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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Windows Live Windows Live operating system and services, the two are available sepWin-arately. Microsoft said that Windows Live "is a way to [3] dowsextend the Windows user experience". Windows Vista Live provides a link in its user interface to download Windows logo Live Messenger, and Windows 7 will see the removal of applications such as Windows Mail, Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Movie Maker and replaced with the Windows Live Essentials suite, a software that allows the Screendownloading and installation of similar offerings from shot [4] of Windows Live. Some web-based Windows Live services such as Windows Live SkyDrive are available outthe side homepageof Windows, however these services are integrated loc- closely with the Windows Live Essentials suite of ated applications. at Some released Windows Live services and programs Live.com, the Live Search search engine, the Windows Live include the Messenger instant messaging client, the Windows Live top- Hotmail webmail service, the Windows Live OneCare level computer security service, and Windows Live Spaces. doBesides Windows Live, which is mainly aimed at inmain dividuals[2], there are some other Web properties from for Win-Microsoft that are branded as "Live": Microsoft Office dowsLive for small businesses, the Xbox Live multiplayer Live gaming and content delivery system for Xbox and Xbox ser- 360, and the Games for Windows - LIVE multiplayer vicesgaming service for Microsoft Windows. On January 23, 2009, Microsoft announced that Office Live services will be converged into Windows Live services.[5] The Windows Live Mobile services "Orb" Window Live for mobile are a set of customised Windows Live services specifically created for mobile Windows Live is the collective brand name for a set of devices. It is offered via three channels - through Clientservices and software products from Microsoft. A majorbased (for Windows Mobile and other supported mobile ity of these services are Web applications, accessible devices such as Nokia phones), Web-based (for WAP or from a browser, but there are applications that need inGPRS-enabled mobile web browsers), or SMS-based serstalling as well. There are three ways in which Windows vices.[6] Live services are offered: Windows Live Essentials applications, web services, and mobile services.[1] Windows Live was first announced on November 1, 2005. In its initial release, several Windows Live properLive Search was originally named Windows Live Search ties were rebranded and enhanced from Microsoft’s MSN (and MSN Search prior to that) and was once part of the set of products and services. However, MSN still exists Windows Live family of services. It was the homepage of alongside Windows Live as a means of delivering proLive.com, the domain for all Windows Live services. grammed content (as opposed to customized content and However, on 2007-03-21, Microsoft has decided to separcommunications).[2] Although the new branding might ate its Live Search developments from its Windows Live suggest closer technical ties to the Microsoft Windows services family, forming part of the Live Search and Ad Windows Live services Live Search 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Service Windows Live Account Website account.live.com Description The service for updating your Windows Live identity and managing your Windows Live relationship Provides e-mail hosting for web site owners Windows Live Status Final Windows admin.live.com Live Admin Center Windows agents.live.com Live Agents Windows Live Alerts Windows Live Barcode Windows Live Betas Windows Live Calendar Windows Live Call Windows Live Essentials download.live.com calendar.live.com alerts.live.com Final Part of Windows Live Messenger Final Interactive chatterbots through Windows Live Messenger that allow users to get more information about specific topics Send information updates to your email inbox, mobile device Final or Messenger 2D barcodes that can be used to store information or link to the mobile web Website listing Windows Live beta services available for download Discontinued Discontinued (2008-09-17) Time management service which allow users to organize ap- Final pointments, schedule meetings, set reminders, and share their calendar events Part of Windows Live Messenger Final The installer for the Windows Live software suite which al- Final lows users to select, download and install the specific software they wish. To be integrated in Windows 7 to allow users to download softwares such as Photo Gallery or Movie Maker Manage and plan different types of events and share them Final with others using Windows Live Calendar, Spaces and Alerts Online classifieds Parental Controls similar to Windows Vista’s Family Safety feature Discontinued (2008-07-31) Final Windows events.live.com Live Events Windows Live Expo expo.live.com Windows fss.live.com Live Family Safety Windows Live Favorites Windows Live FrameIt favorites.live.com Synchronizes your