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deekshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01690904108520591483noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582758707144564712.post-76895098841007663782013-11-27T05:55:00.000-08:002013-11-27T05:55:15.909-08:00Gravity Screen - On / Off<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>Using your phone often? Tired of the On-Off switching?<br />This app turns
automatically your screen off when you put your phone into your pocket
or onto a table and turn the screen on when you take it out or up. No
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HOW IT WORKS:<br />
It
monitors the orientation of the device through the gravity sensor. When
your phone is pointing downward by its top, below a certain angle, it's
likely to be out of use. In this situation the proximity sensor is
activated to determine if it is covered. If yes, the screen turns off
because probably you placed the phone into your pocket or onto a table. <br />To
keep the battery usage low the program turns on the proximity sensor
only when it's really necessary. Moreover, when it turns your screen off
and the proximity sensor is covered it puts your phone into deep sleep
state to save as much energy as possible.<br />
MAIN FEATURES:<br />
- Pocket Sensor: Recognizes if your phone is in your pocket. <br />- Table Sensor: Detects your phone is lying on a table and turns the screen off.<br />-
Turn Screen On by Motion: If the screen is off and it's facing up the
device can be woken up by any movements, for example lift up by hand.<br />-
Keep Screen On by Motion: It's a Screebl like feature but it's relying
on the small movements you are doing by your hand while holding the
phone. If small motions are detected while the screen is facing up the
feature keeps the screen on because it can be suspected that the phone
is held and probably you are reading something. If the phone is steady
the normal screen timeout will apply in any position you leave your
device.<br />- Exclude Apps option: The app pauses itself anytime if
selected app is running, it'll resume when you close the app. Useful
when playing games etc.<br />- Tasker, Llama, Locale supported by plug-in.<br />
<br />BATTERY USAGE:<br />
It
should be not significant. I experienced about 6 per cent extra
consumption on the test device. However it can be much higher by often
using the Turn Screen On by Motion feature. Thus, keep your phone face
down if you want to save energy.<br />
IMPORTANT:<br />
On some devices
(e.g. HTC One) the alarm clock is switched off by the app after it had
gone off! Please check if it's the case for you. If, yes, use a third
party app, for example:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vp.alarmClockPlusDock<br />
SIDE NOTE:<br />
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The app was not widely tested. Hopefully it will work fine for you.
But, if you experience any issue or just have a question, please email
me.<br />
FREE vs. UNLOCK vs. PRO VERSION<br />
In the Pro version the
screen can be turned on by motion up to 16 hours instead of 15 minutes.
Also, in the Pro version the Table sensor is more accurate. Unlock
version has everything what Pro has plus it can be paused if any app
running from the Exclude app list.<br />
FAQ<br />
Q: The screen not always turns off when I put my phone into my pocket, why?<br />A:The
proximity sensor not always accurate. It can fail recognizing some
materials specially if they are very close to it. If it happens to you
often, you can activate the False Turn-On Protection feature which
effectively reduces the number of accidental wake-ups.<br />
Q: I'm experiencing high battery usage, why?<br />A:
The app should use about 6 percent extra energy per day if you are not
using too much the Turn Screen On by Motion feature, for example keeping
your phone face down when it's on a table. Moreover, please, keep in
mind that the android en-built battery consumption measurement can show
much higher results if it's based on a short period of time.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you’ve been worried about how to preserve your digital records, you may soon be able to purchase a new <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1">optical disk</span> that could store data for up to a billion years. To some this may seem hubristic, to others definitely not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">According to the latest gizmag report, a researcher at the <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD8">University</span> of Twente in the Netherlands has developed a new <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4">optical memory</span> device made out of tungsten and silicon nitride that could store data for extremely long periods of time—up to a billion years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hard drives are very susceptible to external magnetic fields and <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD11">mechanical</span> failures, with a normal lifespan not much longer than <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD5">10 years</span>; similarly CDs, DVDs and flash drives each have their own Achilles’ heel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">University
of Twente researcher Jeroen de Vries set out to solve this problem by
designing his own data storing device. For the materials he chose
tungsten, which can withstand very high temperatures, encapsulated in
silicon nitride, which is highly resistant to fracture and deforms very
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The disc, de
Vries claims, is so sturdy that it could be used to store important
data on the human race and retain it well past its extinction, for the
benefit of whoever is left (of course, that’s assuming that the aliens,
robots, or mutants will somehow know exactly how to decode the
information on the disk in the first place)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="" src="http://images.gizmag.com/gallery_lrg/billion-year-data-storage-0.png" style="border: 0px none rgb(230, 230, 230); font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br style="border-color: rgb(230, 230, 230);" />From
left to right: the QR codes after fabrication, after two hours at 613
K, and after two hours at 763 K (Image: de Vries/University of Twente)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Inside the
device, information is stored by etching QR codes in tungsten – which
can be easily decoded by today’s smartphones. This method is very
resilient because the information is still preserved even when up to
seven percent of the data has been compromised. Each pixel of the code
also has within it a second set of much smaller QR codes, with pixels of
only a few microns in size.</span></div>
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how long the device could retain information, de Vries relied on the
Arrhenius model, which simulates extended periods of time by exposing
the device to predetermined levels of heat for a set <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD12">amount of</span> time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD10">The researcher</span>
heated the storage device to a temperature of 200 °C (400 °F) for one
hour and noted no visible degradation, which according to the model
simulates one million years of usage. The device only showed some signs
of degradation once it was heated to much higher temperatures, around 440 °C (820 °F) – but even then, the tungsten was not harmed and the data was still readable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Though the mathematical model used for testing was limited to exposure to high temperatures (and, as the researcher
admits, may not be entirely accurate), de Vries says that if they can
find a place that is very stable to store the device, such as a nuclear
storage facility, then the disc and the data it contains still has all
the requisites to last for extremely long periods of time, on the order of millions of years.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-weight: normal;">Want to become a Web Developer? – Take a Start</span></i></h1>
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Do you want to be a web developer because you love computers, laptops and websites so much. Then this is great according to me because it’s just a creative world. Being a web developer is good because you can easily translate your ideas to the world in the shape of a website. Being a web developer feels a kind of satisfaction to those who get some reward out of this developing in shape of people praising their work. Most of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">schools miss this part of web developing</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>but the future certainly is about computer programming. I am writing this basic post to help you that how can you take a start.</div>
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Be A Web Developer with these easy pre-requisites:</h1>
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Just keep on reading, fulfill the objectives and take the first step to be a web developer.</div>
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Starting with being a perfect computer user:</h1>
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If you want to be good developer at your own then you should know that how to use a computer. Chances are that you already know how to use software and know every thing about them without any course by just experimenting with them. It can seem time consuming to you but keep in mind that the thing which you learn at your own is never forgotten so easily. You learn the things which you find amazing so you never get bored of this computer thingy. If you know how to deal with computers and how to deal with software along with social networking sites then you can start with developing the stuff too. At least you should be able to be a master user of the computer. You should be able to understand what computer is saying to you and what you should do. Since most people never read the computer message because they don’t understand it so they ignore, but you shouldn’t be like this you should understand that what computer is about to let you know.</div>
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Start With Google – The Ultimate Master to Guide you!</h1>
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After you are a good internet user as well as computer one, now you can think to be a web developer. You can take a lot of help from the Google to learn how to code. You should know how to search things, For this you just need to go to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.google.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #ffb424;" title="Google Search Engine">Google</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and then put the keywords of the things which you want to search. After that you can get million of sites related to that in a matter of seconds. Like if you want to search about how to use microsoft word then just search for “<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">How to use Microsoft word or else using Microsoft word tutorials</em>” simple! Thus, after making up mind to learn about web developing take help from Google where ever you get stuck.</div>
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Start with the most easy language to be learnt – HTML</h1>
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Want to be a developer and understand the complicated languages? Then this is the start you should be able to master over the static content sites, you should be able to know that behind every site visible at the internet their is a code running behind the site which tells the browser how to display the site over all. If you want to look at the soure code of the site then open the website and right click on that. After that click on “<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">View page source</strong>” the code which you will see is in mostly HTML and you can see that how the HTML can make the front visual look of the page. Actually it’s the browser like<em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mozilla</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>chrome</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>which make the visual look of the website from the source code.</div>
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To learn HTML you can make use of Google Search but I will recommend you a website where you can take HTML lessons daily:</div>
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<a href="http://www.w3schools.com/html/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #ffb424;" title="Learn HTML">Learn HTML from W3Schools</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>here by reading one lesson daily and by practicing it you will be able to learn HTML in a week or two. Depends on how sharp are you! What ever you learn you should practice also I previously posted that how can you<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">convert your PC into a server</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and install wordpress on it. You can easily use the same software to view your pages which you code using the HTML language. Grab a good editor like<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">notepad++</strong>which will highlight the starting and closing tags of HTML and then save it to your xampp folder. Access that using the browser and look at your hardwork. Yes! I described all this long task in a matter of few lines but if you are sharp enough and know how to use computers and software then you can grab my point.</div>
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After you have learnt the HTML now you need to style the pages so that they may look colorful. You can easily change the following things with CSS , actually CSS is a language which can change the visual look of your HTML code output.</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Background of the page</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Font Color of the Page</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Specific Area Color and Background Color</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">Border of Specific Area</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;">To Put shadow around a font</li>
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And Much More! Thus it’s CSS which makes the web page look like web page. CSS is abbreviation of Cascading Style Sheets If I am not wrong. You can easily learn CSS from here:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.talkofweb.com/want-to-become-a-web-developer-take-a-start/www.w3schools.com/css/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #ffb424;" title="Learn CSS">Learn CSS from w3schools</a></div>
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After you have learnt HTML and CSS. You can easily take a start with your developing skills.</div>
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You need to be experimental if you want to learn developing and also you need to be persistent with things too. If you stuck at something then you should Google that. You should never think that you are the only one who got stuck at this point search about the question and in every case the question has been pre asked at many sites and a working solution is present there. You can also drop comment here below this post to ask for any major help I will be also in contact with you soon. You should not stop on HTML and CSS rather the next step should be that you should experiment with photoshop. Photoshop a very amazing tool to create the graphics needs nothing but a fresh mind. I know it can seem hard to you but don’t worry time will tell you many things, you just need to look at every tool in the Photoshop and try to sort out the use of that tool. The hover bar which shows when you hover over any button also helps a lot as it happens in most of software. So just be<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">experimental</strong>. It works and you learn thing with experiments and Google now look that at the end of the day you know how to take a start to be a developer. The things needed are:</div>
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deekshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01690904108520591483noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582758707144564712.post-55456926536967075872013-10-13T05:50:00.001-07:002013-10-13T05:50:38.665-07:00Electronic color code<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span dir="auto">Electronic color code</span></i></h1>
The <b>electronic color code</b> is used to indicate the values or ratings of electronic components, very commonly for resistors, but also for capacitors, inductors, and others. A separate code, the 25-pair color code, is used to identify wires in some telecommunications cables.<br />
The electronic color code was developed in the early 1920s by the Radio Manufacturers Association (now part of Electronic Industries Alliance<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><span></span><span></span></sup> (EIA)), and was published as EIA-RS-279. The current international standard is IEC 60062<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_color_code#cite_note-2"><span></span><span></span></a></sup><br />
Colorbands were commonly used (especially on resistors)
because they were easily printed on tiny components, decreasing
construction costs. However, there were drawbacks, especially for color blind
people. Overheating of a component, or dirt accumulation, may make it
impossible to distinguish brown from red from orange. Advances in
printing technology have made printed numbers practical for small
components, which are often found in modern electronics.<br />
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Resistor_color-coding">Resistor color-coding</span></h2>
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One decade of the E12 series (there are twelve preferred values per decade of values) shown with their electronic color codes on resistors.</div>
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A 100 kΩ, 5% through-hole resistor.</div>
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A 0Ω resistor, marked with a single black band.</div>
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<a class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Resistor_bands.svg" title="A diagram of a resistor, with four color bands A, B, C, D from left to right"><img alt="A diagram of a resistor, with four color bands A, B, C, D from left to right" height="103" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Resistor_bands.svg/170px-Resistor_bands.svg.png" width="170" /></a> <a class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:4-Band_Resistor.svg" title="A diagram of a 2.7 MΩ color-coded resistor."><img alt="A diagram of a 2.7 MΩ color-coded resistor." height="120" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/4-Band_Resistor.svg/200px-4-Band_Resistor.svg.png" width="200" /></a><br />
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A 2260 ohm, 1% precision resistor with 5 color bands (E96 series), from
top 2-2-6-1-1; the last two brown bands indicate the multiplier (x10),
and the 1% tolerance. The larger gap before the tolerance band is
somewhat difficult to distinguish.</div>
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To distinguish left from right there is a gap between the C and D bands.<br />
<ul>
<li>band <b>A</b> is first significant figure of component value (left side)</li>
<li>band <b>B</b> is the second significant figure (Some precision resistors have a third significant figure, and thus five bands.)</li>
<li>band <b>C</b> is the decimal multiplier</li>
<li>band <b>D</b> if present, indicates tolerance of value in percent (no band means 20%)</li>
</ul>
For example, a resistor with bands of <i>yellow, violet, red, and gold</i>
will have first digit 4 (yellow in table below), second digit 7
(violet), followed by 2 (red) zeros: 4,700 ohms. Gold signifies that the
tolerance is ±5%, so the real resistance could lie anywhere between
4,465 and 4,935 ohms.<br />
Resistors manufactured for military use may also include a fifth band which indicates component failure rate (reliability); refer to MIL-HDBK-199 for further details.<br />
Tight tolerance resistors may have three bands for significant figures rather than two, or an additional band indicating temperature coefficient, in units of ppm/K.<br />
All coded components will have at least two value bands and a multiplier; other bands are optional.<br />
The standard color code per EN 60062:2005 is as follows:<br />
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<table align="center" class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; width: 500px;"><tbody>
<tr><th width="80">Color</th>
<th>Significant<br />
figures</th>
<th>Multiplier</th>
<th colspan="2" width="100">Tolerance</th>
<th colspan="2" width="100">Temp. Coefficient (ppm/K)</th>
</tr>
<tr style="background: black; color: white;">
<td><span style="color: white;">Black</span></td>
<td>0</td>
<td>×10<sup>0</sup></td>
<td colspan="2">–</td>
<td>250</td>
<td>U</td>
</tr>
<tr style="background: #964B00; color: white;">
<td><span style="color: white;">Brown</span></td>
<td>1</td>
<td>×10<sup>1</sup></td>
<td>±1%</td>
<td>F</td>
<td>100</td>
<td>S</td>
</tr>
<tr style="background: #FF0000; color: white;">
<td><span style="color: white;">Red</span></td>
<td>2</td>
<td>×10<sup>2</sup></td>
<td>±2%</td>
<td>G</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>R</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFA500">
<td>Orange</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>×10<sup>3</sup></td>
<td colspan="2">–</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>P</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFF00">
<td>Yellow</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>×10<sup>4</sup></td>
<td>(±5%)</td>
<td>–</td>
<td>25</td>
<td>Q</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#9ACD32">
<td>Green</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>×10<sup>5</sup></td>
<td>±0.5%</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>Z</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#6495ED">
<td>Blue</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>×10<sup>6</sup></td>
<td>±0.25%</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>Z</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#EE82EE">
<td>Violet</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>×10<sup>7</sup></td>
<td>±0.1%</td>
<td>B</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>M</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#A0A0A0">
<td>Gray</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>×10<sup>8</sup></td>
<td>±0.05% (±10%)</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>K</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<td>White</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>×10<sup>9</sup></td>
<td colspan="2">–</td>
<td colspan="2">–</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#CFB53B">
<td>Gold</td>
<td>–</td>
<td>×10<sup>-1</sup></td>
<td>±5%</td>
<td>J</td>
<td colspan="2">–</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#C0C0C0">
<td>Silver</td>
<td>–</td>
<td>×10<sup>-2</sup></td>
<td>±10%</td>
<td>K</td>
<td colspan="2">–</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>None</td>
<td>–</td>
<td>–</td>
<td>±20%</td>
<td>M</td>
<td colspan="2">–</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="11" height="2"><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="11" style="font-size: 0.8em; text-align: left;">
<ol>
<li>Any temperature coefficent not assigned its own letter shall be marked "Z", and the coefficient found in other documentation.</li>
<li>For more information, see EN 60062.</li>
<li>Yellow and Gray are used in high-voltage resistors to avoid metal particles in the lacquer.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-vishay_VR37_3-0"><span></span><span></span></sup></li>
</ol>
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</tr>
</tbody></table>
Resistors use preferred numbers for their specific values, which are determined by their tolerance. These values repeat for every decade of magnitude: 6.8, 68, 680, and so forth. In the E24 series the values are related by the 24th root of 10, while E12 series are related by the 12th root of 10, and E6 series
by the 6th root of 10. The tolerance of device values is arranged so
that every value corresponds to a preferred number, within the required
tolerance.<br />
Zero ohm resistors
are made as lengths of wire wrapped in a resistor-shaped body which can
be substituted for another resistor value in automatic insertion
equipment. They are marked with a single black band.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><span></span><span></span></sup><br />
The 'body-end-dot' or 'body-tip-spot' system was used for radial-lead
(and other cylindrical) composition resistors sometimes still found in
very old equipment; the first band was given by the body color, the
second band by the color of the end of the resistor, and the multiplier
by a dot or band around the middle of the resistor. The other end of the
resistor was colored gold or silver to give the tolerance, otherwise it
was 20%.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Radio_Engineers_page_52_5-0"><span></span><span></span></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Capacitor_color-coding">Capacitor color-coding</span></h2>
Capacitors may be marked with 4 or more colored bands or dots. The
colors encode the first and second most significant digits of the value,
and the third color the decimal multiplier in picofarads. Additional
bands have meanings which may vary from one type to another.
Low-tolerance capacitors may begin with the first 3 (rather than 2)
digits of the value. It is usually, but not always, possible to work out
what scheme is used by the particular colors used. Cylindrical
capacitors marked with bands may look like resistors.<br />
<table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr>
<th colspan="2">Color</th>
<th>Significant digits</th>
<th>Multiplier</th>
<th>Capacitance tolerance</th>
<th>Characteristic</th>
<th>DC working voltage</th>
<th>Operating temperature</th>
<th>EIA/vibration</th>
</tr>
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<td style="background-color: black;"> </td>
<th>Black</th>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>±20%</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>−55 °C to +70 °C</td>
<td>10 to 55 Hz</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: brown;"><br /></td>
<th>Brown</th>
<td>1</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>±1%</td>
<td>B</td>
<td>100</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: red;"><br /></td>
<th>Red</th>
<td>2</td>
<td>100</td>
<td>±2%</td>
<td>C</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>−55 °C to +85 °C</td>
<td>—</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: orange;"><br /></td>
<th>Orange</th>
<td>3</td>
<td><span style="white-space: nowrap;">1<span style="margin-left: 0.2em;">000</span></span></td>
<td>—</td>
<td>D</td>
<td>300</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></td>
<th>Yellow</th>
<td>4</td>
<td><span style="white-space: nowrap;">10<span style="margin-left: 0.2em;">000</span></span></td>
<td>—</td>
<td>E</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>−55 °C to +125 °C</td>
<td>10 to 2000 Hz</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: green;"><br /></td>
<th>Green</th>
<td>5</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>±0.5%</td>
<td>F</td>
<td>500</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: blue;"><br /></td>
<th>Blue</th>
<td>6</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>−55 °C to +150 °C</td>
<td>—</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: violet;"><br /></td>
<th>Violet</th>
<td>7</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: grey;"><br /></td>
<th>Grey</th>
<td>8</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: white;"><br /></td>
<th>White</th>
<td>9</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>EIA</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: gold;"><br /></td>
<th>Gold</th>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>±5%*</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>1000</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color: silver;"><br /></td>
<th>Silver</th>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>±10%</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td>
<td>—</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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*or ±0.5 pF, whichever is greater.<br />
Extra bands on ceramic capacitors will identify the voltage rating class and temperature coefficient characteristics.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Radio_Engineers_page_52_5-1"><span></span><span></span></sup>
A broad black band was applied to some tubular paper capacitors to
indicate the end that had the outer electrode; this allowed this end to
be connected to chassis ground to provide some shielding against hum and
noise pickup.<br />
Polyester film and "gum drop" tantalum electrolytic capacitors are
also color-coded to give the value, working voltage and tolerance.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Diode_part_number">Diode part number</span></h2>
The part number for diodes was sometimes also encoded as colored
rings around the diode, using the same numerals as for other parts. The JEDEC "1N" prefix was assumed, and the balance of the part number was given by three or four rings.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Postage_stamp_capacitors_and_war_standard_coding">Postage stamp capacitors and war standard coding</span></h2>
Capacitors of the rectangular 'postage stamp" form made for military use during World War II used <i>American War Standard</i> (AWS) or <i>Joint Army Navy</i>
(JAN) coding in six dots stamped on the capacitor. An arrow on the top
row of dots pointed to the right, indicating the reading order. From
left to right the top dots were: either black, indicating JAN mica, or
silver, indicating AWS paper; first significant digit; and second
significant digit. The bottom three dots indicated temperature
characteristic, tolerance, and decimal multiplier. The characteristic
was black for ±1000 ppm/°C, brown for ±500, red for ±200, orange for
±100, yellow for −20 to +100 ppm/°C, and green for 0 to +70 ppm/°C. A
similar six-dot code by EIA had the top row as first, second and third
significant digits and the bottom row as voltage rating (in hundreds of
volts; no color indicated 500 volts), tolerance, and multiplier. A
three-dot EIA code was used for 500 volt 20% tolerance capacitors, and
the dots signified first and second significant digits and the
multiplier. Such capacitors were common in vacuum tube equipment and in surplus for a generation after the war but are unavailable now.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ARRL77_6-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_color_code#cite_note-ARRL77-6"><span></span><span></span></a></sup><br />
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Postage-stamp mica capacitors marked with the EIA 3-dot and 6-dot color
codes, giving capacitance value, tolerance, working voltage, and
temperature characteristic. This style of capacitor was used in
vacuum-tube equipment.</div>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Mnemonics">Mnemonics</span></h2>
<div class="rellink">
Further information: List of electronic color code mnemonics</div>
A useful mnemonic matches the first letter of the color code, by order of increasing magnitude. Here is one that includes tolerance codes gold, silver, and none:<br />
<ul>
<li><b>B</b>ad <b>b</b>eer <b>r</b>ots <b>o</b>ur <b>y</b>oung <b>g</b>uts <b>bu</b>t <b>v</b>odka <b>g</b>oes <b>w</b>ell – <b>g</b>et <b>s</b>ome <b>n</b>ow.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"><span></span><span></span></sup></li>
</ul>
The colors are sorted in the order of the visible light spectrum: red
(2), orange (3), yellow (4), green (5), blue (6), violet (7). Black (0)
has no energy, brown (1) has a little more, white (9) has everything
and grey (8) is like white, but less intense.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><span></span><span></span></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Examples">Examples</span></h2>
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Color-coded resistors</div>
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From top to bottom:<br />
<ul>
<li>Green-Blue-Black-Brown
<ul>
<li>56 ohms ± 1%</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Red-Red-Orange-Gold
<ul>
<li>22,000 ohms ± 5%</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Yellow-Violet-Brown-Gold
<ul>
<li>470 ohms ± 5%</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Blue-Gray-Black-Gold
<ul>
<li>68 ohms ± 5%</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>violet-red-orange-no band
<ul>
<li>72,000 ohms ± 20%</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
The physical size of a resistor is indicative of the power it can dissipate, not of its resistance.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Printed_numbers">Printed numbers</span></h2>
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0Ω and 27Ω (27×10<sup>0</sup>) surface-mount resistors.</div>
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Color-coding of this form is becoming rarer. In newer equipment, most passive components come in surface mount packages. Many of these packages are unlabeled, and those that are labeled normally use alphanumeric codes, not colors.<br />
In one popular marking method, the manufacturer prints 3 digits on components: 2 value digits followed by the power of ten multiplier. Thus the value of a resistor marked <b>472</b> is 4,700 Ω, a capacitor marked <b>104</b> is 100 nF (10x10<sup>4</sup> pF), and an inductor marked <b>475</b> is 4.7 H (4,700,000 µH). This can be confusing; a resistor marked <b>270</b> might seem to be a 270 Ω unit, when the value is actually 27 Ω (27×10<sup>0</sup>).
