MSN Messenger 8 (aka Live Messenger) Beta ... sorry no invites yet.

A friend of mine let folks know that he had MSN 8.0 beta and I jumped on the chance, of course.  I've been using it for about a day now and I've noticed a couple cool features.  First one, and the one that will likely get the most attention, is the shared folders.  Activate it and your buddies can get files from a directory of your choosing.  Seems like a good idea for small workgroups.  I don't know many other people using the Beta so I haven't been able to try it yet.  The other cool feature that I just found was then when you go busy ... MSN doesn't ping or pop up.  It does flash so if you get a message so you're at your machine you can answer.

Before you ask me for an invite ... I don't have any.  I don't know when they give them out.

Now think about this ... Microsoft has taken a nice cue from Google, eh?  Build a buzz.  Get people clamoring for invites very cool.

Now we'll have to see how the new features pan out.

Tags: Microsoft, MSN 8 beta, Live Messenger