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 New Windows Live Messenger Is Live, Web-Based
While it is in the process of forcing users of its IM client to upgrade to the latest version of the client-based application, Microsoft has introduced a new version of Windows Live Messenger.
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13.10.2009 Windows Live Messenger 8.5 - A First Look
The guys over at Messenger Adictos have made available the Spanish version of the next version of Windows Live Messenger, 8.5.
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27.5.2007 Windows Live Messenger 9.0
Drops in late 2008, early 2009. Forget about Windows Live Messenger 8.1 and 8.5, Microsoft is cooking Windows Live Messenger 9.0.
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1.11.2007 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 8.0.0683
Michael Sun has posted a couple of interesting screenshots of Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0683.00_Branches, an internal build already showing differences with the preview of the new UI we gave you last month. The exclusive images also reveal some new features.
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17.4.2006 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 Who wants to know how Windows Live Messenger actually works?
Oh it’s really rather simple once you look at it from all the right angles! Here’s a nice little visual representation of the “Messenger Relay” system of which sends and receives all your messages
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28.12.2006 Help Microsoft help others using Windows Live Messenger....
In case anyone might have missed this from MSN's homepage. US only, but you can just say you are from US and it will work.
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24.3.2007 Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Gets an Update
Today, users running Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta were greeted with an update entitled "Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta 1 Update 1" via Windows Update.
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22.6.2007 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 8.1 Download
Windows Live Messenger is the next - generation MSN Messenger. It has everything you already love about Messenger, and much more!
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4.10.2007 Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Final
The final version of Windows Live Messenger 8.5 has been leaked (via mess.be) and is available for download. Microsoft has been cooking Window Live Messenger 8.5 to accompany the second wave of Windows Live releases scheduled for November.
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6.11.2007 What’s on tap for Windows Live Messenger 9?
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, Microsoft sent out invitations to pre-selected testers for the next version of its consumer instant-messaging service, Windows Live Messenger (WLM) 9.
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26.11.2007 Windows Live Messenger 2009
Due to a request from Microsoft, this download has been removed temporarily. However, Windows Live Messenger 9 will be available for download here as soon as it is oficially published. Check back often to ensure you don't miss it!
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19.11.2008 Download Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0328
The first version of Messenger 8 Beta branded as Windows Live Messenger 8 has been spotted on the internet. Version 8.0.0328 features a lot of graphical improvements, from display picture borders to replacing toast boxes.
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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 MS: Want Windows Live Messenger? Pay.
The only thing hotter than the Xbox 360 this holiday season may be invites to join the Windows Live Messenger beta test. Thankfully, Microsoft has a recommendation for those who can't wait for access to the latest bits: pay for an invitation on eBay.
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22.12.2005 E-Mail About Windows Live Messenger Really A Trojan
Helsinki-based F-Secure told users to ignore instant messages with the subject head "MSN Messenger 8 Working BETA" that go on to claim that "Messenger 8 BETA has been leaked!"
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28.12.2005 Windows Live Messenger - General Availability
Windows Live Messenger will be made available to the public in 8 days, Friday 16th June 2006. The successor to MSN Messenger 7.5
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8.6.2006 Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0812 Download
Less than two months after the final release of Windows Live Messenger, a new build has been released last night. No word on any changes in Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0812.
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9.8.2006 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 Windows Live Messenger v8.1 Final
Thank to Matt for report the news in
our forum. Earlier today, all participants in the Windows Live Messenger 8.1 managed beta received an email stating that the beta program had now closed. We were not expecting it to be released so soon after, however.
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1.2.2007 Windows Live Messenger Service Outage
The Windows Live Messenger service is reportedly inaccessible by various users around the world. Reports are also prevelant of other Windows Live ID-supported sites not functioning, such as Hotmail, MSN Web Messenger and Microsoft Connect.
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17.3.2007 When Windows Live Messenger and Video Don't Mix
Windows Live Messenger can be taken down via a vulnerability affecting the Video Conversation functionality.
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28.8.2007 Create Windows Live Messenger Buttons !
Create a handy button for your Windows Live Messenger contact so your friends can easily add you to their contact list.
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21.10.2007 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 9 WILL use WPF effects!
You may have already heard that, along with the rest of Windows Live wave 3, the next version of Windows Live Messenger (version 9.0) will have a new user interface.
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8.8.2008 Windows Live Wave 3: Messenger v9
Looks like its open-season on Wave 3 now, with Inky over at Mess.be getting his hands on the Wave 3 Milestone 1 installer for Windows Live Messenger.
