Six reasons OSX will not go mainstream
Apple has a great consumer OS on its hands. Its sleek, it's easy to use and it will not ever make it to mainstream America.
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13.11.2008 Windows Live Messenger 8.0 BETA
Windows Live Messenger will be the next-generation MSN Messenger. It will have everything you already love about Messenger-your contact list, emoticons, and instant access to your friends via text, voice, and video-plus new ways to connect and share documents with almost magical ease. As always, it will be free to download Messenger and use most of its features.
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28.1.2006 Windows Live Messenger 8.1 BETA
Windows Live Messenger 8.1 BETA for Windows XPSP2 . Thanks to Matt for this article.
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31.10.2006 Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta 2
Windows Live Messenger is the next-generation MSN Messenger. It has everything you already love about Messenger—your contact list, emoticons, and instant access to your friends via text, voice, and video—plus new ways to connect and share photos and documents effortlessly.
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6.9.2007 Windows Live Messenger Beta to Begin
Microsoft this week is beginning wider beta testing of Windows Live Messenger, which will succeed MSN Messenger as the company's primary communications client for consumers. Microsoft is taking the Gmail approach for the beta: invitations were sent out to a handful of testers, who can later invite their friends.
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13.12.2005 Want In on the Live Messenger Beta? Buy It On eBay
If you just can't wait for a private invite into the Windows Live Messenger beta, you now have another alternative:
Buy an invite on eBay. We, ourselves, have seen lots of folks offering all over the Web free invites for Microsoft's next-generation consumer instant-messaging client. Maybe we'll even get one in our Christmas stockings….
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22.12.2005 MS Opens Live Messenger Beta to More
Microsoft began sending out additional invitations for its Windows Live Messenger client on Thursday, BetaNews has learned. The company had previously closed the test to a few thousand users, who have received only a limited number of additional invites over the past several weeks for friends and family.
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6.1.2006 Messenger Plus! Live Beta Released to Testers!
Messenger Plus! Live is the new kid on the block and he has slapped Messenger Plus! in the face for sure. Patchou, the creator, has released the first beta to official testers enabling people to have the first ever look into the exciting new world of Messenger Plus! Live.
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21.3.2006 Windows Live Messenger 8.1 beta released
We are pleased to inform you that the Windows Live Messenger 8.1 has started. We are delighted to have you on board once again and look forward to getting your feedback about the latest version of Windows Live Messenger.
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8.9.2006 Are You Ready for Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta?
Are you ready for Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta? Windows Live messenger 8.5 is barely out the door, but the question is not without a solid foundation.
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22.11.2007 Windows Live Messenger Beta Due Tuesday
Beta testers are slated to get the first Windows Live Messenger beta bits on Tuesday, according to industry scuttlebutt. Windows Live Messenger is the new name for MSN Messenger.
The latest release is expected to include additional VOIP support, among other new features. MCI will be (at least one of) Microsoft's VOIP partner for the new instant-messaging release, sources say.
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12.12.2005 First Windows Live Messenger Beta Expected This Week
Testers are receiving their invites for the next version of Microsoft's consumer instant-messaging service. It's still unclear whether this version supplants Windows Messenger, but it is certain that it will provide additional VOIP support.
Microsoft is expected to make available to testers this week the first beta version of its Windows Live Messenger instant-messaging service. According to a posting on the MSN Messenger enthusiast site Mess.be, Microsoft will launch the first Windows Live Messenger beta test on Tuesday, December 13.
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13.12.2005 Microsoft Windows Live Messenger 8.0 Beta Screenshots
From ActiveWin:
"We have posted 13 hot new screenshots of the Microsoft Windows Live Messenger 8.0 beta. The shots show a variety of new features, check them out! Here are the new features:
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14.12.2005 Windows Live Messenger 8.1 New Beta Available 30th of October
According to MSN Creative the new WLM 8.1 Beta will be released on October 30, WLM 8.1 Beta will be available on the site of ideas.live.com for everybody.
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29.10.2006 Windows Live Messenger 9.0.1407.1107 beta
Windows Live Messenger 9.0 has been leaked to the web and is available for download right here! Version 9.0 is designed as the successor of Windows Live Messenger 8.5 released in its final form at the beginning of November.
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28.11.2007 Windows Live Messenger 9.0 (2009) Beta Refresh
The Windows Live Messenger for Facebook update delivered at the end of the past week was just a preview of the evolution of the desktop instant messaging client.
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17.12.2008 Screenshots of Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger 8.0)
We have some exclusive screenshots of Windows Live Messenger, formally known as MSN Messenger 8.0. Check them out while they are hot!