A similar method is used to code precision surface mount resistors by
using a 4-digit code which has 3 significant figures and a power of ten
multiplier. Using the same example as above, <b>4701</b> would represent a 470x10<sup>1</sup>=4700 Ω, 1% resistor. Another way is to use the "kilo-" or "mega-" prefixes in place of the decimal point:<br />
<dl><dd>1K2 = 1.2 kΩ = 1,200 Ω</dd><dd>M47 = 0.47 MΩ = 470,000 Ω</dd><dd>68R = 68 Ω</dd></dl>
For some 1% resistors, a three-digit alphanumeric code is used, which
is not obviously related to the value but can be derived from a table
of 1% values. For instance, a resistor marked <i>68C</i> is 499(<i>68</i>) × 100(<i>C</i>) = 49,900 Ω. In this case the value 499 is the 68th entry of the E96 series of preferred 1% values.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9"><span></span><span></span></sup> The multiplier letters are as follows:<br />
<table class="wikitable"><caption>EIA E96 SMD alphanumeric code</caption>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Letter</th>
<th>Multiplier</th>
<th>Decimal</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Z</td>
<td>10<sup>−3</sup></td>
<td>0.001</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Y or R</td>
<td>10<sup>−2</sup></td>
<td>0.01</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>X or S</td>
<td>10<sup>−1</sup></td>
<td>0.1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A</td>
<td>10<sup>0</sup></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>B or H</td>
<td>10<sup>1</sup></td>
<td>10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>C</td>
<td>10<sup>2</sup></td>
<td>100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>D</td>
<td>10<sup>3</sup></td>
<td>1000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>E</td>
<td>10<sup>4</sup></td>
<td>10000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>F</td>
<td>10<sup>5</sup></td>
<td>100000</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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SMT jumpers, marked "0" or "000", are sometimes called "Zero-ohm links" or "0-ohm resistors" although technically they are not resistors.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Transformer_wiring_color_codes">Transformer wiring color codes</span></h2>
Power transformers
used in North American vacuum-tube equipment often were color-coded to
identify the leads. Black was the primary connection, red secondary for
the B+ (plate voltage), red with a yellow tracer was the center tap
for the B+ full-wave rectifier winding, green or brown was the heater
voltage for all tubes, yellow was the filament voltage for the rectifier
tube (often a different voltage than other tube heaters). Two wires of
each color were provided for each circuit, and phasing was not
identified by the color code.<br />
Audio transformers for vacuum tube equipment were coded blue for the
finishing lead of the primary, red for the B+ lead of the primary, brown
for a primary center tap, green for the finishing lead of the
secondary, black for grid lead of the secondary, and yellow for a tapped
secondary. Each lead had a different color since relative polarity or
phase was more important for these transformers. Intermediate-frequency
tuned transformers were coded blue and red for the primary and green and
black for the secondary.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ARRL77_6-1"><span></span><span></span></sup><br />
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<i><span dir="auto">Diode logic</span></i></h1>
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<i><span dir="auto"><b>Diode logic</b> (DL) or <b>diode-resistor logic</b> constructs Boolean logic gates from diodes
acting as electrically operated switches. While diode logic has the
advantage of simplicity, the lack of an amplifying stage in each gate
limits its application. Not all logical functions can be implemented in
diode logic alone; only the non-inverting logical AND and logical OR
functions can be realized by diode gates. If several diode logic gates
are cascaded, the voltage levels at each stage are significantly
changed, so one-stage applications are used.</span></i></div>
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Diode_logic_gate_versions">Diode logic gate versions</span></h2>
In logic gates, logical functions are performed by parallel or series
connected switches controlled by input logical variables. In diode
logic, electrically operated switches are implemented by diodes: when
forward biased, a diode switch is closed; when backward biased, the
switch is open. There are two kinds of diode logic gates - OR and AND.
It is not possible to construct NOT diode gate. The explanations below
are true for positive logic (high voltage represents <i>logical 1</i> and low voltage represents <i>logical 0</i>).<br />
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<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="OR_logic_gate">OR logic gate</span></h3>
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In a diode OR gate, the output voltage is high if at least one input
voltage is high. The output voltage is low if all the input voltages are
low.</div>
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OR logic gates are implemented by parallel connected <i>normally open</i> switches. So, in diode OR logic gates, the input voltage sources are connected to diode <i>anodes</i>. Diode cathodes are joined to the output (node 1 in the figure), which is connected through the pull-down resistor R1 to ground.<br />
<b>Input logical one.</b> If the voltage of a particular input voltage source is high (input logical <i>1</i>),
the according diode is forward biased and this diode switch is closed.
The input source passes current through the diode and creates high
voltage drop across the resistor R1 (output logical <i>1</i>). The rest of diodes connected to low input voltage (input logical <i>0s</i>) are backward biased and their input sources (grounds) are disconnected from the output.<br />
<b>Input logical zeros.</b> If all the input voltages are low (input logical <i>0</i>),
the voltage drops across the diodes are zero. These diode switches are
open and the input sources (grounds) are disconnected from the output.
No current flows through the resistor. The output voltage is low (output
logical <i>0</i>) and the output resistance is R1.<br />
If two diode OR logic gates are cascaded, they behave as <i>current-sourcing</i>
logic gates: if the first gate produces high output voltage, the second
gate consumes current from the first one. If the first gate produces
low output voltage, the second gate does not inject current into the
output of the first one. A diode OR gate does not use its own power
supply. The input sources with high voltage (logical <i>1</i>) supply the load through the forward-biased diodes.<br />
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<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="AND_logic_gate">AND logic gate</span></h3>
<h4>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Basic_idea">Basic idea</span></h4>
AND logic gates are implemented by series connected <i>normally open</i>
switches. So, diode AND logic gates should be implemented by series
connected diode switches (like an NMOS AND gate that is implemented by
series connected transistor switches). However, in contrast to
transistors, diodes are two-terminal switching elements, in which the
input and output are not separated but they are the same. As a result,
series connected diode switches cannot be driven by grounded input
voltage sources. To solve this problem, diode AND gates are constructed
in the same manner as OR diode gates - by parallel connected diode
switches.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><span></span><span></span></sup> However, to obtain AND instead of OR function according to De Morgan's laws, the input and output logical variables are inverted:<br />
<dl><dd><i>Y</i> = NOT (NOT (<i>X1</i>) OR NOT (<i>X2</i>)) = NOT (NOT (<i>X1</i> AND <i>X2</i>)) = <i>X1</i> AND <i>X2</i>,</dd></dl>
where <i>X1</i> and <i>X2</i> are the two input logical variables; <i>Y</i> is the output variable.<br />
Therefore, the diode AND logic gate is a modified diode OR logic gate: <i>the diode AND gate is actually a diode OR gate with inverted inputs and output</i>.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Implementation">Implementation</span></h4>
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In a diode AND gate, the output voltage is high if all the input
voltages are high. The output voltage is low if at least one of the
input voltage is low.</div>
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To realize the basic idea, the diodes are <i>reverse connected</i> and <i>forward biased</i> by an additional voltage source <i>+V</i> (a power supply) through the pull-up resistor
R1. The input voltage sources are connected in opposite direction to
the supplying voltage source (traveling along the loop +V - R1 - D -
Vin). To invert the output voltage and to get a grounded output, the
complementary voltage drop (<i>+V</i> - <i>V<sub>R1</sub></i>) between the output and ground is taken as an output instead the floating voltage drop <i>V<sub>R1</sub></i> across the resistor.<br />
<b>Input logical ones.</b> When all the input voltages are high, they "neutralize" the biasing supply voltage <i>+V</i>. The voltage drops across the diodes are zero and these diode switches are open. The output voltage is high (output logical <i>1</i>)
since no current flows through the resistor and there is no voltage
drop across it. The output resistance is R1. Hence, the behavior of the
diode switches is reversed - whereas in diode OR logic gates diodes act
as <i>normally open switches</i>, in diode AND logic gates diodes act as <i>normally closed switches</i>.<br />
<b>Input logical zero.</b> If the voltage of some input voltage source is low (input logical <i>0</i>),
the power supply passes current through the resistor, diode and the
input source. The diode is forward biased (the diode switch is closed)
and the output voltage drop across the diode is low (output logical <i>0</i>).
The output resistance is low and is determined by the input source. The
rest of diodes connected to high input voltages (input logical <i>1s</i>) are backward biased and their input sources are disconnected from the output Node 1.<br />
If two diode AND logic gates are cascaded, they behave as <i>current-sinking</i>
logic gates: if the first gate produces high output voltage, the second
gate does not consume current from the first one; if the first gate
produces low output voltage, the second gate injects current into the
output of the first one. A diode AND gate uses its own power supply to
drive the load through the pull-up resistor.<br />
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Properties">Properties</span></h2>
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Non-restoring_logic">Non-restoring logic</span></h3>
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In cascaded AND-OR diode gates, the high voltage level is decreased more than two times.</div>
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Digital logic implemented by active elements is characterized by signal restoration. <i>True</i> and <i>false</i> or <i>1</i> and <i>0</i>
are represented by two specific voltage levels. If the inputs to a
digital logic gate is close to their respective levels, the output will
be closer or exactly equal to its desired level. Active logic gates may
be integrated in large numbers because each gate tends to remove noise
at its input. Diode logic gates are implemented by passive elements; so,
they have two restoration problems.<br />
<b>Forward voltage drop.</b> The first restoration problem of diode logic is that there is a voltage drop V<sub>F</sub>
about 0.6 V across the forward-biased diode. This voltage is added to
or subtracted from the input of every gate so that it accumulates when
identical diode gates are cascaded. In an OR gate, V<sub>F</sub> decreases the high voltage level (the logical <i>1</i>) while in an AND gate, it increases the low voltage level (the logical <i>0</i>). The feasible number of logic stages thus depends on the difference between the high and low voltages.<br />
<b>Source resistance.</b> Another problem of diode logic is the
internal resistance of the input voltage sources. Together with the gate
resistor, it constitutes a voltage divider that worsens the voltage
levels. In an OR gate, the source resistance decreases the high voltage
level (the logical <i>1</i>) while in an AND gate, it increases the low voltage level (the logical <i>0</i>).
In the cascaded AND-OR diode gates in the picture on the right, the AND
high output voltages are decreased because of the internal voltage
drops across the AND pull-up resistances.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><span></span><span></span></sup><br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Non-inverting_logic">Non-inverting logic</span></h3>
Diode logic is non-inverting in both the OR and AND configurations: a diode OR gate is <i>true non-inverting</i> (<i>Y</i> = <i>X</i> in the case of one-input OR gate) while a diode AND gate is non-inverting since it is <i>double inverting</i> (<i>Y</i> = NOT (NOT (<i>X</i>)) = <i>X</i> in the case of one-input AND gate - see the considerations above).
Diode AND gate would be inverting if the voltage drop across the
resistor is taken as an output but the load would be not grounded in
this case.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Applications">Applications</span></h2>
Diode logic gates are used to build diode–transistor logic (DTL) gates as integrated circuits.<br />
The outputs of conventional ICs (with complementary output stages)
must never be directly connected together since they act as voltage
sources.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><span></span><span></span></sup> However, diodes can be used to combine two or more digital (high/low) outputs from an IC such as a counter. This wired logic connection can be a useful way of producing simple logic functions without using additional logic gates<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diode_logic#cite_note-4"><span></span><span></span></a></sup><br />
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<i><span dir="auto">Diode matrix</span></i></h1>
A <b>diode matrix</b> is a two-dimensional grid of wires: each "intersection" wherein one row crosses over another has either a diode connecting them, or the wires are isolated from each other.<br />
It is one of the most popular techniques for implementing a read-only memory. A diode matrix is used as the control store or microprogram in many early computers. A logically equivalent <b>transistor matrix</b> is still used as the control store or microprogram or 'decode ROM' in many modern microprocessors.<br />
At any one instant, a single row of the diode matrix (or transistor
matrix) is activated. Charge flows through each diode connected to that
row. That activates the column corresponding to each row. The only
activated control signals during that instant were those whose
corresponding column wire was connected with a diode to that row.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2>
A diode matrix ROM was used in many computers in the 1960s and 70s, as well as electronic desk calculators and keyboard encoders for computer terminals.<br />
The microsequencer of many early computers, perhaps starting with the Whirlwind (computer),
simply activated each row of the diode matrix in sequence, and after
the last row was activated, started over again with the first row.<br />
The technique of microprogramming as first described by Maurice Wilkes in terms of a second diode matrix added to a diode matrix control store.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-smotherman_1-0"><span></span><span></span></sup>
Later computers used a variety of alternative implementations of the
control store, but eventually returned to a diode matrix or transistor
matrix. A person would microprogram the control store on such early
computers by manually attaching diodes to selected intersections of the word lines and bit lines. In schematic diagrams, the word lines are usually horizontal and the bit lines are usually vertical.<br />
The control store on some minicomputers was one or more programmable logic array
chips. The "blank" PLA from the chip manufacturer came with a diode
matrix or transistor matrix with a diode (or transistor) at every
intersection. A person would microprogram the control store on these
computers by destroying the unwanted connections at selected
intersections.<br />
Some modern microprocessors and application-specific integrated circuits
(ASICs) use a diode matrix or transistor matrix control store.
Typically a blank grid is designed with a diode (or transistor) at every
intersection, and then a mask is prepared that leaves out the unwanted
connections at selected intersections. When reverse engineering integrated circuits
that include such a mask-programmed decode ROM, one of the key steps is
to take photographs of that ROM with enough resolution to separate each
intersection site and enough color depth to distinguish between the
"connected" and "not connected" intersections. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diode_matrix#cite_note-2"><span></span><span></span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diode_matrix#cite_note-3"><span></span><span></span></a></sup><br />
Since the control store is in the critical path of computer
execution, a fast control store is an important part of a fast computer.
For a while the control store was many times faster than program
memory, allowing a long, complicated sequence of steps through the
control store per instruction fetch, leading to what is now called complex instruction set computing.
Later techniques for fast instruction cache sped that cache up to the
point that the control store was only a few times faster than
instruction cache, leading to fewer and eventually only one step through
the control store per instruction fetch in reduced instruction set computing.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-smotherman_1-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diode_matrix#cite_note-smotherman-1"><span></span><span></span></a></sup><br />
A keyboard matrix circuit has a very similar grid of diodes, but is used differently.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span dir="auto"><span style="font-size: small;">An <b>OLED</b> (<b>organic light-emitting diode</b>) is a light-emitting diode (LED) in which the emissive electroluminescent layer is a film of organic compound
(an organic compound is any member of a large class of gaseous, liquid,
or solid chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon) which emits
light in response to an electric current. This layer of organic semiconductor is situated between two electrodes. Generally, at least one of these electrodes is transparent. OLEDs are used to create digital displays in devices such as television screens, computer monitors, portable systems such as mobile phones, handheld games consoles and PDAs. A major area of research is the development of white OLED devices for use in solid-state lighting applications. </span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span dir="auto"><span style="font-size: small;">There are two main families of OLED: those based on small molecules and those employing polymers. Adding mobile ions to an OLED creates a light-emitting electrochemical cell or LEC, which has a slightly different mode of operation. OLED displays can use either passive-matrix (PMOLED) or active-matrix addressing schemes. Active-matrix OLEDs (AMOLED) require a thin-film transistor backplane to switch each individual pixel on or off, but allow for higher resolution and larger display sizes.</span></span></i></span></div>
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A typical OLED is composed of a layer of organic materials situated between two electrodes, the anode and cathode, all deposited on a substrate. The organic molecules are electrically conductive as a result of delocalization of pi electrons caused by conjugation
over all or part of the molecule. These materials have conductivity
levels ranging from insulators to conductors, and therefore are
considered organic semiconductors. The highest occupied and lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals (HOMO and LUMO) of organic semiconductors are analogous to the valence and conduction bands of inorganic semiconductors.<br />
Originally, the most basic polymer OLEDs consisted of a single
organic layer. One example was the first light-emitting device
synthesised by J. H. Burroughes <i>et al.</i>, which involved a single layer of poly(p-phenylene vinylene).
However multilayer OLEDs can be fabricated with two or more layers in
order to improve device efficiency. As well as conductive properties,
different materials may be chosen to aid charge injection at electrodes
by providing a more gradual electronic profile,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLED#cite_note-22"><span></span><span></span></a></sup>or block a charge from reaching the opposite electrode and being wasted.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLED#cite_note-23"><span></span><span></span></a></sup>
Many modern OLEDs incorporate a simple bilayer structure, consisting of
a conductive layer and an emissive layer. More recent developments in
OLED architecture improves quantum efficiency (up to 19%) by using a
graded heterojunction.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-r2_24-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLED#cite_note-r2-24"><span></span><span></span></a></sup>
In the graded heterojunction architecture, the composition of hole and
electron-transport materials varies continuously within the emissive
layer with a dopant emitter. The graded heterojunction architecture
combines the benefits of both conventional architectures by improving
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During operation, a voltage is applied across the OLED such that the
anode is positive with respect to the cathode. Anodes are picked based
upon the fact of how good their optical transparency, electrical
conductivity, and chemical stability are.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26"><span></span><span></span></sup> A current of electrons
flows through the device from cathode to anode, as electrons are
injected into the LUMO of the organic layer at the cathode and withdrawn
from the HOMO at the anode. This latter process may also be described
as the injection of electron holes into the HOMO. Electrostatic forces bring the electrons and the holes towards each other and they recombine forming an exciton,
a bound state of the electron and hole. This happens closer to the
emissive layer, because in organic semiconductors holes are generally
more mobile
than electrons. The decay of this excited state results in a relaxation
of the energy levels of the electron, accompanied by emission of radiation whose frequency is in the visible region. The frequency of this radiation depends on the band gap of the material, in this case the difference in energy between the HOMO and LUMO.<br />
As electrons and holes are fermions with half integer spin, an exciton may either be in a singlet state or a triplet state
depending on how the spins of the electron and hole have been combined.
Statistically three triplet excitons will be formed for each singlet
exciton. Decay from triplet states (phosphorescence) is spin forbidden, increasing the timescale of the transition and limiting the internal efficiency of fluorescent devices. Phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes make use of spin–orbit interactions to facilitate intersystem crossing
between singlet and triplet states, thus obtaining emission from both
singlet and triplet states and improving the internal efficiency.<br />
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Indium tin oxide (ITO) is commonly used as the anode material. It is transparent to visible light and has a high work function which promotes injection of holes into the HOMO level of the organic layer. A typical conductive layer may consist of PEDOT:PSS<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLED#cite_note-27"><span></span><span></span></a></sup>
as the HOMO level of this material generally lies between the
workfunction of ITO and the HOMO of other commonly used polymers,
reducing the energy barriers for hole injection. Metals such as barium and calcium are often used for the cathode as they have low work functions which promote injection of electrons into the LUMO of the organic layer.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28"><span></span><span></span></sup> Such metals are reactive, so they require a capping layer of aluminium to avoid degradation.<br />
Experimental research has proven that the properties of the anode,
specifically the anode/hole transport layer (HTL) interface topography
plays a major role in the efficiency, performance, and lifetime of
organic light emitting diodes. Imperfections in the surface of the anode
decrease anode-organic film interface adhesion, increase electrical
resistance, and allow for more frequent formation of non-emissive dark
spots in the OLED material adversely affecting lifetime. Mechanisms to
decrease anode roughness for ITO/glass substrates include the use of
thin films and self-assembled monolayers. Also, alternative substrates
and anode materials are being considered to increase OLED performance
and lifetime. Possible examples include single crystal sapphire
substrates treated with gold (Au) film anodes yielding lower work
functions, operating voltages, electrical resistance values, and
increasing lifetime of OLEDs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29"><span></span><span></span></sup><br />
Single carrier devices are typically used to study the kinetics
and charge transport mechanisms of an organic material and can be
useful when trying to study energy transfer processes. As current
through the device is composed of only one type of charge carrier,
either electrons or holes, recombination does not occur and no light is
emitted. For example, electron only devices can be obtained by replacing
ITO with a lower work function metal which increases the energy barrier
of hole injection. Similarly, hole only devices can be made by using a
cathode made solely of aluminium, resulting in an energy barrier too
large for efficient electron injection.<br />
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Google will shut down its Messenger group chatting service as part of an
update to its Google+ app for Android-based devices, the company
announced. Google also will ditch the service on iOS devices.
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Google Hangouts, which performs similar messaging and video calling
functions, will act as a replacement for Messenger, said Google software
engineer Virgil Dobjanschi, in a Wednesday blog post.
Google Messenger was a service for mobile devices designed for group
conversations with text, photos, and face-to-face video chat.
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Because Hangouts provides messaging and video calls across Android, iOS,
and the Web, “we’re moving Messenger from the Google+ mobile apps,
first on Android, then on iOS,” Dobjanschi said. Messenger will be shut
down Wednesday for Android-based devices. A Google spokeswoman declined
to comment further on when the service will be removed on iOS.
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Users will be able to download all of their Messenger conversations,
including text and photos, from Google’s Takeout data export service
later on Wednesday, Dobjanschi said.
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Competition</h2>
The offer of a transition to Hangouts, however, does not guarantee that
users will stay, because the product occupies an increasingly crowded
market of other group chat and messaging services. Competitors include
Facebook’s Messenger service, WhatsApp, Rounds, and Imo messenger.
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Google also faces pressure to distinguish its Google+ social network
from large rivals like Twitter and Facebook. To make Google+ more
attractive to users, the company announced more than 40 new featuresat
its annual I/O conference for developers in May. Some of those
enhancements included an improved interface and ongoing chat and photo
improvements.
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Google+ has roughly 190 million active users, the company reported in
May. More than 390 million people are active across Google, which
includes liking content in the Google Play Store, making video calls in
Gmail and sharing YouTube videos.
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Facebook, meanwhile, has more than 1 billion monthly active users, and Twitter has just over 200 million.
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Google has recently shut down some other services in the process of
updating its apps. Last month the company scrapped its Latitude and
check-ins products as part of an update
to its Maps app. Google Latitude provided a way for people to see the
approximate locations of friends and others who have shared that
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Several new features are coming to the Google+ Android app that will be
rolling out over the next few days, the company said on Wednesday.
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While some of the location-sharing features might now be absent from
Google Maps, there are additional tools in this area within the Google+
Android app.
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With the new version of the app, location sharing includes more
controls, so people can share their pinpoint or city-level location with
others, and on a circle-by-circle basis, if they want, Google said. In
other words, users can share their pinpoint location with family, and
their city-level location with co-workers, according to the company.
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The update also lets Google+ for Android interact more with Google’s
Drive cloud storage service. If users are sharing photos or videos in
Google Drive, they now have the option to view and share them from
Google+ on Android and on the Web, Google said. Google’s photo auto-enhancement feature, which was first rolled out at the I/O conference, will be applied here as well.
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A pull-to-refresh feature, which commonly lets people see the latest
content within an app by pulling down on the screen, also is on the way
for the app, Google said.
