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Invite AOL, Google and Hyves contacts to Windows Live
10/8/2009 9:00:39 AM, mynetx
From now on, you can also invite your friends on AOL, Google and Hyves to Windows Live. You choose whether to import your complete address book at once or only selected contacts. To use this service, click on “Add people” in your Windows Live Profile or ...
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Stay secure and don’t get phished via Messenger
9/9/2009 2:08:43 PM, mynetx
Some of you have asked Max Messenger whether there is a possibility to display who in your contacts is “online” but has set their status to “Appear offline”. There is no such possibility! Not even using an additional program or via some websites. Those ...
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Yahoo is socializing—or just copying Windows Live?
9/1/2009 3:00:00 AM, mynetx
Yahoo! has updated Messenger and Mail with numerous new features. Send e-mails with attachments up to 25 MB (instead of 10 MB). Web mail: combined Calendar and Notes feature. Add attachments via drag and drop from your desktop. Images in mails are shown ...
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MSN Web Messenger is retiring
6/26/2009 4:04:22 PM, Windows Live Dev Team
With new web-based instant messaging (IM) now available in Windows Live Hotmail worldwide, we are preparing to retire MSN Web Messenger. The old MSN Web Messenger experience will end on June 30, 2009. With Hotmail’s new web-based IM, you can chat from ...
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Moving Contacts in Windows Live Messenger
6/1/2009 12:07:36 PM, Marcus at Microsoft
Let’s say you’ve built up a big group of contacts in Windows Live Messenger, and now you want to move those folks over to a new account. Messenger makes it easy! Just click on the “Show menu” button, select Contacts, then select Save instant messaging ...
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The Proper Care and Feeding of Windows Live Categories
4/30/2009 9:39:10 PM, Jeffrey
A question I’m hearing a lot lately is “what’s a category, and what’s it good for?” I’ll try to briefly answer both those questions, and give you an idea of what you can do with this feature. First, categories are created and managed in a several places. ...
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My Take on Today’s Windows Live News
4/21/2009 11:57:21 AM, Marcus at Microsoft
As you’ve hopefully already heard by the time you read this, the Windows Live team made some very exciting announcements today, including partnerships with Digg, Facebook, and MySpace. Here are a couple links with more details: Windows Live Team Blog ...
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Blocking Unwanted Senders Using Windows Live
4/18/2009 5:25:21 AM, Docextreme
As a Windows Live user's we all get unwanted emails form time to time, and Email from people we don’t even know but do know how to get rid of these unwanted senders? Well in this blog I will show you how to do this to make sorting your mail much easier. ...
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Never forget another birthday
3/23/2009 12:44:43 PM, Windows Live Dev Team
I don’t know about you, but remembering birthdays has always been tough for me. And now being 7+ states away from my family, it’s even tougher. Mom’s not around to drop those little hints about [Dad/Sister/Uncle/Grandmother/Niece]’s upcoming birthday into ...
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A Few Questions About Windows Live Security
3/3/2009 4:41:16 AM, Jeffrey
Because a lot of people, myself included, are experiencing a dramatic increase in spam traffic of both email and friend requests, I decided to do some investigating. And, what I have found concerns me greatly. I am experiencing some serious issues with ...
