At Microsoft’s Build conference, All Will Be Revealed (or will it?)

In less than a month, Microsoft is hosting its Build\Windows conference, promising to pull back the curtains on Windows 8.  Up until then, the company has been unusually quiet, even for them, on a ... Read more »

Logging in to Hotmail (with less spam!)

A couple of posts of interest on the Inside Windows Live blog this week, both involving Hotmail. The first, one we held back on posting yesterday as it wasn’t working yet here (and still ... Read more »

Has your friend been hacked?

Alert LiveSide readers spotted the “My friend’s been hacked” feature (in the comments) on Hotmail back when the new faster version was released a few weeks ago, and today the Inside Windows Live blog ... Read more »

More TOS changes, this time it’s Yahoo! (and we go back in time, to Windows Live Mail Active Search)

Early last week, Dropbox changed its Terms of Service and set off a bit of a tempest in a teacup.  Although since then, it’s become clear that the “uproar” didn’t bother investors too much, ... Read more »

Yes, Hotmail Connector includes HTTPS support

Yesterday, we told you about an upgrade to Windows Live Essentials that included for the first time support for HTTPS settings in Windows Live Mail.  Included in the update was an updated version of ... Read more »

Hotmail turns 15 (and we get cake!!)

Kind of a funny deal today as FedEx delivered a package this morning.  We kind of knew what it might be due to a tweet from Paul Thurrott, so out came the camera for ... Read more »

Hotmail turns 15, promotes new features

HoTMaiL, the first HTML enabled free email service, was launched on July 4th, 1996 by two former Stanford students, Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith, making yesterday Hotmail’s 15th birthday. The two sold Hotmail to ... Read more »

Hotmail: It’s fast. Is that enough?

Today over at Inside Windows Live, Dick Craddock walks us through some recent work, just released, on Hotmail, citing some impressive speed improvements.  By modernizing Hotmail to make better use of caching, pre-loading, and ... Read more »

Hotmail just keeps adding features: live sidebar calendar, more… can we keep up?

Today on the Inside Windows Live blog, Dick Craddock introduced some new features in Hotmail, including new right click and keyboard shortcut functionality. What he didn’t tell you about was at least two more new ... Read more »

New Hotmail Wave 5 look, features spotted

Thanks to a couple of tips it looks like Hotmail has a bit of a new look and at least one new feature.  Last week we showed you that the new consolidated header for ... Read more »