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- Linux software apps - What's hot and what's not?
- Linux software apps - What's hot and what's not?The apps I useOffice: OpenOffice.org, as it's pretty much the standard on Linux desktops.Email: I have Evolution set up for my Yahoo mail.Image editing/drawing: For most editing, I use the GIMP, but for advanced stuff I'd recommend Blender or Inkscape for SVG.CD/DVD...
- Tags: OpenOffice, OPEN SOURCE, Web browsers, RSS, Java development tools, Linux software, K3b, Microsoft Office, GIMP, Mozilla Firefox, KDE, GNOME, disc, Gaim, software, Linux, Webmin
- Discussion threads 2007-03-13
- Presence might or might not mean I'm available
- Presence might or might not mean I'm availableI second the call for a protocolI've got the same problem you do, Marc. In order to be accessible I've got to be connected to nearly everything... MSN, ICQ, AIM, Yahoo, Jabber several servers... you get the picture. That doesn't count several VoIP...
- Tags: Instant messaging, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Gaim, IM, e-mail, VoIP, phone, cell phone, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-12-21
- Are Yahoo, AOL, and MSN messenging clients taking too many liberties?
- Are Yahoo, AOL, and MSN messenging clients taking too many liberties?All 3 will failYou initially mentioned Google in your discussion but never followed up. Firstly,why do you think that MSN, Yahoo and AOL are all fighting so hard to be on your desktop? I mean, the services are free, so...
- Tags: Instant messaging, MSN, IM, America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Gaim, open source, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-09-16
- LinkedIn vs. Plaxo: Is LinkedIn winning?
- LinkedIn vs. Plaxo: Is LinkedIn winning?Networking the global village and its many tribesThe largest directory for US business is certainly LinkedIn, but it is no community and it is very US centric. If I want to connect to French speakers I go to viaduc, for other Europeans I look in...
- Tags: Instant messaging, E-mail, Web browsers, LinkedIn, Plaxo Inc., Gaim, Trillian
- Discussion threads 2005-09-06
- AOL tests Triton IM software
- AOL tests Triton IM softwareTabs?[quote]Triton features a unified chat box with "tabs" for each new conversation and easy access to address book information.[/quote]Oh, wow, tabs! How innovative!Wait a minute - GAIM already does that . . .When the day comes that they consolidate all the different IM clients into one,...
- Tags: Instant messaging, America Online Inc., Overall IT, Gaim, IM
- Discussion threads 2005-05-04
- SIP-based softphone club has a new member
- SIP-based softphone club has a new memberReceived some negative reviews beforeLast time it was announced Slashdot link, it apparently did not make too many people happy. The app was bulky, slow, unbuildable from sources, and used the name Gaim in vain (the guys from Gaim project said they had no...
- Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Gaim, softphone, SIP
- Discussion threads 2005-01-18
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- Pidgin Portable (exe)
- Pidgin Portable formerly Gaim Portable is the versatile Pidgin instant messaging client packaged as a portable app, so you can take your IM settings and buddy lists with you. It has all the same great features as Pidgin, including support for AOL, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ and Jabber networks, but there's...
- Tags: IM, Plug-in, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2008-05-28
- Pidgin (exe)
- Pidgin formerly known as Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for BSD and Windows. It is compatible with AIM Oscar and TOC protocols, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, and Zephyr networks. Pidgin users can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. This means that...
- Tags: AOL Instant Messenger, IRC, IM, Plug-in, Pidgin, Instant Messaging, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Internet, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2008-05-19
- Adium X (dmg)
- The Adium team is proud to present to you Adium X, a multiple-protocol instant-messaging client. This is a culmination of a yearlong rewrite of Adium, which now utilizes Libgaim the core part of GAIM to connect to multiple protocols, and also is based on a new plug-in architecture. Partial address-book...
- Tags: AOL Instant Messenger, IM, Jabber, Adam Iser, Adium Team, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2008-05-15
- AOL puts OpenAIM on Aggro license
- AOL puts OpenAIM on Aggro licenseWhat else would one expect?AOL totally destroyed their dedicated client base, so they lost millions. I was a paying customer since 1997, but they allowed so many repeat "free trial" users (when it was over, the people would just use another) that the population became...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, America Online Inc., advertisement, AOL puts OpenAIM, Aggro
- Discussion threads 2008-03-06
- A+dozen+free+%26+essential+apps+for+Windows
- A+dozen+free+%26+essential+apps+for+WindowsNot a very wide appeal to these toolsThere are only 2 or 3 mentioned here that most people would find useful, but still worth mentioning none the less.Reg Cleaners tend to scare meI like the idea of cleaning registries, but for some reason or another every time I attempt to...
