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, ...

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 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 ...

Microsoft previewed the first major upgrade to Windows Live Essentials for Windows 7 late Wednesday. Windows Live Essentials is a suite of free programs, including Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, ...

Although Microsoft announced the beta for its new-and-improved Windows Live services on December 2, it took Redmond a few more weeks to make good on that announcement. As of yesterday, the beta was ...

Movie Maker–the Microsoft movie-editing application that the company has yanked out of Windows 7 and bundled into the suite known as Windows Live Essentials–is out in a new version today. LiveSide.net ...