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Microsoft updates Live Calendar with birthdays, holidays, iCal subscriptions

by Stephen Shankland

The Live Calendar automatically generates a birthday calendar.

The Live Calendar automatically generates a birthday calendar.

(Credit: Microsoft)

Microsoft is adding birthday reminders and several other new features to its Windows Live Calendar service.

The online calendar, which still is in beta testing, also got a new user interface and some more options for printing, Microsoft said in a statement Wednesday. On tap in coming days are the ability to subscribe to online iCal-format calendars, support for holidays, and the ability to synchronize with Windows Live Hotmail e-mail.

Some things on Live need updating though. The contacts section of the calendar page told me to upgrade my Web browser to Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari; I'm using Firefox 3.0.

(Via LiveSide.net.)

Stephen Shankland writes about a wide range of technology and products, but has a particular focus on browsers and digital photography. He joined CNET News in 1998 and since then also has covered Google, Yahoo, servers, supercomputing, Linux and open-source software, and science. E-mail Stephen, or follow him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/stshank.
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by Maccess July 16, 2008 8:41 PM PDT
Live Calendar supports iCal?

Embrace, Extend, Extinguish?
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by February 20, 2009 5:18 PM PST
Thank you!
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