{"id":89049,"date":"1999-12-31T00:55:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/microsoft-live-messenger-divorce-march-15-cuddles-skype\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:55:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:55:00","slug":"microsoft-live-messenger-divorce-march-15-cuddles-skype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/microsoft-live-messenger-divorce-march-15-cuddles-skype\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft &#8216;Live Messenger&#8217; Divorce March 15, Cuddles Skype"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Skype, Bye bye Messenger<\/p>\n<table style=\"\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"0\" align=\"Right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"300\" width=\"300\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/20130110034940e1f14_300x300.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Microsoft informed users it will be shutting off &#8216;Windows Live Messenger,&#8217; 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