Microsoft, Yahoo IM clients finally to chat each other up
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
For the first time, Microsoft and Yahoo will allow interoperability between the consumer versions of their instant-messaging clients, the companies said Wednesday.
Beginning Wednesday night Pacific Standard Time, the companies will offer limited public testing that enables users of Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger with Voice to connect to each other through either service.
Once they gain access to the beta, users can exchange instant messages across the two services, as well as see their friends' online presence, view personal status messages, share emoticons, view offline messages and add new contacts between the services.