This week Microsoft's popular Windows Live Messenger was released openly to the general public for the first time. Build 8.0.0689 is the latest, and now anyone can download and test out the software.

In a software-driven world, it's easy to forget about the nuts and bolts. Whether it's cars, robots, personal gadgetry or industrial machines, Candace Lombardi examines the moving parts that keep our ...

Microsoft has brought its chat client, Windows Live Messenger, to the iPhone as a free App Store download, while Swype hopes to bring its predictive touchscreen typing technology to the iPhone and ...