Windows Live Movie Maker isn’t really the best application in the currently available Windows Live Essentials suite, since it hasn’t even hit version 1 yet and doesn’t have much features. Microsoft dumped the Movie Maker application that was bundled in Windows ( before Windows 7 ) to replace it with Windows Live Movie Maker but the reception for this application hasn’t been good. People have actually been downloading Windows Movie Maker for Windows 7.  Read more...

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Permalink: Microsoft Security Essentials Beta to be available for download today

Microsoft has recently released a free anti-virus solution that proves out to be better than almost all paid solutions available for consumers out there. We did a detailed review of the AV earlier and you can read it at the link given in the post. But during extended usage, we came across the following. Turns out that it’s true, there’s no such thing as a free meal. The Microsoft SpyNet membership is a part of Microsoft Security Essentials ( Read Review), which you can’t disable or walk out off, and has 2 types — Basic and Advanced. Both of them have one thing in common though, which says  Read more...

Permalink: Microsoft Security Essentials will send your personal information back to Microsoft

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Permalink: Use XP’s theme for Windows Live Messenger in Vista/7

Ars Technica has an interesting story on Microsoft from GDC 2009. Microsoft made announcements for updates to Games for Windows and new anti-piracy measures. Microsoft announced ‘DRM-less’ games which would come with anti-piracy protection but wouldn’t be called DRM. According to Drew Johnston, product unit manager for Windows Gaming Platform:  Read more...

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