favorites between computers and lets you Discontinued share favorites (2009-04-14) Extends the functionality of digital photo frame devices, al- Beta lowing users to customise the content delivery from multiple sources such as RSS feeds A center for collections of developers’ add-ons for Windows Final Live products Enable users to create their social groups for sharing, discus- Final sion and coordination Collection of forums and message boards to communicate with other users of Windows Live products Discontinued (2008-06-06) frameit.live.com Windows gallery.live.com Live Gallery Windows groups.live.com Live Groups Windows helpcommunity.live.com Live Help Community 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Windows Live Home Windows Live Hotmail Windows Live ID Windows Live Mail home.live.com Windows Live Provides a central location to access Windows Live services, Final monitor status information, and navigate to other Windows Live sites and services Free webmail service using AJAX technology featuring email, contacts and calendar services Final mail.live.com hotmail.live.com login.live.com Works seamlessly with Windows Live services and allowing Final multiple sign-ins with different accounts download.live.com/wlmail Desktop mail client designed to succeed Outlook Express on Final Windows XP and Windows Mail on Windows Vista, with full RSS support Provides a discussion forum for Windows Live and MSN services Instant messaging, personal file sharing and outgoing Voice over IP client Final Windows boards.live.com Live Message Boards Windows Live Messenger Windows Live Messenger IM Control Windows Live Movie Maker Windows Live OneCare Windows Live OneCare Safety Scanner onecare.live.com messenger.live.com Final settings.messenger.live.com Enables web sites to show the presence of Windows Live Beta Messenger users, and let site visitors engage in instant messaging conversations with the Messenger users directly from the browser Similar to Windows Movie Maker with additional enhancements that will make home video editing easier Computer Security Service. Features its own Anti-Virus program, back-up utility, and a software firewall Free PC scanning and health service to help delete viruses and other threats Beta Final safety.live.com Final Windows people.live.com Live People Windows Live Personalized Experience Windows Live Photo Gallery my.live.com The contact book service which allows users to keep track and synchronize their contact’s information An all-in-one home page featuring a customisable RSS aggregator, gadgets and search tools Final Final photogallery.live.com Similar to Windows Photo Gallery with additional enhancements that will make posting photos to Windows Live Spaces and Soapbox easier Final Windows photos.live.com Live Photos Windows profile.live.com Live Profile Windows Live QnA qna.live.com Photo storage service which allows users to upload and share Final their personal albums and photographs with other Windows Live users Allow users to manage their profile information and displays Final information about the particular user, their recent activities, and their relationship with other Windows Live users Rebranded as Live Search QnA then subsequently MSN QnA Discontinued (2009-05-21) 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Windows desktop.live.com Live Search Center Windows Live Shopping shopping.live.com Rebranded as Windows Search 4 Windows Live Discontinued (2006-12-12) Discontinued (2007-02-20) Rebranded as MSN Shopping Windows silverlight.live.com Live Silverlight Streaming Windows Live SkyDrive skydrive.live.com Allow developers and designers to deliver and scale rich me- Beta dia as part of their Silverlight applications Password-protected online file storage and sharing Final Windows spaces.live.com Live Spaces Windows Live Sync Windows Live Toolbar Windows Live TV Windows Live Video Messages Windows Live Web Messenger Windows Live WiFi Center Windows Live WiFi Hotspot Locator wifi.live.com videomessages.live.com sync.live.com toolbar.live.com AJAX based version social networking, blogging, and photo Final sharing site File sharing and synchronization service acquired by Microsoft and now branded as a Windows Live service Final A toolbar which adds itself to Windows Internet Explorer, al- Final lowing quick access to a user’s Windows Live Spaces, Hotmail, Favorites and Live Search from a button on the toolbar An additional program for Windows Media Center which will provide access to Windows Live Spaces, Messenger, and Call on large-screen monitors or TVs Discontinued (2008-06-24) Combines digital video with e-mail into a service that allows Beta all webcam users to create, send, and receive video messages to anyone in their contact list, even when they are offline Online version of Windows Live Messenger which allow users to talk online and in real-time with others using the .NET Messenger Service from within a web browser Discontinued (2008-10-30) Allow users to search for wireless networks that are available Discontinued and displays information about them (2007-02-16) Rebranded as MSN WiFi Hotspots Discontinued (2007-02-16) hotspot.live.com Windows writer.live.com Live Writer Desktop blog publishing tool Final Platform. Live Search will consolidate with Microsoft adCenter, a part of Microsoft’s Platform and Systems division.