Almost all file synchronization programs work off of a schedule on your computer. At a time that you specify the program will compare both the source and destination directories looking for changes that need to be made. This typically happens on a daily or weekly schedule, but what if you wanted something more instant than that?

I'm not sure if you should be getting your hopes up quite yet, but rumors have started to circulate around the Internet that Microsoft will be opening up the @live.com email addresses tomorrow for public registration. There is no official word from Microsoft that this will be happening, but the timing sounds about right.

Once again, it appears that Microsoft is trying to compete with Google. This time it's with their new Live Calendar which has several similarities to Google's Calendar service. Microsoft hasn't made an official announcement about it, but many people are reporting that they already have it. If you do, you'll notice the beta tag next to it as shown to the right.

There have been rumors about a supposed GPhone for quite some time now. People expected the phone to compete with Apple's iPhone, but little did we know Google was doing something a bit different than we anticipated.

Microsoft has been working on a new image format called HD Photo (), and they have been pushing to have it adopted as a new standard. They turned to the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) to get it approved, and it looks like things are on the right track. The new standard passed, and it will be called JPEG XR where the XR stands for "extended range."

Developers who are wanting to take their web services and databases offline now have a new technology at their disposal called Microsoft Sync Framework. Mary Jo Foley over at ZDNet reports that Microsoft posted the test build for download just yesterday on November 4th, and it will work for any file type including music, contacts, videos, images and settings, and more.

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Microsoft is best known as a successful software company, but they've also worked to make themselves known as a hardware company. Microsoft's Hardware group was established in 1982 which means that they are celebrating their 25th anniversary this year.