I love instant messaging. I use it both for work—we use instant messaging extensively at the Orbiting HQ—and for play, talking to my girlfriend, my family, and random people around the world. For most ...

Microsoft's attractive instant messenger adds social network feeds, tabbed windows, and is the only big-name IM service with HD video chatting. It goes way beyond the original mission of instant ...

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 ...

Microsoft this week will introduce a test version of Windows XP that significantly boosts the abilities of its instant-messaging software to provide text, chat, video, audio and telephony services. As ...

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 ...

For those of you who swear by Internet Explorer, there is a new extension that you’re probably going to find useful. Messenger Companion is Windows Live Messenger that lives inside of the browser, and ...

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Facebook has fleshed out the Windows 10 version of its standalone Messenger app with voice and video calling. Thankfully! I’ve been waiting for this for months — to be exact, I’ve been waiting ever ...

Mere hours after Facebook Messenger for Windows leaked, Facebook has released the official desktop client. Facebook contacted me and said the official Messenger for Windows download link is available ...

Remember when an instant messaging client was simply a way tochat with your IM contacts? If Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger2011 is any indication, those days are long gone. This app not onlylets ...