Microsoft recently discontinued Windows Live Messenger in favour of Skype, meaning many of us no longer have access to chat logs or the familiarity of MSN. Now, there is a way to bring it back. More...
Microsoft has announced today that on April 8th, you will be forced to upgrade your client and begin using Skype as the company works to close down its WLM platoform in favor of Skype. More...
Microsoft has sent out an email to the remaining Windows Live Messenger users, informing them that the service will shut down on March 15th, except in China, to be replaced by Skype. More...
Skype for Linux has been updated to feature a Microsoft account log in page, with the hopes of making the transition for Windows Live Messenger users easier for when Messenger is terminated next year. More...
In an unusual move, internet communication giant Skype has given away a free month's use to many users, opening up all the service's abilities for a short time. Expect prank calls aplenty in future. More...
Microsoft confirms that it will retire the Windows Live Messenger service in the first quarter of 2013, and that Skype will carry the instant messaging torch for the company. More...
Rumor has it that Microsoft is planning on retiring Windows Live Messenger over the next few months, with the service being integrated into and replaced by Microsoft's own Skype More...
Microsoft has finally explained what was contained in a recent software update for its Windows Live Essentials 2011 bundle, including some fixes for Messenger, Mail, Movie Maker and more. More...
Microsoft has issued an official statement, admitting that its Windows Live Messenger app is in fact blocking links in its messages to The Pirate Bay. More...
A new report claims that Microsoft is blocking links to The Pirate Bay from working when URLs are sent on Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger application. More...
Microsoft has announced that it has released a new update for Windows Live Essentials 2011, offering up minor updates to a number of programs including Windows Live Messenger, Mail and more. More...
Did you know that Windows Phone supports many more emoticons than just the ones you see on the keyboard? Last week, we revealed dozens of these 'hidden' icons, and today, we've got 40 more to share. More...
Windows Live Messenger makes it easier than ever to stay connected to the people you care about. Favorites and groups - Put the people you chat with most at the top of your contacts, so you... More...
Some users over the weekend may have noticed that links in Windows Live Messenger 2009 will not work. This temporarily block is to ensure that a malicious worm doesn't spread through anymore computers. The Windows Live... More...
Windows Live Essentials 2011 launched only a month ago, including Windows Live Messenger with Facebook Connect. The partnership has paid off very well for both Microsoft and Facebook, as Windows Live Messenger has become the... More...
Imagine this: Microsoft releases a new mobile platform and when it comes to bringing their popular messaging client to the platform, they outsource the coding to someone else. Sound strange? Well, it gets even more... More...
Over the last seven days, Neowin took an in-depth look at all the Windows Live Essentials 2011 products. We covered the main highlights and new features of each program. Essentials 2011 offers a lot to... More...
Microsoft has released the final version of Windows Live Essentials 2011 to everyone on a Windows based PC, which comes loaded with very useful and helpful everyday programs that make our lives a little easier... More...
Microsoft has released Windows Live Messenger for its Zune HD device. The application, a full year after the Zune HD was released, includes the ability to check out social updates from your friends. Shared items from... More...
Microsoft has rolled out a major update for their Windows Live Messenger application on the iPhone, the first update since it's release back in June. The new update, version 1.1, brings a lot of the Windows... More...
The keen eyes over at Liveside.net have spotted that Microsoft have a few tweaks and additions coming to the Windows Live websites’ header, as well as Web Messenger. Only a few weeks ago Microsoft released a... More...
As many of you may have noticed, Microsoft has introduced a new feature to Windows Live Messenger. SmartScreen is a handy bit of code that either allows a user to directly access a whitelisted site,... More...
Windows Live Essentials beta has already been unveiled and now is available for public testing. The package contains useful tools for everyday use including Windows Live Movie Maker, Mail, Messenger, Writer, Photo Gallery, Sync, and... More...
If you have been waiting for the official Microsoft Windows Live Messenger for the iPhone, version 1.01 has been approved for the App Store. The WLM for iPhone includes all the features that you... More...
