Windows Live

With Windows Live MS is venturing into the online services sector in a big way. Though Windows live.com is not a novel idea it comes in a good package. With efforts like these they are directly competing with the Google, claiming their share in the pie. One thing Microsoft is trying to do with this is to build a "community" of users, like its rival Google. According to Microsoft the launch of live.com doesnot come in the way of its existing msn.com and its services. Windows Live.com is a site into which user can login with their microsoft .net passport. The page can be customised by adding various gadgets like Mail previewer, Horoscopes, Stock Quotes, Clock, Shopping tool etc. There are many more cool gadgets available at microsoftgadgets.com. Some of the things i have on my page are:-

• TODO list
• Google News Top stories
• Weather forecast
• Word of the day

Apart from the live.com the Windows Live includes

• Windows Live Mail
• Windows Live Messenger
• Windows Live Care , etc..

To know more about these services check the site ideas.live.com. sandbox.msn.com is the MSN equivalent of Google labs. It is a place where all the cool ideas of MSN are put on display. Start.com is one such cool idea.