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Windows Live Mail, Live Writer & Messenger 8.5 Beta
Microsoft has announced the availability of 3 Windows Live products today, all of which are beta.
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31.5.2007 Microsoft Office 2007 Language Packs
Thanks to odeeee for this useful post. Office 2007 is newest version of Office pack from Microsoft.
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21.3.2007 Microsoft releases IE8 language packs
In case your favorite language isn't English and have been waiting to install a language pack for the recently released Internet Explorer 8.
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26.4.2009 Windows 7 7127 Language Packs Download
How to download and Install Windows 7 Language Packs (MUI Packs).
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24.5.2009 Microsoft Translator Gets Any-to-Any Translations and Language Autodetect
With the addition of a new feature and fresh translation capabilities, Microsoft has kicked its machine translation technology up a notch.
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27.5.2009 Windows Seven 7229 Language Pack ISO
Here is the language packs (mui) for the latest Windows 7 Build (32-Bit).
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12.6.2009 Windows 7 RTM Language Packs Available for Download
As today, the following language packs are available for download from Windows Update. Please note Traditional Chinese –Taiwan will be released at a later date.
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25.8.2009 Remaining Vista Ultimate Language Packs released
Late yesterday Barry Goffe, Director of Windows Ultimate, today disclosed on windowsultimate.com that the remaining 19 language packs have been made available via Windows Update.
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24.10.2007 Microsoft to Expand Bing Translator Language Support
Moving forward with its machine translation technology, Microsoft has indicated that it plans to expand the service in order to cover additional languages.
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7.7.2009 How to download and install Windows 7 Language Packs - MUI
Language packs or MUI packs are used to change the default language of Windows 7 to a language of your choice. For example, download and installing the French language pack will translate all the menus and options in Windows 7 into French.
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27.8.2009 Internet Explorer (IE8) RTW MUI Language Packs
MUI (Muiltingual User Interface) language packs for Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is a set of language-specific resources that integrate exclusively with English version of IE browser, and can translate, convert and change the web browser’s user interface (UI) to be displayed in another supported language.
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6.6.2009 Windows Server 2008 SP2 RTM Multilingual User Interface Language Packs
On June 30, 2009 Microsoft released not only the remaining localized versions of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to web and through Windows Update, but also those for Windows Server 2008 SP2.
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6.7.2009 How to Install Vista Language Packs MUI on all versions of Vista + video tutorial
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic, Vista Home Premium, and Vista Business versions of the Microsoft licensing restrictions can only preserve a language!
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23.9.2008Windows Live Messenger Beta to
Begin
Microsoft this week is
beginning wider beta testing
of Windows Live Messenger,
which will succeed MSN
Messenger as the company's
primary communications client
for consumers. Microsoft is
taking the Gmail approach for
the beta: invitations were
sent out to a handful of
testers, who can later invite
their friends...
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13.12.2005Windows Live Messenger Beta 1
Ships
As expected, Microsoft has
released Beta 1 of Windows
Live Messenger to a limited
group of testers, with plans
to expand the beta in the
coming weeks and months. The
new IM client, which replaces
MSN Messenger, includes
"some elephant-sized
changes," says Microsoft,
including offline messages and
PC-to-phone calls...
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14.12.2005Microsoft Updates Live
Messenger Beta
Microsoft on Tuesday began
rolling out a new Windows Live
Messenger build to beta
testers, streamlining the
client's interface and adding
a number of new features such
as integration with Windows
Live Contacts. The release,
numbered 8.0.556, also
supports colorization of the
entire Messenger window...
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28.02.2006Virus Poses as MSN Messenger
Beta
A new virus is taking
advantage of the fervor
surrounding the Windows Live
Messenger Beta by disguising
itself as a copy of the beta.
Called Virkel.F by security
firm F-Secure, once executed
it will connect the PC to a
botnet server and send a link
to contacts on your buddy
list...
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28.12.2005Yahoo's latest Messenger beta goes its own way
It's clearly not a button-down, businesslike IM client: Having experimented with a special Vista version that apparently didn't go over well, Yahoo
now is adding personalized polish to its latest free personal messenger, still in beta...
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03.06.2008Mac OSX upgrade problems
Apple released a statement warning users upgrading from Leopard, about the newest available upgrade for Mac OSX to 10.5.6. The problem occurs from an
incomplete software update getting into the update process that can cause Mac OSX to cause errors during the "Configuring Installation" window
process. Apple recommends users, if they haven't already, to force the software update process to quit the download, remove the partial update
from your library and re-download the update. This problem is also been found in the standalone update from Apple's web site, and the combo
update. If users still faced with problems updating their Mac OSX machine, they are encouraged to contact Apple with related issues.
