Spam attacks and security vulnerabilities have prompted Microsoft to plan to turn off its troublesome Windows Messenger service in the next Windows XP update, a company representative said Tuesday.

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 ...

It looks like Christmas will be arriving early, especially for frustrated Windows Live Messenger testers. With the closing of the first Windows Live Messenger 9.0 beta program in June, testers were ...

Microsoft has started limited testing of Windows Live Messenger, an update that expands the consumer instant messaging software into areas such as Internet phone calls. The revamp is essentially an ...

Every day when Aitike turns on his computer, he logs on at four different instant messaging accounts: Microsoft Messenger, fetion, ali wangwang and GTalk. “I use one QQ (Tencent QQ, the most popular ...

Microsoft will force an upgrade on users of its Windows Live Messenger instant messaging software in September to plug a hole the company introduced when a programmer added an extra character to a ...

Microsoft Corp. has announced the launch of Windows Live Messenger on Xbox 360, connecting people across Xbox 360 consoles, Microsoft Windows-based PCs and Windows Mobile-powered devices. By Reuters, ...