Nexus One has been grabbing headline space right from the moment someone told us all that Google has given a new phone to its employees so that they can test it over the holidays. However, no employee has come forward and given us the specs, as yet. Hackers now managed to let out a list of specs, finally.
An investigation deep into the Google phone’s system files has unearthed a range of hardware specs that are to adorn the interiors of the Nexus One. What have been revealed include a proximity and ambient light sensor, an accelerometer, a magnetic compass, WiFi and a stereo FM speaker.
Read more: devicemag.com
Windows Live Messenger is the next-generation MSN Messenger and, as always, it is free to download.
Portable WLM 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.
No installation required. No administrator privileges required. Just launch from the single EXE file and your set to go.
Use at your own risk
Download: Portable Windows Live Messenger 2009 Build 14.0.8089.726
Download: Portable Windows Live Messenger 2009 Build 14.0.8050.1202 (Outdated)
Download: Windows Live Messenger 9 Portable (Outdated)
SkyDrive Explorer is a free, easy-to-use, but very powerful extension for Windows Explorer. With SkyDrive Explorer you can make any every-day operations with your documents from Microsoft Live SkyDrive™ service (read more…) using Windows Explorer, as if they were on your computer.
Moreover you don’t need to install and configure any additional programs or ActiveX components. SkyDrive Explorer will organize the interaction with the online storage itself.
Features
Multifunctional
With the current version you can enjoy the following functionality:
View the structure and contents of folders in SkyDrive™;
View files information (type, size, creation date in GMT format);
Create new root folders and subfolders;
Copy files into the storage;
Delete files and folders;
Copy files from the storage to the computer;
Copy folders and subfolders from the storage to the computer keeping their structure;
Use Drag & Drop for files operations;
Rename files and folders;
Create links to SkyDrive™ folders on your computer;
Copy URL of the selected object(s) to the Clipboard;
Automatic check for the latest version;
Bidirectional languages support;
Selection of your preferred interface language.
Fast
SkyDrive Explorer allows applying some operations for group of objects that is not possible in web browser. This increases performance of work with SkyDrive™.
Examples of multi-operations are:
Renaming objects;
Deleting group of objects;
Copying folders with subfolders and files from SkyDrive™.
Easy
You don’t need to know how to work with the SkyDrive™ service in web browser. To work efficiently with your data in SkyDrive Explorer you just use base operations with files and folders in Windows Explorer.
Secure
SkyDrive Explorer uses the standard Microsoft library for work with Windows Live Id services. Your personal information does not leave this library and even is not passed to SkyDrive Explorer engine. Also, the traffic with online storage goes through HTTPS protocol that protects data from snoopers.
Cross-platform
SkyDrive Explorer works both in 32- and 64-bit Microsoft® Windows OS. Minimal required OS is Windows XP, and SkyDrive Explorer will successfully work in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and 2008, and Windows 7.
Download: SkyDrive Explorer 1.3 Beta
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 2009 14.0.8089.726
Windows Live Movie Maker – Ready, set, action!
Create movies from your pictures and video clips, and share them with your friends and family.
Tell stories through video
Movie Maker’s been redesigned to help you make movies you’ll be proud of. Import and combine photos, video clips, and music, and then edit your movie so it looks great.
Have an online premiere
It’s easy to publish your finished masterpieces to the web.
Operating system: Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (32-bit edition only), Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit editions), Windows 7 Beta (32-bit or 64-bit editions), or Windows Server 2008.
Note: Windows Live Movie Maker is not supported on Windows XP.
Download: Windows Live Movie Maker 14.0.8091.0730
Download: Windows Live Movie Maker
Download: Windows Live Movie Maker Beta Update 14.0.8075.0513
Windows Live Mail Desktop – Everything in one place
Get multiple e-mail accounts in one program – Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo!* and more. And now Windows Live Mail has a calendar, too. Mail combines the ease of use of Outlook Express, with the speed of Windows Live.
Operating system: Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (32-bit edition only), Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit editions), Windows 7 Beta (32-bit or 64-bit editions), or Windows Server 2008.
Download: Windows Live Mail | Windows Live Mail 14.0.8089.0726
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 | Windows Live Writer 14.0.8089.726
Help keep your kids safer online
With Family Safety, you decide how your kids experience the Internet. You can limit searches, block or allow websites, decide who your kids can communicate with when they’re using Windows Live Messenger, Hotmail, or Spaces and monitor what websites they’re visiting.
Operating system: Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (32-bit edition only), Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit editions), Windows 7 Beta (32-bit or 64-bit editions), or Windows Server 2008.