[7] In addition to searching webpages, other Live Search services include: • Live Search Club • Live Search Farecast • Live Search Feeds • Live Search Health • Live Search Images • Live Search Local • Live Search Macros • Live Search Maps • Live Search News • Live Search Products • Live Search Translator • Live Search Video • Live Search xRank Services that have been discontinued include: • Live Search Academic • Live Search Books, including Live Search Books Publisher Program It was announced on February 18, 2009 that Live Search QnA would be rebranded as MSN QnA, moving it under 4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mobile Service Live Search Mobile Windows Live Calendar Mobile Windows Live Home Mobile Windows Live Hotmail Mobile Windows Live Messenger Mobile Windows Live Photos Mobile mhome.live.com Client Web SMS Website m.live.com Description Live Search for web-enabled mobile devices Windows Live Development Stage Final SMS service for users to query today and toFinal morrow’s appointments in their Windows Live Calendar Displays a list of What’s New feeds of your contacts, similar to Windows Live Home but targets mobile devices Web- and client-based version of Windows Live Hotmail that targets mobile devices, and allow new email alerts via SMS Web- and client-based version of Windows Live Messenger that is designed for mobile devices, and allow users to send instant messages via SMS Final m.mail.live.com Final mim.live.com Final mphotos.live.com Web-based version of Windows Live Photos Final designed for mobile devices for photo viewing and uploading. Client-based version allows upload of photos directly from a mobile phone camera View and update user’s own Windows Live Profile information using a mobile device Final Windows Live Profile Mobile Windows Live People Mobile mprofile.live.com mpeople.live.com Web-based version of Windows Live People Final designed for mobile devices for access to contact information. Client-based version allows integration of the Windows Live contact list with the mobile device’s address book. Also allow users to query contact information via SMS Final Windows Live Spaces Mobile Live Mesh Mobile mobile.spaces.live.com A customized version of Windows Live Spaces that targets mobile devices m.mesh.com Web-based version of the Live Mesh webpage Beta that is designed for mobile devices. The clientbased version allow instant synchronisation of photos, videos and documents that resides on the Windows Mobile device to webmasters and merchants to add their contents to Live Search. the MSN umbrella of services focusing on content and community.[8] Additionally, Live Search Webmaster Center and Live Product Upload provide content submission services 5 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia API Windows Live Data Description Allows developers to access the user’s Windows Live services and data with various authentication methods Windows Live Development Stage Alpha Beta Windows Live Quick Provide customizable out-of-the box solutions and source codes for specific Applications web scenarios using Windows Live services. Windows Live Tools A set of control add-ins for Microsoft Visual Studio for incorporating Windows Beta Live services into web applications Live Mesh is a software as a service platform released on April 23, 2008 that enables PCs and other devices to connect with each other through the internet. Live Mesh is part of Live Services, one of the building blocks of Microsoft’s Azure Services Platform - a "cloud" platform hosted at Microsoft data centers.[9] Live Mesh allows applications, people, and devices to be synchronized across multiple devices using FeedSync and cloud computing technologies. It is designed to give developers the ability to easily develop and scale up applications that can run on a wide variety of devices. Live Mesh currently consists of: • - software component that manages the synchronization relationships between devices and data • - online cloud storage service that allows synchronized folders to be accessible via a website • - software that allow users to remotely connect and manage to any of the devices in a synchronization relationship • - a REST-based application programming interface for accessing the Live Mesh services over HTTP Features and functionalities of Live Mesh are expected to be integrated into the Windows Live "Wave 4" release.[10] The Windows Live, Live Services Platform, and Live Mesh teams was merged into a single Windows Live team in January 2009.