After moving the Wave 3 version of Windows Live Essentials out of beta last month, Microsoft has now updated specific applications in the suite. Windows Live Essentials, which refers to the suite of ...

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 ...

“Today, we announced the launch of an updated version of Windows Live Family Safety,” a Microsoft spokesperson told Ars. “Based on customer feedback, the newest version of Family Safety features ...

Windows Live Essentials works only with Windows Vista and Windows 7, so Windows XP users are out of luck. Some features have been optimized for Windows 7 — for example, Windows Movie Maker can make ...

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 posted for download this week its first update to its Windows Live Essentials bundle of software and services since July 2011. As the folks at LiveSide.net have noted, Microsoft isn't saying ...

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 ...

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Microsoft has announced that it has released a new update for Windows Live Essentials 2011, offering up minor updates to a number of programs including Windows Live Messenger, Mail and more. Users of ...

It's been three years since Microsoft last released a public beta of its Windows Live Essentials suite. (So much for more rapid services releases.) But on June 3 (just after 12 midnight EST), the ...