Download: Windows Live Family Safety 14.0.8064.0206 (32-bit)
Download: Windows Live Family Safety 14.0.8064.0206 (64-bit)
Download: Windows Live OneCare Family Safety
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 | Windows Live Toolbar 14.00.8064.0206
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 | Windows Live Photo Gallery 14.0.8081.709
Microsoft Office Live Add-in is only offered to you in the normal setup if you have Office installed.
Adds Office Live Workspace functionality into the Office applications’ Open and Save functions.
You will also need to install: Microsoft Office
Download: Microsoft Office Live Add-in 2.0.2313.0
Your digital life, always with you
Sync, share, and access the information you care about—wherever you happen to be.
Your work computer. Your home laptop. Your Mac. Your mobile phone. Devices live in multiple places. But the files you need—and the programs that open them—often don’t. Live Mesh changes all that.
With Live Mesh, you can synchronize files with all of your devices, so you always have the latest versions handy. Access your files from any device or from the web, easily share them with others, and get notified whenever someone changes a file.
Working on one computer, but need a program from another? No problem. Use Live Mesh to connect to your other computer and access its desktop as if you were sitting right in front of it.
Live Mesh is as easy as sync , share , and access.
Sign up It’s free!
The Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant 6.5 (Beta) installs the Windows Live ID online provider for Windows 7. By making it possible to link a Windows Live ID to a Windows 7 user account, this online provider helps enable Windows 7 applications to deliver great features like sharing documents, pictures, music, and video.
Through the online provider, the Sign-in Assistant helps a Windows 7 application running on one computer identify and communicate with other computers that are associated with the same Windows Live ID. Just by linking your Windows Live ID to the user account on each Windows 7 computer you own, you enable those computers to identify each other and work together more easily than has been possible in the past.
System Requirements
• Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7 Beta (32-bit and 64-bit)
Download: Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant 6.5 Beta for Windows 7
One download, lots of great stuff
Now in one installation, Windows Live Essentials gives you instant messaging, e-mail, blogging, photos, and more.
Operating system: Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (32-bit edition only), or Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit editions).
Note: Windows Live Movie Maker is not supported on Windows XP
Download: Windows Live Essentials 14.0.8064.0206
Windows Live Sync
Ever realized you needed a document that was on a different computer from the one you were on? With Sync, you can access your files from anywhere.
Keep all your files in sync
Use Sync to mirror your most important folders – like your Favorites, Pictures, and Documents – so they’re the same on all your computers.
Sharing files is easier than ever
Sharing with friends, coworkers, and family is easy when you add and update files in a shared folder. Large files? Not a problem – Sync can handle files up to 4 GBs in size. And it works on both PC and Mac (support for Mac is available in English only).
Get to your files when you’re away from home
Install Sync on your computers to instantly access your files from anywhere.
Requires: Windows or Mac OSX 10.5 or later
Download: Windows Live Sync 14.0.8050.1202
Now you can really stay in touch when you’re on the go. Introducing Hotmail and Messenger on your BlackBerry® smartphone.
Windows Live Messenger for new window smartphones allows you to chat in virtual real time with your instant messaging (IM) contacts when and where you want to – not just when you’re in front of your computer.
It has many of the same features you already use with Windows Live Messenger on your desktop, including:
Windows Live™ Hotmail® on BlackBerry smartphones
· Compose, send, reply, and forward e-mails
· View e-mail graphics, web links, and contact photos
· Create an inbox for just Hotmail® messages
Windows Live Messenger on BlackBerry smartphones
· Send instant messages and join group chats
· See who’s online and decide who can see you
· Send and receive pictures and files
· Use more than 60 emoticons
Download: Windows Live for BlackBerry
Windows Live for Nokia
Connect and share your life through the world’s most popular network. With Windows Live you can stay connected with Messenger and Hotmail. Upload your pictures to your Live Spaces photo gallery. Search for the information you need on the go. Windows Live is now available for select Nokia devices.
Download: Windows Live for Nokia
Windows Live Messenger for mobile
Chat with your friends and family with Messenger on your mobile.
· Stay in touch when you can’t speak out loud (in meetings, on the bus, etc.)
· View your contact list
· Add new contacts
· See the status of those on your contact list (online, offline, mobile)
· Participate in group chats
· See and send emoticons
Download: Windows Live Messenger for mobile
Windows Live Wave 3 is a suite of applications, including Messenger v9, Windows Live Movie Maker, Mail with Calendar synchronisation, Writer, Photo Gallery, Family Safety and the Outlook Connector.
Download: Windows Live Wave 3
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
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.
