Windows Live Messenger 9 is the latest installment of the Microsoft Instant Messenger. It can be downloaded freely from Microsoft. Installation should not pose a problem either as long as you select only the applications that are offered that you would use anyway.
Windows Live Messenger 9 displays advertisements that is changing frequently in the main [...]
Windows Live Messenger 9 Ad Removal
Anonymous Encrypted Instant Messaging With Torchat
The Onion Router (TOR) was designed to help against network surveillance by utilizing a network of secure tunnels. Tor is used by individuals to access blocked websites and communicate freely on the Internet by routing the connection through a series of secure tunnels where each tunnel only knows the previous and next in line.
Torchat utilizes [...]
Yahoo! Messenger Buddy Spy
Instant Messengers have a feature to change the current status of the active user. The different statuses range from available over do not disturb to invisible. The Instant Messenger contacts see the statuses of their buddies unless the status has been set to invisible. Invisible means that the user is online but showing as offline [...]
Imo.im Adds Skype And MySpace Support
Imo.im offers a way to connect to various Instant Messengers using their website or a client that can be downloaded and is currently available for Windows. Supported are many popular Instant Messenger networks like MSN, Yahoo, Google Talk, AIM and ICQ.
The Imo.im team was rather busy since my last review of the service and has [...]
Coccinella Chat Client With Whiteboard
Coccinella is an interesting chat client that brings new features and lots of customization to the table. If you want to compete in the Instant Messenger market you either need backing of a major player or provide users with features that they cannot find elsewhere.
The client Coccinella takes the second path by adding new features [...]
Torn between Pidgin and Digsby
I’ve been a longtime Digsby advocate all the way back to the private alpha stage of development.
Given the growing number of social networks, chat addresses and email accounts I had I found it a brilliant solution to keeping it all under check. I also liked the simple but effective design and of course there was [...]
Dig Digsby, You Have Good Reason to
Have you heard of Digsby yet? If not, it’s about time you do. Digsby is a multi-network chat client. Doesn’t sound like that big a deal? Use Pidgin or Miranda already? Well Digsby has a couple more cards up its sleeve, along with your Chat accounts Digsby also aggregates social network accounts and email. At [...]

