It’s one of those questions that just never seems to go away…."Who has blocked me on [insert your favorite instant messenger program here]?" My answer is short and sweet - you can’t know, you’ll never know, and your contacts have their right to privacy. That last bit alone is enough to generate … [Read more...]
UPDATED: Yahoo! Messenger for iPhone
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Is Google Wave the New Email?
This week at the Google I/O developer conference, they announced what they describe as a whole new communications platform. It incoporates email, IM and integrates other communication mediums like Twitter, and it is called Google Wave. Google Wave takes the various communication and … [Read more...]
AIM 6.9 Gets Social
AOL today officially released AIM 6.9 for Windows, introducing new features that integrate AIM with other social networks, including Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. This new version of the venerable instant messaging program acknowledges and embraces the fact that people aren't just on a single … [Read more...]
Miranda IM Gets a Twitter Upgrade
The multi-protocol instant messenger Miranda got a whole new gig today. Now you can use Miranda to connect to Twitter, staying up to date on everyone you follow and posting new tweets. Miranda-Twitter is a protocol plugin for Miranda IM v 0.8+. Miranda is a free IM program that works with all of … [Read more...]
JBuddy Messenger
JBuddy Messenger is a multi-protocol, cross-platform instant messaging desktop client. JBuddy Messenger supports popular public instant messaging protocols as well as enterprise instant messaging servers and runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris and other Java-enabled desktop … [Read more...]