Have you ever been working in Excel and you knew there was a complex formula you could use to makes things easier but you just couldn't think of (or didn't know) how to do it? Or maybe you were designing a brochure and you needed some help with the graphics or formatting. Where would you go to get the help for either of those situations and would it be worth paying for? Microsoft is hoping

In about 11 hours Microsoft will be launching their Windows Live Wave 2, which is a collection of applications offered at no cost. You can download the new installer now even though the "wave" of updated programs won't be released until later today.

There has been no mention of new features for the programs included with Windows Live Wave 2, but most of the

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. Back in June the Windows Live Product Manager said that the

It looks like Microsoft is pulling a Google and offering their most popular apps in a unified package. Well, it's not exactly like the Google Pack because Microsoft is only including their own homegrown programs, whereas Google also includes some third-party software (such as Norton and Skype).

The site you'll need to visit for the unified installer is http://get.live.com/wl/all. It is currently available (for

Finally, there’s an update regarding the @live.com email addresses! Last year around this time, it was rumored that they were going to be released. We waited, and waited, and nothing ever came of it. Some of you had the opportunity to claim your address last year using tricks that we posted (here, here, and here). If you managed to get one, hopefully those email addresses will still

According to BetaNews, Microsoft is preparing to launch their Windows Live Hotmail service in the United States sometime in May.  It has already been launched in India and Belguim, and other countries like France and the UK should expect it in the next few days.

When Microsoft decided to create a new mail service, it started as Windows Live Mail.  Then in February, they made the announcement that they were taking the best of both

What was originally meant to replace Hotmail, Microsoft has completed the re-branding for their new mail service(in beta) and now it’s officially Windows Live Hotmail. In February they made the announcement that they were going to bring together the best of both worlds, Windows Live Mail and Hotmail, and create a new name that would satisfy both old loyal users, and new users.

The general overall response was one of confusion. Why would Microsoft revert