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MSN Messenger

The instant messaging (IM) service that was part of Microsoft's online offerings launched in the mid-1990s. MSN Messenger became Windows Messenger in Windows XP and evolved into Windows Live...

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The instant messaging (IM) service that was part of Microsoft's online offerings launched in the mid-1990s. MSN Messenger became Windows Messenger in Windows XP and evolved into Windows Live Messenger in 2007. See MSN and Windows Live Messenger.



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  • Friday Rant - Check your Windows Live permissions!

    A reader dropped me an email to let me know that changes that Microsoft have made to the Windows Live setup now mean that the service is slowly morphing into a Facebook style online application....

    Blog posts | February 20, 2009 12:01pm PST

  • IM attacks: 45% on MSN Messenger, 20% on Yahoo! IM, 19% on AIM

    faceTime says 19% of threats were reported on the AOL Instant Messenger network, 45% on MSN Messenger, 20% on Yahoo! Instant Messenger and 15% on all other IM networks including Jabber-based IM...

    Blog posts | January 9, 2008 12:04am PST

  • MSN Messenger for Mac - I'm not dead yet!

    It appears that reports of the death of MSN Messenger for the Mac have been greatly exaggerated (to borrow from Mark Twain). As it turns out Office 2008 for Mac will include Messenger for Mac 6.0...

    Blog posts | November 8, 2007 8:13am PST

  • Microsoft to force Messenger users to upgrade

    Some time in the next few weeks, Microsoft is going to require all users of its Messenger instant-messaging service to upgrade to Windows Live Messenger 8.1, in the name of security.

    Blog posts | September 13, 2007 8:34am PDT

  • Critical Microsoft Agent flaw hits Windows 2000

    The most serious vulnerability covered in Microsoft's September patch batch is a remote code execution issue in the way Microsoft Agent handles certain specially crafted URLs.

    Blog posts | September 11, 2007 10:44am PDT

  • Coming on Patch Tuesday: Windows, MSN Messenger Updates

    Microsoft's September batch of security updates will include patches for at least five vulnerabilities in several Windows and MSN-branded software products.

    Blog posts | September 6, 2007 11:21am PDT

  • News to know: Vista hot fix; GPL drama; MSN Messenger flaw; Google

    Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases two Vista hotfix packs via Windows Update Free Software Foundation: No GPLv3 exemptions for Microsoft Ed Burnette: GPLv3 Myth #4: GPLv3...

    Blog posts | August 29, 2007 2:10am PDT

  • MSN Messenger vulnerable to 'highly critical' webcam flaw

    Exploit code for a "highly critical" vulnerability in MSN Messenger has been posted to a Chinese-language forum, prompting Microsoft to urge all users to immediately migrate to Windows Live...

    Blog posts | August 28, 2007 1:52pm PDT

  • Image Gallery: VoIP clients on S60 smartphones

    S60 smartphones support VoIP functionality and three applications that demonstrate this technology are Fring, Gizmo Project, and Truphone.

    Image galleries | February 27, 2007 12:26am PST

  • Cries to open up IM have quieted

    The nature of the instant messaging interoperability debate has shifted and the voices have been tempered--largely due to the successes of AOL's biggest challengers.

    News items | May 13, 2002 4:00am PDT

  • Chat functionality in MSN Messenger vulnerable to attack

    Microsoft warns users of its popular MSN Messenger with chat control to upgrade to the latest version.

    News items | May 9, 2002 12:00am PDT

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