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<td>13 May 2008<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-launched_1-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimbuzz#cite_note-launched-1"></a></sup></td>
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2.4.3 <br />
<b>iOS</b><br />
3.0.2 <br />
<b>Blackberry OS</b><br />
2.0 <br />
<b>Windows Phone</b><br />
1.1.2.1 </td>
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<td>Android, iOS, BlackBerry OS, Symbian, Windows Phone, Java ME, Windows, and Mac OS.</td>
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<td>English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Hindi, Arabic and more.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-languages_6-0"></sup></td>
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<td>Instant Messaging Client & VoIP</td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Licence</th>
<td>Proprietary</td>
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<td><span class="url"><a class="external text" href="http://www.nimbuzz.com/en/" rel="nofollow">www.nimbuzz.com/en/</a></span></td>
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<b>Nimbuzz</b> is a proprietary cross-platform instant messaging aggregator for smartphones, tablets and personal computers developed by Nimbuzz B.V.. Nimbuzz has 150 million users in 200 countries.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"></sup>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Company_history_and_background">Company history and background</span></h2>
Originally based in the Netherlands, Nimbuzz was founded in 2006 by
Evert Jaap Lugt and Martin Smink. In the first round of funding the
company received US$10 million on 19 May 2007, from various investors.In a second round of funding Nimbuzz received an additional US$15 million.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10"></sup><br />
Nimbuzz entered the VoIP market in January 2007. In May 2008, the company launched its combined Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) and instant messaging client. In January 2009, the company was selected as one of 100 winners of the industry award "Red Herring Global 100" for 2008.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimbuzz#cite_note-13"></a></sup><br />
In 2012 Nimbuzz moved its headquarters from Rotterdam to New Delhi, India to be closer to the expected mobile Internet boom happening there in the next five years. Nimbuzz appointed a new CEO as part of the move. A fifth of Nimbuzz's users reside in India. Additional offices are located in San Francisco, California; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Córdoba, Argentina where a software development team is located; and Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Revenue for the company comes from NimbuzzOut, sales on N-World, and from advertising inside the application. The company also partners directly with some telecom operators.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21"></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Features_and_functionality">Features and functionality</span></h2>
Nimbuzz is available for Android, iOS, BlackBerry OS, Symbian, Windows Phone and Java ME
mobile operating systems. It is one of the few IM apps available for
Java based phones, and they account for 25% of Nimbuzz users. For non-natively supported devices, a WAP interface is available. For desktop computers, clients are available for both Windows and Mac OS X. It is available in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Hindi and Arabic.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-languages_6-1"></sup><br />
Nimbuzz users can send XMPP based instant messages, images, and share their location. Group chat is supported. Voice-over-Internet Protocol and Video chat between most Nimbuzz clients is supported,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25"></sup>including VoIP to landline and cellular phones branded as NimbuzzOut. Nimbuzz can be set up with any valid SIP (VoIP) account.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimbuzz#cite_note-27"></a></sup><br />
Nimbuzz supports interaction with popular messaging services such as Twitter, Facebook Chat, Yahoo! Messenger and Google Talk.<br />
Nimbuzz has an in-app portal called N-World, with applications,
gifts, games, avatars and other virtual goods for sale. N-World has its
own currency called Nimbuckz.<br />
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deekshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01690904108520591483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582758707144564712.post-2135934245012608582013-07-06T00:25:00.000-07:002013-07-06T00:25:00.353-07:00Five Best Instant Messengers<div class="row">
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<i>Five Best Instant Messengers</i></h1>
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Instant
messaging has become so ubiquitous, an entire generation of internet
users is probably unaware there was ever life without it. Check out the
following five most popular instant messengers to to help you
communicate across networks and the world.</div>
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The following instant messengers all support multiple IM protocols, more than we could reasonable list in every single entry. </div>
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<a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.digsby.com/" target="_blank">Digsby</a> (Windows, Free)</h3>
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<br />Digsby's widespread popularity has recently taken a few lumps after they began including crapware
in their installer and offering affiliate money to users who help them
spread said crap. Despite these two moves, which have left quite a few
users grumbling, Digsby is still a chat client with quite a lot to offer
(and you can skip the bloat
with the right download). Digsby supports multiple chat networks and
allows you to merge your friends' multiple usernames into one unified
entry on your contact list. When you have Digsby minimized to the system
tray, you'll receive notification-style pop-up bubbles when messaged
that you can reply right in. Digsby also supports email notifications
for popular web-based email services through IMAP and POP3. Social
networking isn't left out, either, as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and
LinkedIn can all be viewed and updated via Digsby.</div>
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<a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://adium.im/" target="_blank">Adium</a> (Mac, Free)</h3>
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Adium is an open-source chat client for Mac OS X. Adium supports
multiple chat and social networking services like AIM, MSN Messenger,
Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, MySpace, and Facebook, among others.
Thanks to integration with the Mac OS, Adium can pull from your address
book to populate your contacts list, use system themes, and issue system
notifications including Growl notifications. Adium also has support for
all kinds of plug-ins and the hundreds of "Xtras"—Adium's label for
customization packages. If you'd like to keep things private, Adium also
supports encrypted chat via Off-The-Record Messaging
and is the only client in the Hive to have native support for it—though
Pidgin and Trillian can take advantage of it via plug-in.<br />
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<a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.pidgin.im/" target="_blank">Pidgin</a> (Windows/Linux, Free)</h3>
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<span class="img-border"><img alt="Five Best Instant Messengers" class="transform-ku-medium" height="150" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18iy6jftq3e6cjpg/ku-medium.jpg" width="300" /></span>Pidgin is another open-source offering with a great feature set and
support for popular chat networks such as AIM, ICW, Google Talk, and MSN
Messenger, among others. You can download a variety plug-ins to enhance your chat experience by keeping spam away, encrypting your conversations, connecting to social networks, and more. Pidgin doesn't have the most
bells and whistles of the clients represented in this Hive, but its
open-source code, cross-platform availability, and portable version keep
many people coming back to use the streamlined tool. If Pidgin is the
apple of your IM eye, be sure to check out our ten must-have plug-ins to power up Pidgin.</div>
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<a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.meebo.com/" target="_blank">Meebo</a> (Web-Based, Free)</h3>
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<span class="img-border" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Five Best Instant Messengers" class="transform-ku-medium" height="150" src="http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18iy6jftvu65mjpg/ku-medium.jpg" width="300" /></span>Meebo is a web-based instant messaging solution. Rather than requiring
you to install a client on your computer, you handle all of your instant
messaging affairs through the Meebo web site (although they do have a
lightweight system tray notifier available for Windows users).
Registration is optional if you're using a single service like AIM,
Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, or MSN Messenger; you can simply use your
credentials for that service to log into it through Meebo. If you want
to build a more fleshed out profile that logs into multiple services at
once, you'll need to sign up for a free Meebo account. One bonus for
people behind a corporate firewall, assuming that your firewall isn't
blocking the actual Meebo site, is that as long as you can use secure
web sites (those with the https:// designation), you can connect to all
your favorite chat services.</div>
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<a data-ls-seen="1" href="http://www.trillian.im/" target="_blank">Trillian Astra</a> (Windows, Basic: Free, Pro: $25)</h3>
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Trillian
seemed to all but disappear from the instant messaging scene for a while
there, but it's come back in full force with the beta-release of
Trillian Astra (which most were suspecting may have been vaporware). Trillian Astra has an extensive feature list,
although some of the juicier features are disabled after 30 days if you
don't upgrade to the Pro edition. Trillian supports the regular
customers like AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, and MSN Messenger, as well as
Facebook, MySpace, Skype, IRC, and Twitter. While video and audio
support are notably lacking from most of the entries in the Hive,
Trillian circumvents the problem of trying to play nice with 3rd party
protocols by sporting its own video and chat service that is run through
the Astra network.<br />
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deekshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01690904108520591483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582758707144564712.post-60134588958271423942013-06-30T01:37:00.000-07:002013-06-30T01:37:03.757-07:00Windows Live Messenger<h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="text-align: center;">
<i><span dir="auto">Windows Live Messenger</span></i></h1>
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Windows_Live_Messenger_icon.png"><img alt="Windows Live Messenger icon.png" height="64" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bf/Windows_Live_Messenger_icon.png" width="64" /></a></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_developer" title="Software developer">Developer(s)</a></th>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th>
<td>July 22, 1999<span class="noprint">; 13 years ago</span> as MSN Messenger</td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Discontinued</a></th>
<td>2012 (v16.4.3508.205) <small>(October 2, 2012<span class="noprint">; 8 months ago</span>)</small> </td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Development status</th>
<td>Disputed; see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#Discontinuation">§ Discontinuation</a></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th>
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a> and later</li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X" title="Mac OS X">Mac OS X</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Mobile" title="Windows Mobile">Windows Mobile</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Phone" title="Windows Phone">Windows Phone</a></li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian_OS" title="Symbian OS">Symbian OS</a> 9.x</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry_OS" title="BlackBerry OS">BlackBerry OS</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_CE" title="Windows CE">Windows CE</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a></li>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Available in</th>
<td>50 languages</td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_categories" title="List of software categories">Type</a></th>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">Instant messaging</a></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware" title="Freeware">Freeware</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundled_software" title="Bundled software">bundled</a>)</td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Website</th>
<td><span class="url"><a class="external text" href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/messenger/home" rel="nofollow">windows.microsoft.com/en-US/messenger/home</a></span></td>
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<b>Windows Live Messenger</b> (formerly <b>MSN Messenger</b>) is a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deprecated" title="Deprecated">deprecated</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging_client" title="Instant messaging client">instant messaging client</a> developed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> for <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows" title="Windows">Windows</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackberry_OS" title="Blackberry OS">Blackberry OS</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_%28Apple%29" title="IOS (Apple)">iOS</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_ME" title="Java ME">Java ME</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S60_%28software_platform%29" title="S60 (software platform)">S60</a> on <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian_OS" title="Symbian OS">Symbian OS</a> 9.x and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zune_HD" title="Zune HD">Zune HD</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><span></span><span></span></sup> It connected to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Messenger_service" title="Microsoft Messenger service">Microsoft Messenger service</a> while also having compatibility with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21_Messenger" title="Yahoo! Messenger">Yahoo! Messenger</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Messenger" title="Facebook Messenger">Facebook Messenger</a>. The client was first released as <i>MSN Messenger</i> on July 22, 1999 and was marketed under the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN" title="MSN">MSN</a> branding until 2005 when it was rebranded under <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live" title="Windows Live">Windows Live</a>
and has since been officially known by its present name, although its
previous name was still used colloquially by most of its users.
In June 2009, Microsoft reported the service attracted over 330 million
active users each month, placing Messenger among the most widely used
instant messaging clients in the world.
<br />
Following the acquisition of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype_Technologies" title="Skype Technologies">Skype Technologies</a>, Microsoft began to promote <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype" title="Skype">Skype</a> and introduced the ability to merge their Skype accounts with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_account" title="Microsoft account">Microsoft account</a>,
allowing users to communicate with Messenger contacts via Skype, which
had additional features and a wider user base. This led to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discontinuation" title="Discontinuation">discontinuation</a> of Messenger across the world, excluding <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainland_China" title="Mainland China">mainland China</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ZDNet-testbase_5-0"><span></span></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="MSN_Messenger_.281999.E2.80.932005.29">MSN Messenger (1999–2005)</span></h3>
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MSN Messenger logo, 1999–2006</div>
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Before the product was renamed Windows Live Messenger, it was named
"MSN Messenger" from 1999 to 2006. During that time, Microsoft released
seven major versions as follows. The first version of MSN Messenger
Service, version 1.0 (1.0.0863), was released July 22, 1999. It included
only basic features, such as plain text messaging and a simplistic
contact list. When it was first released, it featured support for access to <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_Online" title="America Online">America Online's</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_Instant_Messenger" title="AOL Instant Messenger">AIM</a>
network. America Online continually tried to block Microsoft from
having access to their service until eventually the feature was removed,
and it has not re-surfaced in any later versions of the software.
AOL did this by exploiting a buffer overflow bug in AIM, which causes
it to execute a bit of machine code sent by the server. When this code
runs, it determines if the client is AIM and sends a message back to
verify the client. Since then, the software has only allowed connections to its own service, requiring a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_ID" title="Windows Live ID">Windows Live ID</a>
(.NET Passport at that time) account to connect. Microsoft released the
first major update, version 2.0 (2.0.0083), on November 16, 1999. It
included a rotating advertising banner and the ability to customize the
appearance of the chat window. It came as an install option for <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Me" title="Windows Me">Windows Me</a>.
This version was followed the next year by version 3.0 (3.0.0080),
which was released May 29, 2000. It included file transfers and PC-to-PC
and PC-to-phone audio capabilities with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net2Phone" title="Net2Phone">Net2Phone</a>, one of the first <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VOIP" title="VOIP">VOIP</a> providers.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9"><span></span></sup><br />
Along with the release of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a>
came version 4.6 of MSN Messenger, on October 23, 2001. It included
major changes to the user interface, the ability to group contacts, and
support for voice conversations.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-10"><span></span></a></sup>
In this version, the client software was renamed from "MSN Messenger
Service" to just "MSN Messenger," while the underlying service became
known as "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Messenger_service" title="Microsoft Messenger service">.NET Messenger Service</a>". This version was only compatible with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95" title="Windows 95">Windows 95</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_98" title="Windows 98">98</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_ME" title="Windows ME">Windows ME</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT_4.0" title="Windows NT 4.0">NT 4.0</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2000" title="Windows 2000">Windows 2000</a>, because Microsoft provided a scaled-down new program for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a>, called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Messenger" title="Windows Messenger">Windows Messenger</a>, that it originally intended to replace MSN Messenger with on Windows XP.<br />
That strategy changed when version 5.0 of MSN Messenger was released
on October 24, 2002. It was the first version that was allowed to be
installed along with Windows Messenger on Windows XP. It included <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Plug_and_Play" title="Universal Plug and Play">UPnP</a> (Universal Plug and Play) based file transfers, minor changes to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_interface" title="User interface">user interface</a> artwork, and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Player" title="Windows Media Player">Windows Media Player</a> interface plug-in.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-12"><span></span></a></sup><br />
The next year, version 6.0 of MSN Messenger was released July 17,
2003. MSN Messenger 6.0 was a major overhaul of the whole platform,
upgrading its simple text-based interface to include customizable
elements such as emoticons, personalized avatars, and backgrounds. An
update, version 6.1, focused on improvements to the conversation window,
enabling users to hide the window frame and menu bar, and also the
ability to change the theme color. The theme color could be set
differently for each user. Another update, version 6.2, was released
April 22, 2004, and it was the last version of the MSN Messenger 6
series. The most notable changes were a dedicated <i>Mobile</i> group for mobile contacts, a connection troubleshooter, and the <i>Launch Site</i> feature was renamed to <i>Fun & Games</i>.<br />
MSN Messenger received a major upgrade to version 7.0 on April 7, 2005. This version brought <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wink_%28animated_file%29" title="Wink (animated file)">wink</a> features that were previously only available in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threedegrees" title="Threedegrees">threedegrees</a>. This version also advertised items to sell to you including animated <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_pictures" title="Display pictures">display pictures</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticons" title="Emoticons">emoticons</a>
and backgrounds. The contact list window style was also updated to
match instant message windows. This version also introduced the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Live" title="Xbox Live">Xbox Live</a>
Integration feature. This is the last version of MSN Messenger that
runs on Windows 98 and Windows Me. This version also introduced digital
ink and handwriting recognition support.<br />
The last version of MSN Messenger before the name change, version
7.5, was released August 23, 2005. New features included the Dynamic
Backgrounds feature and the "msnim" protocol handler, which allowed Web
sites to provide links which automatically add a contact or start
conversations. Additionally, a new Voice Clips feature allowed users to
hold down F2 and record a message for a maximum of 15 seconds and send
it to the recipient. The window for conversations was changed slightly
with an added video button. This version also introduced the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Installer" title="Windows Installer">Windows Installer</a> for its auto-update feature.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13"><span></span></sup><br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Version_8.0.E2.80.938.5_.282005.E2.80.932009.29">Version 8.0–8.5 (2005–2009)</span></h3>
As part of Microsoft's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live" title="Windows Live">Windows Live</a>
effort, which rebranded many existing MSN services and programs, MSN
Messenger was renamed "Windows Live Messenger" beginning with version
8.0.<br />
The first beta of the newly renamed Windows Live Messenger, Beta 1, was released on December 13, 2005.
Major changes and additions included offline messaging, an option to
change the color theme of the windows, separated send and search boxes, a
word wheel search box in the main window, and additional details for
contacts when hovering over their names in the contact list window.<br />
The second beta of version 8.0, Beta 2, was released on February 26, 2006.
The overall theme of this version was improved, fixing and improving
several smaller places in the program. Major changes and additions
included the introduction of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Contacts" title="Windows Live Contacts">Windows Live Contacts</a>,
the reintroduction of single file transfer, improvements to the "Add a
Contact" dialog box, improved color themes, minor changes in the
conversation window, and revert of the "Busy" status icon back to the
normal dash icon.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-14"><span></span></a></sup><br />
The final beta version, Beta 3, was released on May 2, 2006. Major changes and additions included new icons for the program, PC-to-phone calling, an updated look for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Call" title="Windows Live Call">Windows Live Call</a>
window, a new default display picture, the Windows Live Today window,
improvements to the grouping of sequential messages from each contact, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhapsody_%28online_music_service%29" title="Rhapsody (online music service)">Rhapsody</a> integration in the U.S., and an option for sounds to be edited and/or turned off.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><span></span></sup><br />
The official release of Windows Live Messenger version 8.0 was on June 19, 2006.Although no notable changes were made between Beta 3 and the final version,
the change from MSN Messenger to Windows Live Messenger brought some
additional changes, such as customization for the nicknames of
individual contacts, timestamps on messages, the ability to see a
contact's name only once if the same person writes multiple messages in a
row, and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_schemes" title="Color schemes">color schemes</a> for the entire application. The main authentication system, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Passport_Network" title="Microsoft Passport Network">Microsoft Passport Network</a>, was replaced with <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_ID" title="Windows Live ID">Windows Live ID</a> at the same time. A refresh to version 8.0 was released on August 10, 2006.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Release_dates_for_each_Messenger_version_3-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-Release_dates_for_each_Messenger_version-3"><span></span></a></sup> It included audio and video improvements and fixed up minor bugs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-17"><span></span></a></sup><br />
The first update to Windows Live Messenger was previewed on October 30, 2006, with the release of Beta 1 of version 8.1.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Release_dates_for_each_Messenger_version_3-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-Release_dates_for_each_Messenger_version-3"><span></span></a></sup>
No major changes were made, but several minor changes were included.
These include the addition of the roaming identity feature (so that the
same user's display name and picture would appear on any computer), a
new contact card appearance, a "recently used" list for the emoticon,
wink, display picture and background menus, an SMS phone book in the
main menu allowing the association and editing of a phone number to the
contact and allowing text messaging to a contact, a "sign out" button, a
"report abuse" option in the help menu, interoperability with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21_Messenger" title="Yahoo! Messenger">Yahoo! Messenger</a>, and improvements to user status on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista" title="Windows Vista">Windows Vista</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18"><span></span><span></span></sup><br />
A minor update, the Windows Live Messenger 8.1 Beta 1 Refresh, was released on December 13, 2006,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Release_dates_for_each_Messenger_version_3-7"><span></span><span></span></sup>and fixed bugs that were causing some people to be unable to sign in and others unable to see their contact list.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19"><span></span><span></span></sup><br />
The final version 8.1 was released on January 29, 2007.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Release_dates_for_each_Messenger_version_3-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-Release_dates_for_each_Messenger_version-3"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> No changes were made from the Beta 1 Refresh.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-20"><span></span><span></span></a></sup>
All versions of Windows Live Messenger below version 8.1 were rendered
obsolete on September 12, 2007, due to a security issue identified when a
user accepts a webcam or video chat invitation from an attacker.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_21-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-autogenerated1-21"><span></span><span></span></a></sup><br />
On September 12, 2007, the Windows Live Messenger blog posted a fix
that resolved a security problem. It reported of a security
vulnerability in versions of Messenger older than 8.1, that the released
fix would resolve. This led to an auto-update being released to all
older versions. Versions running on Windows 2000 and below were required
to update to a new version of MSN Messenger 7.0, and versions running
on Windows XP and above were required to update to Windows Live
Messenger 8.1.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_21-1"><span></span><span></span></sup><br />
On August 27, 2009, the Windows Live Messenger blog posted that due
to a security problem, all users of versions 8.1 and newer need to
update to the latest version, 14.0.8089. The mandatory upgrade
requirement will be fully phased in by late October 2009 and began on
September 15, 2009.<br />
The first beta of Windows Live Messenger 8.5, Beta 1, was released on May 31, 2007<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Release_dates_for_each_Messenger_version_3-9"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-Release_dates_for_each_Messenger_version-3"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> An update was released on June 21, 2007, to test updates being installed by <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Update" title="Microsoft Update">Microsoft Update</a>.
