Ajay on April 19th, 2007

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. [...]

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Ajay on March 16th, 2007

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, [...]

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Ajay on February 15th, 2007

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 [...]

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Ajay on January 12th, 2007

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 [...]

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Ajay on November 10th, 2006

Google has been doing this with Gmail for quite a while now and it was about time for Yahoo! to follow suit.
On the last day of the Web 2.0 Conference, the new feature was presented.
With that, if the person you are mailing is online, you will be able to pop up a chat window and [...]

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Ajay on November 2nd, 2006

The Google Blog reports that you can now have Offline Messages on Google Talk.
This is one feature that Yahoo! Messenger has supported for years and that was added to Windows Live Messenger recently.
With this update, Google Talk has implemented a top requested feature.
For this to function your Google Talk account needs to have a Gmail [...]

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