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19.12.2008MSN Quietly Updates Messenger to 7.5
Microsoft on Tuesday afternoon beefed up its MSN Messenger client by releasing version 7.5 of the product. Among the new features are a continued push for VoIP through a feature called "voice clip" and beta connectivity with Vodafone Messenger for customers in Europe...
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24.08.2005Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta program frustrates testers
The first Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta build was released in November 2007. The release brought the ability to sign into Messenger from up to four
computers at once, the ability to choose customized sounds for your sign-in and for your contacts, URLs in Personal Status Messages, and Animated
Display Pictures. However, features requested across the many Messenger programs such as Tabbed Conversations and the ability to decline a group
conversation invite were nowhere to be seen.
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14.05.2008Windows Vista and Mac OSX see surge in consumer use
While businesses and corporate entities may have little interest in using either Vista or Mac OSX, both are gaining popularity and market share but
only in the area related to home or home office use which is both good and bad.
Its good in the fact that Vista now has a 10%
market share in computers that are connected to the Internet, its bad that corporations are either not going to deploy Vista or have delayed
deployments so much that by the time it comes around again, Windows 7 may be out.
Mac OSX now has something in the area of a 7%
market share, Mac use has seen excellent growth over the past year but has not been without its
share of problems. Large corporations would never deploy OSX on a wide scale so that is not a concern there.
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03.12.2007Messenger Plus! Live Beta
Released to Testers!
Messenger Plus!
Live is the new kid
on the block and he has
slapped Messenger Plus! in the
face for sure. Patchou, the
creator, has released the
first beta to official testers
enabling people to have the
first ever look into the
exciting new world of
Messenger Plus! Live.
I can't say much at
the moment, nothing yet can be
revealed, but you can be sure
the update is extremely
exciting and when you have it
you will be simply amazed.
Want it? Well it maybe a very
long time before it is out,
there is no release date set
mind you. News when it is
official will be posted when
it comes.
Thanks
"boytoy" for submitting this
article!
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20.03.2006Yahoo Launches New Messenger
Beta
Yahoo late Tuesday released a
beta version of Yahoo!
Messenger 7.5, which includes
the new inbound and outbound
calling features it detailed
last week. The client now
allows users to place phone
calls to over 180 countries,
costing a penny per minute in
the US and two cents to over
30 other countries...
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14.12.2005Windows Live Messenger Screens Removed
Some members have expressed a deep concern about Neowin showcasing screenshots of Windows Live Messenger 9, they say it breaches the non disclosure
agreement (NDA) they signed with Microsoft.
While this new version is most definitely not a state secret, and widely known on most if not
all tech related websites (even as far as listing the new features), we have decided to pull the screenshots due to claims that the beta could be
comprimised should it not remain low-key. I know that new software from Microsoft such as Live Messenger generates a lot of interest for those not
lucky enough to be on the beta, but we reckon it's a good idea to wait until Microsoft formally announces the beta of Windows Live Messenger and
makes it available to a wider audience.
So for now, good luck Live Messenger team and those who are testing it!
Update: I'd
like to point out to avoid confusion that we were not contacted by Microsoft, I consulted an MS contact on this matter myself.
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29.11.2007Messenger Plus! Live Public
Beta?
Patchou has posted a thread on
the Messenger Plus! Forums
saying that we can expect a
public beta version of
Messenger Plus! Live within
the next 30 Days.
Patchou has stated that the
beta version will be a
"pretty reliable product". I
think this is a good move, as
Windows Live Messenger is
still in beta it will be good
for the public to test out
Messenger Plus! Live.
Patchou has noticed
the huge demand for the
product, and because of
Windows Live Messenger's big
new promotion more and more
people want Messenger Plus!
Live.
The beta
will be as stable as possible,
and not be meant for reporting
bugs etc, but to make people
happy using the software.
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25.05.2006On Vista, OSX and security researchers
Robert Hensing: So I made an interesting observation at Cansec last week. By day 3 I realized that I was the
sole
presenter running Vista. Hell I may have been the sole *attendee* running Vista. In fact if I had to break out the presenter laptop
OS's it would go something like this:
- 50% OSX
- 34% Windows XP
- 15% random Linux distros
- 1%
Vista (me)
If you add attendees to the mix the Windows XP numbers go up a bit and the OSX numbers may go down (i.e. it may
be 40% OSX / 40% XP).
