The most meaningful way to stay in touch
Chat in HD
With Windows Live Messenger you can now video chat in high definition*. See your contacts as you chat even if they're on the other side of the world.
* For HD video chat, both users must have the most current version of Messenger installed (2011), compatible HD webcams, a microphone, speakers or a headset, and high speed Internet access.
Social Updates
Messenger means your closest friends are never more than a click away. Share photos and video, even keep abreast of Facebook™ and other social updates without leaving Messenger.
Photo and Video Sharing
View and comment on photos and videos with friends in real time. Simply drop pictures or YouTube™ video links onto the conversation window and enjoy them together.
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Organise, re-touch and share your photos
Photo Fuse
Photo Fuse lets you take the best parts of lots of different photos and combine them into one "perfect" photo with an easy-to-use editing tool.
Facial recognition
Photo Gallery can actually recognise people in your photos based on who you've tagged in the past. The more you tag, the cleverer it gets, which is useful for tagging friends on Facebook™ .
Share online
Photo Gallery lets you easily publish your pictures to Facebook™, Flickr™, YouTube™ or SkyDrive. You can also add plug-ins for other sharing sites too.
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Effortlessly create and share movies
AutoMovie
AutoMovie lets you create polished movies from photos or videos on your PC in just a few clicks. You can also add captions, titles, effects and a soundtrack should you so wish.
Video and audio editing
Movie Maker makes editing video clips easy. Find the best bits quickly with the precision editor and tailor a soundtrack to suit the mood of your movie with easy audio editing.
Save in high definition or share online
Save your movie in crystal clear high definition 720 and 1080p, then upload to Facebook™ or YouTube™ or burn to DVD*
* DVD burning hardware required. DVD burning in Movie Maker is dependent on Windows DVD Maker.
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Your most important digital stuff, always accessible
Sync folders across your PCs
With Mesh your photos, movies, music and other files are synchronised across your PCs and will always automatically update with the latest changes.
Remote desktop
Set up Remote Desktop through Mesh and you can access your PC from any internet-enabled computer.
Sync with SkyDrive
Sync your most important files to SkyDrive and you can access them from any internet enabled computer.
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Help keep your children safe online
Website filters
The content filter within Windows Live Family Safety blocks websites that you don't want your children to view.
Activity reports
Family Safety allows you to view activity reports so you can see exactly what your children have been doing on the internet.
Accessible anywhere
Family Safety is controlled online, meaning you can change settings from anywhere. So if you’re at work or away on business, you can still keep up to date with you children’s web activity.
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Compose, edit and share your blog
Blog almost anywhere
Writer lets you publish to many blog services, including Windows Live, WordPress, Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad and many more. Don’t have a blog yet? Writer can help you set one up.
What you see is what you get
There’s no need to worry about what fonts, spacing, colours and images will look like before you publish - with Writer you can preview everything you’re adding to your blog.
Create a better blog
Writer is already packed with useful features like importing your stuff from Facebook™, Flickr™ and other websites. And even if you like to tinker there are all sorts of plug-ins you can add to help you do even more.
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Smart, anytime e-mail, calendar and contacts
All your accounts together
Mail lets you manage all your email accounts in one place, as well as calendars and contacts.
Offline access
If you write emails or edit your calendar while you're offline, they'll be sent and synced as soon as you get an Internet connection again.
Photo Mail
Windows Live Mail uses Windows Live SkyDrive technology, to let you send hundreds of photos in a single email, without clogging up your outbox or the recipient's inbox.
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