A new Beta build of the next iteration of Windows Live Messenger has been leaked and is available for download. Windows Live Messenger 9.0 initially debuted into Beta at the end of 2007, alongside the final release of version 8.5. Back in November of the past year, Microsoft's limited Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta grew to unexpected proportions as the bits for the instant messaging client were leaked and made available for download from third-party sources. Almost nine months later, the Beta bits for the latest development milestone of Windows Live Messenger 9.0 have been leaked and are yet again up for grabs outside of the Redmond c... [read more >>] Microsoft is making headway with the development of Windows Live Wave 3, designed to provide major updates to the second wave of services and solutions collectively released under the Windows Live brand umbrella at the end of 2007. In this context, the Redmond giant is also cooking an upgrade to Windows Live Messenger 8.5 made available in early November of the past year. The first Beta of Windows Live Messenger 9.0 went live and was leaked in November 2007, with Microsoft pulling the plug on the testing phase as of June 24, 2008. But now the software company has moved forward in the development process to the 2009 version of the instant me... [read more >>] The initial Beta for Windows Live Messenger 9.0 is still alive and kicking, but not for long. In fact, Microsoft is getting ready to kill off the testing program orbiting around the first testing milestone for its next iteration of Windows Live Messenger. During the last week of June 2008, the Redmond company plans to pull the plug on the Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta. In anticipation of this move, the official Beta testers for the instant messaging client received email notifications from Microsoft, informing them of the end date for the testing program. "For the past several months we've been gathering feedback from not only you, b... [read more >>] Windows Live Messenger 9.0 has been leaked to the web and is available for download right here! Version 9.0 is designed as the successor of Windows Live Messenger 8.5 released in its final form at the beginning of November. The past week, Microsoft began sending out invitations to the private beta testing program of Windows Live Messenger 9.0. Subsequently, on November 27, the Redmond company opened up the beta testing program to a pool of some 5,000 participants. But at the same time, the official Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta build 9.0.1407.1107 has been leaked and is up for grabs available to all users. The screenshots included in this... [read more >>] That's right... The first beta for Windows Live Messenger 9.0 is up for grabs directly from Microsoft. Designed as the successor of Windows Live Messenger 8.5, which was shipped concomitantly with the second wave in the evolution of Windows Live at the beginning of November, Windows Live Messenger 9.0 is a major update to Microsoft's instant messaging client. In this context, users should not expect any interim updates to Windows Live Messenger 8.5, except for minor refreshes and security patches. At the beginning of the past week, the Redmond company delivered the first invitations to the private beta for Windows Live Messenger 9... [read more >>] With Windows Live Messenger 8.5 barely out the door, it is clear that Microsoft is more or less testing the waters when it comes to the next version of its instant messaging client. But at the same time, Windows Live Messenger 9.0 is far from being at the status of a simple receipt and has been in fact debuted into Beta testing phase. The Redmond company has sent out invitations to a private Beta for Windows Live Messenger 9.0, and in this context revealed that it has already built the foundation for the successor of Windows Live Messenger 8.5. With version 8.5 still hot, having shipped at the beginning of November, after being previously l... [read more >>] Windows Live Messenger 9.0, Microsoft's forthcoming version of its instant messaging client, is showing the first signs of life. At the beginning of November the Redmond company wrapped up the evolution of its Windows Live suite of services and products, and finished up introducing Wave 2 of its cloud platform. Windows Live Messenger was one of the Windows Live puzzle pieces that fit into place in Wave 2, with Microsoft dropping version 8.5, specifically tailored for Windows Vista. Windows Live Messenger 8.5 was leaked hours before the official release, and at this point in time it is the latest version of Microsoft's instant mess... [read more >>] Debuted into Beta 1 in May of this year, and taken into Beta 2 stage in early September, Windows Live Messenger 8.5 has reached its final form. The latest version of Microsoft's instant messaging client is now officially available for download. Officially, because Windows Live Messenger 8.5 was leaked ahead of the planned launch and was already up for grabs. In fact, you had, since yesterday, access to the final build of Windows Live Messenger 8.5 right here on Softpedia. "After months of work, and two beta releases the Windows Live Messenger team is proud to release Windows Live Messenger 8.5! We've listened to the feedback from ... [read more >>] The final version of Windows Live Messenger 8.5 has been leaked (via mess.be) and is available for download. Microsoft has been cooking Window Live Messenger 8.5 to accompany the second wave of Windows Live releases scheduled for November. This summer, the Redmond company debuted the second phase in the evolution of its cloud operating system. Consequently, new betas of the products and services reunited under the Windows Live brand umbrella began being available. In early September, Microsoft unveiled the unified installer for Windows Live, and a plethora of new beta releases including Windows Live Messenger, Photo Gallery, Mail, OneCare F... [read more >>] Forget about Windows Live Messenger 8.1 and 8.5, Microsoft is cooking Windows Live Messenger 9.0. Currently, Windows Live Messenger 9.0 is in the very early stages of baking, but this does not mean that the Redmond company is not perfecting the receipt of its instant messaging client. Andrew Jenks, a Microsoft employee speaking at the Georgia Institute of Technology revealed that Windows Live Messenger 9.0 is planned for availability towards the end of 2008, but it could slip into 2009. LiveSide, quoting Ampcoder, focused on Jenks' announcement of a new Microsoft application programming interface designed to be joined at the hip with t... [read more >>] | 
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