If you have instant-messaging accounts on multiple platforms, it can be a real pain to use several IM clients simultaneously. Some applications, such as the excellent (and free) Trillian, let you combine your accounts under one interface. Trillian doesn’t contain all the latest whiz-bang features such as video streaming, but for day-to-day IM use, it does the job just fine. In a similar vein, Agile Messenger lets you send and receive instant messages from AIM, MSN, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, and Google Talk in a tabbed interface—one tab per conversation—all from your smartphone or feature phone. Its high price, however, mars this otherwise excellent mobile-messaging application. (more…)
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Agile Messenger 3.0
Monday, June 15th, 2009Windows Vista Media Center Review
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008You might recall during the beta period I wrote a review about Windows Vista Media Center, and the drastic changes, mostly in the UI that I noticed. Although the changes were somewhat drastic and took a little bit getting used to, I absoluted loved them, and the love continues to grow with time. I wanted to hold off on writing this review until I had invested a lot of time in testing and pushing my media center experience to the maximum before I wrote this review. Well, that time has come, and Iâ??m afraid I have nothing but great things to say. Media center is ready for the big time, and I highly recommend it become the central entertainment hub of your home. With extenders in any of your major entertainment areas, you now have access to everything. All your music, all your TV, pictures, even video library is now available everywhere from a centralized location. Multiple sattelite DVRâ??s is always a huge hassle (letâ??s see, which one did I record that show on again?), itâ??s low def, no music library, etc. Besides, with free over the air HD, itâ??s a no brainer to spend $50, and a little time on your roof. What a lot of people donâ??t realise is, that most of the HD you can get on sattelite and cable, you can get for free, over the air, and recorded directly into media center. (about 95% of the TV my family watches comes from the major networks, which provide free over-the-air HD. (Mostly Fox.) 24, Prison Break, American Idol, Bones, etc.) Also, for a lot less money than you think, you can toss in home automation and control it through your media center experience. Everything from turning off any lights in the house, to open the garage door, viewing security cameras, just about anything you could ever want! All from the comfort of your couch and a remote with the 14â?² experience. (more…)