Microsoft Tests New Live.com 'Dashboard'

Microsoft is testing out a new personalized homepage for Live.com that integrates separate Windows Live services into a single "dashboard." The site, located at home.live.com, displays new e-mails, blog postings from friends, and links to try out other Windows Live services like OneCare and SkyDrive.

The Redmond company hopes that by unifying its Windows Live services onto a single page, it may convince Hotmail or Spaces users to try other offerings they may not know about. Microsoft has struggled to draw consumers to its new services despite the new branding. Unified homepages are nothing new, as both Google and Yahoo offer similar sites, along with upstarts like Netvibes.