The BBC today announced the launch of a new beta version of its video on demand service - iPlayer. The beta version (accessible here) delivers a range of new features. Amongst them, users will now be... More...
Microsoft is planning to brand Windows Live Wave 4 Essentials as Windows Live Essentials 2011 when it launches later this year. The software giant is currently readying a public Windows Live Wave 4 beta which is... More...
Microsoft said on Thursday that it is introducing a new social API that allows new ways for partners and developers to connect with Messenger. John Richards and Angus Logan took the stage at The Next Web... More...
Today, Microsoft made available a website advertising the new Windows Live Wave 4 for a short period of time. The website, found at http://windowslivepreview.com/ only contained one page, and one video has been up and... More...
Windows Live Wave 4 has leaked onto the Internet, and bundled with it comes Windows Live Messenger 2010 (version 15) beta. The UI has been modified from the previous 2009 build (version 14), with... More...
Development of Windows Live Wave 4 is in full swing as Microsoft prepares the next versions of its consumer software and service offerings. With Windows Live Messenger apparently having reached milestone 3, screenshots have started... More...
A new Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 Milestone 3 screenshot has leaked onto the Internet, spotted by LiveSide.net. Neowin can confirm the screenshot is genuine and looks identical to ones we have seen and... More...
Microsoft has shared some new Windows Live Messenger stats, confirming that more than 300 million people in 76 countries and 48 languages use Messenger every month. The Windows Live Social Networking team also shared individual statistics... More...
We promised you a look at Windows Live Messenger 2010 earlier this week when we revealed Microsoft is planning both Bing and Messenger iPhone applications next year. Thanks to an anonymous tipster we received several screenshots... More...
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... More...
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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)... More...
Microsoft just demonstrated the latest UI for Windows Live Messenger in a Windows 7 session here at PDC. Check out the video here: Also, the new messenger... More...
Praise be to God. I'd like to thank TheSteve and also give shoutouts to Willz, Ipab, TB & Matt Hollwood for working on the "protection" work-around, now we finally go back to customizing Messenger like... More...
A-Patch has been updated for Windows Live Messenger 9.0 beta (14.0.3921.0717). Some options have been removed due to them not being needed and some options including the "Live Preview" have been temporarily disabled until a... More...
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. After being tipped off by... More...
Just over a week ago, a frustrated beta tester submitted logs from the Windows Live Messenger 9 beta, the logs exposed issues relating to bugs that won't be fixed, and features that were voted up... More...
As originally reported on the Neowin forums, Windows Live Messenger blocks sending YouTube links to other Windows IM users. Speculation has grown throughout the web as to why this is. Monopolistic practices on Microsoft's... More...
A-Patch is a lightweight program designed to enhance your Windows Live Messenger experience. It does this by giving you a multitude of options, over 80, which allow you to customize the look and feel of... More...
With Valentines day fast approaching, what could be more fun that chatting up the one you love with a new set of Live Messenger emoticons? I know the Neowin staff will find this to be... More...
A-Patch is a lightweight program designed to enhance your Windows Live Messenger experience. It does this by giving you a multitude of options, over 80, which allow you to customize the look and feel of... More...
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... More...
Microsoft is expected to officially open the beta program for Windows Live Messenger 9.0 this afternoon (or early evening). Windows Live Messenger 9.0 is the next generation of Windows Live Messenger; this release is a... More...
No sooner has the Windows Live Wave 2 suite been released than the first Wave 3 beta begins - Windows Live Messenger v9. Unlike the betas that have just finished, the Messenger v9 beta is... More...
"There's no need to stick with Beta 1 if there's a Beta 2", the Messenger team thought, so yesterday it started to force all users of the first beta of Windows Live Messenger 8.5 to... More...
Beta is the new passé, and dogfood* is where its at. Calendar and now Web Messenger are now both in dogfoods that are running on external urls (you have to be signed up to the... More...
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... More...