Saturday, June 26, 2010

New Microsoft Live Essentials Beta Now Available

Microsoft's Free Windows Live Essentials Beta Debuts

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 Windows 7 PCs.

First Look at Windows Live Essential Beta's New Social Features

Yesterday, Microsoft dropped the new Windows Live Essentials beta, adding tons of new publishing and web service options to their suite of consumer desktop applications. Here's a look what's changed in the beta and how the new apps stack up.

SkyDrive takes on the online-storage arena

Office 2010 marked Microsoft's aggressive entrance into the cloud-computing arena, and Sky Drive is a key component of the company's move to online services. Part of the new Windows Live service, SkyDrive offers generous (25GB) — and free — online data storage and simple collaboration.

Apple: Don't hold your iPhone 4 that way

Now that the iPhone 4 has been out for more than a day (at least in some parts of the world), it’s only logical that a number of bugs have popped up. It seems the biggest one has to do with reception. Apple’s response? It’s you’re probably holding the phone the wrong way.

Barnes & Noble Nook (Wi-Fi) E-Book reader review

For the moment, the Wi-Fi-only version of the Barnes & Noble Nook is the best e-reader you can buy for less than $150.

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