Jeff Campbell
03-26-2010, 07:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/24/microsoft-messenger-8-reaches-beta-adds-video-chat/' target='_blank'>http://www.tuaw.com/2010/03/24/micr...dds-video-chat/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"It was several months ago when Microsoft last updated us on the progress of videoconferencing capability within Messenger for Mac; while version 7 added A/V support for corporate accounts connected to Live Communications Server, the crowd of personal users who connect to MSN/Windows Live were left out of the fun."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1269556441.usr105634.jpg" /></p><p>Well now we can all have fun with it as they have released the beta version. <a href="http://www.officeformac.com/blog/Announcing-the-Messenger-for-Mac-8-beta-release" target="_blank">Messenger for Mac 8 is available now</a>, and <em>"it adds A/V chat, along with interoperability with Windows Messenger 2009." </em>You can <a href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/C/D/CCDF7327-6E1D-44B8-94BD-9D50BEA83060/messenger8beta.dmg" target="_blank">download it here</a>, and it requires Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Intel only.</p>