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 ...

The new Windows Live Essentials beta will be available for public testing starting Thursday, according to Microsoft. A collection of free Web-oriented applications and services for Windows Vista and ...

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’s Windows Live Essentials 2011, is ready for prime time. Microsoft announced Thursday it’s consumer focused suite of free applications, has moved from testing mode (beta) to the final ...

Microsoft's latest all-in-one pack of essential apps is out, including Messenger, Mail client, Movie Maker, Photo Gallery, Writer and more... The new Windows Live Messenger is the highlight of this ...

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 ...

In the irony of all ironies, a lighter weight Windows 7 could drive away users because it lacks the features of Vista. Sound implausible? Read on. A reader of my Windows 7 Will Not Sway XP Users blog ...

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Live Mesh users, read the Windows Essentials 2012 fine print. Microsoft is doing what some had feared in latest services bundle -- replacing it with SkyDrive, which still doesn't offer the same set of ...

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, ...

Online services like Hotmail and "Essentials" like Windows Live Photo Gallery will get an update, but the downloadable programs won't run on Windows XP. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried ...

Windows Live Movie Maker continues to suck! There does not appear to be a timeline, so MSFT has stiffed us again. The Project tab is odd; it has a few throw-away features (though admittedly the "Fit ...