Windows Live Essentials

Live Windows service created by Microsoft company is very similar to Google services. It includes free programs for the PC and network services for instant messaging, work with e-mail, placements of photos, blogging and many other. For work with Windows services of Live it is necessary to install a packet of Windows Live Essentials 2009 on the PC.

The packet of Windows Live Essentials includes seven programs:

• Windows Live Messenger - "messenger" for communication with friends in Network;
• the Windows Live Mail e-mail client contains the built-in calendar now, with its help it is possible to manage not only e-mail, but also to make actions plans;
• Windows Live photo album - it is possible to arrange a collection of photos, to edit and browse images, to integrate pictures in a panorama, etc.;
• Family security - will allow to limit access for children to the websites with "adult" contents;
• The editor of blogs - using Windows Live Writer it will be as easy to create blog entries as documents in Microsoft Word;
• Film studio
• The Windows Live toolbar will allow to be connected to all services Essentials 2009 by one mouse click.

Huge media libraries of users are usually scattered between the most different devices and storages: on the computer, phone, different mailboxes. At the same time as methods of the organization of communication and information exchange move to a cloud environment, the computer still remains that personal center where users execute the majority of actions, important for them: for example, manage e-mail, will organize photos and video, listen to music. Microsoft improved Windows Live Essentials taking into account these trends, having integrated the best that is in the personal computer and in a cloud, and having increased thereby convenience of work with files in any place and on any device.

The updated Photo album and Film studio of Windows Live have intuitive tools for the organization of files and also facilitate process of editing and exchange of photos and videos. Among advanced functions of these services it is possible to select:

• consolidation of photos – the newest technology of Microsoft allowing to use the best fragments of similar photos and to integrate them for creation of a "ideal" frame;
• face recognition – the innovative technology automatically distinguishes people in photos on the basis of those tags which you set earlier. Find the best photo of any person now as easy as shelling pears;
• retouching – the function helping to get rid of spots, scratches and other defects in the photo for only several mouse clicks;
• the auto-adjust allows to balance exposure, contrast and sharpness of the photo for read seconds, considerably increasing quality of the picture. It is especially important that the user for this purpose does not need to have special skills or expensive software;
• new subjects of the automovie – there are even more options of subjects and templates for transitions between the personnel, names of rollers, credits and a mood music. Add all this to the movie of everything in several minutes;
• exact editing video and audiofiles allows to find easily and quickly the most successful moment in audio-or videos;
• formats of high resolution (720p and 1080p) give to your videos and movies a professional type;
• additional options for exchange of photo and video files include an opportunity one mouse click to upload photos or videos to such sites as Facebook, Flickr, YouTube or SkyDrive and also an opportunity to save files on portable devices, for example, on the Windows Phone phones or a Zune HD player.

After release of the new version of a mail service of Hotmail the Microsoft company provided also updates for the Windows Live Mail application which allows to manage e-mail, the calendar and contacts. Advanced functions of Mail include:

• Photo Mail – an opportunity to send a large number of photos (with a total amount up to 25 GB) in one letter without risk of "hangup" of mail both the sender, and the receiver;
• consolidation of different accounts will help users to manage effectively at once several mail accounts, calendars, a RSS subscription and contacts from one resource;
• access offline, optional consolidation of letters on dialogs and an opportunity to share information from the calendar;
• SlimCal is the technology allowing to browse the calendar without need to leave the folder with incoming messages;
• integration of Windows Live Messenger gives a convenient opportunity to send instant messages directly from the Windows Live Mail.

Besides, Microsoft submitted the new Windows application of Live Sync which allows to synchronize files and folders on different computers including based on Mac Apple. Thanks to Windows Live Sync users can get access to the personal files and folders via the Internet even if their computer is not connected to Network.