Windows Live Mail down ... Desktop

It is expected that by the end of this year, Microsoft will release Windows Live Mail Desktop, and embed ad types into this client email software.

The Active Search advertising feature will display hyperlinked paragraphs of content related to electronic messages. This is the solution that Google is applying to the free email service on the Gmail web.

Windows Live Mail Desktop will be the application software that replaces Outlook Express and is the upgraded version of Windows Mail built-in in Windows Vista. Microsoft also confirmed that it will provide Live Mail Desktop for free.

Windows Live Mail Desktop will still carry all the new features of Windows Mail such as the ability to filter spam and phishing, support RSS, blogs . the application also acts as a bridge connecting the operating system to the Other services are included in Microsoft's Live service package. Live Mail Desktop can immediately connect to Windows Live Mail without having to reconfigure, integrate Live Messenger and also support other POP or IMAP email accounts.

Like Windows Live services and other online services, Live Mail Desktop is also supported through the use of advertising where Active Search plays a core role.

Active Search will appear on a screen frame to the right of the Live Mail Desktop application screen window. Displaying on the top of the Active Search screen frame will be a web search box. The ads will constantly change based on the content of the electronic messages or RSS news.

However, Microsoft is also prepared to face the privacy issues that Active Search can pose to the user community. Microsoft selected Jefferson Wells to conduct a comprehensive search of Active Search privacy. Results will be published publicly.

In addition, Microsoft is committed to all the keywords used to search and publish ads in the Active Search framework have nothing to do with the person who sent the email and committed to deleting the keywords that feature. This is acquired every time the application is restarted.

Users can also disable the Active Search feature even if this feature is enabled by default by Live Mail Desktop. Disabling this feature also means that the software will stop collecting ad-compatible keywords.

But experts have also begun to wonder about the privacy of Active Search technology. They have their reasons: First, unlike Google displaying web ads, Microsoft has put ads on PCs while users don't want to see ads on their PCs. Second, Microsoft has partnered with a third party to develop Active Search technology, while Google uses its own technology. Google has not escaped any suspicions about privacy, so it is difficult for Microsoft to be peaceful.

" Microsoft takes the privacy of users very seriously ," the company spokesman said. " With Active Search and Windows Live Mail Beta versions, Microsoft will make every effort to protect user privacy ."

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