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In a spectacular new development, you can now sign in to your AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) account to chat with your AIM buddies from Gmail. Your AIM buddies will populate your Contacts list, and are searchable just like your Google Talk contacts.

Posted by Ajay under Google, Messengers, Tech News
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Yahoo! Messenger comes bundled with several ads in the main messenger window, the chat window and the webcam window.
Google Operating System Blog has provided a .bat file that removes these ads.
Make sure that Yahoo! Messenger is not running. Download the .bat file and execute it.
The batch file will edit the registry to remove the ads. [...]

Posted by Ajay under Messengers, Techtites Daily, Thursday, Yahoo!
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This week I bring you a software that will enhance the way you chat.
SweetIM enhances Yahoo! and Windows Live Messengers by adding emoticons, winks, audibles, sound FX, Display Pictures, Nudges and soon to come more exciting content, including Games and Mobile content.
It gives you new and innovative methods to express yourself and surprise your friends [...]

Posted by Ajay under Friday, Fun, Messengers, Software, Techtites Daily
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Chatting is something most of us indulge in. It serves as a great way to keep in touch, discuss things and communicate with our relatives and friends.
One of my favorite chat clients is Yahoo! Messenger. It comes equipped with a fantastic set of emoticons and audibles and usually I wouldn’t bother about getting anything else.
However, [...]

Posted by Ajay under Friday, Messengers, Techtites Daily, Yahoo!
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Last week I was contact by the folks at Yugma to have a look at the new service they have on offer.
Accordingly, I interviewed the COO Karel Lukas this week and also gave Yugma a test drive. I’m impressed.
Yugma is a free web conferencing service that enables people to instantly connect over the internet and [...]

Posted by Ajay under Messengers, Saturday, Services, Software, Startups, Techtites Daily
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In November I had reported that Yahoo! would be integrating Yahoo! Chat into Yahoo! Mail. The feature is finally being rolled out and all users of Yahoo! Mail beta will be upgraded to the same gradually.

I still don’t see this feature in my account. But, I’m not complaining. I am always logged into Yahoo! Messenger [...]

Posted by Ajay under Email, Messengers, Yahoo!
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Inside Windows Live Messenger reports that Windows Live Messenger is now out of beta.

Besides that, Messenger is available in 8 new languages, it is completely compatible with Windows Vista which was released yesterday.
You can now send an email invitation while adding a contact. This was missing in the beta.
There are several new features in 8.1 [...]

Posted by Ajay under Messengers, Microsoft, Software, Tech News
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Built from the ground up specifically for Microsoft Windows Vista, the new version of Yahoo! Messenger looks so cool that I want it for Windows XP as well
The features include:

Instant message, voice, webcam video, and more
Use the integrated Yahoo! Messenger Sidebar gadget to keep up with the friends that matter most
Also add [...]

Posted by Ajay under Messengers, Operating Systems, Software, Windows
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I run multiple instances of Google Talk and two days back noticed that two days back only one version was running. I also noticed that my shortcuts had been modified.
This happens only when there is an update and I was right about it.
Google Talk has been updated to support Windows Vista. This seems to be [...]

Posted by Ajay under Google, Messengers, Software, Tech News
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I have one Gmail account and two Google Apps for Domain accounts. I’ve been using the former a lot and really liked having Google Talk running for the latter two.

This tip finally helps me achieve this.
In order to run multiple instances of Google Talk, all you need to do is pass the parameter nomutex to [...]

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