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 has released the 2011 version of Windows Live Essentials, the consumer embodiment of its 'software plus services' strategy. New features in Photo Gallery include Photo Fuse to combine the ...

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 ...

In this episode of eSpeaks, Jennifer Margles, Director of Product Management at BMC Software, discusses the transition from traditional job scheduling to the era of the autonomous enterprise. eSpeaks’ ...

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 ...

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 ...

When I try to install it I get a message saying I need to install Windows Platform Update (I use Vista SP2) and get a link to this page where it has this to say: How to obtain the Platform Updates for ...

In a post on the Building Windows 8 blog, Chris Jones, vice-president of Windows Live Group at Microsoft, explained that consumer feedback indicated that users were confused, as the services and apps ...

I have been using Windows for over a decade, and there are plenty of apps I used during my childhood that have since been discontinued. Here are six such Windows apps I wish were still available today ...