Still wondering what to get that Microsoft enthusiast for the holidays? Microsoft’s Windows Live team has an idea – an invitation to a limited beta of Microsoft’s next-generation IM client, Windows ...

Although the beta test of Live Messenger, Microsoft's next generation MSN Messenger client, has been restricted to a limited number of pre-selected users, each tester is given a small number of beta ...

The announcement comes on the heels of Skype saying last week it will start supporting conversations among groups as large as 100 users and AOL saying it is moving more aggressively into the voice ...

Microsoft will continue to support MSN Messenger, but development efforts will now be focused on Windows Live Messenger, which operates only on Windows XP Windows Live Messenger, the next-generation ...