 8:48:27 PM, Windows Live Dev Team
Did you know that you can do mail faster and easier with features that Hotmail recently added to allow for more productivity with e-mail? Here are seven ways to be more productive that were added in recent months: (1) Auto-complete. Hotmail ...
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Open Windows Live Mail in Newsreader Mode
1/28/2010 6:04:32 PM, Richard Hay
If you use Windows Live mail solely for reading your newsgroups like I do then it can slow you down a click or two when it opens in its default mail mode. There is a way to get it to open up directly in newsgroup mode but in Windows 7 it takes a few extra ...
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12 easy steps to creating a Black and White and Color
1/27/2010 6:23:58 AM, ms Amsterdam
Here are a few steps to creating your own black and white and color pictures. (This is for XP and Vista) – Windows 7 instructions coming soon! 1: Open up Windows Live Photo Gallery, choose a picture, and make a copy of it (File>Make A Copy>Save). 2: ...
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Windows Live to Discontinue My.Live.com
1/27/2010 12:53:34 AM, winston
Summary: Effective March 15, 2010 the Windows Live Platform will discontinue use of and access to My.Live.com Users of My.Live.com will be redirected to My MSN (http://my.msn.com) Settings, Feeds, Gadgets/Modules will ***not*** be migrated to My MSN ...
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Take a picture
1/26/2010 2:34:54 PM, Greg
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but that’s assuming other people can see it. While well-placed pictures are often the best way to provide a quick demonstration or example to someone in a discussion, the Windows Live Groups discussion editor ...
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Talking about Lots and lots of storage
1/25/2010 2:03:05 PM, Super Bitar
Lots and lots of storage There’s a lot of free storage for people using Windows Live these days. In Dallas, TX, there is a Hotmail user named Ryan who uses 23GB of e-mail storage, for free. There’s Martin in Germany, who uses 21GB, and Yara ...