Archives for the "instant messaging" tag
Future Tense – Intro
Welcome to TNL.net. If you like this content, you may consider subscribing to the RSS feed.With TNL.net down for most of the last month, I’ve been lax in creating new entries. However, being away gave me some perspective and I think that the forest is now becoming clearer. In this entry, I reflect on trends [...]
Tags: AOL, Google, SMS, instant messaging, web server
In Analysis
Blogs and Expertise
A few weeks ago, a friend of mine asked a question I could not answer: “How do you maintain such a high level of expertise on so many subjects?” It seemed like a ridiculous question as I never really considered myself an expert on that many subjects. Sure, I do know a few things about [...]
Tags: Google, Social Networks, instant messaging
AOL-Microsoft Settlement: The Future
AOL and Microsoft have announced an end to their feud. It seems to me that there is a lot in there that needs to be dissected and pondered about. It will impact the development of the Internet for years to come. IM : One of the conditions for the AOL/Time Warner merger was that AOL open its [...]
Tags: AOL, Internet Explorer, Linux, Media, Microsoft, Netscape, Software, Time-Warner, digital media, instant messaging
New Virus Evolves
A new worm called Hybris has been spreading across computers in Europe, the United States and South America. While it currently carries a non-destructive payload, some Anti Virus developers are worried that its plug-in architecture could turn it into a much more dangerous virus, opening backdoors in computer systems and escalating the war between virus makers [...]
Tags: Europe, Microsoft, Security, United States, instant messaging
In Technology
AIM Not Secure
In the past few years, AIM has become a communication tool used by both individuals and corporations to facilitate discussions of issues ranging from what movie to see on the weekend to arcane details in contractual corporate negotiations. But buyer beware as hackers have found ways to exploit the AIM client and server to leave [...]
Tags: AOL, B2B, Microsoft, Oracle, Security, Software, Yahoo, instant messaging
In Technology
