I've used FolderShare for a long time -- I remember when Microsoft purchased the product to incorporate into Windows Live. As a daily user, I wasn't thrilled to receive the following email, informing ...

One of the favorite things I like to hear from developers when some horrible and embarrassing bug manifests itself is “It’s a feature not a bug.” It’s a joke of course, but it’s unlikely Microsoft ...

Earlier this week Microsoft announced the purchase of FolderShare, a P2P file sharing and synchronization tool that allows users to publicly share their files without uploading them to a web server.

bit-tech reader, MrWillyWonka, writes: Usually it is Google buying up other firms such as Blogger and Picasa. For once it is Microsoft buying out a firm. With the announcement of the Microsoft Live ...

REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 3, 2005 — Microsoft Corp. today announced it has acquired FolderShare™, a leading service in the emerging space of file synchronization and remote access technology that helps ...

Microsoft acquired FolderShare, a file sharing and synchronization system, with plans of integration into Windows Live (Live.com). FolderShare lets users share large files and ‘sync important ...

FolderShare is a favorite sync utility among many of our readers – it works, it’s free, and it’s free. Can’t beat that, right? Well, besides laying dormant for the past two years since being bought by ...

Microsoft bought FolderShare from ByteTaxi in November 2005, and made it a part of Windows Live in March 2008. The Windows Live version had no support for discussion groups and Remote Desktop Search, ...

Reliability is often cited by Microsoft supporters as a defining feature of Microsoft software. One can almost see them reddening through the egg on their faces, with the news that Microsoft's ...

Problem: You've got a desktop in your office, a notebook that travels with you, and a need to access the same files and folders on both machines. Solution: Microsoft's newly updated Windows Live ...

Update 6/17/08 12:00 EDT: The FolderShare blog now reports the outage will last no longer than eight hours, down from the planned three days. Glad the madness is over. Although it's a significant ...