The battle over today's instant messenger market is vintage Microsoft, whose strategy enemies call "the three E's" in a parody of the company's marketing mantra: Embrace a rival's technology, extend ...

Microsoft has started notifying users of it Windows Messenger Live that the service will be shut down on March 15. Messenger users will be asked to use Skype, which has released a version that allows ...

Microsoft has officially confirmed that the company will discontinue Windows Live Messenger in 2013, moving all users over to Skype in Q1. This move will include migrating Messenger’s 100 million ...

In 2011, Microsoft bought Skype for a whopping $8.5 billion - but at the time, many analysts and tech journalists were puzzled as to why. Today, the acquisition now makes a little more sense, as the ...

Attention fans of Windows Live Messenger (née MSN Messenger), Microsoft is shutting the service down for good March 15, 2013. The company sent out an email this week informing Windows Live Messenger ...

Released earlier this week, the exploit code - which has been crafted to run not only on attackers' Windows machines, but also on Linux and Unix boxes -crashes Windows systems not patched against a ...

Facebook has posted details of its universal Windows 10 Messenger app on Microsoft's Windows Store, but the beta isn't yet available to download. The new Messenger app popped up in Microsoft's Store ...

Microsoft on Tuesday started mass emailing its 100 million+ Messenger users to let them know that the service is officially being retired on March 15, 2013. On that date, all users will be migrated to ...

The Skype team is planning to replace the Messenger instant-messaging client with Skype messaging a lot sooner than many expected. Mary Jo Foley Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 ...

Today Microsoft announced that its Messenger service will be discontinued in the first quarter of 2013. Part of that move is the integration of Messenger’s 100 million+ users – that figure confirmed ...

Advanced instant-messaging technology could help Microsoft break a string of mediocre-selling upgrades to its ubiquitous operating system, analysts say. Microsoft last week unveiled Windows Messenger, ...

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