Some of you have problems while trying to sign in to Messenger, receiving error code 81000306. Let’s take a look at the solution.
Author: J.M.
Messenger 2010 to introduce paid badges
Windows Live Messenger 2010, codenamed “Wave 4,” will add badges to your profile. Badges are small icons that you can use to show that you are supporting a certain team or idea; they are campaigns or affiliations that you can place on your profile.
Privacy in Social Networks is bad
In its biggest privacy research to date, Stiftung Warentest, the leading consumer product testing organisation in Germany, has attested bad marks to Facebook, Myspace & Co. Eight of ten checked social networks showed “remarkable” or “big” failures with data security or the users’ privacy protection.
Messenger problems: Contacts appear offline while being online?
For the past several hours or so, the Messenger servers have been showing the majority of contacts offline. You can however still talk to contacts using offline message. There were other similar issues earlier on in the day and the problem just seems to have progressively gotten worse.
Messenger 2010: Get all scene backgrounds now!
Windows Live Wave 4 introduces several new scenes. These will appear in Messenger, in the web services header, as well as on the Windows Live for mobile site. You are eager to get these scenes already?
Messenger Problems: Resolving error 80048820
Numerous users of Windows Live Messenger are currently experiencing the error code 80048820 when they try to sign in to Messenger. If you are getting this error as well, the reason might be that you have invalid characters in the first name of your user profile.
Windows Live 2010 Roadmap surfaces
Many of you are looking forward to the progress that the Windows Live team is making with its next Essentials version. Codenamed “Wave 4,” Windows Live 2010 will take 5 months from today until it is released as RTM. Francisco Martín García, connected to Microsoft Iberia, has published details about Microsoft’s internal planning.
Internet Explorer 9 to play an important role at MIX10
Dean Hachamovitch, IE General Manager, is one of the keynote speakers for MIX10. Dean is going to talk about the changes and enhancements at Internet Explorer 9 that have taken place since PDC09, back in November 2009.
How-to: Link 2 Hotmail accounts / Windows Live IDs
You have more than one Windows Live ID — for example one in the office and one privately? You can link both with each other. If you do that, you can sign in at a Windows Live website like Hotmail once and access information in both accounts.
Microsoft settles IM spamming case
Today, Microsoft has settled a lawsuit with a Hongkong-based spammer out of court. The company Funmobile had sent its advertisement messages to Windows Live Messenger users.