Tag: YIM

I always had one rather large complaint about Fring and other multi-network messengers: they're dog-ugly -- like, Ugliest Dog In The World ugly. Fortunately there's a beautiful alternative that, until now, has only been available for iPhone and BlackBerry: it's called BeejiveIM, and after you try it every other messenger app on Android will fade into clumsy and ugly insignificance. From the ...

Palringo, the multi platform rich messaging client for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (via WINE), Windows Mobile, Android, iPhone, Symbian, Blackberry and Java (phew!), that we first covered back in 2007, has just received an update to it's Windows and Windows Mobile iterations. Palringo is an IM client with a twist - as well as supporting a multitude of instant messaging services (Windows Live, AIM, ...

The new beta version of Yahoo! Messenger with Voice (version 8) lets users attach special use plugins. There were several available when the beta version was rolled out and today several more were made available in the Yahoo! Application Gallery. Yahoo! Scribbler - It does just what the name says, it lets you scribble. When you and you chatting friend launch it, you can collaborate on a ...

After nearly three years with no new releases, one can't really blame Mac users for assuming Yahoo! had abandoned development of Yahoo! Messenger for the Mac. Yesterday, though, those users got a surprise with the release of Yahoo! Messenger 3 beta 1 for Mac. The new version is a made-for-Cocoa and a universal binary to boot. Blogger Eric Newport has a post with some nice screenshots and ...

Until I read this post on the Unofficial Yahoo Blog, I had totally forgotten about Microsoft's promise way back in October to make Windows Live Messenger (the successor to MSN Messenger, currently in public beta) interoperable with the Yahoo! Messenger network. Somewhat surprisingly, though, they haven't forgotten, and according to Leah (apparently Microsoft developers don't have last names) at ...

A company called AvMedia has released an open-source translating proxy for Yahoo! Messenger. It does translation between English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese using Google's web translation services. Considering the state of machine (or at least Google) translation, this is bound to cause all sorts of comical misunderstandings. [Via Slashdot] ...

A worm dubbed IM.GiftCom.All or just "Santa" is making the rounds on all three major IM networks, AIM, MSN, and Yahoo!. The Santa worm sends potential victims a link to a file which displays an image of Santa Claus while installing a rootkit in the background, which in turn uses the victim's buddy lists to spread. IM security firm IMlogic has rated the worm a "medium" threat, ...