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Adium, the free instant messaging application for Mac OS X, has been updated to version 1.3.2, switching MSN implementation to Libpurple's recent addition of MSNP15. Besides a new “Bookmark Group Chat,” the “File Transfer” icons and some localization updates, the release mostly packs bug ... |
10 October 2008
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The company that recently made a good deal with T-Mobile, namely OZ Communications, Inc., will be swallowed by the giant Nokia, as the Finnish manufacturer has announced its intention to buy it.By owning OZ's software products, Nokia will be able to offer to its customers easy access to email and Instant Messagi... |
30 September 2008
16:11 GMT |
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Developed by Adam Iser and Evan Schoenberg, Adium is a fast, fun, and free instant messaging client which supports most existing IM protocols. The application has been recently updated, fixing tons of bugs and nasty glitches reported by users worldwide. Adium has added new functionality. Some details on both aspects ... |
8 September 2008
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While some of you might not use the Internet for reading and sending e-mails and, therefore, may not be too keen on my previous article, I'm sure that the following pieces of advice regarding browsing websites and using your instant messenger will surely be at least of some interest.Let's start with the eas... |
4 August 2008
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Owners of Nokia phones will probably be happy to find out that the Finnish giant has developed its own Instant Messaging application, named simply Nokia Chat and aimed at offering a PC-like instant messaging experience on lots of its handsets. Currently in beta version, Nokia Chat is not just "another IM client" - or... |
12 July 2008
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At the end of the past week, users of Windows Live Messenger started to notice some glitches with various versions of Microsoft's instant messaging client. The Redmond company confirmed that versions 8.1, 8.5 and 9.0 Beta of Windows Live Messenger were all impacted by issues which are the result of a bug. At the... |
16 June 2008
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Adium users have a fresh new beta for their favorite IM application to download and try out. But first, in order to update, you will need to tick "Update to beta versions when available" under the General tab in the Preference pane. Adium 1.3 Beta 2 brings bug fixes and improvements, along with a host of new features... |
11 June 2008
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Instant messaging is obviously one of the most popular activities nowadays with millions of users connecting to such applications every day. There is a large number of instant messaging clients on the web, including here the giants Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ or less-known programs which gained audie... |
27 May 2008
04:56 GMT |
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The Skype Group has updated its program that allows users to call their Skype friends via the Internet, free of charge. Version 2.7.0.330 highlights include added support for NAT-PMP, uPnP, and Authenticated Proxy and increased minimum size of SkypeOut Caller Window. More than 35 bug fixes are also in order for the l... |
16 May 2008
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Facebook wants to become an even more powerful player on the social networking market by using an instant messaging platform, AllFacebook, an unofficial Facebook blog wrote today. According to the same source, the new platform will come with support for Jabber/XMPP support chat, which means the Facebook application w... |
14 May 2008
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Windows Live Messenger is no longer blocking legitimate websites, the company revealed on May 11, after users reported that the instant messaging client was preventing access to various URLs including Google's YouTube video web property. The first complaints came from users who discovered that it was impossible ... |
12 May 2008
03:24 GMT |
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For the first time in years, AOL is specifically targeting the Mac userbase with the first release of "a brand new, all-in-one web software, now available for download: AOL Desktop for Mac." A fresh web browser that works similarly to Safari, a new AOL IM client and tabbed view are just a few of the new features avai... |
9 May 2008
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Users simply like instant messengers and since the companies that built them are continuously improving them on a monthly basis, some of these applications are pretty powerful. However, having such an impressive popularity doesn't necessarily mean that they're 100 percent secure because, according to new fi... |
7 May 2008
08:45 GMT |
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So, here we go, another version of Google Talk beside the three ones that were already available on the web: Gmail Chat, the main Google Talk application and the iGoogle gadget that lets you talk with your friends straight from your personalized homepage. Google Talk, Labs Edition is the Mountain View-based company&#... |
7 April 2008
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Hell hath no fury like an Instant Messenger user scorn, a famous line from William Congreve could be adapted to suit present reality. Among a slew of successful features being added to Yahoo!'s Messenger with the various versions, there are a number of infamous ones that have taken the blunt of the wrath. Usuall... |
24 March 2008
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Sometimes it's just too tiresome to update your Instant Messenger client whenever a new version is rolled out. Either the new options don't look so appealing or your connection really isn't that grand, the fact of the matter remains that enough IM users still have old (and I mean really old) versions i... |
19 March 2008
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The list of Internet companies that operate search engines and have gone for the instant messaging approach to communication just added Chinese-based Baidu. The fourth biggest search engine in the world is no meaningless addition to the above mentioned array, it will provide the Chinese with something specifically ta... |
3 March 2008
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The MTBot prototype is by all means not a new project from Microsoft. In fact, the project for the Windows Live Messenger machine translation bot debuted quietly in the summer of 2007. To this date the initiative remains nothing more than a prototype and, despite this, it is available to all Windows Live Messenger us... |
18 February 2008
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Windows Live Messenger 9.0 and Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista are set to rule the instant messaging world in the eventuality of a successful Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo. Without a doubt, Microsoft plus Yahoo would create a valid competitor for Google on the search engine and online advertising markets. At the ... |
15 February 2008
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Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista was initially introduced at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Shows in Las Vegas. It took the Sunnyvale Internet giant almost 12 months to produce the first public Beta version of the instant messaging client. One year later, after the completion of the 2008 International C... |
24 January 2008
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Long have I complained about the fact that the Yahoo! Messenger team did nothing whatsoever to improve their products and instead preferred to bring up front the older features that they thought people weren't using. And up until today they've never failed with the disappointment, they were like clockwork.T... |
