The Windows Live Messenger IM Control is one of those very small projects from Microsoft that I truly like, because it can make such a difference in helping people communicate. The IM Control allows ...

About.com's 2009 Best IM Awards started off with more than 500 nominations from users around the globe. Thirteen IM clients were named nominees and from February 15 through March 15, and 2009, voters ...

Today Microsoft announced that its Messenger service will be discontinued in the first quarter of 2013. Part of that move is the integration of Messenger’s 100 million+ users – that figure confirmed ...

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, ...

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