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02.04.2008Can Yahoo! Messenger 9 Topple AIM?
Yahoo on Tuesday rolled out a beta version of Yahoo! Messenger 9.0, cleaning up the client's user interface and making it easier to call contacts and
send text messages. But more interesting is news that Yahoo! Messenger saw its user base grow 19% over the past year, which pulls it closer to
overtaking AOL in the US...
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31.10.2007A Chat about Messenger
The Office for Mac Team Blog: Hi, my name is Anav and I work on the Messenger for Mac product in Mac BU. I follow the blog and newsgroup comments out
there and I know there are questions on the status of Messenger for Mac, and more specifically the status of Audio/Video (AV) support. Its been a
while since weve given you an update on Messenger, so here it goes¦
First, let me start by saying, Messenger for Mac is alive and
well and we plan to continue investing in the application. In August we released Messenger for Mac 6.0.3, which introduced support for Danish,
Finnish, and Norwegian languages. Messenger for Mac 6.0.3 is also the version that will ship with Office 2008. A couple of weeks ago we kicked off a
closed beta program of Messenger for Mac 7.0 for corporate customers*, and made great progress in the implementation of AV in Messenger for Mac.
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13.11.2007PINNED: Microsoft Updates Live
Messenger Beta
Microsoft on Tuesday began
rolling out a new Windows Live
Messenger build to beta
testers, streamlining the
client's interface and adding
a number of new features such
as integration with Windows
Live Contacts. The release,
numbered 8.0.566, also
supports colorization of the
entire Messenger window.
For now, Live
Messenger remains a private
beta test, but Microsoft is
encouraging users to invite as
many people as possible, and
the company is reportedly
accepting new applications
within 24 hours through
ideas.live.com. Developers
aren't offering a final
release date, but say it will
occur later this year.
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01.03.2006Mac Mojo: Audio/Video support in Messenger for Mac next year
One of the nifty features missing in the Messenger for Mac is Audio/Video (A/V) support. It is not possible to do a video or audio chat using the
Messenger for Mac. The recent update, Messenger for Mac 7 added A/V support for corporate services (works with Office Live Communications Server 2007)
but not for personal services(Windows Live Services). Mac Mojo, the Office for Mac team announced today that A/V support for personal services will be
available next year as an update on Messenger for Mac. Mac Mojo team said that the new release of Windows Live Messenger, which is currently in beta
delivers a new A/V protocol which makes easier to deliver A/V support in Messenger for Mac.
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19.12.2008Messenger 9.0 Beta to close by end of month
Mess.be: Today we, and probably everyone else who is an official BETA tester for the 9.0 client, has received an e-mail from Microsoft about the
recent BETA program. According to the e-mail, over 1000 bugs and suggestions have been posted, and well over 5000 messages on the newsgroups! The
e-mail continues to explain the long (unusual) silence over the past few months:
"For the past several months we've been
gathering feedback from not only you, but also from past beta testers' comments, other external Windows Live Messenger customers, and Microsoft
employees. We've compiled a thorough list of feedback, and it's now time to shift our focus to building the new version of Windows Live Messenger.
Therefore, on June 24, we will close the official beta testing program.".
The Messenger team looks dedicated to taking a
look at all the bugs and suggestions which have been posted so far, promising to have process them all by the end of the week.
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03.06.2008Windows Live Messenger Managed
Beta Ends
A few minutes ago, Microsoft
sent a very special e-mail
message to all Windows Live
Messenger Managed Beta
testers, which marks the end
of the program. The e-mail
message mentions a few of the
improved areas in Windows Live
Messenger and of course,
thanks all beta-testers for
their bug reporting and
such.
Quote:
Dear Windows
Live Messenger Beta Tester,
As we get
closer to the final release of
Windows Live Messenger 8.0, it
is time that the managed beta
come to a close. Thank you for
all your wonderful
contributions to this beta and
for putting the voice of the
customer into our best version
of Messenger yet. Here are few
of the many areas where your
feedback made a difference:
-Improved
sign-in performance. Thanks to
your feedback, Windows Live
Messenger 8.0 has the fastest
sign-in of any version of
Messenger.
-New UI and
color changing. After many
tries, your feedback helped us
"get it right."
-Great new features such as
Sharing Folders, Offline IM
and Live Contacts. You found
many great bugs that improved
the quality of each of
these.
-Overall
quality. Your relentless
testing and reporting of
memory leaks, crashes and UI
glitches greatly improved this
version of Messenger.
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