23 January 2008
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Are you looking to pimp out your Windows Live Messenger? Well, you could go with a variety of different options. But the fact of the matter is that in the end you'll need not only something that you can enjoy yourself like some cool themes, but also content that you can share. And in this regard, nothing can tai... |
21 January 2008
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Many of you must be familiar with meebo, the web-based IM service that brings together four of the bigger names of the IM stage: AIM, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger and MSN's Web Messenger alongside its very own.In case you were following this via Facebook or other similar social networks that have adopted the mee... |
16 January 2008
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Are you using Windows Live Messenger? Then, you might as well be aware of the fact that Microsoft's instant messaging client is the most attacked product among its peers. Windows Live Messenger manages to expose its users to greater risk compared to those running Yahoo Messenger, or AOL Messenger. According to M... |
11 January 2008
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I'm almost at my wit's end with the Yahoo IM team, they just keep mentioning their old features instead of coming up with new ones, and I can't stand it anymore! Soundtrack is supposed to be a "hidden" feature, but if it was that at one point, the ones who hid it didn't do a very good job, I knew ... |
11 January 2008
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It just sucks big time to have high hopes for a product that you just love using and have them shattered to pieces time and time again. That's the way it went for me with the IM from Yahoo!, which I used to base most of my online social life on, until I saw that the work they're putting in isn't, to sa... |
7 January 2008
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We've seen many of these before, but since it is a new infection, it may be a really threat for your computer. With a continuously growing up popularity, the instant messenger and chatting applications reach every single computer in the world, fact that makes the unpatched and unprotected ones fully vulnerable t... |
28 December 2007
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As long as there are people using Yahoo! IM, there will be sounds like "BUZZ!!!" heard allover the place, at work, at home and even on the Tube, where I found that somebody had that as an alert for receiving text messages. And apart from the now classic sound that I mentioned, lines like "So… do you like fat guys wit... |
18 December 2007
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If you've seen the six movies, then you'll just love the Star Wars theme, sounds and new emoticons that Yahoo has launched for its Web client. It includes thirty customized emoticons of some of your favorite Star Wars characters including Yoda, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Han Solo, Jabba the Hut and many more ... |
14 December 2007
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Well, the wait is finally over... Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista is available for download. Leveraging Vista technologies such as Windows Presentation Foundation, Yahoo Messenger for Windows Vista was initially showcased at CES in January 2007. Subsequently, the Sunnyvale company only promised that the instant mes... |
6 December 2007
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It's well known the fact that Skype has millions of users from all over the world, and no other company involved in the Internet telephony competition manages to challenge Skype and to gather so many customers. A recent research conducted by Ipoque revealed that "Skype is by far the most popular Internet telepho... |
1 December 2007
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Windows Live Messenger 9.0, Microsoft's forthcoming version of its instant messaging client, is showing the first signs of life. At the beginning of November the Redmond company wrapped up the evolution of its Windows Live suite of services and products, and finished up introducing Wave 2 of its cloud platform. ... |
21 November 2007
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Forget about Windows Live Messenger 8.1 and 8.5, Microsoft is cooking Windows Live Messenger 9.0. Currently, Windows Live Messenger 9.0 is in the very early stages of baking, but this does not mean that the Redmond company is not perfecting the receipt of its instant messaging client. Andrew Jenks, a Microsoft employ... |
1 November 2007
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Now, here's an overlooked problem. Sure, I knew that IMs are not the world's most secure applications, and a lot of you must have known it as well, but I had no idea this issue was not taken into consideration by most people. Now, while browsing the web, I found this great transcript. Be my guest and read i... |
21 September 2007
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The final version of Windows Live Messenger 8.5 could be just around the corner. Currently the latest variant of Microsoft's instant messaging client is still in beta phase. Windows Live Messenger 8.5 has in fact debuted into beta at the end of May, and for the past three months Microsoft has been dead silent on... |
3 September 2007
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Microsoft is offering a collection of 30 new emoticons designed to integrate seamlessly with the company's Windows Live Messenger. Of course that Microsoft's instant messaging client would simply not be the same without the adjacent emoticons. But just in case you are tired of the offerings that ship by def... |
17 August 2007
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Microsoft is hard at work on the development of the upcoming versions of their instant messaging client, email service and writer. Under the Windows Live brand umbrella, the Redmond Company has announced the debut of new beta testing programs for the next stages of Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Hotmail and Wri... |
28 May 2007
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I don't know about you but as a Linux user, I've always had problems with transferring files between me and my friends who use different operating systems. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to say that Linux can't share files; it just doesn't offer an easy way to do it. For example, wha... |
5 April 2007
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Airwide Solutions, one of the leading providers of next-generation mobile messaging infrastructure, has teamed with Colibria to provide a messaging solution that seamlessly integrates SMS, MMS and mobile IM. The solution delivers on the promise of next-generation networks by helping operators quickly and cost-effecti... |
19 March 2007
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Communication, that is the word on everybody's lips these days. From mobile phones to instant messengers, we need to have them all. And yet there still are some barriers imposed by the different mobile networks we are using or the incompatibility of the instant messaging clients.But no more with that. Windows Me... |
14 March 2007
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Communication is a key element in our society and the standards and means to transmit messages have diversified in the last decade very fast. Voice calls can be made directly from the computer and instant messaging has taken so many forms that the email is almost obsolete. For optimizing the work and the communicatio... |
2 March 2007
09:44 GMT |
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