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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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Video suffers from delay
If you're already in the IM screen with a contact, you can initiate a video call by clicking the video call icon at the top. Despite Microsoft's claim of improved audio synchronization, we found delays of more than one second in both audio and video when we used the video-calling feature.
