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Turning the Twables On Us Twitter Users

Here we go again – another product/service launch that makes heavy use of Direct Messages (DM’s) on Twitter and no Opt Out available (yet). @twables has a great application directory with five applications listed and the most recent one is Two Tweets and a Lie.

The premise behind the game is that . . .

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Lot o’ Links – December 7th Edition

Let me start this by saying thanks to everyone who sacrificed on this day in 1941 at Pearl Harbor.  It has been 67 years since that infamous day.

I am way over due for sharing links to stuff I have collected off of Twitter and the web over the last few weeks.  No . . .

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Update to Windows Live Mesh Released

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The Windows Live Mesh team announced in their blog today that they are releasing the latest build for this Tech Preview.

We are making Live Mesh available to more people and we’ve greatly streamlined the sign-up process. We’ve also made a number of general performance improvements.

They continue to improve the general performance . . .

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Windows Live Mesh for Everyone!

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Just two days ago I posted about the latest update to this file sharing software and now today the announcement is made that anyone and everyone with a Windows Live ID can download and use this program (some restrictions apply – capacity is limited to start with).

Some more details are available . . .

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Windows Live Mesh Update Released

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According to the Windows Live Mesh Blog – build 0.9.3103.2 has been propagated to the Live Mesh servers and is now available to all users.  I in fact got my update today when I came home from work:

 

It looks like the "biggest” feature added is the ability to share your files . . .

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FolderShare vs Live SkyDrive

So what exactly is the difference between these two services?

FolderShare

FolderShareTM allows you to create a private peer-to-peer network that will help you to synchronize files across multiple devices and access or share files with colleagues and friends. You no longer need to send large files via email, burn them to CDs/DVDs . . .

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