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Windows Live Messenger Finally Arrives For BlackBerry
Many companies use Windows Live Messenger for corporate IM because it's free and comes with pretty much any Windows computer they purchase. Windows Mobile users have had mobile IM love for awhile, but BlackBerry users have been left out, at least as far as official messengers go. They had already been promised an official client, and today Microsoft published it. Also included is live Hotmail support, for those who still use it. Go and download it, BlackBerry addicts, if you haven't already. [Download, via Ars]
8:30 PM on Tue Jul 22 2008
By Matt Hickey
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Latest by meher: Works like a Charm I Just tried it out yesterday on the 8703e and the bbcurve more »
games for windows live
Games For Windows LIVE, the PC equivalent of Xbox Live, has now gone free. As of now, you won't have to subscribe to a Games For Windows LIVE Gold Account ($49 a year) in order to get the PC to PC or PC to Xbox 360 multiplayer action. Great news for PC owners, but we hope that Microsoft will refund the cash for people who still have a few months left on their account. [Games For Windows via Gamerscore Blog]
Games for Windows LIVE Now Free For All (Includes Multiplayer)
Games For Windows LIVE, the PC equivalent of Xbox Live, has now gone free. As of now, you won't have to subscribe to a Games For Windows LIVE Gold Account ($49 a year) in order to get the PC to PC or PC to Xbox 360 multiplayer action. Great news for PC owners, but we hope that Microsoft will refund the cash for people who still have a few months left on their account. [Games For Windows via Gamerscore Blog]
live mesh
Microsoft Opens Up More Spots in Live Mesh Beta Preview
If you've been reading all about the Mobile Me rollout with scorn for its Apple-ness, Microsoft just opened up more preview slots for its Live Mesh service that similarly syncs files and info across all of your devices in the cloud (including Macs—later). While the service can be a bit hard to parse at times, its breadth of device coverage and open API look promising. Jump in with your Windows Live account now before spots run out. [Live Mesh via All About Microsoft]
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Google Street View Car Drives Into Microsoft Campus, Gets Laughed At By Windows Live Maps
Reader Don sends in this fantastic tip about a Google Street View car actually driving around and taking pictures inside a Microsoft campus. The GooCar—shown here photographed by Microsoftees—wasn't just covering regular roads, they were going in-between buildings and getting as many angles as they could of the campus. That's ballsy. What's even funnier, says Don, is that the Google guys were driving around the team that does Windows Live Maps, like nothing was wrong, when other Microsoft guys were laughing and yelling at them. Much nerd hilarity ensued. [Thanks Don!]
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Windows Live for Mobile Hits Nokia S60 Phones
If you play in the Windows Live sandbox (Hotmail, Messenger, Live Contacts and Spaces) and use a Nokia S60 phone, your life just got easier. Available today in a whole buncha places it wasn't before, the Windows Live app for S60 syncs your Live contacts and Hotmail account with the phone's address book and mail client (not push though), and lets you do pretty much all the regular Messenger stuff from your phone, like send pictures or files. And it's all intemagrated. If you wind up installing, let us know how it goes. [Windows Live]
10:46 PM on Wed May 28 2008
By matt buchanan
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Latest by Bittermormon: I was hoping this would give me something like the Windows Live Search app on WM, but all it does more »
blackberry
Hotmail Comes to BlackBerry
In addition to the big Bold BlackBerry news at RIM's Wireless Enterprise Symposium, the company announced it would finally support Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger, says Crave. This includes push, realtime synch and full HTML support, plus an "almost PC-like" Messenger experience, with file transfers, custom status messages and cartoon emoticons. Like the Bold itself, this service is due in the vague "this summer" timeframe. Ironically, this might actually be more than what Microsoft itself is doing for poor old Hotmail. [Crave]
10:35 AM on Mon May 12 2008
By Wilson Rothman
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19 comments
Latest by dhlt25: i still have my hot mail. in fact it's my primary email along with my .edu email. I found the more »
windows 7
Windows 7 and Windows Live to Have Even More Forced Integration
