Archive for the ‘Live’ Category
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 |
Easily publish pictures, videos, and other rich content to your blog
Windows Live Writer is a free, downloadable program that will help you include rich content in your blog posts and know exactly what your blog will look like before you publish it to the Web.
What it gives you
· WYSIWYG editing: Edit using the style of your blog, including fonts, colors, line spacing, margins, etc.
· Rich content: The ability to insert and customize rich content like photos, maps and more
· Offline editing: Support for offline editing to compose posts even when you’re not connected to the Internet
· Blog preview: Rich HTML and source-code previewing of your blog post before you upload it
· Smart image publishing : Smart image publishing directly to your blog automatically links your thumbnails to larger images with more detail
· Compatibility: Support for publishing to Windows Live Spaces, as well as Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, WordPress, and many other servicesChange the size of your graphics, and add borders and other effects
Download: Windows Live Writer 2008 | Windows Live Writer Technical Preview
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Monday, March 17th, 2008 |
The Live Search SDK provides documentation that describes the core concepts, requirements, development guidelines, and class library for the Live Search Web Service. The SDK also contains sample code that demonstrates application development techniques using the Live Search Web Service.
System Requirements
• Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista; Windows XP
• A deployment computer with an Internet connection, the ability to send requests using SOAP 1.1 and HTTP 1.1 protocols, and the ability to parse XML.
• Microsoft® Visual Studio® .NET 2003 (version 7.1.2346 or later) or Microsoft® Visual Studio® .NET 2005 and the Microsoft .NET Framework (version 1.1.4322 or later) installed on a computer to build and run the sample applications.
Download: Live Search SDK 1.1 Beta
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 |
Microsoft Office Live Workspace beta is your online place to save, access, and share documents and files. Use it to group related information for work, school, or personal projects.
Save 1,000+ Microsoft Office documents and files in one place. Access and preview them from almost any computer, whether or not it has Office installed.
Share a single document or entire workspace in a few simple steps. All you need is a person’s e-mail address.
It works with the programs you already know – like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Open and save files directly from Microsoft Office XP, 2003, or 2007. Synchronize Contact, Tasks, and Event lists with Outlook 2003 and 2007. Export any workspace list to Excel.
No downloads are required – just sign up and go.
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Monday, January 14th, 2008 |
Search and Browse Smarter with Powerful Protection
Windows Live Toolbar lets you search from any Web page. It also helps block pop-up ads, and warns you when it looks like you might be the target of an identity theft scam.
Windows Live Toolbar helps you:
· Start a search from any Web page
· See instant previews of maps and more from any Web page
· Personalize your Web experience with custom buttons
Requires Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
Download: Windows Live Toolbar 3.0.1.146
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 |
The new Windows Live Messenger is the next-generation MSN Messenger and, as always, it is free to download.
It has everything you already love about Messenger your contact list, emoticons, and plenty of ways to access to your friends via text, voice and video plus new ways to connect and share documents with magical ease.
When you move to the new Windows Live Messenger, it will be like upgrading from one MSN Messenger version to the next. All your contacts will move with you, as will all your personalised elements (emoticons, winks, user tiles, themes, etc.
Features
· Have free real-time text, video and voice conversations with other Messenger users
· Call your friends mobiles or land-line telephones by signing up for MCI Web Calling to make affordable domestic and international calls
· Send all your familiar winks and emoticons, plus some cool new ones
· Share cool activities such as music mix, games and remote assistance
· Easily share documents of all kinds with Sharing Folders
· Talk to your Yahoo! friends from Windows Live Messenger
Download: Windows Live Messenger 8.5 | Windows Live Messenger 9.0.1407.1107 Beta (Softpedia.com)
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Thursday, November 8th, 2007 |
The new Windows Live Messenger is the next-generation MSN Messenger and, as always, it is free to download.
It has everything you already love about Messenger your contact list, emoticons, and plenty of ways to access to your friends via text, voice and video plus new ways to connect and share documents with magical ease.
Portable Windows Live Messenger is a fully functional package of Windows Live Messenger optimized for use on a USB key drive.
Download: Portable Windows Live Messenger English | Portable Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Portuguese
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Thursday, September 6th, 2007 |
With Windows Live Installer you’ll get all the free Windows Live services:
Mail: Multiple e-mail accounts on your desktop, Messenger: Connect, share, and make every conversation count, Photo Gallery: Organize and share photos and videos, Writer: Easily publish rich content to your blog, Toolbar: Search from any Web page, OneCare Family Safety: Help protect your kids online.
Download: Windows Live Installer Build 1320.0823
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Thursday, September 6th, 2007 |
Easily share your memories with others while managing your photos and videos
The “Publish” button makes it simple to share your photos and videos online. You can also display your photos with cool screensavers and slideshows.
Quickly find your photos and videos
Import your photos from your digital camera, and the Windows Live Photo Gallery will automatically organize them into events based on date and time. Keep your photos organized by name, date, rating, and type. Locate similar pictures with tags you add.
Enhance your photos and videos
Create a cool panoramic view by combining multiple photos. Capture the moment by adding captions. Enhance your photos by adjusting things like color and exposure. Improve your photos with simple crop and red-eye fixes.
Download: Windows Live Photo Gallery Beta
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Friday, August 10th, 2007 |
Password-protected online file storage. Always available where you need it.
Store files for yourself
Using multiple computers? No problem. Store and access your personal files from anywhere online.
