The history of Windows Live Mesh

You might’ve heard that Microsoft recently decided to rebrand Windows Live Sync to Windows Live Mesh. But what was the story behind this great file synchronisation tool? We’ll give you a brief summary of ... Read more »

Windows Live Sync to be released next month

We told you that Windows Live FolderShare will be rebranded as Windows Live Sync. We also reported that Windows Live Sync will play a part in both Photo Gallery and possibly Toolbar. Today the ... Read more »

Windows Live Photo Gallery gets new OEM partners, Sync integration, and more

Windows Live Photo Gallery from the Windows Live Essentials suite is getting some upgrades in the upcoming “Release Candidate” release too. Besides the many bug fixes (including the wlcomm.exe crash and 100% CPU usage ... Read more »

FolderShare to live on as Windows Live Sync?

Apparently the shroud of secrecy that surrounds Windows Live and Wave 3 doesn’t extend to help files, as our friend Picturepan2 at LiveSino.net discovered as he was snooping around doing some investigative reporting.  While ... Read more »

New version of FolderShare for Windows available

A new version of FolderShare for Windows (there’s a Mac client available too, but that apparently hasn’t been updated as of yet) is now available.  From the FolderShare team blog: There’s a new version ... Read more »

Yet another Windows Live FolderShare build

The Windows Live FolderShare team just posted that they updated their Windows client with a new build (14.0.1331.0415) improving reliability and security. This time they will make this version mandatory meaning that all users ... Read more »

Windows Live FolderShare Beta refreshed to fix a bunch of problems

Less then two weeks after releasing the new Windows Live FolderShare Beta the team has dropped a refreshed build (14.0.1329.0317) on to the web that fixes a bunch of problems users had been experiencing with ... Read more »

Windows Live FolderShare Gets Updated (ish)

The Windows Live FolderShare team blog has today announced a new FolderShare. So what’s new with it? Well…. Not much! In fact, I could say the update includes the following: • A new website ... Read more »

Foldershare admits problems – promises improvements soon

In recent weeks those using FolderShare have had much to complain about. The service has been down more than its been up, and a quick look at FolderShare newsgroup shows that for a service such as this, ... Read more »

Windows Live FolderShare Beta – there is still hope

Looks like there is a ray of hope for those FolderShare users who’ve been out in the cold since Microsoft’s acquisiton of ByteTaxi back at the end of the 2005. Apart from a partial rebrand to Windows Live, ... Read more »