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Live Mesh is Now Open (US)

Live Mesh forum : Live Mesh is now openly available to anyone in the U.S. The Live Mesh team is pleased to announce that anyone in the U.S. can now use Live Mesh just by signing in to www.mesh.com with a valid Windows Live ID. No sign up needed to participate! International Customers With Live Mesh open...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-16-2008
Live Mesh update adds new features

So I noticed a Live Mesh update being pushed down the other day and didn't think much of it. After all, there have been a few of these things over the past couple of months and they've never amounted to anything interesting. Not so fast! According to the Live Mesh blog , this latest update actually...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-14-2008
Microsoft Equipt Fact Sheet

I wrote about Microsoft Equipt (formerly codenamed Albany) in today's WinInfo . Here's the product fact sheet: Product Overview Microsoft Equipt is a subscription service that, in one easy installation, delivers security and performance with Windows Live OneCare plus Microsoft Office Home and...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-02-2008
Live Mesh update

Nothing serious, but I got this email yesterday and updated all the PCs: Live Mesh Tech Preview: Version Update June 18, 2008 The Live Mesh team has been working hard to fix bugs reported by our Tech Preview users, and to include popular feature requests (such as removing the requirement that UAC be...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-19-2008
MSN Toolbar now compatible with Silverlight 2

I mentioned a while back that I would like to test the new MSN toolbar but it wasn't compatible with Silverlight 2. Well, it is now: You'll need to snag the recently-released Silverlight 2.0 Beta 2. Thanks Jim!

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-10-2008
I love Live Mesh

I'm going to be awash in Apple stuff this week, thanks to the iPhone 3G and MobileMe announcements. But in writing a WinInfo article about yesterday's WWDC keynote this morning, I'm reminded in how absolutely special and wonderful Microsoft's Live Mesh is, even in this simplistic early...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-10-2008
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 do anything about it because it would be illegal...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-03-2008
Windows Live Writer vNext technical preview now available

Windows Live Writer blog : You can now install the latest technical preview of Windows Live Writer. What you’ll find in this release: SDK Updates This release is largely about updates to the Writer SDK, which now includes hooks for pre- and post-publish events. These updates are still experimental and...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 06-02-2008
Microsoft updates Windows Live SkyDrive

I somehow missed this update the other day: We're pleased to unveil new updates to SkyDrive today! Here's a quick rundown of what's included: More places. We're now live in 24 additional locations , bringing our grand total to 62 countries and regions ! We welcome new users in Bulgaria...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-26-2008
MSN Toolbar

Microsoft's new MSN Toolbar for Internet Explorer is now available. I'm not interested in the toolbar per se, but it is based on Silverlight so I'm curious how it works. That curiosity will have to continue for a while, however, as the MSN Toolbar requires Silverlight 1.0 for some reason...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-21-2008

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