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Google Talk optimized for iPhone: Google Talk optimized for iPhoneIM as a free substitute to SMSIM could only be a free substitute if you could receive messages without having to keep the browser/client open all the time on your phone. If I understand the iPhone 3G's push platform properly, they could get it to work...; Tags: Instant messaging, Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, 3G, Cellular phones, Google Inc., IM, Apple iPhone, Google Talk, SMS, IM client; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Google Talk isn't the only iPhone optimized IM client: The news that Google Talk has now been optimized for the Apple iPhone web browser is all over the internet this morning. I also wanted to let IM users know there are other web browser based options for clients other than Google Talk. by Matthew Miller; Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Google Talk, IM, Web Browser, IM Client, Instant Messaging, Web Browsers, Internet, Online Communications, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-07-03
Gaping holes in Trillian IM client: Trillian users beware: There are multiple serious security holes in the popular cross-platform IM application. According to alerts issued by TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative ZDI, the vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Trillian Pro. Trillian users are strongly...; Tags: User Interaction, Vulnerability, Trillian, IM Client, Trillian User, Security, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-05-22
fring VoIP and IM client is now available for the Apple iPhone: fring VoIP and IM client is now available for the Apple iPhoneIt's fringing freedom!Too bad you have to jailbreak your iPhone to have access to third-party applications and the ability to mod your phone.None of that if you go with [url=http://www.nseries.com/open]Nokia Nseries[/url] phones.Also, with supported phones like the Nokia N95,...; Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Instant messaging, Telephony, VoIP, IM, Apple Inc., fring, Apple iPhone, IM client; Discussion threads 2008-04-15
fring VoIP and IM client is now available for the Apple iPhone: I've written about my favorite mobile VoIP client, fring, several times in the past on this blog and was very pleased to receive the news from Gil that fring is now available on the Apple iPhone. This current version is for iPhones that have been jailbreaked to run 3rd party...; Tags: Apple iPhone, IM, Apple Inc., IM Client, Fring, Instant Messaging, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Internet, Online Communications, Networking, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-04-15

Gmail use grows on college campuses: Gmail use grows on college campusesIt allows IM in the corporate network.Virtually any corporate network IT group worth it's salt blocks all incoming and outgoing IM clients and protocols. Our company does. Since you can launch the IM client on the web page, it is using standard port...; Tags: Instant messaging, IM, IM client, Google Gmail; Discussion threads 2007-08-21
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
Images: Yahoo spruces up instant messaging for Vista: Yahoo is adding some new features to its IM client for Vista, including tabbed windows and integration with its fantasy sports groups.; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, fantasy sport, integration, IM, IM client, window; Image galleries 2007-01-07
Google Hacks: Google Over IM: Instant messaging is no longer solely the domain of teenagers with too much spare time on their hands. IM has morphed from a fun toy to a serious productivity tool. Google offers its own IM client called Google Talk. Thanks to the Google Talk and the Google API, one can...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Talk, IM, Bot, IM Client, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications; Book chapters 2006-08-01
Experts: Microsoft-Yahoo alliance is food for IM worms: Experts: Microsoft-Yahoo alliance is food for IM wormsTop priority, LOL'Providing a secure IM service is top priority at Yahoo and Microsoft, said Terrell Karlsten, a Yahoo spokeswoman."'Yeah right! You guys apparently either can't or won't do something about the myrad of spammbots or flooding that goes on in your own...; Tags: Instant messaging, food, alliance, IM, Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., IM client, Microsoft Corp., U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Discussion threads 2005-10-12
Will Google say Hello to IM?: Will Google say Hello to IM?Will Google say Hello to IM?Yes they will. All major search engines have them, Yahoo, MSN, didn't Excite do one too? Google should be no different. You can also expect them to have some type of internet phone/voice over ip type of program...; Tags: Instant messaging, Now IT, IM, Google Inc., IM client; Discussion threads 2004-10-15

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News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...; Tags: Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Dell opts for performance with R5400 data center-hosted desktop: Dell unveiled its data center-hosted desktop product line on Tuesday. Unlike rivals Hewlett-Packard and IBM, Dell didn't build its solution on blade servers but instead opted for a high performance system using a 2U box called the Dell Precision R5400 Rack Workstation. "By not putting the solution...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Performance, R5400, Workstations, Desktops, Servers, Hardware, Jason Hiner; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soon: Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soonTTLSomething I wish I'd asked during the webcast and which I can't quite get my head around:It was said that setting a long TTL doesn't help because of the way delegation works - has to...; Tags: Domain names, DNS server, TTL, server, Kaminsky; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soon: I listened to the Black Hat webcast today to grab as much info as I could on this subject. The biggest thing that I heard from the whole talk is that the patch fixes things to a reasonable point, but that long-term, there will have to be more work...; Tags: CERT, DNS Server, Server, Kaminsky, Dan, Patches, Domain Names, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-24
The little wind turbines that could: The little wind turbines that couldAll righty then...Here's the scoop. The average american household uses 14,000 kWh/year, about 1,200 per month in round numbers, meaning a 6kWh generator is about the right size--assuming the wind never dies.I couldn't find prices for Proven Energy, but a Quiet Revolution 6kWh unit costs...; Tags: Engineering, battery, turbine; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Government, markets and regulation: Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...; Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Speculation over possible Skype backdoor: There's growing speculation coming out of Europe that there's a backdoor in Skype that allows remote eavesdropping of telephone conversations. A report in the reputable Heise Online says the issue was discussed at a meeting with ISPs last month where high-ranking officials at the Austrian interior...; Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Telecom & Utilities, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a little: Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a littleNew Coke?Actually, given the way it has been and is being sold, is it not the New Kool-Aid?With Vista selling so well already ...... as shown in revenues from the previous quarter, Microsoft can expect to gain substantially...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Mozilla Firefox, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X, Mendel, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable: In a scathing indictment of Apple's MobileMe service, the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg calls the service "far too flawed to be reliable." The US$99 per year service – which is supposed to push contacts, calendars and email from iPhone to computer – has been hobbling along...; Tags: Apple Inc., MobileMe, E-mail, Online Communications, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-24