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Miranda IM Portable (exe)

Miranda IM Portable is the smaller, faster, easier instant messenger with support for multiple protocols. Designed from the ground-up to be resource efficient while still providing a rich feature set, Miranda includes support for AIM, Jabber, ICQ, IRC, MSN, Yahoo, Gadu-Gadu and other protocols. Additionally, with the choice of hundreds...

Tags: MSN, ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger, Protocol, Miranda IM Portable, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications

Software downloads 2008-06-06

Additional Resources

What went wrong with Joost's desktop client?

The news broke today that Joost, the company which in a lot of ways was on the forefront of rich media, is canning its signature desktop client in favor of a purely web based portal. As a big proponent of desktop applications in general, and especially these hybrid applications which...

Tags: Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Martin jabs back at Comcast over suit

Martin jabs back at Comcast over suitThe more comcast pushes...the more the FCC sounds like its going to push back. With Mr. Martin asking the same questions many customers are asking (most notibly the "how will customers know when they reach their limit" - and the 'use a third party...

Tags: Federal government, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Comcast Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

EA's 'Spore' aims to create new worlds, businesses

Electronic Arts's creature-building game "Spore" offers players a chance to develop new worlds--and maybe even new lines of business for the video game maker. RALEIGH, North Carolina--Electronic Arts's creature-building game Spore offers players a chance to develop new worlds--and maybe even new lines of business for the video game...

Tags: Electronic Arts Inc., Spore, Games, Personal Technology, Reuters, Electronic Arts, video games, Nintendo

News items 2008-09-05

Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 prices

Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 pricesIt's about time this other shoe droppedIt's been anticipated for ages, in consideration of just how LONG the 360 has already been on the market. Even at these price points MSFT should continue to make profit on the hardware; you would think that after three years...

Tags: Game players, Blu-ray, Games, wii, Xbox360, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp., hardware, Blu-ray disc, game

Discussion threads 2008-09-04

The power of standard protocols

The power of standard protocolsWhile I'm not an expert in IM protocols......I do agree with the basic philosophy (but you'd be surprised if I didn't). On the whole, compatibility is a good thing, even in the computer industry (where incompatibility has been seen as a competitive advantage for as...

Tags: Instant messaging, IM, standard protocol, software

Discussion threads 2008-09-04

How important is boot performance?

How important is boot performance?Boot performance is very importantA computer should only take as long to get to working state as a television - 10 seconds tops - with either the option of restoring the exact shutdown state or a fresh rebooted OS.Moderate importance overallBootup speed is not really a...

Tags: Performance management, PRODUCTIVITY, Patches, Operating systems, boot time, performance, computer, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-09-04

The power of standard protocols

I've spent the past few months as the primary developer at a very small company. An important technology to this company is Instant Messaging, as it plays an essential part in our approach to unified messaging. This has meant that I have had to build, in-house, our...

Tags: IM, Jabber, Protocol, XMPP, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Chrome, IE8, and longer term thinking

Chrome, IE8, and longer term thinkingI wonder -- would others please weigh inOk, your stats here are out to lunch but I wonder about your basic point.I think it's wrong - that almost any non OS specific programming language can be used to produce a standard code base from...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Programming languages, operating system, Linux, Google Inc., IE8, Chrome, longer-term, COBOL, window

Discussion threads 2008-09-04

TiVo HD XL (150 HD hours)

When TiVo discontinued its high-end cable-ready high-def DVR, the TiVo Series3, it was really just making room for a new product in the line: the TiVo HD XL. The new TiVo is a near twin to the existing TiVo HD, but for three changes: it's got a much larger...

Tags: DVR, Digital video, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, TVs, cable, TiVo Inc.

