Written by Ruhani Rabin on February 24, 2007.
Do you need a desktop blogging utility so that you can publish your blog right from your desktop. Windows Live writer from Microsoft is a free desktop publishing utility that will help you include rich content in your blog posts and know exactly what your blog will look like before you publish it to the Web.
Key Features:
- WYSIWYG editing: Edit using the style of your blog, including fonts, colors, line spacing, margins, etc.
- Rich content: Insert and customize rich content like photos, maps and more.
- Offline editing: Compose and edit drafts even when you're not connected to the Internet
- Blog preview: See exactly what your post will look like in the context of your blog before you upload it
- Smart image publishing: Add images to your blog post, and they'll automatically appear as thumbnails that link to larger images with more detail
Compatibility: Support for publishing to Windows Live Spaces, as well as Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, WordPress, and many other blog hosting services
Try the Windows Live Writer Beta
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Written by Ruhani Rabin on February 24, 2007.
Windows Live introduced new Desktop E-mail checking software for your everyday e-mail usage. It's a quick alternative to outlook with a Windows Live interface. A simple, powerful tool that lets you get e-mail from multiple accounts in one place and integrates your mail with Windows Live™ Spaces, Windows Live Contacts, Windows Live Messenger, and more.
Key Features:
- Speedy access to multiple e-mail accounts in one place (even AOL, Gmail, and many others)
- Compose and manage e-mail while offline: simply connect to the internet and your messages are sent and new messages downloaded
- A reading pane and drag-and-drop features, so you can quickly read and manage your mail
- Synchronization with Windows Live Mail and MSN® Hotmail® accounts
- Easily share your images with friends and family and create slide shows using the powerful photo e-mail tools
- Launch a Windows Live Messenger conversation right from the program
- Post Blog content to your Windows Live Space with the click of a button
- Get your newsgroups and RSS feeds as easily as you get e-mail
- Virus scanning for all Windows Live Mail and Hotmail accounts
- Smart Screen technology helps protect all your e-mail accounts from junk mail and phishing scams
- Color-coded messages help you quickly identify safe and suspicious e-mail
I've been using this program for a quite sometimes now. Looks neat. Most probably Microsoft is trying to get the market of Mozilla Thunderbird. Try it and see.
Try the Windows Live Mail desktop beta
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Written by Ruhani Rabin on September 21, 2006.
Colibri combines the raw power of the command line with the intuitive nature of a modern graphical user interface to define a revolutionary new way of managing your computer.
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