Windows Live Hotmail series

Windows Live Hotmail Reviewed on 07/18/2007

The Bottom Line: Drag-and-drop message organization and a built-in MP3 player are among the notable new features to this radical overhaul of Hotmail.

Release Date: 05/07/2007

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Windows Live Local beta Reviewed on 06/02/2006

The Bottom Line: Windows Live Local beta's dynamic maps and business directories invite you to plot your own points of interest and collaborate with other users.

Release Date: 05/07/2007

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Windows Live.com Reviewed on 03/20/2006

The Bottom Line: Windows Live provides you with a handy, personal login page featuring all the news you choose, as well as instant messaging, e-mail, and other tools.

Release Date: 05/07/2007

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Windows Live Video beta Reviewed on 05/05/2006

The Bottom Line: The Windows Live package of products represents Microsoft's attempt to serve and integrate a broad array of dynamic, online services. These Web 2.0 tools include those for e-mail, mapping, scheduling, instant messaging, managing RSS feeds, bookmarking, and vertical search. Many of these free products remain in beta testing. This list will continue to evolve as Microsoft updates and adds Windows Live products. See our 10 favorite Windows Live tools here.

Release Date: 05/07/2007

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Windows Live Search Mobile beta Reviewed on 05/05/2006

The Bottom Line: The Windows Live package of products represents Microsoft's attempt to serve and integrate a broad array of dynamic, online services. These Web 2.0 tools include those for e-mail, mapping, scheduling, instant messaging, managing RSS feeds, bookmarking, and vertical search. Many of these free products remain in beta testing. This list will continue to evolve as Microsoft updates and adds Windows Live products. See our 10 favorite Windows Live tools here.

Release Date: 05/07/2007

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Windows Live Messenger Reviewed on 06/19/2006

The Bottom Line: The live file-sharing capabilities and clear video call quality make Windows Live Messenger stand out.

Release Date: 06/19/2006

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Windows Live Expo beta Reviewed on 05/05/2006

The Bottom Line: The Windows Live package of products represents Microsoft's attempt to serve and integrate a broad array of dynamic, online services. These Web 2.0 tools include those for e-mail, mapping, scheduling, instant messaging, managing RSS feeds, bookmarking, and vertical search. Many of these free products remain in beta testing. This list will continue to evolve as Microsoft updates and adds Windows Live products. See our 10 favorite Windows Live tools here.

Release Date: 06/19/2006

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Microsoft Gadgets Reviewed on 05/05/2006

The Bottom Line: The Windows Live package of products represents Microsoft's attempt to serve and integrate a broad array of dynamic, online services. These Web 2.0 tools include those for e-mail, mapping, scheduling, instant messaging, managing RSS feeds, bookmarking, and vertical search. Many of these free products remain in beta testing. This list will continue to evolve as Microsoft updates and adds Windows Live products. See our 10 favorite Windows Live tools here.

Release Date: 06/19/2006

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Windows Live Safety Center

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Windows Live Favorites Reviewed on 09/22/2006

The Bottom Line: Windows Live Favorites lets you save, import, and arrange bookmarks in subject folders, then view saved links without leaving the page--but it doesn't hook you up with other users' favorite URLs the way Del.icio.us does.

Release Date: 06/15/2006

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Windows Live Toolbar Reviewed on 07/27/2006

The Bottom Line: Windows Live Toolbar can enhance the usefulness of Internet Explorer, make Web surfing more fun, and spare you some mouse clicks--if you take the time to get acquainted with its features.

Release Date: 06/15/2006

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Windows Live Mail Desktop beta Reviewed on 07/27/2006

The Bottom Line: Designed to replace Outlook Express, Windows Live Desktop Mail beta is a preview edition of Microsoft's new, free desktop e-mail application, which lets you edit images and read messages from Gmail and Yahoo accounts.

Release Date: 06/15/2006

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Windows Live Search

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Windows Live Academic Search beta

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Windows Live Calendar beta Reviewed on 05/05/2006

The Bottom Line: The Windows Live package of products represents Microsoft's attempt to serve and integrate a broad array of dynamic, online services. These Web 2.0 tools include those for e-mail, mapping, scheduling, instant messaging, managing RSS feeds, bookmarking, and vertical search. Many of these free products remain in beta testing. This list will continue to evolve as Microsoft updates and adds Windows Live products. See our 10 favorite Windows Live tools here.

Release Date: 06/15/2006

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Windows Live QnA beta Reviewed on 08/03/2006

The Bottom Line: This reputation-based, peer-to-peer question-and-answer service lets you seek and offer all kinds of knowledge online while integrating with other Windows Live Contacts, Messenger, and Spaces.

Release Date: 06/15/2006

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Windows Live Spaces Reviewed on 08/02/2006

The Bottom Line: If you're tired of just reading or writing text blogs and want new ways to add life to your online abode, Windows Live Spaces makes room for Gadgets and interactive tools that visitors to your personal page can play with.

Release Date: 06/15/2006

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Windows Live Writer beta Reviewed on 08/14/2006

The Bottom Line: Windows Live Writer beta lets you insert and edit personalized maps and images to blogs hosted by multiple blogging services.

Release Date: 06/15/2006

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Windows Live OneCare Family Safety beta Reviewed on 08/30/2006

The Bottom Line: Microsoft's beta version of a free service that filters Web sites for content for children makes parents and guardians system administrators for their kids' Windows Live accounts.

Release Date: 06/15/2006

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