This version required Windows XP SP2, compared to previous versions
requiring Windows XP SP1. It was the first version to be installed in a
"Windows Live" folder under "Program Files," with the shortcuts placed
in a "Windows Live" folder in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Start_Menu" title="Start Menu">Start Menu</a>.<br />
Major changes and additions in Beta 1 included a new installation program in conjunction with the release of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live#Windows_Live_2.0" title="Windows Live">Windows Live 2.0</a>, a new look for all of its windows that matches the aesthetic styles of Windows Vista,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22"><span></span><span></span></sup> a new "bunny" emoticon,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23"><span></span><span></span></sup> and integration with <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_OneCare_Family_Safety" title="Windows Live OneCare Family Safety">Windows Live OneCare Family Safety</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-24"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> Beginning with this version, updates could be downloaded and installed through <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Update" title="Microsoft Update">Microsoft Update</a>.<br />
The second beta of Windows Live Messenger 8.5, Beta 2, was released on September 5, 2007.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-25"><span></span><span></span></a></sup>
Several issues were fixed in Beta 2, but no significant changes were
applied. Compared with the first beta, the build does not say "Beta" on
the top of the window, although developers had noted that it was not the
final release. The new <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Installer" title="Windows Live Installer">Windows Live Installer</a>, which is used to install Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta 2, does not run on Windows Server 2003.<br />
The final release of Windows Live Messenger version 8.5 was released on November 6, 2007, and it introduced no major changes.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26"><span></span><span></span></sup><br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Version_14.0.E2.80.9316.4_.282009.E2.80.932012.29">Version 14.0–16.4 (2009–2012)</span></h3>
Windows Live Messenger 2009 was originally designated version 9.0, it
was later assigned the technical version number 14.0, in order to be
unified with the other <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live" title="Windows Live">Windows Live</a> programs and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office" title="Microsoft Office">Microsoft Office</a> programs.<br />
In a presentation to the Georgia Institute of Technology's IEEE
Student Branch, Microsoft employee Andrew Jenks reported that the
Messenger team had been working on multi-person audio/video chat, and
they are also attempting to create interoperability with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_Instant_Messenger" title="AOL Instant Messenger">AIM</a>/<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Messaging_and_Presence_Protocol" title="Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol">XMPP</a>/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICQ" title="ICQ">ICQ</a>. There is a basic internal version that works with XMPP already.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27"><span></span></sup> However, these features were not seen in any versions of Windows Live Messenger 2009.<br />
Microsoft sent an invitation to participate in the Windows Live Messenger "9" <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betaware" title="Betaware">beta program</a>
to Microsoft Connect members on November 20, 2007; a week later,
Microsoft began sending out emails welcoming them to the Windows Live
Messenger "9" beta program for the first release, known as Beta 0.<br />
A fan site for Windows Live Messenger, Mess.be, claimed to have a new
build of Windows Live Messenger "9" on August 11, 2008, and published
screenshots along with a brief summary of new features. The screenshots
featured a new user interface design matching the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live" title="Windows Live">Wave 3</a>" design in development by Microsoft. The images were later removed by the site after a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act" title="Digital Millennium Copyright Act">DMCA</a> notice was received.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-News_post_at_Mess.be_of_exclusive_9.0_build_28-0"><span></span><span></span></sup>
The installer for the same build was leaked through private forums on
August 23, 2008. It would later be discovered this build was a preview
of Milestone 2, or M2.<br />
News web site LiveSide published an article on September 4, 2008,
with screenshots of M2 of the newly minted "Windows Live Messenger
2009," which had become version 14.0 instead of 9.0 as previously
expected. LiveSide summarized its new features, including protection
against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messaging_spam" title="Messaging spam">messaging spam</a>,
the ability to stay signed into the application from several computers
(referred to as "Multiple Points of Presence Support"), <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animated_GIF" title="Animated GIF">animated GIF</a> files in the photo area, per-contact customized sounds for various user actions, and clickable <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Locator" title="Uniform Resource Locator">URLs</a> in the status area.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-29"><span></span><span></span></a></sup><br />
Microsoft began the official beta program for Windows Live Messenger
2009 on September 17, 2008, when it released a new beta officially known
as Windows Live Messenger 2009 Beta (Milestone 3, Build 14.0.5027.908),
which was made available to the general public as a free download. The
ability to submit feedback, however, was restricted to select
participants of the Microsoft Connect closed beta program.<br />
Notable changes in Milestone 3 include a new revamped and refined
user interface to follow suit with the rest of the Windows Live "Wave 3"
design, the ability to set a "Scene" by customizing the background
image and color of the contact list, and the display of these scenes in
conversation windows for improved contact identification and window
management.<br />
Milestone 3 also brings a new "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Groups" title="Windows Live Groups">Groups</a>"
feature that allows users to create a continuous group conversation
between select contacts, newly redesigned status icons which now
resemble small gems rather than the previous "Messenger Buddy" icons, a
new default "Favorites" category in which you can place your favorite
contacts for easy access to them, a new Photo Sharing utility that
allows contacts to quickly and easily browse photos together, and a
"What's New" section at the bottom of the contact list to outline recent
contact updates. Display pictures have been moved over to the left side
of conversation windows, and new colorful borders appear around display
pictures to display the current status of that contact. Milestone 3 is
the first version of Windows Live Messenger to use the standard window
frame on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista" title="Windows Vista">Windows Vista</a> in accordance with the user experience guidelines.<br />
Several features were removed in version 9.0 however, such as the
ability to use add-ins, the ability to transfer files when the recipient
is signed in as offline, the "Be right back," "Out to lunch," and "In a
call" status options,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30"><span></span><span></span></sup> the <i>Go to my space</i> button, the ability to adjust webcam settings during a video call, the Send button,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-31"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> some games (depending on your localization) and integration with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Contacts" title="Windows Contacts">Windows Contacts</a>. Other features were replaced, such as <i>Sharing Folders</i><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-33"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-33"><span></span></a></sup> (replaced by integration with Windows Live SkyDrive) and background sharing (replaced by the "Scene" feature).<br />
On December 15, 2008, Windows Live Messenger 2009 RC (Build
14.0.8050.1202) was released together with the other Windows Live Wave 3
software applications, now renamed as <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Essentials" title="Windows Live Essentials">Windows Live Essentials</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-34"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-34"><span></span><span></span></a></sup>
This version saw a removal of the custom sign-in sound feature however
it is still possible to select a sound for other individuals, as well as
changes to how the background image chosen is applied to the
conversation windows. This build also included over 200 bug fixes
including the "Custom Emoticon Bug" and saving of pictures when using
the Photo sharing feature. On January 7, 2009, the same build was
released as the final version of Windows Live Messenger 2009.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-35"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-35"><span></span></a></sup><br />
The last QFE update for Wave 3 was released on May 12, 2010, and saw
the removal of some features from Windows Live Messenger. Specifically,
the ability to independently show only your own webcam or your contacts'
webcam (one way webcam) and without an audio call is gone.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-36"><span></span></sup>
It is only possible to start a video call which starts the webcams of
both people communicating and which also automatically starts audio
calling. Also removed is the ability to import and save/export instant
messaging contacts to and from <tt>.CTT</tt> files.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-37"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-37"><span></span></a></sup><br />
On June 14, 2012, Microsoft has made the update from 2009 to 2011
mandatory for those using Windows Vista or 7. 2009 continues to be
usable for those still running XP.
This can be circumvented by running Windows Live Messenger in Windows
XP compatibility mode, thus making it believe it is running on Windows
XP.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-39"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-39"><span></span></a></sup><br />
In late March 2010, a beta of Windows Live Essentials Wave 4 was
leaked onto the internet and has since spread to various BitTorrent
networks, which included a private beta build of Windows Live Messenger
Wave 4. However, as the software was designed for private beta testing,
non-beta testers cannot sign into this leaked build.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-40"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-40"><span></span></a></sup><br />
The new software features a revamped interface which brings the
"What's new" section of Windows Live to the new "social pane", similar
to the way a social networking site presents updates. Among the new
features are tabbed conversations, a redesign of the old emoticons,
integration of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_%28search_engine%29" title="Bing (search engine)">Bing</a> results, built-in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Video_Messages" title="Windows Live Video Messages">video message</a>
support, HD video chat, in-line commenting of social updates, a new
social photo viewer that supports commenting (for Facebook and SkyDrive
photos), badges support, synchronised status updates, availability by
categories, as well as integration with <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_chat" title="Facebook chat">Facebook chat</a>.
However, several features had also been removed from the previous
version, such as the removal of display names, handwriting tool,
one-way webcam requests and import/export of instant messaging contacts
feature. The "Wave 4" release of Windows Live Essentials, which
includes Messenger, also dropped compatibility with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">Windows XP</a> and only runs on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista" title="Windows Vista">Windows Vista</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7" title="Windows 7">Windows 7</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-42"><span> </span></sup><br />
<br />
The new Windows Live Messenger for the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_%28Apple%29" title="IOS (Apple)">iOS</a> became available on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/App_Store_%28iOS%29" title="App Store (iOS)">App Store</a> on June 21, 2010, in addition to other mobile versions of Windows Live Messenger for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Phone" title="Windows Phone">Windows Phone</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry" title="BlackBerry">BlackBerry</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian" title="Symbian">Symbian</a> mobile platforms.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-43"><span></span></sup><br />
On June 24, 2010, a public beta of Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 was released as part of the new Windows Live Essentials beta<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-44"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-44"><span></span></a></sup>
A "beta refresh" of Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 was released on
August 17, 2010 as part of an upgraded Windows Live Essentials beta.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-45"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-45"><span></span></a></sup> The final version of Windows Live Messenger 2011 (Wave 4) was released on September 30, 2010. On the same date, a version of Windows Live Messenger for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zune" title="Zune">Zune</a> also became available.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"></sup><br />
On August 7, 2012, Microsoft delivered a new version of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Essentials" title="Windows Essentials">Windows Essentials</a> 2012 suite, which includes Windows Live Messenger 2012.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"></sup><br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Discontinuation">Discontinuation</span></h3>
On 6 November 2012, Microsoft announced that Messenger and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype" title="Skype">Skype</a> services would merge in the first quarter of 2013, with users of Messenger client software moving to Skype.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-48"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-48"><span></span></a></sup> On 8 January 2013, Microsoft emailed Messenger users and informed them that with the exception of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainland_China" title="Mainland China">mainland China</a>, the Messenger service would stop working on 15 March 2013 and users would not be able to sign in.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Protalinski_4-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-Protalinski-4"><span></span></a></sup><br />
On 15 February 2013, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZDNet" title="ZDNet">ZDNet</a> wrote the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discontinuation" title="Discontinuation">discontinuation</a> email was only sent to one percent of Messenger users, a test group.
On the same day, Microsoft announced its plans to phase out Messenger
in vague terms: What Microsoft calls the "update" process would start on
8 April 2013 with English users and would end on 30 April 2013;
Messenger would remain available in mainland China.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-49"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-49"><span></span></a></sup>
According to ZDNet, this might only apply to the ability to sign in
with Messenger client; Microsoft would keep its Messenger service
running for another year.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ZDNet-testbase_5-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-ZDNet-testbase-5"><span></span></a></sup>
"Windows Live Messenger Upgrades to Skype," as they were referred to by
Microsoft, started on April 8, 2013. This transition took place
language by language. Brazil was the last country to be "upgraded," on
April 30.<br />
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Features">Features</span></h2>
In addition to its basic functionality and general capability as an
instant messaging client, the latest version of Windows Live Messenger
offers the following features:<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Album_Viewer">Album Viewer</span></h3>
<div class="rellink boilerplate seealso">
See also: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Photo_Gallery" title="Windows Photo Gallery">Windows Photo Gallery</a></div>
Windows Live Messenger's album viewer is based on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Photo_Gallery" title="Windows Photo Gallery">Windows Photo Gallery</a> and provides users a photo viewing experience for photo albums shared via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyDrive" title="SkyDrive">SkyDrive</a>
and Facebook. The album viewer is interactive and supports full screen
and slideshow modes, as well as viewing and uploading comments on
Facebook and SkyDrive albums. It also supports people tagging for
SkyDrive. The album viewer closely resembles the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Silverlight" title="Microsoft Silverlight">Microsoft Silverlight</a> counterpart for web photo albums present on SkyDrive.<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Appear_offline_to_individuals_or_categories">Appear offline to individuals or categories</span></h3>
Windows Live Messenger allow users to appear offline to particular
individual contacts, as well as to an entire category within Windows
Live Messenger, while appearing online to other contacts.<br />
This is a recent feature of Windows Live Messenger 2011, and is a
departure from the previous versions of Windows Live Messenger, where
blocking a contact would prevent the "blockee" from sending the user any
messages to the "blocker". With the "appear offline to" configuration
currently implemented, "hidden from" users can still send "offline
messages" to the target.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-50"><span></span></sup><br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Social_networks_integration">Social networks integration</span></h3>
Users can connect services such as Facebook, MySpace and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinkedIn" title="LinkedIn">LinkedIn</a> using <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Profile" title="Windows Live Profile">Windows Live Profile</a>,
and display their contact's Messenger social updates within the "Full
view" of Windows Live Messenger. Users can also post status updates and
photos directly to the connected services within Windows Live Messenger.
Additionally, Messenger also imports all contacts from the connected
services and integrates with <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Chat" title="Facebook Chat">Facebook Chat</a> (via the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMPP" title="XMPP">XMPP</a> protocol) for instant messaging support with users on Facebook.<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Offline_messaging">Offline messaging</span></h3>
One can send messages to contacts who are offline; they will receive
the messages once they come online. Additionally, a user can start
conversations even when his or her status is set to <i>Appear Offline</i> in Windows Live Messenger 2009 or before.<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Games_and_applications">Games and applications</span></h3>
<div class="rellink relarticle mainarticle">
Main article: Games and applications for Windows Live Messenger</div>
There are various games and applications available in Windows Live
Messenger that can be accessed via the conversation window by clicking
on the games icon, and challenging your friend or contact to a
competition in a game, or inviting them to launch a shared external
application.<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Messenger_Companion">Messenger Companion</span></h3>
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<b>Windows Live Messenger Companion</b> was an add-in for <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Internet_Explorer" title="Windows Internet Explorer">Windows Internet Explorer</a>
that detects when a user is on a website that one of their friends has
shared content from and surfaces that update so that the user can
instantly view what their friends have shared and leave a comment to the
shared content on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live" title="Windows Live">Windows Live</a>. The service utilizes <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_ID" title="Windows Live ID">Windows Live ID</a>
and integrates tightly with Windows Live Messenger to obtain the user's
contact list and their shared contents. The features of Windows Live
Messenger Companion include:<br />
<ul>
<li>Sharing links to webpages with the user's friends on Windows Live within the web browser</li>
<li>See links to webpages the user's friends have shared</li>
<li>Add comments to the links the user's friends have shared</li>
</ul>
Windows Live Messenger Companion was made available as part of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Essentials" title="Windows Live Essentials">Windows Live Essentials</a> 2011. However, Microsoft discontinued Messenger Companion in its newer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Essentials" title="Windows Essentials">Windows Essentials</a> 2012 suite.<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Protocol">Protocol</span></h3>
<div class="rellink relarticle mainarticle">
Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Notification_Protocol" title="Microsoft Notification Protocol">Microsoft Notification Protocol</a></div>
Windows Live Messenger uses the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Notification_Protocol" title="Microsoft Notification Protocol">Microsoft Notification Protocol</a> (MSNP) over <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol" title="Transmission Control Protocol">TCP</a> (and optionally over <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP" title="HTTP">HTTP</a> to deal with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server" title="Proxy server">proxies</a>) to connect to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Messenger_service" title="Microsoft Messenger service">Microsoft Messenger service</a>—a service offered on <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP_and_UDP_port" title="TCP and UDP port">port</a> 1863 of "messenger.hotmail.com."<br />
The protocol is not completely secret; Microsoft disclosed version 2 (MSNP2) to developers in 1999 in an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Draft" title="Internet Draft">Internet Draft</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-52"><span></span></sup>
but never released versions 8 or higher to the public. The Messenger
service servers currently only accept protocol versions from 8 and
higher, so the syntax of new commands sent from versions 8 and higher is
only known by using <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_sniffer" title="Packet sniffer">packet sniffers</a> like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireshark" title="Wireshark">Wireshark</a>. This has been an easy task because – in comparison to many other modern instant messaging protocols, such as <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Messaging_and_Presence_Protocol" title="Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol">XMPP</a> – the Microsoft Notification Protocol does not provide any <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encryption" title="Encryption">encryption</a>
and everything can be captured easily using packet sniffers. The lack
of proper encryption also makes wiretapping friend lists and personal
conversations a trivial task, especially in unencrypted public <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi" title="Wi-Fi">Wi-Fi</a> networks.<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Content_filtering">Content filtering</span></h3>
The content of users' messages is filtered on server side of the client. For example, the user can't send the links to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirate_Bay" title="The Pirate Bay">The Pirate Bay</a>'s pages neither from the Windows Live Messenger, nor through other clients supporting the protocol. However, links to other <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer" title="Peer-to-peer">P2P networks</a> are allowed.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-53"><span></span></sup><br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".22i.E2.80.99m.22_initiative">"i’m" initiative</span></h3>
The <b>i’m</b> initiative was a program Microsoft launched in March
2007, that connects the user with ten organizations dedicated to social
causes through Windows Live Messenger, only for conversations sent or
received in the USA. Every time someone had a conversation using <b>i’m</b>,
Microsoft Corp. shared a portion of the program's advertising revenue
with the organization of the user's choice. There was no set cap on the
amount donated to each organization. The more <i>i’m</i> conversations
the user had, the more money went to one of the ten causes. Each
participating organization was guaranteed a minimum donation of $100,000
during the first year of the program. The <b>i’m</b> initiative worked with version 8.1 and above.<br />
On March 2010, the initiative concluded, having raised over 3 million dollars.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-54"><span></span></sup><br />
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Compatibility">Compatibility</span></h2>
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Interoperability">Interoperability</span></h3>
On October 13, 2005, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21" title="Yahoo!">Yahoo!</a> and Microsoft announced plans to add interoperability between their messenger services. The announcement came after years of third-party interoperability success (most notably, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowWow_%28chat_program%29" title="PowWow (chat program)">PowWow</a> by Tribal Voice,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-57"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-57"><span></span></a></sup> <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trillian_%28instant_messaging_service%29" title="Trillian (instant messaging service)">Trillian</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin_%28software%29" title="Pidgin (software)">Pidgin</a>) and criticisms from Tribal Voice and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICast" title="ICast">iCast</a> that the major real time communications services were locking their networks. Yahoo! and Windows Live Messenger became interoperable on July 12, 2006.
For six years, Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live Messenger users in
possession of up-to-date software could communicate across the two
networks. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">Instant messaging</a> as well as transmission of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon" title="Emoticon">emoticons</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudge_%28instant_messaging%29" title="Nudge (instant messaging)">nudges</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#Offline_messaging">offline messages</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presence_information" title="Presence information">presence information</a> and personal status messages were supported.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-61"><span></span></sup> On December 14, 2012, the interoperability ended.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-62"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-62"><span></span></a></sup><br />
Interoperability with <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Chat" title="Facebook Chat">Facebook Chat</a> was added on September 30, 2010 with the launch of Windows Live Messenger 2011.<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Xbox_integration">Xbox integration</span></h3>
Windows Live Messenger support was included in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a> spring 2007 dashboard update released on May 9, 2007.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-63"><span></span></sup> It is known as Xbox Live Messenger<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-64"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger#cite_note-64"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> and, less commonly, as Windows Live Messenger 360.<br />
Those using Windows Live Messenger are able to see the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamertags" title="Gamertags">Gamertags</a> of friends logged into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Live" title="Xbox Live">Xbox Live</a>,
including the games they are playing. Xbox 360 users can chat in-game
(or while watching a movie). Although only text chat is supported,
Microsoft has suggested that voice and video chatting may come in a
future update. Support for child accounts was added in December 2007.<br />
To coincide with the arrival of the integration of Windows Live
Messenger with Xbox Live, Microsoft released a new Xbox 360 keyboard
adapter called the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_Messenger_Kit" title="Xbox 360 Messenger Kit">Xbox 360 Messenger Kit</a>
for easier text input. The keyboard device attaches to the standard
Xbox 360 controller through the headphone jack and features a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY" title="QWERTY">QWERTY-style</a> key layout with 47 backlit keys. However, any USB keyboard is also compatible with the Xbox 360.<br />
Microsoft also announced on June 14, 2010 that users on Xbox LIVE with the controller-free <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinect" title="Kinect">Kinect</a> will be able to have real-time video conversations with Windows Live Messenger contacts. This feature was enabled at launch.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-65"><span></span></sup><br />
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Microsoft_Messenger_for_Mac">Microsoft Messenger for Mac</span></h2>
<b>Microsoft Messenger for Mac</b> (previously <b>MSN Messenger for Mac</b>) is the official <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X" title="Mac OS X">Mac OS X</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">instant messaging</a> client for use with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Messenger_service" title="Microsoft Messenger service">Microsoft Messenger service</a> and is developed by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_Business_Unit" title="Macintosh Business Unit">Macintosh Business Unit</a>, a division of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>.
However, the feature list is limited in comparison to that of its
counterpart Windows Live Messenger. The client is still maintained and
updated but still lacks a number of features that its Windows
counterpart contains. However, several third-party applications that
have support for the Messenger service, such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trillian_%28software%29" title="Trillian (software)">Trillian (software)</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adium" title="Adium">Adium</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMSN" title="AMSN">aMSN</a>, incorporate some of the features missing from the official client.<br />
The versions 3.x and later of Microsoft Messenger for Mac feature new <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_%28GUI%29" title="Aqua (GUI)">Aqua</a> graphics, whereas version 2.x and below have graphics similar to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Messenger" title="Windows Messenger">Windows Messenger</a> 4.0. Versions 5.x use the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brushed_metal_%28interface%29" title="Brushed metal (interface)">brushed metal</a> theme.<br />
<ul>
<li>Version 2.5.1 is an update to version 2.5, which is a mandatory update to version 2.1 that is available for users running <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_9" title="Mac OS 9">Mac OS 9.2.2</a>.</li>
<li>Version 3.5 for Mac OS X revisions older than <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Jaguar" title="Mac OS X Jaguar">10.2.8</a></li>
<li>Version 4.0.1 for Mac OS X revisions 10.2.8 and newer</li>
<li>Version 5.1.1 for Mac OS X revisions <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Panther" title="Mac OS X Panther">10.3</a> and newer</li>
<li>Version 6.0.3 for Mac OS X revisions 10.3.9 and newer</li>
<li>Version 7.0.0 for <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_10.4" title="Mac OS X 10.4">Mac OS X 10.4.9</a> or newer was released on April 29, 2008.</li>
<li>Version 7.0.1 for Mac OS X 10.4 or later includes minor bug fixes.</li>
<li>Version 7.0.2 for Mac OS X 10.4 or later: improves overall quality and conversations with Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2.</li>
<li>Version 8.0.0 beta for <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_10.5" title="Mac OS X 10.5">Mac OS X 10.5</a> or later, for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%E2%80%93Intel_architecture" title="Apple–Intel architecture">Intel Macs</a>
only: Official Beta released on March, 24th 2010. Adds A/V conferencing
between Mac OS X users and Windows Live Messenger 2009 users.</li>
<li>Version 8.0.0 for <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OSX_10.5" title="Mac OSX 10.5">Mac OSX 10.5</a> or later, for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%E2%80%93Intel_architecture" title="Apple–Intel architecture">Intel Macs</a> only: Released with <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_2011_for_Mac" title="Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac">Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac</a>
in October 2010 and bears a visual similarity to previous Windows
counterparts. It features somewhat more stable functional voice and
video calls.</li>
</ul>
With the release of Microsoft Messenger for Mac 7.0, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> has discontinued the client's support for older versions of their Corporate messaging systems (such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Communications_Server_2005" title="Live Communications Server 2005">Live Communications Server 2005</a>).
