More than 200 million people use Windows Live Messenger to chat with friends, family members and colleagues.

全球有两亿多人使用windows的即时通和朋友、家人、还有同事聊天。

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Microsoft executives said they hoped to offer voice chat between Xbox and Live Messenger users later this year.

微软的主管人员表示他们希望能在今年的下半年为Xbox玩家和即时通的使用者们提供语音聊天服务。

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For the sake of this post, to imitate two people chatting, I used two different im clients - Windows Live Messenger and Pidgin.

为了写这篇文章，模拟两个人聊天，我使用了两个不同的IM客户端- Windows Live Messenger和Pidgin。

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The story is much the same through the Live Messenger Beta, which now offers high-definition video chat.

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The Windows Live Messenger instant messaging program was known as MSN Messenger when it first launched in 1999.

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Microsoft is currently in the process of migrating users from its Windows Live Messenger product to the service.

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