Windows Live Spaces, a blogging and social networking site on the Live.com platform, officially launches tonight at 9 pm PST. Microsoft’s Live Spaces combines blogs, photo galleries, instant messenger, office applications, file storage, browser favorites storage and much more.

“Your online world gets better when everything works simply and effortlessly together. That’s the basic idea behind Windows Live™. So the things you care about—your friends, the latest information, your e-mails, powerful search, your PC files, everything—come together in one place.” - Live Spaces website

The Desktop and Web Merge

It seems the new trend is to combine the new web services, now dominating the web, into one website application that resembles a desktop. Hence, the new term ‘web desktop’ that’s floating around. Take for instance, eyeOS, an open-source web desktop application. This is just one, of countless competitors, in this emerging market and not everyone is making it.

Read the Fine Print

Be sure to read the fine print. Live Spaces has the same content policy as MySpace. Content you add is mutually owned by you and Microsoft. Just like MySpace.com, and some of the other social networking services, they can sell what you upload.

More information at Live.com.