Windows Live Messenger 9: my new best friend

September 1, 2008 (Monday) | Windows

What's this? Posting at 4am in the morning? Are you kidding me? No. I can't sleep. Ahh, a sigh of relief, a breath of fresh air, freshly ironed underwear, or the first sip of an ice cold beer after a crap day at work. All these combined make the new, pre-release (even then, it was leaked - badly) version of Windows Live Messenger a lovely piece of kit. For many a year, I've been juggling different services - MySpace (at the time), then Facebook, Windows Live Messenger, Ranger Outpost, and good old fashioned coin-operated email to connect with my friends and colleagues to collaborate on projects together. This, quite frankly, was a right royal pain in the butt, as I...