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Virtual Soap-Opera: Love Triangle, Crimes And Years In Prison

48-year-old Thomas Montgomery will spend his next 20 years in prison, after he pleaded, in August, guilty of murdering his 22-year-old colleague, Brian Barrett, out of jealousy. At least, this is what the investigators told AP. But here's the entire and complicated story: Thomas Montgomery (the killer), who wa...

29 November 2007
02:58 GMT

Google: talkabout it in 20 Languages

Globalization is the way to go nowadays and everybody seems to be aware of that. At the top of the list striving to achieve that is trend setter and market sweeper Google, which just today added support for 20 new languages for its Google Talk.The new languages added are Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), D...

27 November 2007
05:20 GMT

Live Video Chatting Supported By YouTube's Parents

TokBox is one of the services which aim to become famous but instead of a brilliant idea, I'm not sure if it has all it takes to challenge the web rivals. Generally, TokBox is a live video chatting technology which enables the registered members to communicate on the web using their camera and microphone without...

16 October 2007
14:21 GMT

Google Chat Goes Live

Besides the already famous Google Groups help forums, feedback emails and the Help Center, the Mountain View company is now offering one more method to get support in a matter of seconds. The Google AdWords Support Chat is currently available only for the advertising platform but the super giant Google might extend i...

12 September 2007
05:49 GMT

Online Love Leads to Hacked Off Legs

Let me tell you one thing: the Internet is not a safe place even when you're 56 years old. It was proved by Des Gregor, a farmer from South Australia who thought the found his true love on the Internet. After an online meeting with a potential love, he decided to go to Mali in order to meet his predestined woman...

13 August 2007
06:06 GMT

Yahoo Messenger Alternative? No Thanks, I Choose YM!

A lot of users are looking for a Yahoo Messenger alternative in order to find a better software solution able to provide different functions than the ones offered by the main instant messenger created by Yahoo. Trillian is one of the most popular solutions able to replace Yahoo Messenger but the recent security advis...

17 July 2007
05:58 GMT

How to Find a Wife on Yahoo Messenger

Yahoo Messenger is the most popular instant messaging client on the Internet and it seems like it becomes even more than a simple software solution. Why am I saying that? Because a lot of users are proposing marriage through the instant messenger and prefer to do that instead of saying it in person. Speaking about th...

16 July 2007
08:19 GMT

Google's Office Gets Instant Messenger

Google Apps, the suite that is often compared to Microsoft's Office, gets a new update that adds communication features to the pack of programs. Basically, the interoperability could be done with ease because the parent company implemented only the Google Talk Gadget that is compatible with the Personalized Home...

3 July 2007
02:42 GMT

Stay Secure While Chatting Online

Jabber is an "en vogue" chat (Instant Messaging) technology, perfect for small and medium businesses. One of the cool things about Jabber - except for the fact that it's free and open source - is that it can be used on multiple platforms (Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD). Popular chat clients like Pidgin, Psi or Adium...

13 June 2007
10:49 GMT

How to Get Messenger into Your Yahoo Mail Account!

Some time ago, the Sunnyvale company announced a long-awaited feature that was meant to improve the functionality of the mail service: interoperability with Yahoo Messenger, the most popular instant messaging client on the Internet. Basically, the compatibility between the two products is almost the same as the one o...

11 June 2007
03:56 GMT

Night Vision WebCam: "Shhh, Don't Disturb Your Room Mate!"

You can always turn on the light or use a flashlight to check if the monster from the closet is hiding somewhere near your desk, but there's no fun there, eh? A web cam with 6 infraded LEDs can make your … night …instead. Probably not.Here's the main argument the maker of the webcam is trying to send to its...

4 May 2007
07:22 GMT

Gaim Is Dead. Long Live Pidgin

As I was waiting for the final release of Gaim (2.0.0), I saw some news on the Gaim's RSS a couple of weeks ago and I've rushed in to see what's new in the Gaim's world (maybe an Easter present?). But I was really disappointed to see that Gaim will no longer exist, starting with 6th April. Hold o...

30 April 2007
08:04 GMT

Yahoo Messenger Powerful Alternatives

Yahoo Messenger is often more than a simple instant messaging client because it provides a lot of powerful functions that allows users to communicate with ease. Since the version 6 was released, Yahoo Messenger was continuously promoted and managed to become the most popular application on the Internet. As you know, ...

28 April 2007
12:31 GMT

How to Steal a Yahoo Messenger Password (Not)

Yahoo Messenger is the most popular instant messaging client on the Internet, allowing users to communicate with more functions than the basic text messaging. As you know, you're able to talk with your friends using webcam support, audibles, emoticons and even send files on the Internet straight from the chat wi...

20 April 2007
13:06 GMT

Chatting Is Easy

Chatting has turned from the casual talk without exchanging too much information into a real phenomenon. I can't imagine a computer that does not have installed one of the numerous chatting solutions available on the Internet. Chatting is a time waster and often leads to addiction. There have been recorded cases...

7 March 2007
09:48 GMT

Virtual Webcam on Your Messenger

Want to chat with me? No? Even if I gave you access to my webcam? Oh…now you’re interested. You are probably more than familiar with the instant messaging. Yahoo Messenger, MSN (now Live Messenger), Skype, AOL, ICQ compete to attract more and more adepts and we cannot say they are few. In an ever developing and evolv...

5 March 2007
14:06 GMT


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