In a move that's sure to make the EU giddy at the possibility of levying more fines, Microsoft's been circulating some internal memos brainstorming ways to better connect the next version of Windows with the next version of Windows Live. The author dreams of a system where each user can log into their Live accounts (usually your @hotmail.com address) and be automatically connected as you're setting up your computer for the first time. More »
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Microsoft Wants You to Pay Monthly Subscription for Office and Services You Won't Use
Microsoft is testing a new bundle of fun codenamed "Albany" which rolls Office Home and Student, Windows Live OneCare, Office Live Workspace and some other Live services into a package that you'll pay a monthly fee for. It's this kind of thing, turning software into service you have to keep paying for and never actually own, that makes reports of Windows 7's modularity kinda scary. Here's what "Albany" will ask you to pony up for every month in real-world terms. More »
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Windows Live Drops Out of Beta, @live.com Email Addresses Available
Microsoft's Windows Live package has just dropped out of beta development. The released package contains various desktop programs for email, IM, blogging and photo sharing. The Windows Live Mail app will allow for email account convergence between most popular email providers, including Gmail and AOL. Direct Flickr photo uploads and blog writing tools are also included within the software suite. Except for the mildly interesting new package, what else is on offer? Well, Microsoft is dropping brand spanking new email addresses with the @live.com domain. More »
monitors
Unlike other monitors that only have a webcam or a mic built in, this 22-inch SyncMaster 220TN Samsung monitor has a network module, webcam, microphone and speakers so that you can have a Skype or Microsoft Live Messenger conversation without a PC. Which means that as long as you have power and an Ethernet connection, you can make Skype conversations even on the toilet.
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Samsung LCD Monitors Support Standalone Skype, VoIP
Unlike other monitors that only have a webcam or a mic built in, this 22-inch SyncMaster 220TN Samsung monitor has a network module, webcam, microphone and speakers so that you can have a Skype or Microsoft Live Messenger conversation without a PC. Which means that as long as you have power and an Ethernet connection, you can make Skype conversations even on the toilet.
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Nokia is offering Windows Live software—including Hotmail, Messenger and more—for anyone with a Nokia N73, N76, N80, N93i and N95. Let's just hope the apps work better than they do on some Windows Mobile 6 devices. [Ars]
home entertainment
Games for Windows Makes You Pay $50 a Year to Play With Xbox 360 Owners
Xbox 360 owners are already used to paying every year for the privilege of playing with their friends on Xbox Live, but now Windows get to cough up cash too. For $50 a year, Windows Live will give you—tweed jacket-wearing Windows guy—the ability to play games like Shadowrun and Halo 2 with your buddies on Xbox 360. More »
software
Windows Live Search for Mobile Goes Final, Still Great
Remember that Windows Live Search for Windows Mobile and Java phones we took a look at a while back? Well, it's gone final. We loved the beta for its local business search, maps, directions, and overall great usability, and this final version builds on that with some bugfixed and new features. More »
home entertainment
Windows Live for TV Debuts
Still just a beta, this Windows Live Media Center plugin allows MCE owners to use various Windows Live services from the couch. Working with Vista, Windows Live for TV lets you browse your friends Spaces—kinda like their blog/MySpace—and call or IM your friends via Windows Live Messenger. More »
smartphones
Windows Live Search For Mobile vs. Google Maps Mobile
Microsoft's Windows Live Search for Mobiles just went live last night, and we took it for a spin, comparing it to Google Maps for Mobile, which has traffic, maps local business searches and directions as well. More »
6:35 PM on Thu Nov 30 2006
By Jason Chen
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home entertainment
New Xbox 360 Bundle Coming? Plus, View Your Live Friends On Windows Live Messenger
Two bits of Xbox 360 gaming news today. First is an update on the new premium bundle that might be coming sometime this fall which may be called the "Xbox 360 Pro Bundle". Rumors are the bundle will have everything the current $399 bundle has plus a three month Xbox Live gold subscription, 1,250 Marketplace Points, and Project Gotham Racing 3. All this for the same $399 price point. Coincidentally, this is pretty similar to the package we bought when we picked up the 360. More »
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