A page on MySpace.com noted the forthcoming MySpace Messenger service, which looks like a way the social networking service plans to keep its brand on its users' desktops.
provided few details about their "coming soon" page on MySpace Messenger.
Although a Messenger account can be activated, a login to the client itself cannot be launched yet.
The two screenshots provided by MySpace show a client application that looks a bit like AOL's new AIM Triton software. MySpace does not say whether its service will be closed or interoperable with other IM systems like AIM or the open source noted why such an application would be appropriate for News Corp to enable for MySpace:
...when MySpace users aren't on MySpace, they're checking their email or chatting on IM. If Fox Interactive can own that time too, they'll have 100% attention from the youth demographic. Hence, getting into the IM and email space would make perfect sense.
Loren Baker at Search Engine Journal here.")
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David Utter is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business. 
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