Microsoft has launched a public beta of Windows Live Messenger, an instant-messaging program that features international PC-to-telephone calls with video capability. As part of the beta, Uniden and ...

Windows Live Messenger (formerly named MSN Messenger) is an instant messaging client created by Microsoft to work with Windows XP (up to Wave 3), Windows Vista (up to Wave 4), Windows 7, Windows ...

Screenshots of the upcoming version of Windows Live Messenger have been leaked to the Web, and they're not pretty.<BR><BR><a href='http://arstechnica.com/microsoft ...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Microsoft will be killing off its Windows Live Messenger chat service on March 15, transitioning its more than 100 million users to Skype. The company announced its plans to ...

Microsoft has released a new wave of Windows Live services that adds more social-networking qualities to its set of online services. The company unveiled last month a plan to add Facebook-like ...

Microsoft’s platform of online services and applications — akaWindows Live — has graduated from beta after two years of development. At the Windows Live Web site, users can download software for the ...

Xbox Live users with friends lists could soon see those lists grow dramatically. Starting May 7, Microsoft will launch a new service called Windows Live Messenger on Xbox 360. This will allow users of ...

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Microsoft has purchased Seattle startup WebFives, which provides a Web-based file-sharing service for Internet and mobile video, photos, audio, and blogs, according to a message posted on the ...

In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the nuts and bolts. Whether it's cars, robots, personal gadgetry or industrial machines, Candace Lombardi examines the moving parts that keep our ...

Microsoft has released a new wave of Windows Live services that adds more social-networking qualities to its set of online services. The company unveiled last month a plan to add Facebook-like ...