Tobey mailed me an invite to Aardvark the other day which left me puzzled for a short time. The email basically stated that Tobey had invited me and trusted my opinion on blogging, computers and technical advisory. That’s actually a very nice way of inviting users to join a service that they know nothing about. [...]
Yahoo Messenger Dat File Access
Yahoo Messenger is one of the popular Instant Messengers available for the Windows operating system. Messages that are send in the messenger are stored in so called .dat archive files that are encrypted and cannot be accessed directly. Going online will decrypt the messages to that they are encrypted. There might be times where conversations [...]
Google Talk Contact Shortcuts
Google Talk is an instant messaging software program for Windows that can be used to chat with friends and colleagues, initiate file transfers, do voice over IP and to send and receive voicemails. It’s basically an instant messaging client for the desktop that automatically includes Google Mail contacts.
Messenger Live Skin Avalon Concept 2009
If you use the instant messenger Messenger Live regularly you might also have looked around for customizing it further. Customizing meaning removing or adding options to the software program or changing the looks and feel of it. Avalon Concept 2009 is a Messenger Live Plus skin for Windows Live Messenger 2009 that can do all [...]
Completely Uninstall Microsoft Messenger Variants
Microsoft Messenger variants, such as MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger or Windows Messenger, sometimes cause difficulties during uninstallation throwing error messages such as “Another version of the product is already installed”, “Your computer has a newer version of MSN Messenger than the one you are trying to install”, ““Your computer has a newer version of [...]
Run Multiple MSN Messenger Instances
The Instant Messenger MSN Messenger prevents a user from starting multiple instances of the application. Running multiple instances might be useful for users who want to use different accounts for business and private contacts or two separate businesses.
It would be possible to use two different clients, for example MSN Messenger and Meebo to connect [...]
Digsby Build 32 Released
The Digsby development team is hard at work in the last months to optimize and improve the instant messaging, email and Social networking client. Joshua covered the last Digsby release which already saw a computer memory reduction of 50%. The new Digsby release was announced today in the official Digsby blog.
The major changes in this [...]

