Whatever Happened to threedegrees?

Whatever Happened to threedegrees?: "AOL launched a blog service aimed specifically at teens on Tuesday. That got us thinking about threedegrees, Microsoft's instant-messaging technology for the 'NetGen' generation (a k a teens). Microsoft first mentioned publicly threedegrees back in early 2003. Then the company moved the technology into its MSN test 'Sandbox.' But it seems to have disappeared into the quicksand there. Some threedegrees technologies have found their way into MSN Messenger 7, which also is in beta."