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Originally posted by EnglandBoyForLife.

The icon was created originaly to help charity but the post on mess.be has gone so i cant tell you what it acctualy said

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Really? i thought it had something to do with Instant Message...

It was on the mess.be site saying like if you put it in your name and everytime you started a convo with someone Microsoft would donate to a charity.

Never heard of the mess.be news archives ebfl?

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Originally posted by mess.be site

SCOOP #2: Hidden emoticon in 8.1 for a good cause
dwergs says:
     

One important and worthy change in the just released Windows Live Messenger 8.1, is a new and currently still secret emoticon that will raise money for a good cause when used.

ninemillion emoticons in windows live messenger 8.1

ninemillion.org, a "UN Refugee Agency led campaign to raise awareness and funds for education and sport programs for refugee youth, many of whom are forced to spend years of their young lives away from home with little hope of returning." Microsoft partnered with them and will donate money for every Live search performed at this site until March 31st 2007. They also have special Windows Live Space about the agency and we just learned from Inky that Windows Live Messenger 8.1 is also involved in the fundraising. If you put one of the shortcuts below in your display name, Microsoft will contribute to ninemillion.org every time you start a conversation.

*sierra
*bgca
*9mil
*hsus
*komen
*one
*mssoc
*care
*acs
*oxfam
*mod
*help
*red+u
*unicef
*wwf
*naf

This has yet to be announced officially so we have no idea whether they're already tracking this, but if you already downloaded Windows Live Messenger 8.1.0178 it wouldn't hurt putting of these keyboard shortcuts in your nickname and start chatting Expect people wondering where you got the new emo from!

It's been two years since a new emoticon was introduced into Messenger, and this is a respectable way to do it! It's a bit like the nickname advertising that exists in China, but in a noble way.

UPDATE: If you right-click someone with the i'm emoticon, you'll see a new menu item called What is i'm that links to a yet unavailable website about the campaign.

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Pretty much all there is to know.

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Originally posted by Pkal
*help

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On the forum, the only shortcut we've is :im:

from within one of the deep dungeons in Redmond where Messenger is made:




shows also the motto: "I'm making a difference"

Thus which is where comes from.
(thus not Instant Message)

Massive more info on:
http://im.live.com/

Good ol' Bill Gates isn't Scrooge after all

yes he is, he could just give money anyway. he's got billions!

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Originally posted by ICD
yes he is, he could just give money anyway. he's got billions!

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You do know he does give a heffty amount of money away to charities every year?

According to this "The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has established a $29.1 billion foundation for funding charitable organizations"

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Originally posted by mess.be
until March 31st 2007

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Originally posted by Todays date
April 3rd

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