Microsoft Takes a Swing at Apple's iLife By Making Its Services Free
Without even a beta application to demo, Microsoft is already touting its Windows Live Essentials software to technology consumers around the globe. Last Wednesday, the software behemoth revealed its new applications suite and what was coming over to WindowsLivePreview.com. However, if you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you'll see download links for two PDF charts depicting the main differences between Microsoft's software and Apple's iLife--including the fact that Microsoft's applications and cloud services will be totally free. See it for yourself [PDF link].Of course, with rumors of a free version of MobileMe coming from this week's WWDC, this could get really ugly. ArsTechnica has a nice breakdown of both services.
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