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Volume 4, Number 18 -- May 9, 2007

Microsoft Launches Windows Live Hotmail

Published: May 9, 2007

by Alex Woodie

Microsoft this week launched Windows Live Hotmail, a new Web-based e-mail platform and the follow-on to its successful MSN Hotmail service. The new e-mail service will not only look a lot more like Outlook, Microsoft's popular e-mail application, but it will integrate with it, too.

Windows Live Hotmail will bring a few changes to Hotmail. Most notably, the interface was designed after Outlook, and will include familiar Outlook features, like right-click and drag-and-drop capabilities, preview pane customization, and auto-complete addressing.

What's more, Windows Live Hotmail users will be able to access their Hotmail e-mail and contacts using Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007 via the new Microsoft Office Outlook Connector, which is currently in beta (and may be permanently in beta, if Microsoft chooses to emulate Google's lead, which it probably should).

"We're thrilled to deliver Windows Live Hotmail to the more than 280 million active MSN Hotmail accounts around the world," said Steve Berkowitz, senior vice president of the Online Services Group at Microsoft. "Windows Live Hotmail represents an extremely compelling end-to-end e-mail experience that makes it easy for customers to get best-of-breed e-mail access across PCs, mobile devices, and the Web."

Windows Live Hotmail users will be allowed to access their e-mail from a Web-enabled mobile phone or PDA. However, a richer e-mail experience is in the works for Windows Mobile users with the upcoming Windows Live for Windows Mobile product, which will ship with Windows Mobile version 6, Microsoft says.

In the coming weeks, Microsoft promises to deliver another e-mail client, called Windows Live Mail beta, which will be a free download for Windows Live Hotmail customers. Windows Live Mail will be a successor to Outlook Express and Windows Mail on Windows Vista, Microsoft says.

To sign up for a Windows Live Hotmail account, go to www.hotmail.com.

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Editor: Alex Woodie

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