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• Small but important Live Mesh update

  Earlier this month, Microsoft made some changes to Live Mesh , including very low level support for P2P (peer to peer) folder sharing. The problem was (at the time) that you couldn’t configure this explicitly in the UI. So if you wanted to exclude the... Posted Jul 31 2008, 07:09 AM by pthurrott with | with 10 comment(s) Filed under: XP, Internet, Windows Live, Mobile, Cloud computing, Vista

• Live Search home page redesign

  I received an email from Microsoft today noting that they had redesigned the Live Search home page, but navigating there, I didn’t see a difference. Ah. I’m in Ireland currently and the changes are US-only at the moment. Here’s the Live Search blog post... Posted Jul 30 2008, 05:50 PM by pthurrott with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Windows Live

• Microsoft Office Outlook Connector 12.1 Beta

  This could be huge. Those waiting for calendaring syncing between Hotmail/Windows Live and Microsoft Outlook can rejoice: It looks like it's finally happening (albeit in beta form): Brief Description With Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, you can... Posted Jul 24 2008, 05:13 PM by pthurrott with | with 18 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft Office, XP, Internet, Windows Live, Cloud computing, Vista

• Microsoft to load HP PCs with crapware

  So… Let me see if I’m parsing this one correctly. In the buildup to Windows Vista, Microsoft complained that PC makers were putting too much crapware on their PCs, thereby ruining the "user experience" of Windows for new users. "We can't... Posted Jun 03 2008, 10:54 AM by pthurrott with | with 36 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Windows Live, Commentary

• Microsoft is failing to bridge, let alone dominate, cloud computing paradigm shift

  Sunday morning is one of life's simple pleasures. For me, it starts off with what is basically a triple espresso and the Sunday New York Times (via the Amazon Kindle, natch). Today's Times had what I think is a very insightful article by Randall... Posted May 18 2008, 11:02 AM by pthurrott with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Google, Windows Live, Cloud computing

• Microsoft's OneCare 2.0 due next week

  Or so Infoworld says, based, on all things, on an Amazon.com order page. Actually, it's going to be sooner than that. :) Amazon has already begun accepting orders for OneCare 2.0. Microsoft has been beta testing OneCare 2.0 since July, billing it... Posted Nov 14 2007, 06:09 AM by pthurrott with | with no comments Filed under: Internet, Windows Live, Security

• Microsoft decides not to go it alone

  The International Herald Tribune tackles one of the more interesting (and, if you're not up on this stuff, unexpected) developments in the new Windows Live suite/Wave 2 products and services: Two years after Bill Gates first introduced the world to... Posted Nov 11 2007, 03:33 PM by pthurrott with | with no comments Filed under: Internet, Windows Live, Cloud computing

• Get your live.com email address now

  I saw in the announcement that live.com email addresses are finally available, but couldn't figure out where you'd go to get one. Fortunately, LiveSide has the scoop: Microsoft just enabled the @live.xx signup! Go grab yours now! http://get.live... Posted Nov 06 2007, 05:20 PM by pthurrott with | with 16 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Windows Live, Cloud computing

• Microsoft’s Windows Live Free Online Services Available Now

  Microsoft emailed me the following info about the initial non-beta release of the Windows Live suite: Today Microsoft Corp. launched the next generation of Windows Live, providing consumers worldwide with a compelling new set of tools and services that... Posted Nov 06 2007, 04:57 PM by pthurrott with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Windows Live, Cloud computing

• Microsoft ships Windows Live Linked IDs

  This one is neat, at least for me, as I do maintain two different Windows Live IDs (one @hotmail.com address, that I'd like to deemphasize over time, and one @live.com address that I'd like to use regularly once Microsoft starts handing out live... Posted Oct 21 2007, 03:40 PM by pthurrott with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Windows Live

• Windows Live Contacts

  I've been writing (and, on the podcast, talking) about my ongoing move to Web-based services a lot lately, but one thing I've had trouble settling on is an online contacts management system. (As noted in What I Use , I've had to temporarily... Posted Sep 28 2007, 05:43 PM by pthurrott with | with 24 comment(s) Filed under: Internet, Google, Windows Live, Alt. Windows, Mobile