Windows Live Hotmail Wave 3 Rollout has started!

The next update of Windows Live Hotmail, Wave 3, has begun rolling out to end users. Currently, Bay: 136 & Col: 102 have been upgraded to Wave 3. Other bays will receive updates in the coming days.
Here are the improvements in the Wave 3:

– No Full and Classic versions. Both are now combined to provide faster and simpler interface.
– Enhanced address book, allowing customers to easily see emails they’ve exchanged with contacts and keep contacts in one consolidated place to use across Windows Live services.
– Ever Increasing Storage – 5 GB to start, with an additional 500 MB per month if customers hit their limit
– Integrated web-based IM with Windows Live Messenger
– Improved spam fighting technologies that significantly reduce spam.
– Integrated calendar features and Outlook Connector.

And here are the screenshots of the new Hotmail : [Screenshot 1] [Screenshot 2] [Screenshot 3]

Thanks to LiveSide.net for this update.

Google Desktop 5.8

Google Desktop makes searching your computer as easy as searching the web with Google. It’s provides full search over your email, files, music, photos, chats, Gmail, web pages that you’ve viewed, and more.

It also helps you gather new information from the web and stay organized with gadgets and sidebar. Google Gadgets can be placed anywhere on your desktop to show you new email, weather, photos, personalized news, and more. Sidebar is a vertical bar on your desktop that helps you keep your gadgets organized.

Version 5.8 of Google Desktop has been tweaked for increased performace. It utilises 50% less memory during startup and shutdown also happens five times faster!

[Download Google Desktop]