Windows Live Messenger

Have you tried the new Windows Experience Pack yet? Released just last week this free software download lets Windows users customize their PC with new backgrounds, screensavers, and other features for Windows Live Messenger. Designed primarily for Live Messenger users, this program offers…

The Windows Live Messenger service is now available through Nokia’s “Messaging Chat” application, software that comes pre-installed on select Nokia phones. Within this application, you can chat with friends, maintain buddy lists, update your status message, and even have multiple conversations at…

I’ve just come across a new backup utility for Windows Live Mail thanks to Steven Hodson of WinExtra. The program is called MailBrowserBackup, and, as it turns out, you can actually use it to backup a lot more than just your Live Mail. The recently updated .NET 2.0 application also lets you make…

Photobucket, one of the world’s most popular photo-sharing websites, is preparing to release a new tool for finding photos on the site: a visual search engine. With this feature, Photobucket users can search the site’s 8 billion photos by keyword. The images will appear as search results, and you…

Want free beer and pizza while learning how to integrate Windows Live Messenger into your website? If so, and if you live in the San Francisco area, you should mark your calendars and plan on joining the Windows Live Messenger Hackathon taking place May 27, 2009 at Microsoft's offices on 835 Market…

You may have heard that Windows Live recently added 20 new web services to their platform, one of which was Facebook. Now you can see Facebook status updates in your “What’s New” feed and your friends can see yours too, assuming you’ve configured the option. But one thing you may not have realized…

The Windows Live Hotmail team just announced some exciting news: Windows Live Hotmail is finally integrating IM functionality within its interface. With this new feature, you can IM your Windows Live Messenger friends from within your inbox or from the People (Contacts) page without having to…

 add real-time chat to your website. The Windows Live Messenger Web Toolkit is a new set of controls and libraries that let you chat with your Windows Live Messenger friends and other website visitors. This automatically adds a social element to your site, without having to transform your site…

IntelePeer, a Microsoft partner, has developed the ReachLive application that voice enables web applications.  ReachLive combines IntelePeer's AppworX programmatic telecommunications platform with Microsoft's Live Services to provide communications features.  The video describes the…

From MSN Italy, there is a cute emoticon pack that’s a lot of fun for those of you who celebrate Christmas. Featuring 10 animated emoticons of Santa, Rudolph and other holiday images, the pack is an easy auto-install for Messenger users. Since I don’t read Italian, the WinVistaClub offers a handy…