Windows 7 Broadscale Windows Live Wave 3 beta begi

According to the independent LiveSide.net website that tracks all things Microsoft-Live-related, Microsoft is kicking off the official Windows Reside Wave 3 family members of betas on September 17 — and they have a download link from Microsoft.com to prove it.Wave 3 is the newest release of the core Windows Live suite of software and services. In the new suite, unified via a common installer, are updated versions of Windows Reside Messenger instant-messaging; Windows Live Mail (with a new and improved Reside Calendar); Windows Live Writer blog-posting tool; Windows Reside Movie Maker; Windows Live Photo ##############,Office 2010, the Family Safety parental control tools and the Outlook Connector.Microsoft has been planning and crafting Windows Reside Wave since at least August 2007, as detailed in an internal Microsoft planning memo that I included as part of the supporting documentation for my Microsoft 2.0 book.As I;ve noted previously, Windows Live Wave three and Windows 7 are being designed to be tightly integrated from the get-go. Does that mean the final versions of Windows Reside Wave 3 and Windows 7 will coincide? I;m not sure, but I;d bet Live Wave three will go gold some time in early 2009, while Windows 7 will cross the finish line toward the latter part of next year.For reviews of each of the individual Reside three services, check out LiveSide.Update: The new Windows Reside Wave three betas are publicly downloadable from Microsoft now.