SteveB, BillG and Ray Ozzie showed off some of our new “Live” offerings today in San Francisco.

Some of the buzz items to check out….

Microsoft Live – On the surface appears to be the same as www.start.com

Microsoft Gadgets – “gadgets” (read this as plug-ins) for Windows Live

Live Ideas   which links to some other VERY cool items….

Windows Live Safety Center – on demand virus scan/clean and general PC health check

Windows Live Mail – I call this Hotmail 2.0 though the Hotmail people may not like that

Windows Live Favorites – gonna love this! I keep my favorites on a thumb drive. No More!

Windows Live Messenger – Next generation web based Messenger

Windows OneCare Live – an advanced version of the Sfety center that performs backups, AV scanning, Malware scanning and more

Windows Live Mobile – New Mobile search specifically formatted for small footprint devices. Search for, get maps to, and call whatever you are looking for!

More on these later as I get a chance to play with them!

Cheers!