Windows Live Messenger Download
Microsoft's new instant messaging technology
Microsoft ditches MSN/Live Messenger in favour of Skype
It's official, Microsoft will retire their instant messenger service and replace it with Skype. The current Live Messenger service will be 'turned off' by March 2013*. Microsoft bought Skype 18 months ago for £5.3bn.
Currently Messenger has more than double the number of users that Skype has. Presumably Microsoft is going to try and move these people over to Skype before they jump ship to another IM service like AIM, WhatsApp or Google Talk. To ease the transition Skype have a tool to transfer contacts and merge accounts.
* Excludes China
15th December 2008: Windows Live Messenger 2009 v14 (v9.0) released.15th February 2008: Windows Live Messenger 8.50 final released.
5th September 2007: Windows Live Messenger Beta 2 released.
Microsoft announced that their new version of Microsoft's IM Client Messenger would not be going from v8 to v9.0 as expected. Instead Windows Live Messenger 2009 is now at version 14.0. This brings it inline with the other Windows Live programs.
Download Windows Live Messenger - 2009
Live Messenger has been updated!
If you have Windows XP SP3 or Windows Vista then there's no reason why
you shouldn't be using the new Windows Live Messenger 2009.
Windows 2000 users will need to locate MSN Messenger 7.0, as neither version
7.5, 8.x or 9 are compatible with Windows 2000.
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Voice Call
Windows
Live Call is Microsoft's new voice over IP service (VOIP). With Windows
Live Call you can make voice calls to people across the country or the
world on their regular telephones and save big money on phone calls. PC
to PC voice calls are still free by the way. This seems to be aimed at
the North American market as this service requires a subscription with
MCI on a pay as you go basis. If this service is successful in NA, expect
to see this rolled out globally as Microsoft are not ones to miss out
on a money making opportunity.
Messenger Phone
Philips have released a cordless messenger phone in the UK, messenger
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No more Butterfly Logo
No more butterfly for Messenger! The butterfly is dead, there is no plan
to include the butterfly logo in any future brand of messenger.
Windows Live Messenger - Unified Contacts
Unified Contacts is a new feature of Windows Live Messenger that combines
your Windows Mail address book with your Windows Live Messenger
contact list. In Windows Live Messenger, contacts from your address book
are automatically created in your contact list. You can add and edit address
book contacts in Windows Live Messenger. If you have the right information
entered for the contact, you can email and call these contacts using Windows
Live Messenger.
Windows Live - FolderShare
Foldershare is being billed as the killer App that may give Microsoft's
Windows Live Service the kick Start it needs. So what's so special about
folder sharing, Peer to Peer file Sharing has been around for years hasn't
it? more
Windows Live Messenger - Old beta screenshots
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Note: as with v7.50 this version of messenger will not run on windows 2000 and you will need to have IE6 SP1 or later installed. Although Internet Explorer does not have to be your default browser.
• Multimedia PC Pentium 233 MHz process (500 MHz recommended)
• Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or later
• Minimum 64 MB of RAM (124 MB recommended)
• Up to 50 MB of hard disk space needed to install. After install, up to 15 MB may be needed
• Microsoft Internet Explorer v6 SP1 or later must be installed, though it does not need to be your default
• Minimum 800 x 600 screen resolution
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