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12.8.2008Mac 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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19.12.2008A 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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13.11.2007Windows Live Messenger celebrates 10 years, hits 330m users
On July 22, 1999 Microsoft launched what would become the world's most popular instant messenging service, currently with over 330 active users
every month. Previously named MSN Messenger, it was released to work on the Windows operating system platform for users to instantly chat over the
Internet using Microsoft's .NET Messenger Service. Microsoft later re-branded MSN Messenger into Windows Live Messenger to merge it with its
other Live services back in December 13, 2005. Windows Live Messenger (WLM) has gone through significant protocol changes and face lifts over its
many versions in the last 10 years, ending up at Windows Live Messenger 2009 (designated to be called 9.0).
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17.06.2009Mac Office, Messenger Get
Updates
Microsoft on Tuesday updated
both its Office and Messenger
applications for the Mac
platform, adding tighter
integration with Apple's
Tiger OS and improved
functionality with Live
Communications Server. The
enhancements are being
provided as a free update and
are available immediately...
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15.03.2006Important message to Windows Live Messenger customers
As some of you have noted on our forum, yesterday an important service announcement accidentally went out to a large audience of Windows Live
Messenger users with the following message: "Important service announcement: As part of a recent system enhancement, we need you to change your
e-mail address to continue signing in to the Windows Live™ Messenger Service. To ensure that your access is not blocked and to learn more, go to
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/Messenger/en" The message was sent from "messenger@microsoft.com" and was actually legitimate. However was not
intended to go out to the people that received the Instant Message yesterday. The Windows Live Messenger team has posted a alert for customers to
please disregard the message.
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09.04.2009Microsoft 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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28.02.2006Microsoft releases Messenger for Mac Update
Microsoft released yesterday
an update, dubbed as version
6.0.1, to the Macintosh
version of its instant
messaging client, called
Microsoft Messenger for Mac.
The new release introduces
very few changes, though
contains its fair load of bug
fixes, mainly in the sign-in
area, which was a problem on
6.0. Most users experiencing
problems with the sign-in
process should now be fine and
do it without a problem.
For the recall,
Messenger for Mac is a
somewhat slimmed down version
of Windows Live Messenger
aimed at running as well on
PowerPC-based macs as
Intel-based macs. Though its
feature set isn't as
impressive as its Windows
counterpart, it still features
the basic IM options, and the
recently introduced Yahoo!
Messenger interoperability.
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22.10.2006Microsoft on Messenger for the Mac: it ain't dead!
Scott McNulty: Our good friends in Redmond dropped us a note concerning
Messenger for the Mac's future (based on
this post). The Mac BU wants all Mac users to rest assured that Messenger for the Mac 6.0 will be included with Microsoft Office
2008 for the Mac. Not only is Messenger for the Mac 6.0 alive and well, the Mac BU's crack team of coders are hard at work on Messenger for Mac 7.0
which will have long awaited audio/video capabilities (and which is soon to be released into the hands of some lucky enterprise beta participants,
mostly to test out the Office Communication Server 2007 integration).
This is welcome news to me because I use Messenger for the
Mac everyday at my day job. I couldn't do my work without it (and who wants to run a VM for an IM client? Not this guy).
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08.11.2007Windows Live Messenger Goes
Public
Microsoft opened up the
Windows Live Messenger to the
public Tuesday, as well as
introducing Windows Live Call
in six additional markets.
Uniden and Philips have also
launched phones compatible
with the Live Call service,
the company said...
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09.05.2006WiLMA - Windows Live Messenger concierge
New to Windows Live Messenger? You want some help to know and learn features of Messenger? Check out Wilma, Windows Live Messenger concierge agent.
Let Wilma the Concierge Agent show you how to connect, have control, share and express yourself! Shes your friend with the inside tips to get you
up and running in no time flat.
Just add Wilma@live.com to your contacts! And see her help to your queries.
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03.09.2007Windows Live Messenger Turns 10
Ten years ago today, Windows Live Messenger made its debut. What began as a minor repair in a communications tool grew into the world's No. 1 instant
messaging service. For its anniversary, the Windows Live team collected stories from around the world about Messengers impact..
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22.07.2009Windows Live Messenger 9.0
Forget about Windows Live Messenger 8.1 and 8.5, Microsoft is cooking Windows Live Messenger 9.0. Currently, Windows Live Messenger 9.0 is in the very
early stages of baking, but this does not mean that the Redmond company is not perfecting the receipt of its instant messaging client. Andrew Jenks, a
Microsoft employee speaking at the Georgia Institute of Technology revealed that Windows Live Messenger 9.0 is planned for availability towards the
end of 2008, but it could slip into 2009.
