Windows Live 2.0 Final Releases, plus Live.com Email Addresses Available Right Now
Windows Live Wave 2.0 enjoyed its final release today, with a huge amount of websites and software getting new or final non-beta releases. The new Windows Live Installer is out, with new or final versions of Messenger, Mail, Writer, and Photo Gallery, and for the the first time, the installer supports 64-bit systems (but not for Family Safety). You can directly download the installer here.
Windows Live Calendar, available within Live Hotmail, should also be available today to all users. Just sign into your Live ID account, then go to calendar.live.com, and you should be set. Adding events is easy, just double-click on a date, and you can set the basic details (or click to edit advanced options). You can create multiple calendars, with multiple options for sharing or setting co-owners of calendars. I’m enjoying playing around with it the last half hour, and it even sort of/almost works in Opera.
The news you need to know right now: Live.com email addresses are available right now. Not just Live.com, but Live.at, live.be, windowslive.com, live.co.uk and many more. Here is the whole list, courtesy LiveSide:
Country Domain
ARGENTINA LIVE.COM.AR
AUSTRALIA LIVE.COM.AU
AUSTRIA LIVE.AT
BELGIUM LIVE.BE
CANADA LIVE.CA
CHILE LIVE.CL
CHINA LIVE.CN
DENMARK LIVE.DK
FINLAND WINDOWSLIVE.COM
FRANCE LIVE.FR
GERMANY LIVE.DE
HONG KONG LIVE.HK
INDONESIA WINDOWSLIVE.COM
IRELAND LIVE.IE
ITALY LIVE.IT
JAPAN LIVE.JP
KOREA LIVE.CO.KR
MALAYSIA LIVE.COM.MY
MEXICO LIVE.COM.MX
NETHERLANDS LIVE.NL
NORWAY LIVE.NO
PAKISTAN LVE.COM.PK
PERU LIVE.COM.PE
PORTUGAL LIVE.COM.PT
RUSSIA LIVE.RU
SINGAPORE LIVE.COM.SG
SOUTH AFRICA LIVE.CO.ZA
SWEDEN LIVE.SE
SWITZERLAND WINDOWSLIVE.COM
THAILAND WINDOWSLIVE.COM
TURKEY WINDOWSLIVE.COM
UK LIVE.CO.UK
USA LIVE.COM
VIETNAM WINDOWSLIVE.COM
Head to get.live.com/getlive/overview for all the domains or this link for Live.com email addresses. Now that Live.com email addresses can be linked, you can get the Hotmail.com and Live.com versions of your email, or a better Live.com version, and switch between Hotmail inboxes with a simple click.
