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chui dch v trc tuyn Windows Live vi nhiu ci tin nhm h gc Google. Ngy pht hnh chnh thc cng nh thng tin chi tit v b ng dng Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 vn cn c Microsoft gi kn. Tuy nhin, nhiu thng tin bn l cho bit Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 s tp trung vo hai sn phm inh l Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 v Windows Live Hotmail Wave 4. Windows Live Hotmail Wave 4: ui bt Gmail Phin bn dch v webmail Hotmail Wave 3 hin ti m ngi dng ang s dng ti mail.live.com vn c Microsoft nng cp t dch v Hotmail c trc y. Phin bn ny c giao din ging vi trnh qun l email trn desktop (email client) Windows Mail nhng chc nng ln tc ti vn cha snh bng Gmail ca Google. Windows Live Hotmail vn km xa Gmail v tnh a nng m ch yu c Google bi b thm t kho ng dng Gmail Labs. Windows Live Hotmail Wave 4 s c phn Web Messenger tch hp sn, h tr tn gu tc thi ngay khi ang duyt email. Tnh nng c cho l ni bt trong phin bn Wave 4 l Conversation View nm trong phn Arrange by. y l ch sp xp email theo cch thc hin ca anh c Microsoft Outlook nhm gii quyt vn hp th cha qu nhiu email nm hn lon. Mt tnh nng t gi trong Hotmail Wave 4 vn vay mn t Gmail l nh du email (flagging) tm kim d dng hn. u im ca Wave 4 so vi bn Wave 3 l kh nng ng b ha phn nh du gia ng dng desktop v dch v trc tuyn. iu ny c ngha l khi bn nh du sao cho mt email trong ng dng qun l email Windows Live Mail trn desktop th email trn my ch Live Hotmail cng s c nh du sao. Ch Quick View s l ty chn xem nhanh cc email c chn lc t cc b lc, v d nh bn ch mun xem cc email c nh du, ch xem cc email cha c m Chc nng ny cng c mt trong Gmail t khi mi khai sinh. Windows Live Messenger Wave 4: bom tn cho ma h Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 c kh nhiu chc nng mi nhng a s u tp trung vo xu hng hi t, gom tt c vo trong mt. Ngi dng s c th cp nht tin tc ca bn b trn cc mng x hi t trong Live Messenger.
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Chia s hnh nh trc quan hn trong Live Messenger Wave 4 - nh: Microsoft
Messenger Companion cho php tm nhng tin tc cp nht v chia s chng vi bn b trong khi lt web - nh: Microsoft Ngoi ra, Microsoft cn a Live Messenger Wave 4 thnh ni m ngi dng c th cp nht nhanh nhng tin tc ca bn b t cc mng x hi khc nh Twitter, Flickr, MySpace chia s thng tin cng h d dng hn. Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 s l bom tn trong t ra mt chnh thc Windows Live Essentials Wave 4.
Windows Live Essentials l gi ng dng dnh cho ngi dng Windows bao gm: Sync (ng b ha d liu), Live Messenger (trnh tin nhn tc thi c nng cp t MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger, hot ng tng t Yahoo Messenger), Mail (trnh qun l email tng t Outlook Express, c th kim tra mail t Hotmail ln Yahoo! Mail v Gmail), Writer (b son tho cho dch v blog Windows Live Writer), Family Safety (cng c qun l tr dng Internet), Bing Bar (thanh cng c), Photo Gallery v Live Movie Maker (2 ng dng qun l nh v to hiu chnh video). Cc ng dng ny hot ng trn desktop v gn kt cht ch n nhng dch v trc tuyn trn nn web Windows Live. Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 s hot ng m i trn Windows Vista/7 nhng c th s ngh chi vi Windows XP v Microsoft mun ngi dng vn cn ang s dng XP chuyn ln phin bn Windows 7.