According to the most recent announcements, Messenger in Windows Live Hotmail is now available for customers in Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and the US. If you are living in one of these countries, you will now be able to chat with your Messenger contacts directly from your
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Messenger Web Toolkit on MSDN Channel 9’s Knowledge Chamber
From what I have seen from the MIX09 web conference until today, there is quite a big interest in the Windows Live Messenger Web Toolkit and its features. Adding Messenger to your own website kind of amazes people and thus the interest in being able to do that is quite
New IM networks on Windows Live: Will it stay just a wish?
Dear readers, Adding support for additional instant messaging networks has always been on a high place on the wish list for Windows Live Messenger. People were excited when they have to know that Microsoft and Yahoo would cooperate to allow using the networks in both company’s clients, back in 2005.
Live Wave 4 wishlist: Collecting ideas
Wave 4. What connections does this phrase bring up for you? What ideas do you get when you hear it? What wishes should, finally, be realized, in Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 (2010)? What have you been missing in Windows Live for ages? And why? Please tell your opinions, ideas,
How-to: Add Empty Recycle Bin entry in Desktop context menu
If you are one of the lazy ones (hey! I said, “if”), you are probably tired of having to empty the waste bin next to your desk now and then. So, you can at least make it easier to empty your PC recycle bin. This tip shows you how to
Windows XP enters Extended Support Period
From April 14, 2009, onwards, Microsoft is retiring the Mainstream Support for Windows XP, covering all editions. Afterward, only critical bugs in Windows XP will be fixed. Many private people as well as companies love Windows XP so much that they don’t even think about changing to Windows Vista. However,
“Manage Shared Information” now in Wave 3 style
Today consent.live.com, the interface for granting permissions to get access to your Content Providers (such as, read your contacts, invite people to your list, etc) to websites, has been updated to match the Wave 3 style. You will mainly only get to see this page when signing into a website
Dark forces around an intelligent guy?
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;
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
Änderungen im Messenger-RC
Falls du dich wunderst welche Änderungen von der letzten Beta zum RC gemacht wurden, hier ist eine Zusammenfassung. Das Design wurde auf Wave 3 aktualisiert. Das Design der Benachrichtigungen wurde geändert. Sie nutzen jetzt Direct3D 9. Die Einträge in Was gibt’s Neues-Feeds sind nun ordentlich verlinkt. Es gibt eine Reihe