Last week, Yahoo! Messenger product manager Sarah Bacon put her foot in her mouth when she complained on the Y! Messenger blog that Apple was taking so long to approve their updated Yahoo! Messenger iPhone app. Somehow she missed the fact that the app has been resubmitted with some changes, … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2009
Preview Yahoo! Messenger 10
Yahoo today announced availability of the Yahoo! Messenger 10 beta. What's in the new beta? High-quality video calls, a "Y! Updates" view of your contact list that turns Messenger into a Twitter stream, new ways to sort your contacts and support for 16 different languages. High-Quality Video … [Read more...]
Pidgin 2.6.1 Update
Pidgin, the best multi-network instant messenger for Linux just got better. John Bailey provides all the details, which include two notable new features: Voice and Video - Thanks to Mike Ruprecht's Summer of Code project last year, libpurple has been updated to support voice and video. Pidgin … [Read more...]
Tech Support Cheat Sheet
Webcomic xkcd nails it again with their Tech Support Cheat Sheet for "non computer people." If you've ever been called on for your computer help, you'll want to print this out and distribute to your family, co-workers, grandparents, and other "non techies." It's so true. … [Read more...]
Facebook Pages Can Tweet
Truth, as they say, is stranger than fiction. Facebook has produced an app that will automatically send Facebook Page updates to Twitter, allowing businesses, organizations, bands -- anyone with a Facebook Page -- to have posts automatically generate a tweet to their Twitter followers. The details … [Read more...]
Adium Update Fixes Vulnerability
Adium, my favorite multi-network instant messaging app for the Mac, has released version 1.3.6. The new version includes an updated libpurple to fix a vulnerability with the MSN protocol as well as an updated version of the Facebook chat plugin and numerous bug fixes. If you use Adium, I highly … [Read more...]
Nimbuzz Launches on Android
Nimbuzz has launched an Android version of their "mobile social messaging" application. Like it's iPhone sibling, the Nimbuzz Android app lets you connect to multiple IM and social networks, including Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Skype, Facebook and others. The … [Read more...]
ICQ 6.5 HTML Injection Bug
The venerable IM is vulnerable. SecuObs.com reports that popular instant messenger ICQ ("I seek you"), version 6.5 is vulnerable to HTML-injection attack. What does this mean? The incoming message window in the vulnerable ICQ client works like a mini web browser. An attacker can try to … [Read more...]
Trillian Astra 4.0 Launches
After an extensive public beta, Trillian Astra has officially launched. Trillian Astra is a popular multi-network instant messenger and communication tool that has been around for a long time. This new version brings a much-needed update to that Trillian legacy. Competition is good for the … [Read more...]
BigBlueBall Featured at the StudioPress Showcase
Back on March 1st, we introduced an extensive redesign of BigBlueBall to make it easier for you to participate in our community. We revamped the front end of our site to leverage the powerful-but-flexible Wordpress back end. We made it possible to comment without registering, and made it possible … [Read more...]