Product reviews 2008-09-04

On stupid mascots and closed source browser plugins

Everyone's been harping on Google this week with the release of Chrome, so I thought I would be different -- today I'm going to give Adobe some love. Because I bet they feel left out. Adobe's Flash and Acrobat Reader plugins are some...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Web Browser Plug-in, Adobe Acrobat, Web Browser, Plug-in, Flash, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-09-03

DoS vulnerability hits Google's Chrome, crashes with all tabs

DoS vulnerability hits Google's Chrome, crashes with all tabsChrome will have security problems, and they will NOT all of a sudden gainshare. That said, the Google brand is very powerful, and people use it every day to search, and there will be lest resistance to trying Chrome than there was...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Google Chrome, Chrome, DoS vulnerability, Google Inc., DOS, vulnerability

Discussion threads 2008-09-03

News to know: Google Chrome; WinMobile's future; WiFi's big success; VMware

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First look at Google Chrome One day after Google inadvertently discloses the impending release of Chrome, we get to see the browser first-hand. See my gallery tour...

Tags: Google Inc., VMware Inc., Wi-Fi, Virtualization, Web Browsers, Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Internet, Sales, Storage, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-03

Portable console sales for Q2 2008: Nintendo DS - 6.94 mln, Sony PSP - 3.72 mln

In Q2 2008 Sony sold 3.72 mln units of the PSP worldwide, while Nintendo’s DS sold 6.94 mln units. SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: "Portable console sales for Q2 2008: Nintendo DS - 6.94 mln, Sony PSP - 3.72 mln", url: "http://www.itfacts.biz/portable-console-sales-for-q2-2008-nintendo-ds-694-mln-sony-psp-372-mln/11376" } ); by AM

Tags: Sony Corp., Nintendo Co. Ltd., Console, Sony PlayStation Portable, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, AM

Blog posts 2008-09-02

New SOHO networking blogger intro: The Network Effect

With this post, I will officially be taking over the SOHO networking blog here on ZDNet. First, I'd like to thank my colleague and friend Rik Fairlie for helming this blog over the last several months. This marks my return to ZDNet, where I started my tech writing career nearly...

Tags: Network Effect, Network, SOHO, Wi-Fi Connectivity, Networking, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-09-02

Google Chrome: The enterprise playbook

Google Chrome: The enterprise playbookR&DThey are essentially a R&D company. So it just makes since they will put out loads of products and see what consumers bite on. I don't think it is a shotgun approach, just a product of their structure.Will Live Search work with Chrome?That should...

Tags: Web browsers, Google Software, Google Inc., Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Amadis AVI DIVX XVID to DVD Creator (exe)

Amadis AVI/DIVX/XVID to DVD Creator is an easily used DVD Author/Burning tools. Lets you convert all favorite movies to DVD movies and burning it onto DVD Disc, and then watch them on home DVD Player, car DVD Player, or any other portable DVD Player. This version is the first release...

Tags: DVD Player, Amadis Software, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2008-09-02

Amadis FLV to DVD Creator (exe)

Amadis FLV to DVD Creator is the most easily used DVD Author/Burning tools. It lets you convert all favorite movies to DVD movies and burning it onto DVD Disc, and then watch them on home DVD Player, car DVD Player, or any other portable DVD Player. This version is the...

Tags: DVD Player, Amadis Software, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2008-09-02

Kigo Video Converter Pro (exe)

Kigo Video Converter Pro for Win support all popular video formats including AVI, DivX, XviD, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, WMV, ASF, MOV, VOB, MP4, 3GP, 3G2 or QuickTime into iPod, PSP, Zune, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, WMV, DivX, XviD, ASF, MOV, VOB video files. Extract audio from video files to...

Tags: MPEG-1, Video, KVC, Corporate Communications, Digital Video, Digital Media, Digital Music, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-09-02

Google to launch browser to target IE; Is Firefox a target or tag-team partner?

Google to launch browser to target IE; Is Firefox a target or tag-team partner?Internet Explorer and StandardsI really hope the product is a success and is just as standards compliant as Opera. What would be ideal is that Internet Explorer becomes a minority. I would gladly give up...

Tags: Web browsers, Milton Bradley, Web browser, Google Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2008-09-01