Although Microsoft announced the beta for its new-and-improved Windows Live services on December 2, it took Redmond a few more weeks to make good on that announcement. As of yesterday, the beta was ...

Windows 7 has moved many tools out of the OS and into a free download. How do they measure up? Let me say at the outset: I never liked Outlook Express. Never. The feature difference between Outlook ...

Microsoft released Windows Live Essentials 2011, a set of free downloadable applications tied to Windows 7 and Windows Vista that the company said would allow users to organize their e-mail, ...

Microsoft unveiled a major refresh of the Windows Live Essentials suite. The video overview focuses primarily on the improved photo editing, management, and sharing features--which do seem fairly ...

Microsoft previewed the first major upgrade to Windows Live Essentials for Windows 7 late Wednesday. Windows Live Essentials is a suite of free programs, including Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, ...

With the launch of its first formal reseller program for Google Apps Premier Edition, Google is now battling Microsoft directly in the channel with a full cloud computing productivity suite. Here's a ...

Movie Maker–the Microsoft movie-editing application that the company has yanked out of Windows 7 and bundled into the suite known as Windows Live Essentials–is out in a new version today. LiveSide.net ...

Microsoft's anticipated live migration feature will be in Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. To get started, you should read Microsoft's overview and architecture document and follow along with its ...