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 ...

The Wave 4 release of Windows Live Essentials comes about a year and a half after the Wave 3 release. The new release has a lineup of applications that is almost identical to that of its predecessor: ...

While everyone was expecting a public RC of the Wave 3 applications last week, a beta refresh made it out this week over at download.live.com. Windows Live Essentials, which refers to the suite of ...

Let's look back at the week that was in Microsoft news: Free: Windows 7 Professional at upcoming launch events: Want to learn more about Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Exchange 2010? Doesn't ...