The latest version to support these older systems is Version 6.0.3,
which is still available for download on the Microsoft website.<br />
Webcam and audio support was delayed due to Windows Live Messenger's
webcam and audio engine being reworked, which meant that the Mac version
had to wait until this was complete in order for both platform releases
to function correctly.</div>
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deekshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01690904108520591483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582758707144564712.post-87930586576123933722013-06-30T01:22:00.001-07:002013-06-30T01:22:32.387-07:00TokBox<h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="text-align: center;">
<i><span dir="auto">TokBox</span></i></h1>
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<caption class="fn org">TokBox Inc</caption>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tokbox-175.png"><img alt="Tokbox-175.png" height="43" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Tokbox-175.png" width="175" /></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_entity" title="Business entity">Type</a></th>
<td class="category"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_company" title="Private company">Private</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headquarters" title="Headquarters">Headquarters</a></th>
<td class="adr"><span class="locality"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco,_California" title="San Francisco, California">San Francisco, California</a>, California</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneur" title="Entrepreneur">Founder(s)</a></th>
<td><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serge_Faguet&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Serge Faguet (page does not exist)">Serge Faguet</a><br />
<a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ron_Hose&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Ron Hose (page does not exist)">Ron Hose</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Key people</th>
<td>Ian Small, CEO<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roelof_Botha" title="Roelof Botha">Roelof Botha</a>, Board Member<br />
Scott Friend, Board Member<br />
Bernd Girod, Board Member<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawed_Karim" title="Jawed Karim">Jawed Karim</a>, Investor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ownership" title="Ownership">Owner</a></th>
<td>Telefónica Digital a subsidiary of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telef%C3%B3nica" title="Telefónica">Telefónica</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website" title="Website">Website</a></th>
<td class="url"><a class="external text" href="http://www.tokbox.com/" rel="nofollow">www.tokbox.com</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Internet" title="Alexa Internet">Alexa</a> rank</th>
<td><img alt="positive decrease" height="11" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Decrease_Positive.svg/11px-Decrease_Positive.svg.png" width="11" /> 62,978 (April 2013)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-alexa_1-0"><span></span></sup></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Type of site</th>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videoconferencing" title="Videoconferencing">Videoconferencing</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<b>TokBox</b> provides a free <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface" title="Application programming interface">API</a>
that allows anyone to add group video chat features to their own
websites. Experienced programmers use the OpenTok API to build custom
interactive video chat applications. More casual users can download
OpenTok <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_widget" title="Software widget">plug-n-play apps</a> that provide the same group video chat capability when users drop them into their personal blogs or websites.<br />
TokBox was founded by entrepreneurs Serge Faguet and <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ron_Hose&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Ron Hose (page does not exist)">Ron Hose</a> and is financed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoia_Capital" title="Sequoia Capital">Sequoia Capital</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bain_Capital" title="Bain Capital">Bain Capital</a>
and Youniversity Ventures. As of 2010, TokBox has received $14 million
in series A and B funding and is headquartered in the South of Market
district in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, CA. TokBox was acquired by Telefónica Digital a subsidiary of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telef%C3%B3nica" title="Telefónica">Telefónica</a> in October 2012.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><span></span></sup><br />
In 2011, TokBox changed its focus from running a branded video conferencing service to building the OpenTok API platform.<br />
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Features">Features</span></h2>
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Multi-party_video_chat">Multi-party video chat</span></h3>
TokBox's OpenTok platform allows users to start a multi-party video
chat with up to 20 people. The API does not require download for use and
it is set up to allow the creator of the video chat to invite
non-tokbox users into the call via email, instant messaging or by
publishing the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL" title="URL">URL</a> on their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> / <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> / <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySpace" title="MySpace">MySpace</a> accounts.<br />
OpenTok plug-n-play apps are downloadable widgets that allow users to
quickly add group video chat functionality to their websites and blogs.<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="TokBox_Platform_.26_Partnerships">TokBox Platform & Partnerships</span></h3>
TokBox makes the OpenTok API available to partners who wish to add multi-party video chat to their own websites or applications.<br />
TokBox lists <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SlideShare" title="SlideShare">SlideShare</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBuddy" title="EBuddy">eBuddy</a>, Bibbil, <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ProctorU&action=edit&redlink=1" title="ProctorU (page does not exist)">ProctorU</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKinney_%28advertising_agency%29" title="McKinney (advertising agency)">McKinney</a>, and <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PokerView.com&action=edit&redlink=1" title="PokerView.com (page does not exist)">PokerView</a> as partners who use the API.<br />
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="History"><br /></span></h2>
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="2007">2007</span></h3>
August – Series A funding from Sequoia Capital<br />
October – Launched www.tokbox.com<br />
November – Launched multi-party chat and partnership with Meebo<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="2008">2008</span></h3>
April – TokBox Version 2 launched<br />
July – Series B Funding from Bain Capital Ventures and Sequoia Capital<br />
September – Launched the TokBox platform/ API<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2009">2009</span></h3>
Added document collaboration tool—Etherpad (now owned by Google)<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2010">2010</span></h3>
January rolled out its first set of paid features--$9.99 per month.<br />
November announced the OpenTok API<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="2011">2011</span></h3>
February TokBox announced that as of April 5, 2011 they will be
discontinuing the TokBox video chat and video conferencing service to
focus solely on their API, OpenTok.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><span></span></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Controversy">Controversy</span></h2>
TokBox was the subject of controversy when 50% of their engineering
staff was fired in July 2009. This happened around the time TokBox
changed CEOs. The VP of Marketing is stated as saying the firings were
part of the CEOs new restructuring plan. None of the original founders
are currently with TokBox.<br />
Around 2007, one of the users had privacy issues—his friend was able
to connect to his account—allowing his friend to view and hear him talk
to himself. However, Tokbox seems to have addressed this issue now.<br />deekshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01690904108520591483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582758707144564712.post-7562382608395073212013-06-29T06:53:00.000-07:002013-06-29T06:53:02.251-07:00Qnext<h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="text-align: center;">
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_developer" title="Software developer">Developer(s)</a></th>
<td>Qnext Corp.</td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th>
<td>4.0.4 / June 21, 2010<span class="noprint">; 3 years ago</span></td>
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<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_%28operating_system%29" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_%28Apple%29" title="IOS (Apple)">iOS</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh" title="Macintosh">Macintosh</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a></td>
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<td>Mobile-PC, multi-messenger, sharing and access</td>
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<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a></td>
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<b>Qnext</b> is a multi-protocol instant messaging service for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS" title="Mac OS">Mac OS</a>, Windows, and mobile devices. Qnext lets people connect to their digital content when they have access to the internet.<br />
Qnext desktop client runs on Linux, Macintosh, and Windows.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><span></span></sup><br />
Qnext Mobile solution includes an <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_%28Apple%29" title="IOS (Apple)">iOS</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad" title="IPad">iPad</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone" title="IPhone">iPhone</a>, iPod Touch) application that can be downloaded from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/App_Store_%28iOS%29" title="App Store (iOS)">Apple App Store</a>, and a Qnext <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Web" title="Mobile Web">Mobile Web</a> Application (no download or installation needed) that works on any mobile device equipped with a WebKit based mobile browser, such as Android, iPhone, iPod Touch, Nokia, and Windows Mobile 7 devices.<br />
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All clients are freeware.<br />
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<li><i>Desktop Client</i> available for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh" title="Macintosh">Macintosh</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> computers.</li>
<li>An <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad" title="IPad">iPad</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone" title="IPhone">iPhone</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_Touch" title="IPod Touch">iPod Touch</a> application that can be downloaded from the Apple store.</li>
<li>A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Web" title="Mobile Web">Mobile Web</a> version and can be used with an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebKit" title="WebKit">WebKit</a> based <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser" title="Web browser">browser</a>.</li>
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Users that don’t wish to share any content or have access to their
content, but would like to use the multi-protocol IM on their <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_device" title="Mobile device">mobile device</a>,
do not need to install the Qnext desktop (PC) client. In any event,
those users will be able to view and access shared content from other
Qnext users on their supported mobile device.<br />
Qnext services run in a multi-tasking mode, which lets users perform
multiple tasks at the same time, such as talking to a group using video,
transfer files, download files, view content, share content, carry IM
conversation with others and more.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Technology">Technology</span></h2>
Qnext combines multiple technologies to connect users, facilitate
communication, manage shared content and deliver shared media to anyone
in an efficient way. Qnext uses Java, services-delivery architecture, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode" title="Unicode">Unicode</a>, hybrid <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer" title="Peer-to-peer">P2P</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><span></span></sup> / <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0" title="Web 2.0">Web 2.0</a> (Peer2Web),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qnext#cite_note-4"><span></span></a></sup> Peer2Mobile and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-platform" title="Cross-platform">cross-platform</a> technologies. Qnext services are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_%28computing%29" title="Plug-in (computing)">plug-ins</a> to the Qnext core with a high security level using SSL <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encryption" title="Encryption">encryption</a>.
With Qnext, users can share and provide access to their digital content
directly from their computers without the need to upload any of the
shared content to external servers.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Desktop_.28PC.29_client_features">Desktop (PC) client features</span></h2>
In addition to the multi-protocol IM and access to shared content as shown above, the Qnext Desktop client (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh" title="Macintosh">Macintosh</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>) lets users import <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email" title="Email">email</a> contacts from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_Mail" title="AOL Mail">AOL Mail</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GMail" title="GMail">GMail</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotmail" title="Hotmail">Hotmail</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21_Mail" title="Yahoo! Mail">Yahoo! Mail</a>, to enable the sharing and streaming of shared content to any <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email" title="Email">email</a> contact, 8-way <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VoIP" title="VoIP">VoIP</a>, 4-way <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_conferencing" title="Video conferencing">video conferencing</a>;
drag and drop file transfers of any size, remote PC access and shared
applications. Users can quickly share unlimited number of files of any
size, documents, presentations, videos, photos, and music streaming to
anyone, even if a recipient does not have Qnext installed.<br />
Multi-protocol (universal) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">instant messaging</a> for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_Instant_Messenger" title="AOL Instant Messenger">AIM</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Messenger" title="Facebook Messenger">Facebook Messenger</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Talk" title="Google Talk">Google Talk</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMessage" title="IMessage">iMessage</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICQ" title="ICQ">ICQ</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Messaging_and_Presence_Protocol" title="Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol">XMPP</a> (Jabber), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace_IM" title="Myspace IM">Myspace IM</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Messenger_service" title="Microsoft Messenger service">Microsoft Messenger service</a> (MSN), and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21_Messenger" title="Yahoo! Messenger">Yahoo! Messenger</a> sends and receives IM messages and keeps users truly connected to everyone from a single contact list.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qnext#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qnext#cite_note-7"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup> Qnext IM implementation supports avatars (animated <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIF" title="GIF">GIF</a> and images), emoticons (<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smileys" title="Smileys">smileys</a>), <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spellchecker" title="Spellchecker">spellchecker</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_%28computing%29" title="Theme (computing)">themes</a>, nudges, time-stamp, multi-chat, chat history/message logging, online messaging, and more.<br />
Qnext <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_transfer" title="File transfer">file transfer</a> is a fast and secured way to get a file or folder of any size to any Qnext user and can end the need to use <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTP" title="FTP">FTP</a> or send CDs via courier or deal with email attachment limits. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_and_drop" title="Drag and drop">Drag and drop</a>
any file or folder of any size on anyone on a contact list, and that is
all. The recipient will get a message to allow the transfer, and the
content will be transferred. Files are sent using SSL <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encryption" title="Encryption">encryption</a> via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer" title="Peer-to-peer">peer-to-peer</a> (P2P) connection directly to the recipient computer.<br />
With no servers in the way to slow down, file transfers occur as fast as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a> service connection and computer system will allow. Also, transfers cannot be hacked or intercepted.<br />
Qnext also allows sending and receiving files from other instant messaging services. Most services (such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICQ" title="ICQ">ICQ</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Messenger_service" title="Microsoft Messenger service">Microsoft Messenger service</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21_Messenger" title="Yahoo! Messenger">Yahoo! Messenger</a>,
etc. have a file size limit and the transfers travel through a server
infrastructure. This may compromise security, privacy and quality of
service.<br />
Voice chat (<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_conferencing" title="Audio conferencing">audio conferencing</a>) is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-user" title="Multi-user">multi-user</a> voice conferencing (up to eight users at once). Qnext uses direct <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer" title="Peer-to-peer">P2P</a> routing to find the best available network connection; the quality of the user’s online telephone call is high. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh" title="Macintosh">Macintosh</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>, users can all join a video or voice call together.<br />
<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_conferencing" title="Video conferencing">Video conferencing</a> is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-user" title="Multi-user">multi-user</a> Video Chat (up to four people at once).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qnext#cite_note-10"><span></span></a></sup>
This is where individuals or groups from around the world can meet face
to face in real time, to interact for as long as they want, without any
costs. Initiating a video conference is straightforward and easy. Qnext
automatically detects video & sound devices.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_sharing" title="Photo sharing">Photo sharing</a> is a way to share photos with anyone in seconds, even if the recipients don’t have Qnext.Any photos at any file format and resolution can be shared with any IM or email contact. Unlike other <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_sharing" title="Photo sharing">photo sharing</a>
tools, Qnext does not limit the number of photos users can share at a
time, or the size of each individual photo. Just select the photos to
share, choose your audience (IM or email contacts) and recipients will
receive a link that lets them view, zoom, run a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_show" title="Slide show">slide show</a>, or download any or all photos in small or original format and resolution. No need to upload any photos to public websites.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing" title="File sharing">File sharing</a> is a means to get big files where they need to go, fast.
Share an unlimited amount of files or folders of any size. Select the
IM or email contacts you want to share with and that is all. Recipients
will get a link in an email or an instant message and be able to
download any or all of the shared files from any web browser in the
world.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_media" title="Streaming media">Streaming media</a> (music) allows listening to an entire music library and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes" title="ITunes">iTunes</a> or Windows Media Player playlists from anywhere in the world.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><span></span></sup>
Choose up to 700,000 songs and select an audience; the tunes will be
streamed quickly to any who are chosen. Whether users want to share with
themselves or with friends, this is the only way to stream your music
to any web browser. The users’ library can be browsed by artist, album
or genre, or created and shared user’s favorite <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playlist" title="Playlist">playlist</a>. Your audience can make their own <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playlist" title="Playlist">playlist</a> from your tunes.<br />
Qnext users can access share content directly from the Qnext application. Data transmission is secured using SSL encryption.<br />
Secure remote PC access and share applications for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>. Qnext <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_desktop_software" title="Remote desktop software">remote access</a> technology allows users to remotely access their computers from any <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a> connected device in the world, through a standard web browser.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><span></span></sup>
It’s an easy and secure solution that enables Qnext users to remotely
access their content, emails, files and programs. Qnext users can:<br />
<ol>
<li>Set permission to allow themselves or others to remotely access their PC from any web browser.</li>
<li>Allow a person or a group to view and/or control specific
applications on their computer as others watch in real-time (ideal for
software demonstrations).</li>
<li>Request one-on-one assistance from any Qnext contact by allowing
them to access your computer, as you watch their action in real-time.</li>
</ol>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game" title="Game">Games</a>
can be played privately in real-time and can be accessed directly from
the IM window. The user that initiates the game can invite any Qnext
user to participate and others to watch as the game is being played by
others. Free games include <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backgammon" title="Backgammon">Backgammon</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkers" title="Checkers">Checkers</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">Chess</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%28game%29" title="Go (game)">Go</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker" title="Poker">Poker</a>. All Qnext games have the option to play against the computer.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="iPhone_application_features">iPhone application features</span></h2>
Qnext improves <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad" title="IPad">iPad</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone" title="IPhone">iPhone</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_Touch" title="IPod Touch">iPod Touch</a>
use by providing tighter integration to the device features and
abilities. The devices become one more device in the users worldwide
network.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qnext#cite_note-16"><span></span></a></sup> Some of the key features of Qnext for iPad and iPhone include:<br />
<ul>
<li>Send and receive free instant messages with emoticons using <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_Instant_Messenger" title="AOL Instant Messenger">AIM</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Messenger" title="Facebook Messenger">Facebook Messenger</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Talk" title="Google Talk">Google Talk</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMessage" title="IMessage">iMessage</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICQ" title="ICQ">ICQ</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Messaging_and_Presence_Protocol" title="Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol">XMPP</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Messenger_service" title="Microsoft Messenger service">Microsoft Messenger service</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace_IM" title="Myspace IM">Myspace IM</a>, Qnext, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21_Messenger" title="Yahoo! Messenger">Yahoo! Messenger</a></li>
<li>Synchronize and display user multi-protocol <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">instant messaging</a> contacts</li>
<li>Real-time presence and the state of each Qnext user (online, offline, do not disturb, etc.) and account’s status message</li>
<li>Add contacts and groups and view/ edit account and contact information</li>
<li>Sound and display messages event notification</li>
<li>Display the listing of each Qnext user shared content with one touch access to the shared content</li>
<li>View any <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photograph" title="Photograph">photographs</a>, albums in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumbnail" title="Thumbnail">thumbnails</a>, full view and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slideshow" title="Slideshow">slideshow</a> directly from their or anyone else’s computer (by permission)</li>
<li>View folders and files directly from yours or anyone else’s computer (by permission); supported document types include: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Word" title="Microsoft Word">Microsoft Word</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPoint" title="PowerPoint">PowerPoint</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExCeL_London" title="ExCeL London">Excel</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Acrobat" title="Adobe Acrobat">Adobe Acrobat</a>, text and more</li>
<li>Listen to music directly from host or other’s computer (music library or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes" title="ITunes">iTunes</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Player" title="Windows Media Player">Media Player</a> playlist)</li>
<li>Qnext App for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad" title="IPad">iPad</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone" title="IPhone">iPhone</a> supports OS 3.0 or later</li>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Mobile_Web_application_features">Mobile Web application features</span></h2>
A web application
(Web App) is a computer software application that is hosted in a
browser-controlled environment which is accessed over a network such as
the Internet or an Intranet. The Qnext Mobile Web Application has the same features as the Qnext iPhone application.<br />
Using the Qnext <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Web" title="Mobile Web">Mobile Web</a>
App doesn’t need any downloads or installation and it should work on
most of the smartphones and devices with a WebKit based mobile browser,
such as: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_%28operating_system%29" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC" title="HTC">HTC</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad" title="IPad">iPad</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone" title="IPhone">iPhone</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_Touch" title="IPod Touch">iPod Touch</a>), <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG" title="LG">LG</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola" title="Motorola">Motorola</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_One" title="Nexus One">Nexus One</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia" title="Nokia">Nokia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_%28PDA%29" title="Palm (PDA)">Palm</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung" title="Samsung">Samsung</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Ericsson" title="Sony Ericsson">Sony Ericsson</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>.<br />
Qnext Mobile Web App can be used in two ways:<br />
<ul>
<li>From a mobile device using a mobile web browser. Note that some browsers may not display the app correctly.</li>
<li>From any computer using a web browser and opening the Qnext Web application. This is a live implementation which operates the Qnext Mobile Web App in real-time.</li>
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Playxpert_widgets.jpeg"><img alt="Playxpert widgets.jpeg" height="284" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Playxpert_widgets.jpeg/250px-Playxpert_widgets.jpeg" width="250" /></a><br />
<span>The Tunes, Diagnostic, and Friends widgets of PLAYXPERT</span></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_developer" title="Software developer">Developer(s)</a></th>
<td>PLAYXPERT, Inc.</td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th>
<td>2834 / October 14, 2011<span class="noprint">; 19 months ago</span></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_categories" title="List of software categories">Type</a></th>
<td>In-game Toolset</td>
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<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware" title="Freeware">Freeware</a></td>
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<td><a class="external text" href="http://www.playxpert.com/" rel="nofollow">www.playxpert.com</a></td>
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<b>PLAYXPERT</b> is an in-game tool set designed for anyone who wants
to remain productive while engaged in a full-screen, immersive media
experience on their PC. It was originally designed for gamers. It was built by former Xfire
users, who wanted to reduce system overhead for in-game overlay, and
give users the necessary tools to build their own in-game widgets. It features several in-game widgets, such as multi-protocol instant messaging, web browsing,
a media manager, and others, all of which can be opened in-game,
eliminating the need to minimize whatever game, or other full-screen
application you may be running. All in-game widgets have adjustable
opacity.
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PLAYXPERT's in-game overlay is run on an in-house engine, called PLAYXPERT True Overlay. The performance impact is minimal, as the overlay works at the operating system's kernel level. This also means that it supports any game, and doesn't depend on explicit support from the game developer.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><span></span><span></span></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Features">Features</span></h2>
All in-game widgets are controlled by the Dock feature, which is an
interface with all the widget buttons, which can be dragged anywhere on
the screen, and has an adjustable opacity.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Instant_Messaging">Instant Messaging</span></h3>
In addition to its own proprietary instant messaging service, it also supports Facebook Chat, AOL Instant Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, Sony Station Friends, MSN, Yahoo! Messenger, and Xfire.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><span></span><span></span></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Web_Browser">Web Browser</span></h3>
The Web Browser widget supports tabbed browsing, an in-game download manager, and bookmarks.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Diagnostics">Diagnostics</span></h3>
The Diagnostics widget is an in-game Task Manager of sorts, which allows you to monitor your CPU usage, RAM usage, network bandwidth usage, and also a process manager, which allows you to end system processes while in-game.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Arcade">Arcade</span></h3>
The Arcade widget is essentially a game manager, allowing you to
launch all your games from it, and see what games your friends have. It
also serves as a server browser. The Arcade widget became a standard
widget as of February 27, 2009.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="User-Made_Widgets">User-Made Widgets</span></h3>
PLAYXPERT supports user-made widgets, and offers them for download in the Widget Gallery section of their web site.<br />
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PLAYXPERT officially supports 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7, Vista, XP and 2000. PLAYXPERT supports the in-game overlay for games that use DirectX 8, 9 or 10. DirectX 11 is supported in beta as of January 2011. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><span></span><span></span></sup><br />
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th>
<td>1998 as Gaim</td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th>
<td>2.10.7 <small>(February 13, 2013<span class="noprint">; 4 months ago</span>)</small> </td>
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<td>None <small class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Latest_preview_software_release/Pidgin&action=edit"></a></small></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Written in</th>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%28programming_language%29" title="C (programming language)">C</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Sharp_%28programming_language%29" title="C Sharp (programming language)">C#</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl" title="Perl">Perl</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_%28programming_language%29" title="Python (programming language)">Python</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcl" title="Tcl">Tcl</a> are used for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_%28computing%29" title="Plug-in (computing)">plugins</a>)</td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing_platform" title="Computing platform">Platform</a></th>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-platform" title="Cross-platform">Cross-platform</a></td>
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<td><a class="external text" href="http://developer.pidgin.im/l10n/" rel="nofollow">Multiple languages</a></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_categories" title="List of software categories">Type</a></th>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">Instant messaging</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client_%28computing%29" title="Client (computing)">client</a></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GNU General Public License</a></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Website</th>
<td><span class="url"><a class="external text" href="http://pidgin.im/" rel="nofollow">pidgin.im</a></span></td>
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<b>Pidgin</b> (formerly named <b>Gaim</b>) is an <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source" title="Open-source">open-source</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-platform" title="Multi-platform">multi-platform</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">instant messaging</a> client, based on a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_%28computing%29" title="Library (computing)">library</a> named <b>libpurple</b>. Libpurple has support for many commonly used instant messaging <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol_%28computing%29" title="Protocol (computing)">protocols</a>, allowing the user to log into various services from one application.<br />
The number of Pidgin users was estimated to be over 3 million in 2007.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"></sup><br />
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Pidgin provides a graphical <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front-end_and_back-end#Computer_science" title="Front-end and back-end">front-end</a> for libpurple using <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTK%2B" title="GTK+">GTK+</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"></sup> Libpurple supports multiple instant-messaging <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_protocol" title="Network protocol">protocols</a>.<br />
Pidgin supports multiple <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating systems</a>, including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> as well as many <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix-like" title="Unix-like">Unix-like</a> systems such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD" title="BSD">BSD</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X" title="Mac OS X">Mac OS X</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaOS" title="AmigaOS">AmigaOS</a> (through the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X11" title="X11">X11</a> engine). It has built-in support for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Security_Services" title="Network Security Services">NSS</a>, offering client-to-server message encryption for protocols that support it. The program is extendable through <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plugins" title="Plugins">plugins</a>, including "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-Record_Messaging" title="Off-the-Record Messaging">Off-the-Record Messaging</a>" and Pidgin encryption,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"></sup> providing end-to-end message encryption.<br />
Pidgin features some of the standard tools for an instant-messaging client, such as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_list" title="Contact list">contact list</a>,
file transfer on supported protocols, and conversation and chat
logging. Tabbed conversations is an optional feature on Pidgin. The IM
window consists of the message window, formatting tools, and an edit
box.<br />
Users can add contacts (usually known as "Buddies") in the "Buddy
List" window or in the IM window. As a client that supports IRC and
other chat programs, Pidgin can also add different IRC channels and IM
Chats. Contacts with multiple protocols can be grouped into one single
contact instead of managing multiple protocols, and contacts can be
given aliases or placed into groups.<br />
To reach users as they log on or a status change occurs (such as
moving from "Away" to "Available"), Pidgin supports on-action automated
scripts called <i>Buddy Pounces</i> to automatically reach the user in customizable ways.<br />
Pidgin supports some file transfers, with the ability to cancel
transfers and observe multiple transfers in a separate window, while
lacking some protocol-specific features like the folder sharing
available from Yahoo. Older versions of Pidgin did not support direct,
peer-to-peer file transfers over the MSN protocol and instead relayed
file transfers over a slower connection via the MSN servers. However,
direct connection support has been added since Pidgin 2.7.<br />
As of version 2.6 (released on August 18, 2009) Pidgin has a voice/video framework which uses <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farsight" title="Farsight">Farsight</a>2 and is based on Mike Ruprecht's Google Summer of Code project from 2008.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"></sup>
That release provides the ability to have voice/video conversations
using the XMPP protocol (including Google Talk), though the
implementation is not yet fully complete. The framework will also allow
for voice/video conversations on other protocols, such as MSN and Yahoo,
in the future.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"></sup><br />
Further features include support for themes, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon" title="Emoticon">emoticons</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spell_checker" title="Spell checker">spell checking</a>, and notification area integration.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin_%28software%29#cite_note-6"></a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Supported_protocols">Supported protocols</span></h3>
The following protocols are officially supported by libpurple 2.9.0, without any extensions or plugins:<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-homepage_7-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin_%28software%29#cite_note-homepage-7"></a></sup><br />
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonjour_%28software%29" title="Bonjour (software)">Bonjour</a> (Apple's implementation of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeroconf" title="Zeroconf">Zeroconf</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadu-Gadu" title="Gadu-Gadu">Gadu-Gadu</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat" title="Internet Relay Chat">IRC</a></li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Lotus_Sametime" title="IBM Lotus Sametime">Lotus Sametime</a></li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySpaceIM" title="MySpaceIM">MySpaceIM</a></li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MXit" title="MXit">MXit</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Notification_Protocol" title="Microsoft Notification Protocol">MSNP</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Messenger_service" title="Microsoft Messenger service">Microsoft Messenger service</a> as used by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger" title="Windows Live Messenger">Windows Live Messenger</a> AKA <i>MSN Messenger</i>; no multimedia support)</li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novell_GroupWise" title="Novell GroupWise">Novell GroupWise</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSCAR_protocol" title="OSCAR protocol">OSCAR</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_Instant_Messenger" title="AOL Instant Messenger">AIM</a>/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICQ" title="ICQ">ICQ</a>/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MobileMe" title="MobileMe">MobileMe</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_Initiation_Protocol" title="Session Initiation Protocol">SIP</a>/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIMPLE" title="SIMPLE">SIMPLE</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SILC_%28protocol%29" title="SILC (protocol)">SILC</a></li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Messaging_and_Presence_Protocol" title="Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol">XMPP</a>/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle_%28protocol%29" title="Jingle (protocol)">Jingle</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Talk" title="Google Talk">Google Talk</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveJournal" title="LiveJournal">LJ Talk</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gizmo5" title="Gizmo5">Gizmo5</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Chat" title="Facebook Chat">Facebook Chat</a>, ...)</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21_Messenger_Protocol" title="Yahoo! Messenger Protocol">YMSG</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21_Messenger" title="Yahoo! Messenger">YIM</a> only basic chat and file transfers)</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zephyr_%28protocol%29" title="Zephyr (protocol)">Zephyr</a></li>
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Some XMPP servers provide <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Messaging_and_Presence_Protocol#Connecting_to_other_protocols" title="Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol">transports</a>,
which allow users to access networks using non-XMPP protocols without
having to install plugins or additional software. Pidgin's support for
XMPP means that these transports can be used to communicate via
otherwise unsupported protocols, including not only instant messaging
protocols, but also protocols such as SMS or E-mail.<br />
Additional protocols, supported by third-party plugins, include Microsoft OCS/LCS (extended SIP/SIMPLE), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ" title="Tencent QQ">QQ</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin_%28software%29#cite_note-9"></a></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype_protocol" title="Skype protocol">Skype</a> via <a class="external text" href="http://code.google.com/p/skype4pidgin/" rel="nofollow">skype4pidgin plugin</a>, and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xfire" title="Xfire">Xfire</a> gaming network (requires the <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gfire&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Gfire (page does not exist)">Gfire</a> plugin).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Plugins">Plugins</span></h3>
Various other features are supported using third-party <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_%28computing%29" title="Plug-in (computing)">plugins</a>. Such features include:<br />
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<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encryption" title="Encryption">Encryption</a> and privacy, through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-Record_Messaging" title="Off-the-Record Messaging">Off-the-Record Messaging</a> (OTR)</li>
<li>Notifications (such as showing "toaster" popups or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snarl_%28software%29" title="Snarl (software)">Snarl</a> notifications, or lighting LEDs on laptops)</li>
<li>Showing contacts what you are listening to in various media players</li>
<li>Adding <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_formula" title="Mathematical formula">mathematical formulas</a> written in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX" title="LaTeX">LaTeX</a> to conversations</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype_protocol" title="Skype protocol">Skype</a> text chat via <a class="external text" href="http://code.google.com/p/skype4pidgin/" rel="nofollow">skype4pidgin plugin</a></li>
<li>Watching videos directly into your conversation when receiving a video sharing website link (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimeo" title="Vimeo">Vimeo</a>)</li>
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The program was originally written by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Spencer_%28computer_engineer%29" title="Mark Spencer (computer engineer)">Mark Spencer</a>, an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auburn_University" title="Auburn University">Auburn University</a> sophomore, as an emulation of AOL's IM program <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_Instant_Messenger" title="AOL Instant Messenger">AOL Instant Messenger</a> on Linux using the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTK%2B" title="GTK+">GTK+</a> toolkit. The earliest archived release was on December 31, 1998.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"></sup> It was named <b>GAIM</b> (<i>GTK+ AOL Instant Messenger</i>) accordingly. The emulation was not based on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering" title="Reverse engineering">reverse engineering</a>,
but instead relied on information about the protocol that AOL had
published on the web; development was also assisted by some of AOL's
technical staff. Support for other IM protocols was added soon thereafter.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-forbes_13-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin_%28software%29#cite_note-forbes-13"></a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Naming_dispute">Naming dispute</span></h3>
In response to pressure from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL" title="AOL">AOL</a>, the program was renamed to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym" title="Acronym">acronymous</a>-but-lowercase <b>gaim</b>.
