Windows Live Hotmail to Debut Monday

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Microsoft Corporation on Monday will finally bring its completely revamped version of its popular online e-mail service out of beta and into full release. According to sources familiar with the company's plans, Microsoft has been quietly rolling out version 1 of Windows Live Hotmail in smaller international markets such as Belgium and the Netherlands to test the new system. Monday's rollout give U.S. users and the other estimated 250 million Hotmail subscribers around the world access to the application, sources said. Microsoft Thursday declined to comment through its public relations agency. *www.pcworld.com/article/id,131535-c,email/article.html

Out of BETA? How come so fast!

finally !!!!

ya 'windows live hotmail' is faster now ... looks good. been using it for the last 3-4 days.

Plz MS, provide Hotmail in Outlook fascility for free

Oh well, HTTP has its own benifits too like I can access anywhere

It really sucks, I switched back to the old hotmail. Its better off being called Windows Dead.

Microsoft Launches Windows Live Hotmail Worldwide

Built from the ground up, the new Windows Live Hotmail is now safer, more powerful and available virtually anywhere.

Microsoft Corp. today announced that Windows Live™ Hotmail®, the successor to MSN® Hotmail, is launching globally in 36 languages. The most significant upgrade for Hotmail since it pioneered the webmail industry in 1996, the new service has been built to be a vast improvement over the previous Hotmail offering, having incorporated input from more than 20 million beta testers. Windows Live Hotmail will deliver a safer, more powerful and productive e-mail experience than previous versions with flexible access via the Web, on a mobile phone or with an e-mail client. Microsoft also announced that later this month Windows Live Hotmail customers will be able to access their Windows Live Hotmail e-mail and contacts for free* using Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2003 or Office Outlook 2007 via the new Microsoft Office Outlook Connector beta.

*www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2007/may07/05-06WLHotmailLaunchPR.mspx

@anandk
I still see the BETA tag ?

new Hotmail interface is really good but i prefer POP3 access , hey MS r u litstening ?

already here: *www.theitkgroup.net/microsoft-prepares-to-release-windows-live-hotmail

Microsoft also announced that later this month Windows Live Hotmail customers will be able to access their Windows Live Hotmail e-mail and contacts for free* using Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2003 or Office Outlook 2007 via the new Microsoft Office Outlook Connector beta.

Yahoooooooooooooooooooo

( not sponcerd by Yahoo! Inc

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I already have this but connector doesn't work with my Live Mail account right now, very good as now both my Yahoo Mail & Hotmail will be in sync with my Outlook 2007. Access to same mails anywhere.

@ The Unknown at your sig

What the......Power of P4 in P3 using Linux? how come does linux increses the calculation capability of a CPU's processing ability.?

rakeshishere said:
@anandk
I still see the BETA tag ?

*i144.photobucket.com/albums/r168/happyandy/live.jpg

@anandk
I cleared the cache of my FF Browser but Still see the BETA tag?..see the scrnshot..

*www.supload.us/thumbs/default/hotmail.JPG

It's not beta in my case

gx_saurav said:
@ The Unknown at your sig

What the......Power of P4 in P3 using Linux? how come does linux increses the calculation capability of a CPU's processing ability.?

It does not increase the CPU's ability. It decreases the load of the CPU. Linux does not overload the CPU so it does not hang; according to my observation while windows overloads the CPU and it hangs.

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Its still in beta here.

The Unknown said:
according to my observation while windows overloads the CPU and it hangs.

Lolz...

any OS will overload the CPU to max if it needs to. It will use full CPU resources when required whether Windows , Linux or Mac. If you are saying Linux doesn't overloads then it means it is not using the full potential of your CPU

Ane No, Windows doesn't hangs due to this. No computer ever "hangs", it just gets "slow" at doing things. You leave that Windows PC for 5 mins & it will come back to normal, same goes with Linux, high CPU usage slows down the applications in Linux too.

rakesh, njs : maybe some acts r stl in beta

"...in an unrelated development Yahoo will begin offering unlimited storage for its free Web-based e-mail in May, the company announced late Tuesday. The move makes Yahoo the first of the major free e-mail providers to offer unlimited storage, but it likely will not be the last." (btw apna rediffmail offers unlimited space)

btw some related reads :

Microsoft to bring Hotmail onto the desktop

Microsoft has started beta testing software that will take its Web e-mail onto the desktop.

"...Bowing to its users, and despite grumblings from the developers, Microsoft shifted much of the team away from the "full" version and onto classic..."
nice reads here & here.

gx_saurav said:
Lolz...

any OS will overload the CPU to max if it needs to. It will use full CPU resources when required whether Windows , Linux or Mac. If you are saying Linux doesn't overloads then it means it is not using the full potential of your CPU

Ane No, Windows doesn't hangs due to this. No computer ever "hangs", it just gets "slow" at doing things. You leave that Windows PC for 5 mins & it will come back to normal, same goes with Linux, high CPU usage slows down the applications in Linux too.

leave it

hotmail is faster than it was in beta

I don't know how, but even with Live Hotmail's prettier inferface and drag drop and all that, I still prefer Gmail. Its weird...

Indyan said:
No computer ever hangs?
Have you ever used previous Windows versions - like Windows ME!

Don't try to compete with me. I know what is hanging coz when i had windows, my computer was infected about 40 trojans, 20 viruses and 2 adwares.

And i have tried 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP

Yeah got the news. and one good news too that Hotmail will offer Free (Which used to be a paid service) POP3 access over Outlook and Outlook express

goobimama said:
I don't know how, but even with Live Hotmail's prettier inferface and drag drop and all that, I still prefer Gmail. Its weird...

Its grown on you

This one will too, if you give it some time .. But the Live word itches me, I don't like the name. Live Web Cams, Live this, Live that, all crap

@QwertyManiac
Live BAND

b/w pheww...Finally I dnt get to see the BETA Tag anymore

The Unknown said:
Don't try to compete with me. I know what is hanging coz when i had windows, my computer was infected about 40 trojans, 20 viruses and 2 adwares.

And i have tried 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP

@The Unknown: Dont try to mess with Windows fanatics.there is some 3,4 ppl here (sponsored by M$?) who will post all M$ tagged news whether it is worth or not in a regular manner.
....Let they enjoy their OS,
what else to say-What Your siggie said is correct only.Linux/UNIX* is better on resource management and in many ways even ethical too.

new interface is faster n better , also Beta tag has gone here too , now only if MS tok care of the itchy banner in the Top frame then it would be perfect

Zeeshan, use ad muncher

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Beta Tag is finally removed.

One thing more...on Monday - Hotmail was only 1 GB and today it switched to 2GB interface. Call it a bug.

not a bug i think as they are upgrading every one to 2GB

*www.discoverhotmail.com/

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Ok...this time its a big bug or call it feature lack (as u wish)...When you see inbox..it shows no. of unread mails..when you open mail...it doesn't show.

Another missing(must wanted feature) - No Mark as read button? Do we need to open each single mail...browsing so many mails is a pain.

I felt opening mail was not total ajax...Page reloaded??

I abandoned my Hotmail account 3 years back!

I am really not looking forward to this new interface but still will ty it myself.