As tempting as it might be to be snarky towards Microsoft, perhaps they’re opening things up a bit more to the Mac side of things. Per AppleInsider, Microsoft has opened up public access to its ...

Microsoft today announced the public availability of access to the Messenger network via XMPP, an open standard. This means that Apple could add Messenger support to iChat alongside its current ...

In a welcome, and somewhat surprising, change of behavior, Microsoft has added XXPP support to Windows Live Messenger, enabling you to develop custom clients. Are there any snags to be aware of?

Microsoft has opened up public access to its Messenger IM network via XMPP, enabling Apple and others to build open clients capable of interacting with Microsoft users. In a new "Inside Windows Live" ...