LiveSide, quoting Ampcoder, focused on Jenks' announcement of a new Microsoft
application programming interface designed to be joined at the hip with the 9.0 version of Windows Live Messenger. The API will permit third-party
developers to build upon Windows Live Messenger 9.0, creating customized versions of the instant messaging client or even programs that take advantage
of the features available. The details are scarce, but developers apparently will be able to access a technical preview of the API concomitantly with
the MIX08 conference next year.
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02.11.2007Microsoft integrates Windows
Live into Vista
Microsoft-Watch reports that
newer Windows Vista builds,
5506 and up, include
references to Windows Live
software by default in various
locations throughout the OS.
It is unknown yet if the
concerned products are
installed with Vista or if it
only contains download links
to it.
The
Welcome Center in Vista is the
place where most references
are found. In build 5506, it
contains icons for Windows
Live Messenger, Windows Live
OneCare, Windows Live Toolbar
and Windows Live Desktop Mail.
Additionnally, the Start Menu
apparently contains a Windows
Live Messenger icon.
Though this is only
speculation, this may mean
that Microsoft is finally
removing Windows Messenger
from its Windows products,
using instead Windows Live
Messenger.
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17.08.2006Microsoft Integrates Messenger with Xbox Live
Microsoft has announced its
planned upgrades to the Xbox
360, expected on May 7. Among
the new features are
integration with the Windows
Live Messenger network. The
new functionality expands the
messaging capabilities beyond
the Xbox Live gaming network
to the entire Messenger
community...
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09.04.2007Neowin Exclusive: Messenger Plus! Live 2009 contest
Patchou has announced his 2009 Messenger Plus! Live contest with no less than 1,000 prize packages up for grabs. The contest does not require any
form of entry, only for users to simply click on an image made up from millions of pixels, selecting the winning pixels that contain prizes. The
contest is similar to that of the 6th anniversary contest two years ago. Beginning at Sunday July 12 at 00:01 (GMT -5) the contest will open to
everybody. Anyone with Messenger Plus! Live (4.82.368) installed can play the contest. Users will see a gold Messenger Plus! Live logo on the top of
their Windows Live Messenger contact list that looks like this: .
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12.07.2009Windows Live Messenger and Live Suite Wave 3 released (RC)
Microsoft has just made the updated release candidate of the Windows Live Suite wave 3 at download.live.com. Thanks to Sean Bradford for alerting
us. Microsoft has updated the Messenger client to Version 2009 (Build 14.0.8050.1202) as can be seen below from the about Window: There is no beta
tag anywhere on this build as it's a near final build and Messenger plus does work with this build but not all features are usable. Overall the
UI has been enhanced in most areas with minor changes. The main improvements are the integration to Windows 7 with the new jump lists feature.
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15.12.2008Next Version of Windows Live Messenger
Microsoft has placed customer
input at the top of the list
of the features selection
process for the next versions
of Windows Live Messenger. And
as such, the Live messenger
users are invited to
contribute to the evolution of
the Microsoft instant
messaging client. For this, a
thread in the Windows Live
Messenger newsgroup has been
set up to catalyze discussions
and voting on the ideas for
9.0, 10.0 and beyond.
"Please note that
this is not a guarantee that
these features will be worked
on, but it's important for us
to know your thoughts. Feature
selection for Messenger takes
into account many, many
factors including customer
input, business needs,
available resources and level
of effort estimates. It's a
complicated process but one we
know will ultimately produce
the best possible Messenger we
can build", informed
Microsoft.
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15.02.2007Windows 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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13.12.2005Microsoft finishing up Wave 3 of Windows Live
After almost a year of beta testing, Microsoft is currently preparing the final releases of Wave 3 for Windows Live. There are two major updates that
are yet to come, and we've received some information from some insiders within the company. The first release will be an update to Windows Live
Messenger. A Microsoft employee recently listed a new build number of Windows Live Messenger in their personal status message. After speaking with a
company representative, they are preparing to release a QFE (Quick Fix Engineering) patch for Windows Live Messenger.
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03.02.2009End of the line for MSN Web Messenger
Microsoft have announced that their veteran web-based messenger client will become unavailable from this Tuesday, June 30. The service has offered
access to their popular instant messaging network through a web browser for the past five years. Since earlier this year a newer replacement service
for MSN Web Messenger has been available as part of Windows Live Hotmail, featuring direct integration with the email interface and your contact list
(known as Windows Live People). This will now become the only officially supported web-based client for accessing the Windows Live Messenger network,
apart from the Windows Live Messenger Web Toolkit which allows developers to integrate messaging controls into their own websites.
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