MSN for Mac 7

As discussed last November (after the software was widely rumored to be dead), MSN Messenger for Mac 7 brings A/V support to corporate users. Regular ol' users will have to continue waiting while the Mac BU and Windows Live teams work together to bring A/V to all users. We know this is disappointing to some of you who are waiting to use A/V capabilities with friends and family members who are married to MSN Messenger, but the Mac BU assures us that an update is expected "in the coming months."

Still, the Mac BU offers a couple of highlights as to why this release is significant. "Corporate Mac users can take better advantage of their corporate network with increased support for Office Communications Server 2007 making it easier to search a corporate address book from within Messenger," a Mac BU spokesperson told Ars via e-mail. For personal client users, the update "delivers new support for Mac OS X Bonjour instant networking technology, a new contact list search tool, and the ability to give contacts a nickname for easy recognition, even when their screen name changes."