

CNET slide show:
Windows Live Messenger beta
Microsoft's new IM client drops the MSN label and adds VoIP features, integrates contacts with its other services, and allows you to share files with other users.
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Customize your colors
The interface resembles that of MSN Messenger but with a more streamlined look and feel, as well as color gradients that reflect the graphical style of the company's impending Vista operating system. You can customize the layout with colors and backgrounds. As with its predecessor, Windows Live Messenger beta includes links to other properties along its left edge as well as a third-party ad.