As AOL Instant Messenger gained popularity, AOL trademarked its
acronym, "AIM", leading to a lengthy legal struggle with the creators of
GAIM, who kept the matter largely secret.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"></sup><br />
On April 6, 2007, the project development team announced the results
of their settlement with AOL, which included a series of name changes: <i>Gaim</i> became <i>Pidgin</i>, <i>libgaim</i> became <i>libpurple</i>, and <i>gaim-text</i> became <i>finch</i>. The name Pidgin was chosen in reference to the term "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin" title="Pidgin">pidgin</a>", which describes communication between people who do not share a common language.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Important_17-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin_%28software%29#cite_note-Important-17"></a></sup> The name "purple" refers to "prpl", the internal libgaim name for an IM <b>pr</b>otocol <b>pl</b>ugin.<br />
Due to the legal issues, version 2.0 of the software was frozen in
beta stages. Following the settlement, it was announced that the first
official release of Pidgin 2.0.0 was hoped to occur during the two weeks
from April 8, 2007.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18"></sup>
However, Pidgin 2.0 was not released as scheduled; Pidgin developers
announced on April 22, 2007 that the delay was due to the preferences
directory "<tt>.gaim</tt>".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin_%28software%29#cite_note-19"></a></sup><br />
Pidgin 2.0.0 was released on May 3, 2007. Other visual changes were made to the interface on 2.0.0, including updated icons.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin_%28software%29#cite_note-20"></a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Criticisms">Criticisms</span></h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password" title="Password">Passwords</a> are stored in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaintext" title="Plaintext">plaintext</a>
file. This password file is readable by anyone who has physical access
to the computer, access to the user or administrative accounts, or
(potentially) to anyone who is able to exploit security vulnerabilities
on that computer. The developers recognize this as a security concern,
but believe that the requirements of Pidgin (and the nature of instant
messaging) make it infeasible to encrypt the password file, though they
have said that they welcome solutions to integrate Pidgin with
application-level security solutions.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21"></sup></li>
<li>Pidgin does not currently support resuming paused or incomplete file transfers in any of the applicable chat protocols<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin_%28software%29#cite_note-24"></a></sup></li>
<li>As of version 2.4 and later, the ability to manually resize the text
input box of conversations has been altered—Pidgin now automatically
resizes between a number of lines set in 'Preferences' and 50% of the
window depending on how much is typed. Some users find this an annoyance
rather than a feature and find this solution unacceptable. The
inability to manually resize the input area eventually led to a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_%28software%29" title="Fork (software)">fork</a>, Carrier (originally named Funpidgin).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27"></sup></li>
<li>Pidgin does not allow disabling the group sorting on the contact list.</li>
</ul>
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<h2>
Supported Languages</h2>
Pidgin is translated into many different languages, thanks to the
generous contributions of our volunteer translators.
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<ul class="condensed">
<li>Afrikaans </li>
<li>Albanian</li>
<li>American English</li>
<li>Arabic</li>
<li>Armenian</li>
<li>Armenian</li>
<li>Australian English</li>
<li>Azerbaijani</li>
<li>Belarusian Latin</li>
<li>Belarusian Latin</li>
<li>Bengali</li>
<li>Bokmal Norwegian</li>
<li>Bosnian</li>
<li>British English</li>
<li>Bulgarian</li>
<li>Canadian English</li>
<li>Catalan</li>
<li>Chinese</li>
<li>Czech</li>
<li>Danish</li>
<li>Dutch, Flemish</li>
<li>Dzongkha</li>
<li>English</li>
<li>Esperanto</li>
<li>Estonian</li>
<li>Euskera(Basque)</li>
<li>Finnish</li>
<li>French</li>
<li>Galician</li>
<li>Georgian</li>
<li>German</li>
<li>Greek</li>
<li>Gujarati</li>
<li>Hebrew</li>
<li>Hindi</li>
<li>Hong Kong Chinese</li>
<li>Hungarian</li>
<li>Indonesian</li>
<li>Irish</li>
<li>Italian</li>
<li>Japanese</li>
<li>Kannada</li>
<li>Khmer</li>
<li>Korean</li>
<li>Kurdish</li>
<li>Lao</li>
<li>Lithuanian</li>
<li>Macedonian</li>
<li>Malay</li>
<li>Marathi</li>
<li>Mongolian</li>
<li>Myanmar (Burmese)</li>
<li>Nepali</li>
<li>Norwegian Nynorsk</li>
<li>Occitan</li>
<li>Oriya</li>
<li>Pashto</li>
<li>Persian</li>
<li>Polish</li>
<li>Portuguese</li>
<li>Portuguese-Brazil</li>
<li>Punjabi</li>
<li>Romanian</li>
<li>Russian</li>
<li>Serbian</li>
<li>Serbian</li>
<li>Simplified Chinese</li>
<li>Sinhala</li>
<li>Slovak</li>
<li>Slovenian</li>
<li>Spanish</li>
<li>Swahili</li>
<li>Swedish</li>
<li>Tamil</li>
<li>Telugu</li>
<li>Thai</li>
<li>Traditional Chinese</li>
<li>Turkish</li>
<li>Ukranian</li>
<li>Urdu</li>
<li>Valencian-Catalan</li>
<li>Vietnamese</li>
<li>Xhosa</li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span dir="auto">Paltalk</span></i></span></h2>
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<caption class="summary">Paltalk Messenger</caption>
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paltalklogo.png"><img alt="Paltalklogo.png" height="57" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7b/Paltalklogo.png/150px-Paltalklogo.png" width="150" /></a></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_developer" title="Software developer">Developer(s)</a></th>
<td>AVM Software</td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th>
<td>June 1998</td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th>
<td>Version 10.3 Build 498 / April 14, 2013<span class="noprint">; 2 months ago</span></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_%28operating_system%29" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry" title="BlackBerry">BlackBerry</a></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Website</th>
<td><a class="external free" href="http://www.paltalk.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.paltalk.com/</a></td>
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<b>Paltalk</b> is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">instant messaging</a> service that enables users to communicate via <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_chat" title="Internet chat">internet chat</a>, voice and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_chat" title="Video chat">video chat</a>. It offers <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_rooms" title="Chat rooms">chat rooms</a> and the ability for users to create their own public virtual chat room. Paltalk is available in three formats: <i>Paltalk Messenger</i>, the regular version most users use, <i>Paltalk Mobile</i>, the phone version, and <i>Paltalk Express</i>. It is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">proprietary software</a>.
While basic services are free of charge and basic software is free to
download, fee-based memberships and payable upgrades to more capable
paid versions are offered by AVM Software, the creators of Paltalk.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Software">Software</span></h2>
Paltalk Messenger is a downloadable <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_application" title="Software application">software application</a> for a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a> based computer. Paltalk Mobile is a mobile client for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry" title="BlackBerry">BlackBerry</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone" title="IPhone">iPhone</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_%28operating_system%29" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a>. PaltalkExpress is a free web based <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash" title="Adobe Flash">Adobe Flash</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java" title="Java">Java</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_software" title="Application software">application</a> which can be accessed using any <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_browser" title="Internet browser">Internet browser</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paltalk#cite_note-2"><span></span></a></sup> It has also been featured as one of the most popular communication apps in the Google Chrome Web Store.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><span></span></sup> Paltalk Express delivers no PC-to-phone calls and no interoperability with IM services.<br />
Paltalk has a widget called Paltalk Video Chat Widget that was released on May 12, 2009. It allows website visitors to view Paltalk rooms, both text and video. Users can now text-chat directly from the widget.<br />
Paltalk and HearMe are owned by AVM Software, which is a privately held company founded in 1998 and based in <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City,_NY" title="New York City, NY">New York City, NY</a>.
Paltalk became popular after Firetalk, an earlier voice and music chat
program which became unable to maintain operation due to a lack of
adequate funding.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"></sup><br />
HearMe was acquired by Paltalk in 2001 and re-launched as a product in 2007. HearMe provides <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VoIP" title="VoIP">VoIP</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_sharing" title="Desktop sharing">Desktop Sharing</a> and video conferencing in a scalable manner, allowing up to 2,000 simultaneous participants in each meeting "room".<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"></sup><br />
Paltalk produces a number<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;"></sup> of original programs for its PaltalkScene platform: News Talk Online hosted by former CNN reporter Gary Baumgarten, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_Tonight" title="America Tonight">America Tonight</a></i>
with Kate Delaney that is also syndicated to 80 stations around the
United States, The Jack Alexander Experiment, Hollywood Now with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanne_Colan" title="Joanne Colan">Joanne Colan</a>
and MusicScene. The hosted shows feature celebrities, politicians,
musicians and entertainers who are able to interact live with the
viewers through video chat.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><span></span></sup>
The room formerly known as PNN (Paltalk News Network) has been changed
to U.S. Election Central 2012 and is now open 24/7 for chatters to
discuss the American elections in a safe environment with no bad
language or insults. Paltalk is featured by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arutz_Sheva" title="Arutz Sheva">Israel National Radio</a> as a News Talk Online <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">Instant messaging</a> platform as of March 2012.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paltalk#cite_note-6"><span></span></a></sup><br />
Paltalk has been widely criticized for use of various <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware" title="Spyware">spyware</a>
programs, although the company denies it. However, Paltalk uses an
intrusive system whereby codes are implanted onto the user's registry,
codes are also read to identify each user by a unique identifier from
the Microsoft operating system for use in room bans. These issues have
raised concerns as to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_post" title="Anonymous post">anonymity</a>
of users. Paltalk also uses deceiving ads at the bottom of its message
box, making it appear as if the user has received a message, but it
triggers a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popup_ad" title="Popup ad">popup ad</a>. Many users have reported slow PCs upon use of Paltalk and page redirects when using Paltalk.<br />
In June 2013, it was revealed that Paltalk was targeted by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_%28surveillance_program%29" title="PRISM (surveillance program)">PRISM</a> surveillance program.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lobosco_8-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paltalk#cite_note-Lobosco-8"><span></span></a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Kevin_Whitrick">Kevin Whitrick</span></h2>
In 2007, Kevin Whitrick hanged himself live on one of Paltalk's
chatrooms. The chatroom he was using at the time was one of the popular
'insult chatrooms' where users insult each other. While Whitrick
threatened to kill himself, some of the users pleaded for him to stop
while others encouraged him; some of whom would later claim they thought
it was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoax" title="Hoax">hoax</a> when the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK" title="UK">UK</a>'s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Office" title="Home Office">Home Office</a> launched an investigation into one hundred of the users involved in the chat room.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paltalk#cite_note-10"><span></span></a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Use_as_an_educational_aid">Use as an educational aid</span></h2>
Paltalk has been used as a medium for teaching English by offering <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password" title="Password">password</a>-protected chatrooms of up to three users. <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educator" title="Educator">Educators</a> have praised both the sufficient <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_quality" title="Audio quality">audio quality</a>
to teach language and the 'Request Talk' button which allows teachers
control over who is speaking at any one time, much like a conventional
classroom. Parents and teachers are warned however, not to allow
unsupervised access to Paltalk due to some of its chatrooms being
"dominated by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex" title="Sex">sexual</a>,
obscene or defamatory communication" and that although the software has
Parental Control options, these do not extend to chat room limitations,
do not protect against <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paedophile" title="Paedophile">online predators</a> and are easily circumvented by reinstalling the software.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><span></span></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Patent_lawsuits">Patent lawsuits</span></h2>
Paltalk filed a series of patent lawsuits in 2009 against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game" title="Video game">video game</a>
developers claiming they were infringing US patents 5,822,523 and
6,226,686 "Server-group messaging system for interactive applications."
Paltalk first brought a case against <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>, claiming <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_%28video_game%29" title="Halo (video game)">Halo</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Live" title="Xbox Live">Xbox Live</a>
violated its patent rights, and settled in an out of court settlement
for $90 million USD in 2009, despite Microsoft lawyers contending that
Paltalk bought the patent for under $200,000.<br />
Paltalk then moved on to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" title="Activision Blizzard">Activision Blizzard</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCsoft" title="NCsoft">NCsoft</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagex" title="Jagex">Jagex</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbine,_Inc." title="Turbine, Inc.">Turbine, Inc.</a>,
claiming that these companies are also violating Paltalk's patents
whose damages range in the "tens of millions of dollars". This has
sparked some controversy in the video gamer community as some of these
companies are known for selling games for under USD $20, and Jagex
provides a free version of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RuneScape" title="RuneScape">RuneScape</a></i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><span></span></sup> In late 2010, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagex" title="Jagex">Jagex</a>
successfully defended against such a lawsuit. Jagex's CEO made the
following statement "It is exceedingly unfortunate that the U.S. legal
system can force a company with a sole presence in Cambridge, UK to
incur a seven-digit expense and waste over a year of management time on a
case with absolutely no merit," he went on to say that Jagex "will not
hesitate to vigorously defend our position against any patent trolls who
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is the software which you can use to spy on any Android cell phone
without having to be all around it. Regardless of where in the entire
world you do you think you're will be able to see all of that goes with
in the phone being checked. The individual activity logarithm is
secretly recorded along with converted in HTML data files so you could
easily understand them. You can even upload log files from your Android
OS phone for the KidLogger account. Once this can be done, you may then
browse the files. Could that you do not have all time in world in order
to stalk thus KidLogger volition report whenever you are totally free
and ready to look.<br />
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To begin with, it will certainly record each activity going on in the
phone. No telephone calls, text messages, web webpages being surfed,
apps, or areas can possibly be hidden out of this ultimate adware. We
recognize all that happens in the marked mobile's existence; well,
providing all from it is within your Operating system phone.
Furthermore, the activeness log is uploaded for your requirements at
KidLogger.net. Just remember, all with this is totally free! You do not
have to pay for this app – really amazing!<br />
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It's simple to know whom the goal is getting in touch with and a
caller's identity him/your ex; you doesn't just be alert to the number
of the company but in addition their get in touch with name. Also you
can read the incoming text messages and the particular clipboard wording
data. Furthermore, you can view regardless of if the Wi Fi, USB, Card
and/or even GSM have been in use. Kids-logger enables you to see this
applications which were accessed from the target telephone.Also, you can
observe the earphone activity life cycle and all of the websites that
have been visited for the monitored cell phone – URLs involved. You need
to know what is being typed or maybe said about the phone? KidLogger
Seasoned makes this possible for you. You could enter some keywords
which when used are going to be informed to your account of. Today your
children can't manipulation foul language without letting you know –
though, involuntarily.Even when you are busy doing other points in your
PC system this specific app is fine in the background but this
particular feature is available in the Professional version your app. To
create your existence easy, KidLogger restarts instantly when the
product is restarted. Other than this, by way of the KidLogger Expert
settings you can include password security which may restrict any kind
of unwanted entry. Moreover, as a result of your account you can
certainly browse every one of the log data files on the marked phone
with any rush. You also can set the option which orders the cellphone to
add log documents to your account so there is no need to consult for
them yourself.</div>
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There are also versions for Windows,Linux, etc..<br />
You can see the additional details in below website..<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="http://kidlogger.net/download.html" target="_blank">Download in OFFICIAL WEBSITE</a></b></span>deekshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01690904108520591483noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582758707144564712.post-27742316698689486812013-06-27T09:22:00.002-07:002013-06-27T09:22:51.254-07:00Miranda IM<h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="text-align: center;">
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<caption class="summary">Miranda IM</caption>
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Miranda_IM_logo.svg"><img alt="Miranda IM logo.svg" height="60" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Miranda_IM_logo.svg/170px-Miranda_IM_logo.svg.png" width="170" /></a></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_developer" title="Software developer">Developer(s)</a></th>
<td>Miranda IM Project</td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th>
<td>2 February 2000</td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th>
<td>0.10.14<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><span></span></sup> <small>(19 June 2013<span class="noprint">; 7 days ago</span>)</small> </td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Written in</th>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%28programming_language%29" title="C (programming language)">C</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_categories" title="List of software categories">Type</a></th>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">Instant messaging</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client_%28computing%29" title="Client (computing)">client</a></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GNU General Public License</a></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Website</th>
<td><span class="url"><a class="external text" href="http://www.miranda-im.org/" rel="nofollow">www.miranda-im.org</a></span></td>
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<b>Miranda IM</b> is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source" title="Open source">open source</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiprotocol_instant_messaging_application" title="Multiprotocol instant messaging application">multiprotocol instant messaging application</a>, designed for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>. Miranda is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software" title="Free software">free software</a> distributed under <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GNU General Public License</a>.<h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="text-align: left;">
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Architecture">Architecture</span></h2>
Miranda IM provides a basic client framework, GUI, and an advanced
plugin architecture. Support for various IM protocols and additional
features is implemented through optional plugins,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lui_2-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_IM#cite_note-Lui-2"><span></span></a></sup> some of which come bundled with Miranda IM by default; the rest (over 500) are available on the official addons site.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_IM#cite_note-3"><span></span></a></sup> Unused protocols can be removed.<br />
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Features">Features</span></h2>
<ul>
<li>Customized look and function according to each individual's needs.</li>
<li>Management and organization of hundreds of IM buddies on many IM networks
<ul>
<li>Contact renaming</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Full message archive database
<ul>
<li>Simple recall or deletion with the DB Tool or History Sweeper plugin.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Contact details or photos visible with mouseover. (Needs additional plugin)</li>
<li>No advertising</li>
<li>Compact and portable: with few plugins</li>
<li>Security/Privacy: Saves history on hard disk</li>
<li>Low memory footprint<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Online_4-0"><span></span></sup></li>
</ul>
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Connectivity">Connectivity</span></h2>
The protocol plugins included with Miranda IM are AIM, Gadu-Gadu, ICQ, IRC, Microsoft Messenger service (a.k.a. MSN, .NET, Live, etc.), XMPP (& Google Talk), and Yahoo! Messenger. Other protocols available via plugins include Bonjour Fetion, Facebook Messenger, Inter-Asterisk eXchange, Lotus Sametime, NetSend, MySpace, Tencent QQ, SIP, Skype (requires Skype), Tlen.pl, Xfire.<br />
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<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Early_days">Early days</span></h3>
Miranda IM was first started by <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roland_Rabien&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Roland Rabien (page does not exist)">Roland Rabien</a>
(figbug) on February 2, 2000. At that time, it was a minimalist ICQ
clone and officially called Miranda ICQ. The first public release,
version 0.0.1, was released on February 6, 2000. This release used
LibICQ, had no support for message history, database, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_%28computing%29" title="Plug-in (computing)">plugins</a>, and had a distribution size of less than 100 KB.<br />
A major new feature of version 0.0.4 was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MegaHAL" title="MegaHAL">MegaHAL</a> chat bot, which enabled automatic chatting between Miranda and other ICQ users. Plugin support was added with version 0.0.6. <i>Logger Plugin</i> was the first plugin bundled with the official release.<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Version_0.1.x">Version 0.1.x</span></h3>
After the release of version 0.0.6.1 on December 26, 2000, the
original developers left, and Richard "cyreve" Hughes took over the
project. His first release, version 0.1.0.0 on April 8, 2001 was
improved through a major rewrite. The split message dialog bundled with
this release became the first messaging module to be put into a plugin.
