It has been almost 10 years since Messenger was launched. Windows Live Messenger was still called MSN Messenger back then on July 22nd 1999. Since then Windows Live Messenger has grown quite a bit. It now has more than 330 million active users every month...

Last week we told you about Microsoft Shutting Off Windows Live Messenger IM For Users In Countries Embargoed By The US (Error 810003c1) . We can tell you a little bit more about the “why” today. Let’s take a look at what can, and can’t, be banned by...

Users in Cuba, Syria, Iran, Sudan and North Korea can no longer IM with Windows Live Messenger . When trying to log in they will be left with error message: 810003c1 : We were unable to sign you in to the .NET Messenger Service. Reason: Microsoft has...

BuddyFuse , created by Dutch Computer Science student and former Microsoft Intern Yousef El-Dardiry, Jeroen Bransen and friends , integrates third party (social / IM) networks into Windows Live Messenger. By doing this you can chat with your friends on...

Last time we told you about the new Windows Live Hotmail Mobile beta . Yesterday the team on Windows Live Wire announced that the new Windows Live Hotmail for mobile is now final! Together with the announcement, the team also mentioned the new updates...

Earlier today a number of Messenger users received an instant message from the Messenger Service staff: 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...

Ok so I was going to hide my head under a rock until this April Fool’s thing blew over, but Microsoft and Live Search are having so much fun, it’s worth a comment.  First up is the Live Search background image today, a classic: (Check out Wikipedia...

Mix 09 , Microsoft’s annual web developer conference held around this time in Las Vegas, is next week. Last year we went down to listen to the Ray Ozzie keynote , and learn a bunch about the soon to be announced “Horizon”, or Live Mesh...

A new update to Windows Live Messenger Version 2009 (build 14.0.8064.0206) will be offered over the next month as an optional upgrade, according to the Inside Windows Live Messenger blog , or you can upgrade to the latest version now , using the Windows...

Just happened to notice that Microsoft Messenger for Mac was updated yesterday (Feb 5), and the new version, 7.0.2 is available for download , in 11 languages. Not much more information seems to be available, there isn’t even a blog post on the Microsoft's...

Last week Windows Live Wire, the Windows Live team blog posted an acknowledgement that “a small number of you are experiencing audio and video problems with your webcam after installing the latest version of Windows Live Messenger”.  According to...

Many of you will have several WLIDs, and want to sign into Messenger with more than one of them. Until now you had to seek refuge in a patch or add-on to be able to do so. Not anymore! Microsoft’s John Weisenfeld just shared a little trick with...

About 3 years ago Arnout Hemel , Product Manager Windows Live Netherlands, contacted Internet bureau Info.nl and asked them to create an online shopping experience within Messenger. And so the Joint Product Experience (JPX) was born. In 2006 Nike had...

Looking through my files today, I came across a set of “MSN Wave 11” (v7) concept images that were released back in December 2004, when Windows Live wasn’t even around yet (according to Wikipedia , Windows Live was first announced on November 11, 2005...

As announced in Windows Live Wave 3: our interview with Brian Hall in 2 parts , there’s a new Messenger beta (RC) coming up. Over at messengersays , Lonn posted a video showing off this new version: Yay, PhotoShare got an option to save the shared...