- Tags: freeware, AVG
- Discussion threads 2008-02-06
- What's new on Gmail? :)
- Gmail provides users a bare-bones chat interface with a few nice features like the ability to use the same address book you use for mail. Since it's written in Javascript, it runs inside your web browser with no special client download required. That also means that it can be updated...
- Tags: Google Gmail, E-mail Providers, Internet, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- Yahoo Messenger spam becomes insufferable
- Yahoo Messenger spam becomes insufferableI hate to say this, but...... this is no surprise. In past years AOL was ridiculed for the cluelessness of their users, but Yahoo! takes cluelessness to a new level. I suspect their targeted for IM spam because a) they can be, as Yahoo! make it...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Instant messaging, Yahoo! Inc., Yahoo Messenger Spam, Yahoo IM, spam
- Discussion threads 2007-11-01
- Will open source desktops succumb to bloat?
- Will open source desktops succumb to bloat?No, I don't believe it willMainly because we don't really need to run all the life support applications that a Windows machine needs. And the ones we do, well we can re-nice those so they don't interfere with daily operations. CRON is easy to...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Cron, open source, Windows Machine, desktop, open source desktop, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-10-04
- Despite AOL's claim, AIM worm hole still wide open
- Despite AOL's claim, AIM worm hole still wide openOK, I have to ask.Why is anyone still using AOL anyway?[url=http://pidgin.im/]Pidgin formerly GAIM[/url]ntPidgin formerly GAIM / AIM replacement[url=http://pidgin.im/]Pidgin[/url]RE: Despite AOL's claim, AIM worm hole still wide openGives me creeps...This question goes out to Ryan Naraine .So this doesn't affect AIM versions for...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, AOL Instant Messenger, Microsoft Internet Explorer, America Online Inc., AIM worm hole
- Discussion threads 2007-09-27
- Zero-day flaws surface in AOL, Yahoo IM products
- Zero-day flaws surface in AOL, Yahoo IM productsMulti-Messenger ApplicationsThis is a problem that makes me doubly nervous, as I use both of these services through a multi-messenger supporting application. Is it likely that I am at risk still using a program like Trillian or the like?J.Morgan www.VAR2.comThis is ALSO a...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., IM, virus, Yahoo IM
- Discussion threads 2007-09-19
- A hundred million miracles
- A hundred million miraclesDoes not anybody at ZDnet actually Use LinuxDaily for both work & play.Sorry, if I seem to harp on this, and may seem OT, But is this not the place to bring it up?I mean in the blog listing in several places, this Blog is called; "Linux...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Linux, open source
- Discussion threads 2007-09-19
- MSN Messenger vulnerable to 'highly critical' webcam flaw
- MSN Messenger vulnerable to 'highly critical' webcam flawWhat about those who don't have XP yet?It's all very well saying we have to upgrade to Windows Live Messenger 8.1, but what about people who still use pre XP windows? 8.1 doesn't work on Win2000.Hmm... This is pretty obvious...Before I accept...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Patches, Operating systems, MSN, MSN Messenger, Webcam, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-08-28
- Have any favorite open source Windows apps? Tell us!
- Have any favorite open source Windows apps? Tell us!Primo PDF is NOT open sourceIt's not open source, you can't download the code whatsoever. The license even forbids this explicitly. Free != Open SourcePrimo PDFWe have been installing PrimoPDF on all the computers here at work for the users that do...
- Tags: Instant messaging, Operating systems, Paint.net, Microsoft Windows, open source, Hyperic HQ, IM, IM client, server, PRIMO PDF
- Discussion threads 2007-07-24
- Friday Rant - Windows Live Messenger ads
- Friday Rant - Windows Live Messenger adsThis is one area you have to give Apple credit for.Apple would never consider this approach with any software they control. They don't litter your computer with crapware either.Considering IM products are a servicemore so than a software product, I doubt the companies...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Live, wine, Nothing, Microsoft Windows Live Messenger, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2007-07-20
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