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What is Twitter?

December 30, 2009 by Mark Andrews Leave a Comment

Unless you've been living under a rock, it's been pretty hard to avoid hearing about Twitter. But even many of the people who use Twitter have a hard time explaining exactly what it is. More importantly, what's the point of Twitter? This clever video does a great job of explaining what Twitter is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tutorials, Twitter Tagged With: tutorial, Twitter, video

Avoid Phishing Worms on WLM

April 14, 2009 by Doris Kenney 6 Comments

Thank you to Jonathan Kay for giving his permission to repost his full blog entry from MessengerGeek on Live Spaces here for our BigBlueBall members. This is valuable information of which every WLM user should be aware. This is a wonderful explanation of what to watch out for, and what to do if you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tutorials, Windows Live Messenger Tagged With: instant messaging, phishing, security, Windows Live Messenger, worm

Choosing an Instant Messenger

February 8, 2009 by Jeff Hester 4 Comments

WHAT IS INSTANT MESSAGING? What makes instant messaging the fastest growing technology on the Internet? Like email, it allows you to communicate with other people. But like a phone call, you communicate in real-time. Using instant messaging, or simply IM, you can instantly see if your friends are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Instant Messaging, Tutorials Tagged With: instant messaging

Create Your Own AIM Expressions

December 28, 2004 by Brady Vercher 3 Comments

Ever wanted to create your own AIM Expression? This tutorial describes the basic process. I won't really go over any design aspects as to how to make the Expression look good, that'll be left up to you to figure out. This tutorial will only work if you keep all the files in one folder. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: AIM, Tutorials Tagged With: AIM, skinning, tutorial

Customizing the Animated Emoticons in MSN Messenger 6

June 13, 2004 by Bob Odababy 2 Comments

MSN Messenger 6 introduced the ability to add your own, user-defined emoticons. Unfortunately, they don't currently allow you to send animated images. You can specify an animated image as your custom emoticon, but MSN Messenger will only display the first frame of the animation. MSN Messenger 6 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tutorials, Windows Live Messenger Tagged With: customize, emoticon, instant messaging, msn

How to Disable Windows Messenger

September 13, 2003 by EvilSeph Leave a Comment

As long as I've been a part of the MSN Messenger community, one of the most asked questions is "How do I remove Windows Messenger from Windows XP?" Most people tell you to do this: Go to Start > Run then type: RunDll32 advpack.dll LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tutorials, Windows Live Messenger

Five Steps to Internet Security

August 27, 2003 by Dave Amenta 2 Comments

The Internet is a world of information and knowledge; however it’s a dangerous place. In this article I'll give ways to keep your passwords more secure and I will give an example of how easily a password can be stolen. I’ll also show you some other great tips to keep secure online. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Social Networks, Tutorials Tagged With: privacy, security

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