In its issue of January 29, 2009, The Guardian has published a controversial, even critical essay on Patchou, the creator of Messenger Plus!. I found it worth reading, however decide yourself. The adware altercation Software developer Patchou provokes fierce opinions in cyberspace. His army of fans think he’s a genius;
Category: Windows Live
Announced in 2005, Windows Live offers you a broad set of tools to communicate with your friends: Windows Live Essentials applications, web services, and mobile services.
Microsoft to merge Windows Live and Office Live in Wave 4
Mary-Jo Foley is reporting: One of the bits of news buried amid the Microsoft earnings and layoffs news is an organizational change involving Windows Live and Office Live. Microsoft is merging its Windows Live and Office live properties as part of its next “Wave 4” release, according to sources claiming
Hotmail POPs up in some places
Windows Live Hotmail is rolling out a new build, including POP and SMTP access from any mail client (including iPhone). Hotmail has been supporting POP and SMTP for Hotmail Plus users for a while, but the demand for a general availablility of Hotmail POP access has been high, especially with
Plus!Patch 2.0.1 Beta for Messenger 2009: the first Patch Skin
None of the existing skins is currently compatible with this Messenger version. However for your convenience I have updated an existing Patch Skin (Skin Patch?) named “Plus!Patch”. It features Removing sign-in window links Removing advertisements in chat window and contact list Removing e-mail- and other buttons in the contact list
Finally! Messenger Plus! for Live Messenger 2009
The most important thing at first: Patchou has made Messenger Plus! fully compatible with Windows Live Messenger 2009 Final. Free Download: Messenger Plus! Live 4.79.353 Beta (4.7 MB) This download is no longer available. Be sure to have read the Change log as well. Your favorite add-on is back… …with
Live Essentials hit Final
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has used the keynote of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. to announce the general availability of the Final versions of the Windows Live Essentials Suite 2009, also known as “Wave 3”, “9.0”, or “14.0”. But don’t worry, you don’t need to
Messenger Start Menu Tasks in Windows 7
Today I got the chance to install the Windows Live Messenger 2009 RC (14.0.8050.1202) on Windows 7 (6.1.7000 / CES build), and I want to highlight 2 things I have noticed when using it there. Start Menu Tasks The first thing I noticed was that Messenger introduced a popup menu
Group Chat Comparison: Groups.im vs. Messenger 2009
This is a guest post by Leon Guo, Product Planner Groups.im. Recently Microsoft came out with the new Windows Live Groups, and I have found a similar service to compare with it from http://groups.im/. Both of them are used by people all around the world and both came out to
Disable Aero for Windows Live Messenger 2009 RC
You ever wondered that Messenger uses Windows Aero frames since the 14.0.5027.908 beta in September? You want the original Messenger frame back, but you don’t want to disable Aero completely in Windows? The solution is: Use the Messenger Aero Switcher. In order to use it, you should be on Windows
Changes in the Windows Live Messenger RC
If you wonder what changed from the last beta to the current release candidate, here is a summary. The design has been updated to the Wave 3 design. The notification design has changed. The new notifications use Direct3D 9. The What’s New feed entries are now linked properly. There is