The .Net Messenger Service protocol plugin appeared around the time of
version 0.1.1.0 release becoming the second messaging protocol to be
supported by Miranda. This was also the first official release to
support language pack translations. Miranda hence had multi-protocol,
multi-language instant messenger features.<br />
After v0.1.0.0, Miranda plugin development grew rapidly. With version
0.1.2.1 (February 28, 2002), there were approximately 50 plugins
available. At the time the new <i>Lizard</i> plugin enabled skinning support; the only time Miranda supported skins. <i>Lizard</i> development stopped soon after, due to the instability it caused.<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Version_0.2.x">Version 0.2.x</span></h3>
After the mysterious disappearance of cyreve in June, 2002<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9"><span> </span></sup>
the developers Martin Öberg (Strickz), Robert Rainwater (rainwater),
Sam K (egoDust), and Lyon Lim (lynlimz) took over the project. The MSN
protocol was taken over by Rako Shizuka who also developed the first
version of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21_Messenger" title="Yahoo! Messenger">Yahoo! Messenger</a> protocol, which was the third protocol supported by Miranda. The <i>Yahoo!</i>
plugin was closed source, and lost reliability as the official Yahoo!
Messenger protocol changed over time - it was later re-written by new
developer Gennady Feldman.<br />
The first of the non-IM plugins, including <i>RSS News</i> and <i>Weather</i>,
were released within this period. These added a contact to contact list
for the purpose of displaying information to the user rather than
chatting.<br />
Discussion about renaming of the program and removal of <i>ICQ</i> from the core began about this time. Due to the increase of protocol support, the project was officially renamed to <b>Miranda IM</b> on December 17, 2002.<br />
The first release under the new name occurred on February 1, 2003,
about three years after the beginning of the project, and a bug fix
version came two weeks later.<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Version_0.3.x">Version 0.3.x</span></h3>
The major change in version 0.3, released on June 23, 2003, was the removal of <i>ICQ</i> from the core into a plugin. From now on, Miranda could run without the <i>ICQ</i> application being installed. The project moved to a new site at <a class="external text" href="http://www.miranda-im.org/" rel="nofollow">www.miranda-im.org</a>, featuring a new discussion board and file listing.<br />
Protocol plugins bundled in version 0.3 included <i>ICQ</i>, <i>MSN</i>, <i>AIM</i>, and <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Messaging_and_Presence_Protocol" title="Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol">XMPP</a></i>. The <i>Yahoo!</i>
protocol was not included in the package. IRC support was added later
by Jörgen Persson (m8rix) to the official release of version 0.3.1, on
August 8, 2003.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ZDBE_12-0"><span></span></sup><br />
Another major change was the removal of the <i>Send-Receive Messaging Module</i> from the core into a plugin, <i>SRMM</i>.
This reduced the size of the executable file and encouraged rapid
development of messaging modules. During this period many variations
(including <i>SRAMM</i>, <i>SRMM_mod</i>, etc.) offered different new features and improvements over the standard implementation.<br />
ZDNet.be reviewed release 0.3, complimenting its "effortless" contact
importing, low memory usage, and extensive variety of plugins, and
stating, "Miranda is a strong recommendation for people who have a
system tray populated by several IM applications."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ZDBE_12-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_IM#cite_note-ZDBE-12"><span></span></a></sup><br />
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Version 0.4 of Miranda IM was released on April 7, 2005. This was the first version to have <i>Yahoo!</i>
protocol bundled with the official release. Other major changes
included the removal of contact list and database module from the core
into plugins.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><span></span></sup> As a result, there were 4 variations of contact list modules: the original <i>clist_classic</i>, multi-window contact list <i>clist_mw</i>, modern contact list <i>clist_modern</i>, and nicer contact list with extensive UI customization <i>clist_nicer</i>. Other popular plugins released within this period included tabbed message window (<i>tabsrmm</i> and <i>scriver</i>), HTML based message log support <i>IE view</i>, scripting plugin <i>mbot</i>, and the meta contact plugin.<br />
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Version 0.5 of Miranda IM was released on July 28, 2006. This is the first version to have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode" title="Unicode">Unicode</a> support available as a download option for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT" title="Windows NT">Windows NT</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2000" title="Windows 2000">2000</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP" title="Windows XP">XP</a> users. Another new feature is the introduction of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_Instant_Messenger" title="AOL Instant Messenger">AIM</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSCAR_protocol" title="OSCAR protocol">Oscar</a></i>,
first released in early 2006, allowing users to transfer files and
receive away messages. This version also provided more support for <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar_%28virtual_reality%29" title="Avatar (virtual reality)">avatars</a> among the various protocols.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><span></span></sup><br />
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Version 0.6 of Miranda IM was released on December 29, 2006. This version introduced <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Plug_and_Play" title="Universal Plug and Play">UPnP</a> support to improve file transfer and direct connect reliability through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Router_%28computing%29" title="Router (computing)">routers</a>. Other changes included improved support for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8" title="UTF-8">UTF-8</a> strings, improved tabbed options support, and numerous bug fixes.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17"><span></span></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Version_0.7.x">Version 0.7.x</span></h3>
Version 0.7 of Miranda IM was released on October 1, 2007. Key
changes included integrated font and icon services, a rewritten menu
engine, and a release notifier. One large change is a new way to
uniquely identify plugins and the interfaces they implement which may
break backward compatibility in the future.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_IM#cite_note-19"><span></span></a></sup><br />
A 2008 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNET" title="CNET">CNET</a>
review gave the program 4 out of 5 stars, noting that though the
interface is "plain", the program supports most IM protocols in one
package. Features favored in the review included its centralized
personal information management, "numerous" window behavior controls,
and configurable hotkeys.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-CNETUS_20-0"><span></span></sup><br />
<a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Techzine.nl&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Techzine.nl (page does not exist)">Techzine.nl</a>
reviewed this version, listing its positive attributes as "support for
many protocols; small and fast; a lot of plug-ins and skins; many
settings" and writing it "will not look bad on your computer. Especially
if you are looking for a simple client on a USB stick then Miranda IM
is a good choice." On the other hand, "if you are using WLM (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Messenger" title="Windows Live Messenger">Windows Live Messenger</a>)
and you find the settings of the program hard, [we] can not recommend
Miranda IM. The typical things like WLM's smilies, sounds, winks and
games are not standard. You do get that functionality by the wide choice
of skins and plug-ins, but for that you do some research and setting
work."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Techzine_5-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_IM#cite_note-Techzine-5"><span></span></a></sup><br />
Authors Lui and Chan in <i>Software Development Rhythms</i> describe
using Miranda IM's plugin architecture to copy, modify, and test
existing plugins in order to develop "NAMMIK", a scriptable ICQ chatting
bot used to interview people; they refer to Miranda IM's architecture
as "simple and flexible".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Lui_2-1"><span></span></sup><br />
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Version 0.8 of Miranda IM was released on June 17, 2009. It included a
new Account Manager which supports multiple accounts per protocol
(doing away with DLL renaming), built-in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security" title="Transport Layer Security">SSL</a> support, various enhancements and bugfixes for the core and plugins.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21"><span></span><span></span></sup><br />
A PCWorld Magazine review of version 0.8.16 noted its addon
capability, but stated, "Miranda's user interface leaves something to be
desired" while referring to its login status icons, wishing for easier
management and grouping of contacts, easy blocking/reporting of
spammers, and ultimately recommending it "for those who use only surface
capabilities of instant messengers."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-PCW_6-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_IM#cite_note-PCW-6"><span></span></a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Version_0.9.x">Version 0.9.x</span></h3>
Version 0.9 of Miranda IM was released on August 24, 2010. It
consists of many new features focused on improving Unicode support and
overall protocol improvements. It is also the first Miranda IM version
to feature an official 64-bit build.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_IM#cite_note-22"><span></span></a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Version_0.10.x">Version 0.10.x</span></h3>
Version 0.10 of Miranda IM was released on July 18, 2012. It consists
of enhancements to Miranda IM 0.9.x including improved language support
and improved networking support. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_IM#cite_note-23"><span></span></a></sup><br />
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In May 2012 Miranda IM was forked to <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miranda_NG&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Miranda NG (page does not exist)">Miranda NG</a>
(New Generation). The reasons were differences in the development team
and slow-moving development of original Miranda. Main differences
between original client and fork are: moving to VS2010 compiler thus
deprecating ANSI version, core and plugins development is combined and
share unified repository.<br />
<br />deekshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01690904108520591483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582758707144564712.post-27883053155840314022013-06-26T06:04:00.000-07:002013-06-26T06:08:45.891-07:00Meetro<h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="text-align: center;">
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<td>Meetro, Inc</td>
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<td>1.0 / May 1, 2007 <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meetro#cite_note-1"></a></sup></td>
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<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X" title="Mac OS X">Mac OS X</a></td>
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<td><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Social_messenger&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Social messenger (page does not exist)">Social messenger</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_Messaging" title="Instant Messaging">Instant Messaging</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Networking" title="Social Networking">Social Networking</a></td>
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<td>proprietary</td>
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<td><span class="url"><a class="external text" href="http://www.meetro.com/" rel="nofollow">www.meetro.com</a></span></td>
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<b>Meetro</b> was a multi-network <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Social_messenger&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Social messenger (page does not exist)">social messenger</a> with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location-based_service" title="Location-based service">location-based services</a> (LBS). It was compatible with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_Instant_Messenger" title="AOL Instant Messenger">AOL Instant Messenger</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21_Messenger" title="Yahoo! Messenger">Yahoo! Messenger</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN_Messenger" title="MSN Messenger">MSN Messenger</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Talk" title="Google Talk">GTalk</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Messaging_and_Presence_Protocol" title="Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol">XMPP</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICQ" title="ICQ">ICQ</a>.
Meetro's features made it useful for meeting people with similar
interests in a given area, as well as bundling multiple messaging
protocols into one program. Meetro was located in <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco,_California" title="San Francisco, California">San Francisco, California</a>.<br />
Meetro is a software that runs on Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.<br />
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Meetro launched on June 1, 2005. On August 14, 2005, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot" title="Slashdot">Slashdot</a> reported a rumor that Meetro was in talks to be bought out by search giant <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bragiel" title="Paul Bragiel">Paul Bragiel</a>, CEO of Meetro, crafted the rumor and promoted it via sites like digg.com as a publicity stunt to attract attention.<br />
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Meetro differed from the other popular messengers in that users could
input location specifications to see other online users in surrounding
areas. Its location finder was strongest in the Americas and Europe but
worked the world over. Users unable to obtain a location could input
latitude and longitude details to see how far away other online users
are at a particular moment.<br />
Meetro worked by actively scanning for the MAC addresses of wireless
access points around a user's location. Then Meetro contacted the main
database server and compared the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address" title="MAC address">MAC address</a> to a list of known access points. Subsequently it did some mathematical calculations to determine the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitude</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude" title="Longitude">longitude</a>
of a location. Once Meetro had calculated the general area (usually a
quarter mile) of a user's physical location, it then compared it to
others users and displayed who's online within a quarter mile, half
mile, mile, etc... A user's exact location was never displayed to other
people on the network for privacy and security reasons. Meetro would
only present that a user is within a range of 1/4 of a mile. Users could
choose to make information of their location public, such as "I'm at
the cafe on 2nd and Broadway."<br />
Shortly before closing, Meetro added support for business address
look-ups in the United States as an alternative method for users to
report their location.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Features">Features</span></h2>
Meetro allowed users to create custom profile pages which could be
searched and browsed by other users nearby. Meetro's profiles supported
feeds for videos, photos, and blogs in addition to the typical social
networking profile questions. Users had the option of embedding dynamic
feeds from their YouTube videos, Flickr photos, and their personal blogs
directly into their profiles. Meetro was one of the few services
offering 'profile aggregation' - crawling the web to aggregate a user's <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_persona" title="Digital persona">digital persona</a>.<br />
Meetro was different than other social networks and messengers in the
fact that as soon as you signup, you're able to talk with other users
who are nearby instantly, even if they're not approved 'friends'. This
is to encourage communication between nearby people.<br />
Towards then end of 2006, Meetro introduced features to display
places and services that were nearby (in addition to people). Meetro
will display nearby restaurants, cafes, and bars on a map. Meetro had
planned to also display the local weather and nearby <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geotagged" title="Geotagged">geotagged</a> photos.<br />
Meetro had introduced a number of location based <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_widgets" title="Web widgets">web widgets</a>, including a StatusBadge that would display a user's last known real-world location on their blog, email, or personal webpage.<br />
Meetro allowed users to create real-time personalized groups within
the client. These groups could be configured to show a specific subset
of Meetro users grouped by any combination of: Status (away/available),
Gender (male, female, unspecified), Minimum Distance, Maximum Distance,
Keywords, Relation (friend, friend of a friend, unrelated, MeetroHQ).
For example, you could create a group that includes all users that are
between 3 and 4 miles away and are currently online. Meetro was one of
the only messengers to have a rule-based grouping system, as opposed to
other messengers which do not use any personal descriptors or location
to sort and filter users.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Company_Background">Company Background</span></h2>
Meetro originally started in Chicago, IL with a small team working and living out of the same house. The team moved to <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto,_CA" title="Palo Alto, CA">Palo Alto, CA</a>
in late 2005 and continued the same live/work situation. Meetro grew
and enjoyed press coverage for its atypical live/work ethic, including a
front page story in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Chronicle" title="San Francisco Chronicle">San Francisco Chronicle</a>.At the time of closing, Meetro headquartered in San Francisco's <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoMa" title="SoMa">SoMa</a> district.<br />
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<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE" title="KDE">KDE</a></td>
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<td>1.2.3 <small>(May 4, 2012<span class="noprint">; 13 months ago</span>)</small> <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopete#cite_note-1"><span></span></a></sup></td>
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<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a> (<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qt_%28toolkit%29" title="Qt (toolkit)">Qt</a>)</td>
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<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">Instant messaging</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client_%28computing%29" title="Client (computing)">client</a></td>
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<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GNU General Public License</a></td>
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<td><span class="url"><a class="external text" href="http://kde.org/applications/internet/kopete/" rel="nofollow">kde.org/applications/internet/kopete/</a></span></td>
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<b>Kopete</b> (ko-PEH-tEH) is a multi-protocol, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software" title="Free software">free software</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">instant messaging</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client_%28computing%29" title="Client (computing)">client</a> released as part of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE_Software_Compilation" title="KDE Software Compilation">KDE Software Compilation</a>. Although it can run in numerous environments, it was designed for and integrates with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE_Plasma_Workspaces" title="KDE Plasma Workspaces">KDE Plasma Workspaces</a>. Kopete was started because <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICQ" title="ICQ">ICQ</a> blocked Licq from their network in 2001. According to the original author, Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett, the name comes from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_Spanish" title="Chilean Spanish">Chilean Spanish</a> word <i>copete</i>, meaning "a drink with your friends".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3"><span></span></sup> Kopete has been nominated for multiple awards.The designated successor is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE_Telepathy" title="KDE Telepathy">KDE Telepathy</a> from the KDE RTCC Initiative.<br />
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Protocols">Protocols</span></h2>
Kopete allows users to connect to the following protocols:<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"><span></span><span></span></sup><br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadu-Gadu" title="Gadu-Gadu">Gadu-Gadu</a></li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Lotus_Sametime" title="IBM Lotus Sametime">Lotus Sametime</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"><span></span></sup></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Messenger_service" title="Windows Messenger service">Windows Messenger service</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Notification_Protocol" title="Microsoft Notification Protocol">MSNP</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Messenger_service" title="Microsoft Messenger service">Microsoft Messenger service</a>, commonly known as <i>MSN</i>, <i>.NET</i>, or <i>Live</i>)</li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novell_GroupWise" title="Novell GroupWise">Novell GroupWise</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSCAR_protocol" title="OSCAR protocol">OSCAR</a> (including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_Instant_Messenger" title="AOL Instant Messenger">AIM</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICQ" title="ICQ">ICQ</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent_QQ" title="Tencent QQ">QQ</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype_protocol" title="Skype protocol">Skype</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9"><span></span></sup></li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS" title="SMS">SMS</a></li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xfire" title="Xfire">Xfire</a><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10"><span></span></sup></li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Messaging_and_Presence_Protocol" title="Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol">XMPP</a>/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle_%28protocol%29" title="Jingle (protocol)">Jingle</a> (including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Messenger" title="Facebook Messenger">Facebook Messenger</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Talk" title="Google Talk">Google Talk</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21_Messenger_Protocol" title="Yahoo! Messenger Protocol">YMSG</a> (including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21_Messenger" title="Yahoo! Messenger">Yahoo! Messenger</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Features">Features</span></h2>
<ul>
<li>Grouping messages within a window, with tabs for easy switching of conversations</li>
<li>Ability to use multiple accounts on multiple services</li>
<li>Alias nicknames for contacts</li>
<li>Contact grouping</li>
<li>Custom notifications for contacts</li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KAddressBook" title="KAddressBook">KAddressBook</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KMail" title="KMail">KMail</a> integration</li>
<li>Conversation logging</li>
<li>Custom emoticons</li>
<li>Custom notifications, including popups and sounds</li>
<li>QQ and Yahoo! messenger webcam support</li>
<li>On the fly spell checking</li>
<li>Voice call via GoogleTalk and Skype</li>
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<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Plugins">Plugins</span></h2>
By default, Kopete supports the following plugins (not all of which are currently functional):<br />
<ul>
<li>Auto Replace</li>
<li>Connection Status</li>
<li>Contact Notes</li>
<li>Cryptography</li>
<li>Highlight</li>
<li>History</li>
<li>KopeteTeX</li>
<li>Motion Auto-Away</li>
<li>Now Listening</li>
<li>Statistics</li>
<li>Text Effect</li>
<li>Translator (no longer functional since the closure of both the Google Translate API and BabelFish)</li>
<li>Web Presence</li>
</ul>
With third-party plugins, Kopete supports:<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-Record_Messaging" title="Off-the-Record Messaging">Off-the-Record Messaging</a> enabling for encrypted conversations with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deniable_authentication" title="Deniable authentication">deniable authentication</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_forward_secrecy" title="Perfect forward secrecy">perfect forward secrecy</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><span></span></sup></li>
<li><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antispam" title="Antispam">Antispam</a> by asking a simple question to unknown contacts.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopete#cite_note-12"><span></span></a></sup></li>
<li>OpenPGP cryptography is available from the Debian package <i>kopete-cryptography</i>.</li>
</ul>
deekshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01690904108520591483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582758707144564712.post-53045058721601153182013-06-26T05:36:00.001-07:002013-06-26T05:37:14.569-07:00IMVU<h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="text-align: center;">
<i><span dir="auto">IMVU</span></i></h1>
<b>IMVU, Inc.</b> is an online social entertainment website founded in 2004, in which members use 3D avatars to meet new people, chat, create, and play games<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMVU#cite_note-2"></a></sup> With over 3 million active users.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-imvu.com_3-0"></sup> And currently has the largest <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_goods" title="Virtual goods">virtual goods</a> catalog of more than 6 million items.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-imvu.com_3-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMVU#cite_note-imvu.com-3"></a></sup> The business is located in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_View,_California" title="Mountain View, California">Mountain View, California</a>. And currently has 120 full-time employees.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-imvu.com_3-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMVU#cite_note-imvu.com-3"></a></sup> It is also known as one of the leading practitioners of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_Startup" title="Lean Startup">Lean Startup</a> approach.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMVU#cite_note-5"></a></sup><br />
The company name "IMVU" is neither an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym" title="Acronym">acronym</a> nor an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym#Nomenclature" title="Acronym">initialism</a>. IMVU co-founder Eric Ries
described the accidental process by which the company acquired its
meaningless name, and stated "It's not an acronym; it doesn't stand for
anything".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMVU#cite_note-7"></a></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Content_Creation">Content Creation</span></h2>
A primary focus of IMVU is its member-developed content. Members who
purchase a VIP can become "Content Creators", whereby they can create
and sell virtual products. Developers have access to the IMVU software
'Create Mode' located in the 3D client itself. Content creators may use
programs such as <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3ds_Max" title="3ds Max">3ds Max</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sketchup" title="Sketchup">Sketchup</a>, or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blender_%28software%29" title="Blender (software)">Blender</a> to create IMVU's 3D assets. If content creators leave their products as 'derivable', other creators can change the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texture_mapping" title="Texture mapping">texture mapping</a> and turn it into a brand new product.<br />
Each product has pairs of jpeg images. They are preferred to be sized
to a combination of pixel width/height of 32, 64, 128, 256, 512. One
image is the image,the other is the opacity. If the opacity is left
blank then the program automatically assumes it is totally white. The
opacity is a gray scale version of the texture. The regions colored
white are shown on the item, gray gives an transparent effect, and black
the texture is not shown. The black opacity combined with the 'skin'
option allows regions of a clothes mesh to be replaced by the avatar
skin allowing infinite variations of the same dress mesh.<br />
Some content creators design derivitive works. Effectively they do
not make the original meshes but specialize in re-texturing other
meshes. Other creators make original meshes for others to specifically
texture. While some do both the meshing and texturing.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Economy">Economy</span></h2>
IMVU contains its own economy with a currency system based on IMVU
"credits" and "promotional credits." A third form of currency also
exists for members who sell custom-made items, "developer tokens," which
are earned when a user purchases an item with "promo credits," also
known as "predits." Credits can be purchased online using actual
currency either directly from IMVU or from third party resellers.
