All Posts Tagged With: "MSN messenger"

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HiYo Instant Messenger Addon

Until recently I tried to give Instant Messengers a wide berth as I found it really distracting getting pinged constantly by dozens of people in some instances I barely knew. But after clearing out a lot of contacts I’ve started using MSN Messenger again. I use MSN Messenger rather than AOL or Yahoo! [...]

27Jun2008 | Everton | 6 comments | Continued
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Friday Fun: Fight For Kisses!!

I just spotted the url for the following Fight For Kisses video in the personal message section of a friend’s MSN Messenger section.
I thought it was comical and a great way to draw people into an interactive ad site:

I just love these kind of campaigns and I wish more firms would follow Wilkinson Sword’s example, [...]

26Oct2007 | Everton | 4 comments | Continued
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Bloggers Cribs: Martin Brinkman!

Welcome to the Fifth Edition of Bloggers Cribs!!!
Each week on Bloggers Cribs features one blogging ’superstar’, who will let us briefly into their homes to share what gadgets and other electronic delights they have dotted around their home, so you can see if they actually use the products they blog about.
So far we’ve had a [...]

11Oct2007 | Everton | 5 comments | Continued
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Blogger Cribs: Daniel Scocco!!

Welcome to the Fourth Edition of Bloggers Cribs!!!
After a short break (I forgot to post last week!) we’re back! Reading Bloggers Cribs for the first time? Well, every week Bloggers Cribs features one blogging ’superstar’, who will let us briefly into their homes to share what gadgets and other electronic delights they have [...]

1Oct2007 | Everton | 18 comments | Continued
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I’m Lost Without My Nokia N95

One of the reasons I haven’t written a post this week is because I lost my Nokia N95 on the way to watch the Charity Shield match between Man Utd and Chelsea at Wembley on Sunday (some pics later). Luckily I left my phone in the back of a cab, and the cabbie handed [...]

9Aug2007 | Everton | 8 comments | Continued
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Pictures of New Xbox 360 Text Input Device

I hope this new Xbox 360 text input device that I found via Fosfor Gadgets turns out to be genuine and gets to see the light of day. I just love the way it slides into place in the current Xbox 360 controller.
Having one of these devices would make sending messages to other gamers [...]

11Apr2007 | Everton | 4 comments | Continued
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Microsoft Launch Free Email Hosting Services

Microsoft have launched a new service which provides free hosted email and IM services if you bring your own domain. These services are usually add-on services that have to be purchased from domain registrars. Windows Live Custom Domains basic service includes:

Create up to 20 e-mail accounts within your domain
Get a 250 MB inbox [...]

26Nov2005 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
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MSN Messenger 8.0 Features Leaked - Do We Need all These Features?

MSN Messenger 8.0 is expected to be launched at the end of the year, but its features have already been leaked. It is interesting to see the different approaches to IM taken by MSN and Google. MSN’s philosophy appears to be to add every feature imaginable, whereas Google Talk thinks that more is [...]

28Aug2005 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
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Connect To Google Talk And Skype Via Trillian

The launch of Google Talk created a bit of a dilemma for me this morning. I try to keep as few programs running as possible on my machine, which, I guess is a throwback to the days of DOS when a few extra k could be the difference between being able to get a [...]

24Aug2005 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
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Have Instant Messenger’s Become Too Complicated And Fluffy?

I found this article via Digg which discusses how with each successive release MSN messenger has added in more and more unnecessary features which has left it looking bloated.
I have to agree as although I like looking at the new features like nudges and winks I never actually use them. The only features I [...]

4Aug2005 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued