Screenshots of Windows Live Wave 4 have been leaking for quite some time, but now a build of Essentials has finally leaked. The build number is 15.2.2585.0122, where the first two suggests it is ...

On December 1, Microsoft announced that the Windows Live Wave 3 beta was closing down, and that the company would begin moving its Windows Live users to the final version of its web services.

The leaks are picking up. Windows Live Wave 3 -- the next version of Microsoft's Windows Live software and services -- is finally expected to move into widescale beta testing in the coming weeks.

It's impossible to know for sure, given Microsoft is continuing to decline to comment, but it's looking like Windows Live Wave 4 -- like Internet Explorer 9 -- isn't going to support Windows XP.

The first few details about the next iteration of Microsoft's set of Windows Live software and services, known as Windows Live Wave 4, are beginning to emerge. Two new services, Windows Live ...