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May 16th, 2008

Now Chat with Live Contacts in Yahoo! Mail

I just noticed when I logged into my AT&T U-verse e-mail account that I can now chat with Windows Live contacts from within Yahoo! Mail.
I thought this was a nice feature, and even interesting that it has been worked on and released within such close time frame to the hostile takeover bid by […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

May 11th, 2006

Windows Live Messenger

The replacement for the MSN Messenger client has arrived. You can now dowload the Windows Live Messenger IM client for your own use. It’s still “beta”, but I’m beginning to think that word has taken the place of “e-” everything just for a marketing kick. But do try at your own risk.
I personally don’t rely […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

April 5th, 2006

Can Microsoft’s Messenger Catch Up?

Paul Stamatiou posted some great thoughts on his site about why Microsoft’s Live Messenger has a long way to go before they understand what it takes to compete in the IM client wars.
I don’t think Paul is too far off at all when he makes the comment below:
The only way I would even consider using […]

By Jason Bean -- 3 comments