Credits may also be purchased on IMVU gift cards available from retail
outlets such as department stores. Credits may not be transferred back
from IMVU to actual currency but can be sold to registered resellers who
will purchase them for real-world currency. The credits are used by
members to purchase virtual items like fashion pieces (hair, clothes,
skins, and accessories), pets, and 3D scenes such as homes, clubs and
open landscapes. Furniture can also be purchased the same way and placed
into unlocked rooms, but there are also rooms that have some furniture
included in them as well as locked rooms that include furniture that can
not be removed.<br />
Promotional credits, abbreviated to "promo-credits" or "predits," are
a second form of currency distributed to members by IMVU and can be
obtained by participating in various "Partner" promotions as well as a
few activities the IMVU provides. With relation to a standard free or
full member, promo-credits are similar to standard credits. A given
number of credits equates, promo-credits cannot be used to purchase
items as gifts for other members and may not be traded back to an IMVU
reseller for actual currency. Promo-credits used to purchase a virtual
product are exchanged into "Developer Tokens," also known as "Dev
Tokens." The purchase transfers the Predits into Dev Tokens but nets a
single developer token per purchase when predits are used regardless of
the price of the product purchased.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8"></sup><br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Community">Community</span></h2>
Many IMVU users are content creators, creating and selling products
in the IMVU catalog. Users also devote time to customizing their
individual homepages, setting up public and private rooms, creating and
participating in user groups (similar to forums but personalized via the
owner), and participate in the Community forums. Additionally, there
are numerous user produced third-party websites providing additional
forums and resources to the IMVU community. IMVU users also do peer
reviewing on virtual products waiting to be submitted into the IMVU
catalog.<br />
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deekshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01690904108520591483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582758707144564712.post-68343305060504859732013-06-22T23:41:00.000-07:002013-06-22T23:41:29.291-07:00imeem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span dir="auto">imeem</span></i></h1>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Commercial?</th>
<td>Mixed</td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Type of site</th>
<td>Viral content sharing, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network_service" title="Social network service">social network service</a></td>
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<td>free, required to play many full-length songs</td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Owner</th>
<td>News Corp.</td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Created by</th>
<td>Community</td>
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<td>Defunct</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td>
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The online service <b>imeem</b> was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a> web site where users interacted with each other by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_media" title="Streaming media">streaming</a>, uploading and sharing music and music videos. However, after <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySpace" title="MySpace">MySpace</a> acquired the service, it was shut down, in 2009.<br />
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The company was founded in 2003 by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton_Caldwell" title="Dalton Caldwell">Dalton Caldwell</a> (formerly of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geeknet" title="Geeknet">VA Linux</a>) and Jan Jannink (formerly of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster" title="Napster">Napster</a>), and many of its core engineering team came from the original <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster" title="Napster">Napster</a> file-sharing service. The company takes its name from "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme" title="Meme">meme</a>", a term coined by biologist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins" title="Richard Dawkins">Richard Dawkins</a> to describe the ideas and cultural phenomena that spread as if they had a life of their own.<br />
Helping to pioneer the free, advertising-supported model for online
music, imeem permitted consumers to legally upload, stream and share
music and music playlists for free with the costs supported by
advertising. In 2007, imeem became the first-ever online music site to
secure licenses from all four U.S. major music labels to offer their
music catalogs for free streaming and sharing on the web.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-2"><span></span></a></sup><br />
The company also created the web's first embeddable music and video
playlists. People could use imeem's widgets to embed songs and playlists
from imeem virtually anywhere on the web, including on their <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySpace" title="MySpace">MySpace</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> profiles or on their personal blogs.<br />
Headquartered in San Francisco's <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_of_Market" title="South of Market">South of Market</a> district (SoMa), imeem had additional offices in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York" title="New York">New York</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>. The company's investors included <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgenthaler" title="Morgenthaler">Morgenthaler</a> Ventures and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group">Warner Music Group</a>.<br />
On December 8, 2009, imeem was bought out by <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySpace_Music" title="MySpace Music">MySpace Music</a> in a <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firesale" title="Firesale">firesale</a> for an undisclosed amount. However, it is stated to have been less than $1 million.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-4"><span></span></a></sup><br />
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Revenue generation at imeem was through a combination of direct and
indirect advertising sales, sales of MP3 downloads, ringtones and
concert tickets, and subscription revenue from premium services. The
bulk of its revenue came from advertising; advertisers who ran direct
campaigns with imeem included <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheTruth.com" title="TheTruth.com">TheTruth.com</a>/American Legacy Foundation, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Motors" title="Kia Motors">Kia Motors</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Pepper" title="Dr Pepper">Dr Pepper</a>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-9"><span></span></a></sup> among others.<br />
The company was one of the pioneers of the ad-supported streaming music model.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-10"><span></span></a></sup>
In 2007, imeem became the first-ever online music site to secure
licenses from all 4 major music labels to offer their music catalogs for
free streaming and sharing on the web.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-11"><span></span></a></sup><br />
Under this model, artists and labels were paid a share of imeem's ad
revenue in proportion to the popularity of their music on imeem, and had
the right to register their content and determine how (or whether) that
content is available on the site or through its embeddable widgets.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-12"><span></span></a></sup><br />
This business model was made possible by imeem's proprietary content
fingerprinting and digital registry technology. Initially, imeem
licensed this technology from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNOCAP" title="SNOCAP">SNOCAP</a>, the digital rights and content management startup founded by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster" title="Napster">Napster</a> creator <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Fanning" title="Shawn Fanning">Shawn Fanning</a>. In 2008, imeem acquired SNOCAP and its technology outright.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14"><span></span></sup>
imeem continued to operate the SNOCAP digital registry, and used the
technology acquired from SNOCAP to power its ad-supported streaming
music service.<br />
<br />
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Products">Products</span></h2>
<h2>
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The company provided two main services: <b>imeem.com</b>, where people could discover, stream and share music and music videos for free, and <b>imeem Mobile</b>, an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_radio" title="Internet radio">Internet radio</a>
service for mobile devices. In addition, the company offered a premium
service, imeem VIP, that gave people access to additional features on
the imeem site.<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="imeem.com">imeem.com</span></h3>
Registered users of the site could stream and share millions of songs
and tens of thousands of music videos free of charge, with the costs
for licensing and streaming supported by advertising on the site and on
imeem Mobile.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15"><span></span></sup><br />
One of imeem's key features was the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playlist" title="Playlist">playlist</a>.
Users could create personal playlists, via a "Create Music Playlist"
page, with music they had uploaded themselves or with music and video
already available on the site. They could publish and share these
playlists on imeem, where they could be played by, shared with,
commented on, or tagged by other users.<br />
Visitors could also share music, videos and playlists beyond imeem,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-16"><span></span></a></sup> either by embedding imeem players into external sites.<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="imeem_Mobile">imeem Mobile</span></h3>
With the free cell phone application imeem Mobile, users could
discover, purchase and enjoy music on their mobile device. It was
available as a free download to users on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_%28operating_system%29" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone" title="IPhone">iPhone</a>/<a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_touch" title="IPod touch">iPod touch</a> platforms.<br />
Users could create custom Internet radio stations based on their
favorite artists, discover new music through personalized
recommendations and buy DRM-free MP3 downloads directly onto their
mobile device (on Android, downloads are from the Amazon MP3
application; on the iPhone and iPod touch, downloads are from the iTunes
Store.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-17"><span></span></a></sup><br />
The app also enabled people to browse and stream their personal imeem
music libraries to their mobile device. People could upload up to
20,000 songs of the music they own directly to imeem.com, and then
access that music through their mobile devices.To upload more than 100 songs, users had to subscribe to one of imeem's premium services.<br />
The company introduced imeem Mobile on the Android platform in October 2008,
and launched it for iPhone and iPod touch users in May 2009. At launch,
it was the only streaming music application on the Android platform,
which in turn led to it being one of the most popular applications
installed on Android devices. In June 2009, imeem Mobile crossed a milestone of over 1 million installs on the Android and iPhone platforms.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-techcrunch.com_21-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-techcrunch.com-21"><span></span></a></sup><br />
The application received several awards, including a 2009 Crunchie Award for Best Mobile Application, the Editor's Choice award from the blog AndroidGuys,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-23"><span></span></a></sup> and an award for 'Best Streaming Music App' in the 2009 Android Network Awards.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-24"><span></span></a></sup><br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="imeem_VIP">imeem VIP</span></h3>
In 2008, imeem launched a premium <b>imeem VIP</b> service that gave
subscribers access to additional site features, most prominently the
ability to upload more music (over 100 songs), and to watch videos up to
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1080p" title="1080p">1080p</a> in resolution. There were three imeem VIP subscription tiers. * The imeem "VIP" plans started at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>$9.99
per year for the "VIP Lite" plan, which gave subscribers access to
streaming songs through the VIP Player, and 480p video (up from 360p for
basic users). The "VIP" subscription option allowed uploading of up to
1,000 songs and viewing of 720p video, for $29.99 per year. And the "VIP
Plus" subscription allowed uploading of up to 20,000 songs and viewing
of 1080p video, for $99.99 per year<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-26"><span></span></a></sup><br />
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="History"><br /></span></h2>
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Early_history:_2003-2005">Early history: 2003-2005</span></h3>
The imeem service has changed drastically since its original
inception as a messaging application that let people communicate by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_chat" title="Online chat">online chat</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog" title="Blog">blogging</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">instant messaging</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing" title="File sharing">file sharing</a>. The service was billed as a "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_computing" title="Distributed computing">distributed</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer" title="Peer-to-peer">peer-to-peer</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network" title="Social network">social network</a>".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-28"><span></span></a></sup><br />
Founder <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton_Caldwell" title="Dalton Caldwell">Dalton Caldwell</a>
began working on what would become the imeem messaging application
during Thanksgiving weekend in 2003. Initially, he worked on the
software from his home. In 2004, imeem moved into offices in downtown
Palo Alto's 285 Hamilton building with Caldwell, Jannink and a small team of engineers continuing work on the software.<br />
The company first unveiled its software in February 2005 at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEMO_conference" title="DEMO conference">DEMO conference</a> and formally launched it that August.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-31"><span></span></a></sup><br />
When imeem first launched, to use the service, users were required to
download and install the desktop messaging and file-sharing software;
the imeem Web site merely existed as a means for users to register and
download the client. Though originally designed for messaging, it was
the file-sharing function that took off. The client software supported
the service's distributed database model: Every imeem client on the
network had a database that would generate and store references to media
content shared on the network; this system would accelerate access to
content deemed to be close to the user. The service's media-sharing was
peer-to-peer – if a user shared photos or a podcast, then the data would
only exist on the client database network; users who wanted to view the
actual content would access it by peering directly with the publisher.<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="2006">2006</span></h3>
In March 2006, imeem re-launched at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_by_Southwest" title="South by Southwest">South by Southwest</a> (SXSW) conference in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin, Texas</a>,
with a new focus on enabling people to interact through the imeem.com
website, using media (photos, videos, music) to express their
personalities and interests. Timed to coincide with the re-launch, imeem
introduced new features enabling users to upload and play music and
video on the site.<br />
In September 2006, imeem introduced embeddable <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash" title="Adobe Flash">Adobe Flash</a>-based
playlists that gave people the ability to take music and video
playlists they created (or found) on the site and embed them virtually
anywhere on the web. The company's players quickly became popular with
consumers using MySpace and other social networks, giving them a way to
customize & personalize their profiles with music.<br />
As a result, imeem quickly gained traction, with the site's traffic
growing to 10 million unique monthly users by the end of 2006. By March
2007, imeem's monthly traffic reached over 16 million unique monthly
users.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-blog.imeem.com_13-1"><span></span></sup><br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="2007">2007</span></h3>
In February 2007, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySpace" title="MySpace">MySpace</a>
took steps to limit the posting of imeem content on its site: any
updates or comments with "imeem" even mentioned in them were removed
upon posting. However, MySpace stopped blocking imeem in 2008.<br />
In March 2007, imeem announced it was partnering with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNOCAP" title="SNOCAP">SNOCAP</a>,
the digital rights and content management startup founded by Napster
creator Shawn Fanning, to enable legal uploading, streaming and sharing
of music on imeem, utilizing SNOCAP's content fingerprinting and digital
registry technology. The goal was to provide a way for consumers to
upload and share music with their friends, for free, and to do so in a
way where label and artists can both make money and have greater control
over where and how their music was available.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-blog.imeem.com_13-2"><span></span></sup><br />
The partnership marked imeem's move to an ad-supported model, in
which consumers could freely stream and share music and video content
with the costs supported by advertising. Under this model, artists and
labels are paid a share of the site's ad revenue in proportion to the
popularity of their music on imeem, and have the right to register their
content and determine whether that content is available on the site or
through its embeddable widgets.<br />
Ultimately, the imeem messaging and file-sharing application had
proven to be something of a resource hog for power-users, since the
database could grow to large proportions just by associating with a few
individuals who were sharing a lot of content. This messaging product
was ultimately phased out; the site became entirely Web-based beginning
in June 2007. While this distributed model was interesting and received
positive press,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-34"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-34"><span></span></a></sup>
it proved to be difficult to attract many users since the only way to
participate was to download the imeem client software. Over time, imeem
integrated many of the client's features into its website and the
innovative distributed database model was centralized.<br />
Throughout the first half of 2007, imeem had negotiated with the major labels to secure licenses for this new model. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group">Warner Music Group</a> and imeem announced a licensing agreement for imeem's new Web-based service in July 2007, followed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Music_Entertainment" title="Sony Music Entertainment">Sony Music Entertainment</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a> Music in September. In December 2007, imeem signed a licensing agreement with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal Music Group</a>,
becoming the first online music service to partner with all four major
music labels to let people legally stream and share music for free
online.<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="2008">2008</span></h3>
On January 28, 2008, imeem announced that it was acquiring the music locker service Anywhere.FM<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-39"><span></span></sup><br />
On February 1, 2008, imeem acquired SNOCAP. It had already been
making extensive use of SNOCAP's audio fingerprinting technology and
music database. As part of the acquisition, SNOCAP's chief operating officer, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Aydar" title="Ali Aydar">Ali Aydar</a> (ex-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster" title="Napster">Napster</a>), joined imeem.<br />
On March 24, 2008 imeem announced the launch of a developer's platform that will permit third-party developers to interact with imeem data.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-42"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-42"><span></span></a></sup><br />
In April 2008, imeem received a new round of funding from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoia_Capital" title="Sequoia Capital">Sequoia Capital</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-43"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-43"><span></span></a></sup><br />
In October 2008, imeem launched imeem Mobile, a free mobile music application. However, on the 22nd of that month, the company <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lay_off" title="Lay off">laid off</a> 25% of its staff.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-44"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-44"><span></span></a></sup><br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="2009">2009</span></h3>
The company's troubles continued into 2009, as Warner Music wrote off
its entire $15 million dollar investment in imeem in anticipation that
no return would come of it and at the same time Warner didn't extend
their licensensing with Imeem.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-45"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-45"><span></span></a></sup><br />
It seemed possible the company could close in April 2009, but it was able to renegotiate deals with its major label partners,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-46"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-46"><span></span></a></sup> and subsequently found enough new investors to continue service.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-47"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-47"><span></span></a></sup> Sources told TechCrunch that imeem raised $6 million in this most recent funding round, with Morgenthaler Ventures and Warner Music Group among those investing.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-49"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-49"><span></span></a></sup><br />
The company launched imeem Mobile for the iPhone and iPod touch in May 2009. In June 2009, imeem Mobile crossed a milestone of over 1 million installs on the Android and iPhone platforms.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-techcrunch.com_21-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-techcrunch.com-21"><span></span></a></sup><br />
On June 25, 2009, imeem announced that it was removing all user-uploaded video and photos from the site.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-51"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-51"><span></span></a></sup> This move, and the lack of advance notice, was unpopular with many users.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-52"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-52"><span></span></a></sup><br />
In October 2009, imeem and Google announced the integration of links
to music on imeem within Google search results; imeem was one of several
online music companies involved in such efforts.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-53"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-53"><span></span></a></sup><br />
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Closure">Closure</span></h2>
On December 8, 2009, MySpace (owned by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_Corporation" title="News Corporation">News Corporation</a>)
acquired imeem, and angered many imeem users when the new parent
company closed down the beleaguered service on the same day, redirecting
all imeem traffic to MySpace Music. Furthermore, MySpace social network
did not pay artists or labels the money still owed to them by imeem for
music streaming.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-54"><span></span></sup>
The controversial closure was criticized as a sign that MySpace was out
of touch with the times. MySpace, on December 22, 2009, assured
imeem.com users that their playlists are safe and that they are
currently duplicating every users' playlist and will migrate them on to
MySpace Music as soon as possible.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-55"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imeem#cite_note-55"><span></span></a></sup>
MySpace assured that features and functionality that users were used to
at imeem would soon find their way onto MySpace, and complement the
existing platform alongside free full-song streaming, artist profiles,
music videos, and more. MySpace will email imeem users the instructions on how to claim their playlists.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-57"><span></span></sup> On January 15, 2010, MySpace began allowing users to import imeem playlists.
However, songs that are currently not available via MySpace Music were
not converted over, and there was no means provided to even recover the
names of the missing tracks. Additionally, user "favorites" metadata was
not able to be carried over, with the result that users who depended
upon their favorites lists instead of normal playlists were unable to
retrieve their music. Other complaints include incorrect artist info,
garbled tracks, and an increase in between-songs advertising.<br />
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Technology">Technology</span></h2>
The back-end software for imeem's services was primarily written in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Sharp_%28programming_language%29" title="C Sharp (programming language)">C#</a>. While most of the front-end Web servers ran under <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, some used the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> operating system. The Web site heavily used <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_%28programming%29" title="Ajax (programming)">Ajax</a> programming and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash" title="Adobe Flash">Flash</a> animation.<br />
Audio streams were delivered as 128 <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobit_per_second" title="Kilobit per second">kbps</a>-quality <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-2_Audio_Layer_III" title="MPEG-2 Audio Layer III">MPEG-2 Audio Layer III</a> (MP3) format. Video was encoded in the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorenson_Video" title="Sorenson Video">Sorenson Video</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codec" title="Codec">codec</a> at >700kbit/s, in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Video" title="Flash Video">Flash Video</a> (FLV) <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_file_format" title="Container file format">container format</a>,
with resolution resized to 400 pixels wide and preserving its aspect
ratio, and with embedded mp3 audio at 96 kbit/s. While the video quality
and resolution was significantly better<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-illectro.imeem.com_59-0"><span></span></sup> than other video sites at that time (YouTube, for example, used 300kbit/s video) the late-arriving video sharing aspect of imeem was largely eclipsed by the original audio sharing component.
In 2008 imeem upgraded the video quality further and became one of the
first media sharing sites to offer video encoded with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC" title="H.264/MPEG-4 AVC">MPEG 4 H.264</a> codec and at the original source resolution.<br />
The original imeem client software conducted most of its network activity using an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encryption" title="Encryption">encrypted</a>
protocol, making it difficult to monitor user activity. Thus,
conversations via the client's IM functionality and group chats were
encrypted and only visible to participants. On startup, the application
validated with a central server. This ensured that unauthorized clients
could not connect and run malicious exploits (such as for monitoring
network traffic or spoofing identities) against the network. Software
updates were also delivered via the client and authenticated before they
were installed. The company's move to a Web-based file-sharing business
model in 2007 made most of these considerations moot.<br />
<br />
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Meems_.28groups.29">Meems (groups)</span></h3>
Users of imeem could link to each other through topic groups (which were originally called <b>meems</b>),
based on common interests. Some meems were created by imeem itself,
while others were user-generated. Media content could be placed in
custom profile pages and topic groups, as well as in browseable content
channels and charts. Meems could serve as basic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_community" title="Online community">online communities</a>
for artists, bands, clubs, films, schools, festivals, concert tours,
friends, and sports enthusiasts. A late redesign of the site replaced
most of the "meem" references with the familiar word "group". Early on,
it had been possible for links to be made between groups which had
related subject matter, but this feature had only been implemented in
the original client software. After the transition to the Web-only
service model, it became impossible for users to add (or even remove)
such links, although official imeem-created groups sometimes had links
added at creation time, by an administrative means not available to
subscribers.deekshahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01690904108520591483noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1582758707144564712.post-21084024029714106452013-06-22T23:07:00.000-07:002013-06-22T23:07:43.224-07:00Fire (instant messaging client)<h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" lang="en" style="text-align: center;">
<i><span dir="auto">Fire (instant messaging client)</span></i></h1>
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<caption class="summary">Fire</caption>
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fire_icon.png"><img alt="Fire icon.png" height="60" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Fire_icon.png/60px-Fire_icon.png" width="60" /></a></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_design" title="Software design">Original author(s)</a></th>
<td>Eric Peyton, Colter Reed</td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_developer" title="Software developer">Developer(s)</a></th>
<td>Fire developers</td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Initial release</th>
<td>1999-04-01</td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Stable release</a></th>
<td>1.5.6 <small>(February 16, 2006)</small> </td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle" title="Software release life cycle">Preview release</a></th>
<td>N/A <small class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Latest_preview_software_release/Fire&action=edit"></a></small></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Development status</th>
<td>Unmaintained</td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Written in</th>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective-C" title="Objective-C">Objective-C</a></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th>
<td><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X" title="Mac OS X">Mac OS X</a></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;">Available in</th>
<td>?</td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_categories" title="List of software categories">Type</a></th>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">Instant messaging</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client_%28computing%29" title="Client (computing)">client</a></td>
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<th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th>
<td><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software" title="Free software">free software</a>)</td>
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<td><span class="url"><a class="external text" href="http://fire.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">fire.sourceforge.net</a></span></td>
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<b>Fire</b> is the first <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging" title="Instant messaging">instant messaging</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client_%28computing%29" title="Client (computing)">client</a> for <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X" title="Mac OS X">Mac OS X</a> (previously for <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPENSTEP" title="OPENSTEP">OPENSTEP</a>), that can access <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat" title="Internet Relay Chat">IRC</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Messaging_and_Presence_Protocol" title="Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol">XMPP</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_Instant_Messenger" title="AOL Instant Messenger">AIM</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICQ" title="ICQ">ICQ</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Messenger_service" title="Microsoft Messenger service">Microsoft</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21_Messenger" title="Yahoo! Messenger">Yahoo!</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonjour_%28software%29" title="Bonjour (software)">Bonjour</a>. All services are built on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GPL’d</a> libraries, including <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firetalk" title="Firetalk">firetalk</a>, <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Libfaim&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Libfaim (page does not exist)">libfaim</a>, <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Libicq2000&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Libicq2000 (page does not exist)">libicq2000</a>, <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Libmsn&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Libmsn (page does not exist)">libmsn</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Messaging_and_Presence_Protocol" title="Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol">XMPP</a>, and <a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Libyahoo2&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Libyahoo2 (page does not exist)">libyahoo2</a>. Fire supports OS X v10.1 and higher.<br />
The latest version of Fire (as of 2006-02-15) is 1.5.6. The program is released under the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GNU General Public License</a>.<br />
On 2007-02-23, it was announced that there would be no future
versions of Fire released. The official Fire website stated there were
several reasons, the biggest being the loss of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_developers" title="Software developers">developers</a>, followed by the fact that most components <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_library" title="Software library">libraries</a> used by Fire are no longer in active development. Two of Fire's developers have joined the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adium" title="Adium">Adium</a>
team and have written a transition path for users to move from Fire to
Adium. The announcement also says to look to Adium for future IM needs.<br />
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<span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2>
In the early <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Public_Beta" title="Mac OS X Public Beta">beta</a>
days of Mac OS X, Eric Peyton wanted to have an IM client which would
run on this new OS. However, all of the official client vendors had not
yet supported Mac OS X, so Peyton started expanding on an OPENSTEP
project he had been working on, which used an open source library to
connect with AIM servers. He started porting this using the new <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa_%28software%29" title="Cocoa (software)">Cocoa</a> libraries on OS X and a new IM client began to take shape.<br />
Development in the early days was fast and furious and Fire was touted by Apple as one of the keystone applications on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_v10.0" title="Mac OS X v10.0">Mac OS X v10.0</a>. Initially Peyton hosted the application and did all the development on his own equipment. He then formed the corporation <a class="external text" href="http://www.epicware.com/" rel="nofollow">"Epicware"</a> to protect himself from the lawyers of the huge corporations he was interacting with.<br />
The application was expanded to include the ability to talk to multiple servers. First <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo%21_Messenger" title="Yahoo! Messenger">Yahoo!</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICQ" title="ICQ">ICQ</a> were added, followed later by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat" title="Internet Relay Chat">IRC</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Messenger_service" title="Microsoft Messenger service">Microsoft</a>, and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible_Messaging_and_Presence_Protocol" title="Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol">XMPP</a>. Most recently, support for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonjour_%28software%29" title="Bonjour (software)">Bonjour</a> was added.<br />
In 2001, Colter Reed started contributing to the development of Fire
on a regular basis and became the second major developer of Fire. They
collaborated for a while using the Epicware hardware and finally decided
to move the project to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SourceForge" title="SourceForge">SourceForge</a>
to take advantage of the free hosting, download, and mirror services
available there. Version 0.28.a was the first release which used the
SourceForge System.<br />
On 2007-02-23, development of Fire officially ended due to lack of developers.<br />
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