Share files with friends
Sharing with friends, co-workers, or family is easy when you all add and update files in a shared folder.
Share files with the world
Some ideas are too good to keep to yourself. Share them in a public folder that only you can update.
Get Started: Windows Live SkyDrive Beta
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Friday, July 6th, 2007 |
Windows Live for Nokia S60 integrates Windows Live Hotmail, Live Contacts, Live Search, Live Spaces and Live Messenger with your S60 v3 mobile device.
The client is Symbian Signed and works only on Symbian 9.1 based Nokia S60 NSeries and ESeries mobile devices.
Download: Windows Live for Nokia S60
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Thursday, May 31st, 2007 |
Windows Live Mail Desktop is a program that lets you get e-mail from multiple accounts in one place.
Features
:: Speedy access to multiple e-mail accounts in one place (even AOL and Gmail)
:: The power of desktop software with the flexibility of Web-based e-mail
:: A way to get your newsgroups and RSS feeds as easily as you get e-mail
:: The ability to compose, delete, and organize e-mail even when you’re offline
:: A massive 2GB* of online inbox storage
:: Address AutoComplete and other handy features to let you speed through your e-mail like never before
:: The power to instantly add an MSN Spaces blog entry about any message
:: Keep in touch with your MSN Messenger contacts right from inside the program
:: Easy creation and editing of photo e-mails
:: 2GB = 2,000,000,000 bytes
Download: Windows Live Mail Desktop 8.0.1226 Beta
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Tuesday, March 6th, 2007 |
MSN Explorer - it’s Easy!
One program that does it all
MSN Explorer is your one-stop shop for the Web. It has a new and friendly face for the Internet that integrates popular MSN services, including: MSN Hotmail,
MSN Messenger Service, MSN Communities, MoneyCentral, MSN eShop, MSN Music.
Download: MSN Explorer 5.50
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Friday, December 15th, 2006 |
LiveConnect enables Vista-like dynamic transparency on Windows Live Messenger. You’ve GOT to see this!
This version of LiveConnect has been stripped of its BossKey functionality. Dynamic transparency, however, has been enhanced greatly (this being a feature that Messenger Plus! Live doesn’t provide).
Download: LiveConnect v6
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Sunday, December 3rd, 2006 |
Windows Live Search Beta for mobile devices brings the power of Windows Live Local Search to your cell phone. Now you can get the answers you need no matter where you are. Need to find the nearest pizza place? Directions to a friend’s house? Check traffic en route to the office? No problem…it’s all there.
The Windows Live Search Beta for mobile application gives you fast access to local search and maps, driving directions, and even local traffic information. When you get your search results, you can click to call the phone number of the place you found, or even look at a satellite photo (on some phones) to find the best parking nearby!
Service requires a J2ME-capable or Windows Mobile phone and a data plan for use…the service itself is free, but your carrier may charge you for data usage.
Download: Windows Live Search Beta for mobile
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Wednesday, October 11th, 2006 |
Windows Live OneCare: The things you should have to help protect your PC, but probably don’t because they’re such a hassle. Stuff like virus scanning, firewall settings, tune ups, and software backups — delivered to you in a friendly, easy-to-use package that runs quietly in the background.
What it does for you:
• Runs quietly in the background, providing anti-virus and firewall protection
• Updates itself to help you keep ahead of the latest threats
• Runs regular PC tune ups
• Provides one-click solutions to most problems
• Makes back-ups a breeze
• Lets you see the status of your system at a glance
Download: Windows Live OneCare
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Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006 |
Sample that demonstrates integrating MSN Search APIs for Web site search capabilities.
Adding search capabilities to a Web site can be daunting?¢‚Ǩ‚ÄùComplex problems such as indexing, relevance logic, and hosting issues such as CPU and storage can all be difficult issues to solve. As a potential solution to these issues, Microsoft offers Web site developers the ability to implement the MSN Search Service on their sites. This article explains how site search capabilities were implemented for dev.live.com, and at the same time offers a starting point for you to add site search to your Web site.
Download: dev.live.com Sample: Search 1
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Thursday, August 17th, 2006 |
This Sample application and source code package contains a Windows Forms application written in Microsoft Visual C#?Ç¬Æ .NET for the Visual Studio 2005 development environment. The sample application demonstrates the basic calling conventions and result-processing techniques used to build search-enabled applications. The sample covers the entire functionality of the MSN Search Web Service API; at the same time, the code is designed to be very simple and easy to read.
Download: MSN Search API Code Sample 1.0
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Friday, June 16th, 2006 |
Access, organize and discover favorites anywhere
Windows Live Favorites will help you:
• Easily import your current Favorites to Windows Live Favorites and use them right away
• Add new sites to your Windows Live Favorites with a single click
• Collect and save new links even when you’re away from your home computer
Manage your favorites: Windows Live Favorites V1
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Sunday, December 18th, 2005 |
MSN Messenger is an instant messaging program that lets you send instant messages with cool emoticons, send pictures and other files to your friends, see when someone is typing a message to you, page a contact’s mobile phone, and much more.
Chat online, in real time, with friends, family, and colleagues. It’s faster than e-mail, more discreet than a phone call, and best of all — it’s free! MSN Messenger is more than just text, it’s a great way to collaborate with co-workers or touch base with family and friends. You can even send an instant message to a contact’s mobile phone. Customization features help you personalize your chats and make your connections even more meaningful.
Download: MSN Messenger 7.5.0322
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