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Ok – so I’ve been looking at Google Talk all evening and thought I’d try it out. First, it will not run on Win98, only 2000, XP and 2003 are supported. It installs using crossover office (4.2) and starts. You get to see the main login screen. On any button click there is an internal […]

Believe it or not, there’s already a review avialable of the yet to be announced Google Talk CLIENT. I have done a couple posts talking about the fact that some people have been able to access talk.google.com with Jabber compatible messengers. This review is of the official Google client that will be released.    Send […]

I found a post at slashdot that Google Talk is already live. Earlier in the day there was talk (sorry…) that they were using Jabber. It looks like this person has found a way to login with his Gmail address and password and is (using a jabber compatible client) logged in to Google Talk.    […]

The rumor mill is in full swing as USA joins in to report that sources are saying that Google Talk will be launched as early as Wednesday. They suggest that it will be instant messaging AND voice messaging.    Send article as PDF   

Given how easy it is for people to be fooled by phishing sites, you would think banks would try and keep as many “easy ways to identify a legitimate bank site” as possible wouldn’t you? I mean, user-friendliness is certainly a big selling point in things software and even web site related so you would […]

I’ve been playing around with qemu lately and there is a little tip I ran into that helps in getting the kqemu module running if you have Win4lin installed.    Send article as PDF   

Wow, was that 24 hours? After noticing that Google had changed somethings related to adsense, I mentioned that the adsense plugin for Firefox had quit working. This afternoon I discovered that the adsense plugin for firefox has been updated to work around the change.    Send article as PDF   

The Mandrivaclub has a new Download MirrorFinder, it works much like easyurpmi to find sources of Mandrake RPM’s (including plf). You have to be a club member to access it.    Send article as PDF   

Distroreviews has an article up reviewing the release of a freespire livecd. Did I say freespire? Yes, it’s a free clone of linspire. They’ve basically taken out all linspire proprietary addons and branding. (Although according to the review there are a few traces.)    Send article as PDF   

Slashdot is reporting, as well as other sources, that Google is preparing the launch of an Instant Messenger.    Send article as PDF