Microsoft's Hotmail site now lets people send and receive instant messages.
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Following the lead of Yahoo and Google, Microsoft has begun adding the ability to hold instant-messaging conversations to its Web site.
The company already has added the feature for users in France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, and the U.K., and has begun gradually adding to user accounts in Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United States, the company said in a blog post Monday.
The feature is available through Hotmail and also through the people page that lists a Windows Live user's contacts. More at; http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10223894-2.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0