Microsoft’s Windows Live Essentials 2011, is ready for prime time. Microsoft announced Thursday it’s consumer focused suite of free applications, has moved from testing mode (beta) to the final ...

Microsoft released Windows Live Essentials 2011, a set of free downloadable applications tied to Windows 7 and Windows Vista that the company said would allow users to organize their e-mail, ...

Microsoft's latest all-in-one pack of essential apps is out, including Messenger, Mail client, Movie Maker, Photo Gallery, Writer and more... The new Windows Live Messenger is the highlight of this ...

It's been three years since Microsoft last released a public beta of its Windows Live Essentials suite. (So much for more rapid services releases.) But on June 3 (just after 12 midnight EST), the ...

The final version of Windows Live Essentials 2011 was released today. It's a solid release and a welcome update, though not without its flaws.

Live Mesh users, read the Windows Essentials 2012 fine print. Microsoft is doing what some had feared in latest services bundle -- replacing it with SkyDrive, which still doesn't offer the same set of ...

As expected, Microsoft is ripping its Windows Essentials suite of programs off of life support. The company will cease supporting Windows Essentials 2012 as of January 10. Customers can still use the ...