Yeah, they're the same now
noticed after i signed out from my hotmail account this was my history.
https://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0&rpsnv=11&ct=1351131043&rver=6.1.6206.0&wp=MBI_SSL_SHARED&wreply=https:%2F%2Fbay002.mail.live.com%2Fm%2Ffolders.m%3Ffid%3D00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&lc=3081&id=64855&pcexp=false
so is hotmail and live the same have they merged?
so my hotmail account wil show up a live account in history

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