Microsoft Office Live

The much-anticipated by some Microsoft Live is live (kind of redundant, but there it is). What is Office Live? A brief blurb from the Office Live site:

"Create your own professional Web site in minutes! Microsoft Office Live Basics is the perfect way to get started on the Web. It features all the basics you need to create your first Web site, including free hosting, Web site statistics, personalized domain name, and e-mail addresses."

A few of features are a Web site design tool, free domain name and hosting, 5 personalized e-mail accounts, storage and data transfer, Web site traffic analysis and reporting tools, etc. Right now Microsoft is conducting a beta test of the service; but if you sign up now for the basic stuff that I outlined in this article, it's free now and after beta, not a bad deal at all.

More about Microsoft: Learn more about MSN Search, Change Internet Explorer's Default Search Engine Setting (step by step tutorial with screenshots), and a step by step Internet Explorer Favorites Tutorial.