The battle over today's instant messenger market is vintage Microsoft, whose strategy enemies call "the three E's" in a parody of the company's marketing mantra: Embrace a rival's technology, extend ...

COMMENTARY-- Two articles recently published on ZDNet by Patrick Houston and Joe Wilcox show that both writers believe that instant messaging--by way of Windows Messenger--is the next "killer app". If ...

Released earlier this week, the exploit code - which has been crafted to run not only on attackers' Windows machines, but also on Linux and Unix boxes -crashes Windows systems not patched against a ...

Microsoft this week will introduce a test version of Windows XP that significantly boosts the abilities of its instant-messaging software to provide text, chat, video, audio and telephony services. As ...

Starting March 15, Messenger users will no longer be able to sign in on desktop clients and will have to upgrade to Skype. Between now and then Messenger users will be able to sign into Skype using a ...

It looks like Christmas will be arriving early, especially for frustrated Windows Live Messenger testers. With the closing of the first Windows Live Messenger 9.0 beta program in June, testers were ...

Microsoft Corp. has announced the launch of Windows Live Messenger on Xbox 360, connecting people across Xbox 360 consoles, Microsoft Windows-based PCs and Windows Mobile-powered devices. By Reuters, ...

Microsoft will force an upgrade on users of its Windows Live Messenger instant messaging software in September to plug a hole the company introduced when a programmer added an extra character to a ...

Neowin has leaked screenshots of two updated client applications from the upcoming Windows Live Wave 4 release: Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Writer. Windows Live Messenger is said to be at ...

Microsoft will shut down Windows Live Messenger next year, compelling users to migrate to Skype, whose latest version can import users’ Messenger contacts. With the exception of mainland China, ...