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@live.com Email registration is officially opened and a new live suite launched. 

Windows Live received a comprehensive, Google-like, update to attract more Windows users and convince them to take some of their online activities to Microsoft’s servers. Microsoft itself calls the new Windows Live a “free and fun upgrade for the online and Windows experiences” and promises that the new services “simplify” the digital lives of Windows users. The company claims that more than 400 million users worldwide are using Windows Live already.

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It appears that Google is working on integrating IMAP into Gmail, but it is only appearing in select few Gmail and Google Apps for domains accounts at the moment.

When we checked Gmail Help database this evening, Gmail had said that they support POP, but not IMAP. Then a few minutes later, that doc was gone, and a stack of IMAP related help docs were up. The new pages explain how to integrate the new mail feature. It’s as easy as setting up POP, but with huge benefits.

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Google said on Friday it is speeding up the rate at which it adds storage space for its Gmail Web-based e-mail service due to the increased storage requirements for attachments such as photos.

People using Google Inc.’s Gmail service are sucking up storage space faster than the company can add it.

“A few of you are using Gmail so much that you’re running out of space, so to make good on our promise, today we’re announcing we are speeding up our counter and giving out more free storage,” wrote Rob Siemborski, a Google engineer on the Gmail blog.

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Yahoo hopes to spur on an industry that has been slow to fight the scourge of so-called phishing attacks.

If you use Yahoo Mail you should be seeing a significant reduction in the number of e-mail scams purporting to be from eBay and PayPal very soon.

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“Google Gears integration” and “View account activity” is expected in the new Gmail.

By checking the snippets that need to be translated for Gmail, a blogger found two  interesting ones that don’t seem to fit anywhere in current Gmail.

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Users for years have been lamenting the fact that Hotmail was only available as an http protocol, and did not offer POP access.  Well that’s now changed for Hotmail Plus users, and plans are in the works for making POP access available to all Hotmail users for free.

Starting this week Hotmail Plus users ($19.95 a year) will be able to use POP access from any device. In the interest of transparency though I want to be clear that we have plans to offer POP to all users (all premium and free) but we aren’t ready to do that yet.

If you do take advantage of this premium feature and sign up for Hotmail plus you’ll also get an ad-free experience, more storage, larger attachment support, and a non expiring account.

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A few downloads for Office Communicator 2007 just popped up at Microsoft’s Download Center:

• Language Pack for Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access (2007)
• Office Communications Server 2007 Best Practices Analyzer
• Multilingual User Interface Package for Microsoft Office Communicator 2007

Office Communicator 2007 is a unified communications client that helps people be more productive by enabling them to communicate easily with others in different locations or time zones using a range of different communication options, including instant messaging (IM), voice, and video. Integration with programs across the 2007 Microsoft Office system—including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Groove, and SharePoint Server—gives information workers many different ways to communicate with each other via a consistent and simple user experience.

The first two are free downloads, the 3rd one(MUI package) requires OGA(Office Genuine Advantage). For those who are having problem with the verification, here is the direct link.

While Hotmail doesn’t offer POP3 access, Microsoft has released a free utility called Microsoft Office Outlook Connector that allows you download email from your Windows Live Hotmail account to local Outlook or Outlook Express.

With Outlook Connector, you can not only send or receive email - you get all the goodies of Outlook including the Junk Mail filter and powerful Rules Wizard of Outlook to help you auto-sort the incoming email.

To configure your Outlook with Windows Live Hotmail, just download the 3 MB Outlook Connector, type in your Hotmail username+password and you’re done.

The best part is that if you have multiple accounts, you can manage them from one central location - your Outlook. Supports both Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007.

Get Outlook Connector here [OutlookConnector.exe] directly without WGA check.

The user universe is divided into mousers and keyboarders, with the latter group stoutly insisting that it’s faster to keep your fingers on the keyboard than to stop and pick up the mouse to execute a command, and looks much cooler as well. If some of your users are in the keyboard camp, these basic shortcuts will be right up their alley.

Source: TechPublic