Microsoft has just released the updated Windows Live Suite to the public. The update includes significant improvements to Windows Live Mail, Messenger, Photo Gallery, and Writer. These products bring new and exciting ways to communicate and share your digital memories with friends and family over the internet, on the phone, or while your away.

"After months of work, and two beta releases the Windows Live Messenger team is proud to release Windows Live Messenger 8.5! We’ve listened to the feedback from our beta users and made this one of the best versions of Messenger ever! " said Aaron over at the Windows Live Messenger blog. "If you were a beta user not much has changed for you. We worked hard to improve the …

Microsoft has officially opened the much anticipated and well overdue registration for the new @live.com email addresses. This minor update along with the rest of wave 2 of Microsoft’s Windows Live Suite allows users to now fully take advantage of Windows Live. Microsoft should have opened registration to the @live.com acronym when the company first started Windows Live, but nonetheless this is a welcome change.

The company now gives users a change and the ability to get away from the old "Hotmail" acronym and finally puts their email service in-line with the rest of the Windows Live Suite. The @live.com email acronym is one of many updates the company has planned for today, later tonight the company will be releasing updated final versions of …

Microsoft confirmed on Tuesday that it plans to spend $500 million on a new building a new European data-processing center in Ireland. The new data center will house tens of thousands of servers to provide information and Web-based applications to Internet users.

Construction is expected to begin later this month, while the center is projected to be completed by 2009.

"This is the first ‘mega data center’ deployment outside the U.S. specifically targeted for the growth and performance of Windows Live services," said John Mangelaars, vice president of Microsoft’s Online Services Group in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Microsoft also stated an additional "substantial" investment is planned to help fund the centers server technology.

The facility will …

It looks like Microsoft is prepared to release the final versions of its second wave of software for Windows Live. As you may know Microsoft released public test versions of Windows Live Mail, Messenger, Writer, Photo Gallery, and Family Safety on September 5th, 2007. Included in the beta 2 releases for the aforementioned Windows Live software was a new unified installer (or better known as Windows Live Suite).

The unified installer allows the end user to easily and seamlessly install Windows Live applications more quickly and more efficiently. Additionally, you can choose which Windows Live products you want to install via the Windows Live Suite Setup page (link coming soon).

Microsoft will be releasing the newly updated Windows Live Suite (which is …

The HP MediaSmart Server is now available for pre-order and will be shipped to customers this month. Windows Home Server, the new solution to help families easily protect, connect and share their digital media and other documents is now generally available at local retailers. However, the HP MediaSmart Server, which is powered by Windows Home Server is available for pre-order at the following retailers: Amazon (http://www.amazon.com) Best Buy (http://www.bestbuy.com) Circuit City (http://www.circuitcity.com) CompUSA (http://www.compusa.com) Newegg (http://www.newegg.com) (OEM 32-Bit Software Available HERE)

Addtional Microsoft hardware and software partners are also ready to deliver their new …