Microsoft takes wraps off Live Mesh Video

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Microsoft takes wraps off Live Mesh
Created: 04/24/2008
Video description: At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Amit Mital, general manager of Live Mesh at Microsoft, demos the company's new platform. The initiative is a 'software plus services' platform that enables PCs and other devices to 'come alive' by making them aware of each other through the Internet, enabling the sharing of files and applications seamlessly on the Web.

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