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Microsoft testing Hotmail for the desktop
To be honest, I'm starting to
get confused. It's been known for some time that the next version of Outlook Express, the one that will ship with
Windows Vista, is going to be called Windows Mail. Windows Live Mail, on the other hand, is Microsoft's
web-based successor to Hotmail. We've got the web and the desktop covered, right? But now here comes Windows Live Mail Desktop. Uh.. wuh? Fortunately the
product has its own blog which gives us some
hints, in particular this
post that has a handy chart comparing Mail and Live Mail Desktop. Here's what (I think) I know: Windows Live Mail
Desktop is going to be a free desktop e-mail client that will sort of be the missing link between Windows Mail and
Windows Live, offering support for multiple e-mail accounts in separate folders (including webmail from AOL and Gmail,
they say), a new contacts interface that has something to do with Live Messenger, RSS and blogging features, emoticons
and inline spell-checking, and a UI that matches Windows Live. And it's currently in a very small managed beta.Okay, so it looks like there's some interesting work going into Windows Live Mail Desktop, but if it's so much better than Windows Mail, why have two different free e-mail products? Why not offer one really great product with one name rather than confusing the hell out of consumers (and bloggers)?
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So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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LordDaMan said 1:14PM on 3-30-2006
Why can't they include it all in one program?
Lawsuits. Simple as that. You can't include this with say vista since it will be "bundle" live mail with vista. Microsoft will then be abusing their monopoly position to force people into using live mail or some such other drivel. This way they can release all the cool gadgets without having to worry about lawsuits.
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mazen said 3:59AM on 4-01-2006
pleas if any one know how can we download the windows live mail desktop i need ti and if any one have any thing send to me email pleas to mzm_tech@hotmail.com
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