
Microsoft has sent out <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5977502.html?tag=zdnn.alert">a new test version of Windows Live Mail,</A> part of the software maker's push to introduce Web-based counterparts to desktop products. The beta version, sent out to testers this week, goes out under the banner of "Windows Live," launched earlier month. However, it is actually part of a longtime effort to revamp Hotmail, Microsoft's current free, Web-based email service.