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Gadget News & Review
Redmond, Washington (dpa) - Microsoft has launched a new version of its
Web-based Windows Live Services suite. The free program packet includes
the Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Photo
Gallery, and Windows Live Writer services, among others. The programs
will be offered in a bundled download for the first time, Microsoft
reported. The programs can then be installed all at once.
Among the new features is Windows Live Events event planner. Users
can set appointments, issue invitations to events, and swap data with
other participants. Changes have also been made to programs previously
available in earlier Live Service versions. Parents now have the chance
to restrict the chat activity of their children for Windows Live
Messenger, for example.
The suite's e-mail program, Windows Live Hotmail, has also been
reworked. Invitations now include RSVP buttons for a direct yes or no,
for example. The inbox now provides up to five gigabytes of storage as
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