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Several other services, including AOL’s AIM, Yahoo Messenger and Skype, allow live video chats but require that each party download the software and be online at the same time. On TokBox, if one party is not present, users can send a video mail message of up to five minutes in length that the other party can later retrieve at the site.
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Roll Up button lets you minimize Yahoo Messenger windows in such a way that only their title bars remain visible. This is better than minimizing them to icons because you won't have to hunt for the windows you were using!
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Phishers are taking aim at Yahoo Messenger users. The attackers are sending messages that appear to come from friends and that contain a link to a phony web site. The web site looks authentic and asks for Yahoo usernames and passwords. Once in possession of this information, attackers would have access to the user's Messenger profile and contact list. A recent report from SurfControl found that while 90% of the more than 7,5000 US businesses surveyed have established policies for email use, just over half have policies that address IM and peer-to-peer technology use.
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For search engine buffs: Messenger window now has a search button that lets you search Yahoo! search engine from a popup window. Also, another interesting feature is that you can select any word in the chat window and search for it on Yahoo! search engine from the context menu. Just select the word you want to search for while chatting or messaging, right click it, then select “Search the web for ____________.” Pretty impressive.
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PRNewswire reports on new blogging provider MindSay providing blogging via AIM and Yahoo Messenger. Apparently MindSay has its own chatbots ready and waiting to identify the chat-blogger and post their blog from the comfort of their own chat box.
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Make Transparent button lets you toggle the transparency effect for Yahoo Messenger windows, ranging from 0% (opaque) to 100% (invisible) in Windows® 2000/XP/2003/Vista. You can use this clever feature to view an application window beneath Yahoo Messenger, this will help you by immediately showing what windows are opened now, and where they are. The transparency effect ... forms a unique and very attractive appearance of your desktop, thus revealing its striking beauty.
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