[11] Live Search searching for "Wikipedia" Live Services Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), documentation and sample codes for several Windows Live services are provided on Live Services, a development center and supplier of software development kits (SDKs) for the Windows Live Platform. It also provides information on getting started with developing for Windows Live services, access to community areas and relevant blogs, and announcements of future releases and innovations. Live Mesh Microsoft Live Labs Microsoft Live Labs is a partnership between MSN and Microsoft Research that focuses on applied research for Internet products and services at Microsoft. Live Labs are headed by Dr. Gary William Flake, who prior to joining Microsoft was a principal scientist at Yahoo! Research Lab and former head of research at the Web portal’s Overture Services division. Live Labs’ focus is on applied research and practical applications of computer science areas including natural language processing, machine learning, information retrieval, data mining, computational linguistics, distributed computing, etc.[12] Live Desktop under Live Mesh Themes 6 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Service Website Description Windows Live Deepfish http://www.livelabs.com/ Suspended deepfish FeedSync Live Clipboard Entity Extraction Listas http://listas.labs.live.com http://feedsync.mslivelabs.com Allow users to display and zoom into web contents on their Windows Mobile devices similar to the desktop format without requiring additional work by the site author Extensions to RSS and Atom feed formats designed to enable the aggregation of information by using a variety of data sources Allow users to cut, copy and paste rich data between webpages and browsers using an XML format Using machine learning to identify meaningful text in documents and turn the unstructured web into a rich set of tagged documents Allow users to create and share lists (text, images, links, RSS feeds, etc.) Displays a large collection of photos in a reconstructed three-dimensional space. Photosynth http://www.livelabs.com/ Released photosynth Social Streams http://socialstreams.livelabs.com Conducts data mining on social media including blogs, newsgroups and websites, and allows users to see whether the stories are increasing or decreasing in popularity and frequency at a glance using graphs showing the real time movement of the number of mentions of both the people and the places mentioned in the highlighted story Allow users to collect contents across different websites and put it into a Thumbtack collection. This collection can then be shared with others or kept private. Gadgets in Thumbtack allows users to compare items in the collection and arrange them according to their needs. The service also utilizes machine learning and natural language techniques to extract information and display them in these gadgets in a meaningful way. Allow users to expose a Windows Communication Foundation based service to the Internet from behind a firewall or NAT Smooth, seamless browsing of vast quantities of visual information, on wall sized diplays or mobile devices, regardless of the amount of data. Smooth image browsing for the mobile platform. Online identity management service that provides an Information Card that enables offloading authentication functions, irrespective of the agent signing in is a user logging-in to web sites and services or a site or service owner to authenticate users. Requires an Information Card compliant store and identity selector to use Developer toolset that enables multi-tier web applications by splitting it into different client and server parts Thumbtack http://thumbtack.livelabs.com Relay Ser- http://relay.labs.live.com vice Suspended Seadragon http://www.livelabs.com/ seadragon Seadragon http://livelabs.com/blog/ Mobile seadragon-goes-mobile Security http://sts.labs.live.com Token Service Suspended Volta Web Sandbox http://www.livelabs.com/volta http://websandbox.livelabs.com Provides website builders a virtualization platform to test the Sandbox and find out whether it prevents the attacks web users most concerned about Blue Vapor / Flair Most original Windows Live applications and services used a visual theme known as Blue Vapor or Flair. While the new headers has replaced Blue Vapor on most Windows Live sites, Blue Vapor remains in use on sites such as Windows Live Alerts. An example is shown below: 7 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Windows Live Windows Live 2.0 With the public beta release of the Windows Live Wave 2.0 Suite[13] ("Wave" refers to the group or wave of products to be released), a new visual theme was released to enable the Aero transparency effect in Windows Vista.[14] This theme remains in use on site such as Windows Live Personalized Experience. An example is shown below: See also • Microsoft Office Live • Xbox Live • Games for Windows - Live References "Windows Live Wave 3 Reviewers Guide". Microsoft PressPass. 2008-11-12. http://www.microsoft.com/ presspass/presskits/WindowsLive/docs/ WindowsLiveRG.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-11-16. [2] ^ "Microsoft Previews New Windows Live and Office Live Services (press release)". Microsoft PressPass. 2005-11-01. http://www.microsoft.com/ presspass/press/2005/nov05/ 11-01PreviewSoftwareBasedPR.mspx. Retrieved on 2007-06-17. [3] Thurrott, Paul (2006-01-18). "Windows Live Preview". Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows. http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/ windowslive_preview.asp. Retrieved on 2007-06-17. [4] ce/archive/2008/10/28/the-complete-windowsexperience-windows-7-windows-live.aspx "The Complete Windows Experience – Windows 7 + Windows Live". The Windows Blog. 2008-10-28. http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/ windowsexperien ce/archive/2008/10/28/thecomplete-windows-experience-windows-7-windowslive.aspx. Retrieved on 2008-11-16. [5] "Looking ahead and bringing you even more". Office Live Workspace Team Blog. 2009-01-23. http://officeliveworkspacecommunity.com/blogs/ teamblog/archive/2009/01/23/looking-ahead-andbringing-you-even-more.aspx. Retrieved on 2009-01-24. [6] "Windows Live for mobile Wave 3 – take your social life on the go". LiveSide.net. 2008-11-14. http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2008/11/14/ windows-live-for-mobile-wave-3-take-your-sociallife-on-the-go.aspx. Retrieved on 2008-11-16. [7] Foley, Mary Jo (2007-03-21). "Microsoft severs Live Search from the rest of the Windows Live family". ZDNet: All About Microsoft. http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=339. Retrieved on 2008-11-16. [8] Live QnA team blog announcement [9] "Live Mesh Turns Car into Mobile Computing Platform". Microsoft PressPass. 2008-12-04. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2008/ dec08/12-04Meshmobile.mspx. Retrieved on 2008-12-04. [10] "David Treadwell at PDC: Live Mesh to join Windows Live". LiveSide.net. 2008-10-28. http://www.liveside.net/main/archive/2008/10/28/ [1] Windows Live 3.0 Microsoft has released a new theme for their Windows Live Wave 3.0 services. Instead of simply changing the colour of the header, this new visual theme allows users to customize their pages on Windows Live using a set of pre-selected background pictures. Several of these themes are dynamic and will change according to the time of day and the current weather condition of the user.[15] It is currently implemented in all but a few Windows Live services. An example is shown below: Live Search As part of Microsoft’s plan to distinguish its Live Search brand from their Windows Live services, all of Live Search’s services have upgraded their themes to a much different one since the codename Rome upgrade. According to the Live Search design team, the new theme reflects extensive user-centered researches which provides a "simple and powerful, human, and fast" experience.[16] An example is shown below: Windows Live Butterfly Microsoft has initiated the Windows Live Butterfly awards program (formerly the MSN Butterfly program), in order to recognize the contributions made by exemplary beta testers. Prospective ’butterflies’ are selected by the Windows Live product team and are nominated for a term of one year, after which they can be renominated.[17] Butterflies are given the benefit of new Microsoft software to test before the beta releases go public and are in direct contact with the program managers for Windows Live software. 8 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia david-treadwell-at-pdc-live-mesh-to-join-windowslive.aspx. Retrieved on 2008-11-16. "Live Mesh team joins Windows/Windows Live org". LiveSide.net. 2009-01-16. http://www.liveside.net/ main/archive/2009/01/16/live-mesh-team-joinswindows-windows-live-org.aspx. Retrieved on 2009-01-24. "The Live Labs Manifesto". Microsoft Live Labs. 2006-06-22. http://livelabs.com/blog/the-live-labsmanifesto. Retrieved on 2008-11-16. "Windows Live 2.0 Release Notes". Microsoft. http://get.live.com/betas/installer_release_notes. Retrieved on 2008-06-06. "The Death of Flair - Windows Live’s New Look". LiveSide.net. 2007-06-15. http://www.liveside.net/ blogs/main/archive/2007/06/15/the-death-of-flairwindows-live-s-new-look.aspx. Retrieved on 2008-11-16. "Windows Live Wave 3: New Header UI". LiveSide.net. 2008-06-05. http://www.liveside.net/ blogs/main/archive/2008/06/05/windows-live- Windows Live wave-3-new-header-ui.aspx. Retrieved on 2008-06-06. [16] "More than a pretty face". Live Search blog. 2008-05-06. http://blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/ archive/2008/05/06/more-than-a-pretty-face.aspx. Retrieved on 2008-05-06. [17] Excerpt of Windows Live Butterfly acceptance email from Windows Live Beta Team [11] [12] [13] External links • • • • • • • Windows Live services overview Windows Live Downloads Windows Live for Mobile Windows Live for Mobile services overview Live Search Microsoft Live Labs Windows Live Wire - official Windows Live team blog • LiveSide: Windows Live News • LiveSino: LiveSide in Chinese [14] [15] Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live" Categories: Windows Live, Web 2.0, Microsoft websites, MSN, Web service providers This page was last modified on 11 May 2009, at 23:39 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a U.S. registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit charity. Privacy policy About Wikipedia Disclaimers 9