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Windows Live and You: “Listen to and talk with customers all over the world” (Marcus Schmidt, Microsoft)
10/8/2009 5:34:47 AM, mynetx
Summer is over—but my interview series “Windows Live and You” is not. Today I talked with Marcus Schmidt, who is working for Microsoft and keeping in touch with people like you, to find out what users truly think about Windows and Windows Live. Marcus ...
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Windows Live Mail 2009 QFE2: Some bug fixes
8/24/2009 12:15:29 PM, mynetx
Did you have some trouble using Windows Live Mail in the past months? Its recently released bugfix version might correct the error that you experienced. According to Roger Benson, Lead Program Manager Windows Live Mail, Version 2009 QFE2 (14.0.8089.726) ...
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Windows Live Family Safety: What’s new?
8/22/2009 3:00:35 AM, mynetx
Along with the other recent updates to Windows Live Essentials, Family Safety has been updated. The new build no longer requires parents to register a Windows Live ID for each child account added; the software now relies on Windows user accounts. More ...
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Windows Live and You: “Making my views known on behalf of the ‘little everyday user’” (Technogran)
8/21/2009 8:00:58 AM, mynetx
Talking about Windows Live always means talking about its users—the tech-savvy ones as well as the “normal” users. Today I am talking with Technogran, a ‘geeky grandma trying desperately to keep up with it all’, as she describes herself. She lives in ...
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Windows Live and You: “Windows Live services help me keep in touch” (Lance Manasse)
8/12/2009 6:47:47 AM, mynetx
After a longer break, the summer edition of the series “Windows Live and You” is finally back. Today I will be talking with Lance Manasse, who lives in the United Kingdom and is also known by his nickname “Salem”. mynetx: Please tell me a bit about ...
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The 256 colors experiment, Part I
7/20/2009 9:00:56 AM, mynetx
Nowadays, displays offer a rich variety of colors, mostly 32-bit, allowing a multitude of 4,294,967,296 different colors—more than 4 billion! Graphic artists tend to use more and more of these possibilities. Messenger is one of them, especially in ...
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Windows Live and You: “From The Beginning” (Dane N.)
5/20/2009 11:18:13 AM, mynetx
Another great member of the Messenger community, who has been there for quite long, is Dane. Are you interested in his ideas for Windows Live? Let’s see. mynetx: Nice that you got some minutes to talk about Windows Live and You. To get started, please ...
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35 things I would Live about you!
2/13/2009 5:47:00 AM, Jeffrey
I originally put this list on the LiveSoapBox group in a discussion, but I thought I might put it in my blog to as others have done. A lot of my “wishes” are for more esoteric type things dealing with permissions and groupings and categories so it might ...
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Seriously Synced
2/3/2009 12:20:13 AM, Ryan
I don’t think I get much more synced then I am right now Using just about every single syncing solution MS offers, My digital life has never been more synced. Here is the services I use… Live Mesh: For sharing large files and doing remote tech support ...
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Spaced out
1/21/2009 6:06:43 PM, Greg
Time and again, I've seen old school spacers asking "Why, O Lord! Why?" when it comes to Spaces and the new (wave 3) Windows Live services. They tend to be upset by the changes and how complicated navigation has become in the WL universe. Many ...
