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Messenger is a fun alternative to AIM and MSN.
It's well-integrated with the myriad of Yahoo
services out there, so if you've ever signed up for
Yahoo! Mail or My Yahoo!, you can use the same login
and password for Yahoo! Messenger (and vice-versa).
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Posted by Jeff - 3 comments
Yahoo! Pingbox lets you chat with your blog guests
When Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 was released last week, it came loaded with a new user interface and some brand-new capabilities. Among those new features is the Yahoo! Pingbox.What is Pingbox? Basically it's a chat applet or gadget you can add to your own website, blog or many popular social network profiles (like MySpace). You customize it on the Pingbox creator site, then copy and paste the appropriate code into your site, blog or profile. Guests to your website or profile can chat live with you, when you're signed into Yahoo! Messenger.
One nice added benefit is that your visitors don't even need to have a Yahoo! account -- they can still chat with you as guests.
Here's an example of what the Yahoo! Pingbox looks like. If you catch me online, feel free to give it a try and say hello!
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Posted by Jeff - 1 comments
Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Released
After a long wait, Yahoo! has released the final 9.0 version of its messenger.
Features List:
- Instant message with one friend, or conference in a bunch
- Send text messages (SMS) to friends’ mobile phones for free*
- Join a chat room to meet new friends while you discuss your favorite topics
- Make free PC-to-PC calls and PC-to-phone calls for as low as 1¢ a minute (plus free voicemail!)
- Use the built-in media player to watch web videos and view photos with friends
- Show your style with emoticons, Avatars, audibles and IMVironments
- Share securely with automatic file scanning for users of Norton AntiVirus or Internet Security 2007/2008
Yahoo! Messenger - Chat, Instant message, SMS, PC Calls and More
Posted by Kudo - 3 comments
YTK Lite Re-Released!
Brock and I (the creators of YTK Pro & VC Sync, Torseq Technologies) have decided to re-release YTK Lite. Back at Christmas time of 2006 we released our Build 120 of YTK Lite and we have re-released it from the ground up as our YTK Lite 400 build. This program is out NOW and carries the following feature list:
Here is the MASSIVE Feature List for the now released *New & Revamped* YTK Lite:
General Options
- Launch YTK at Startup (starts up with Windows)
- Show Event Logger (external)
- Enable YTK Alert Bar
- Gridline ListViews
- Set Alert Bar Color
- Create YTK Content Tab
- Enable Audible Event Alerts
- Show Mouse-Over Hints on Options
Chat Room Settings
- Enable Automatic Font Resizing (Set to 10 point only)
- Enable Automatic Font Effect Stripping
- Enable Tiny Event Logger
- Disable Auto-Voicing when I Join Chat
- Show Friend's Status Changes in Chat
- Alert me when Buddies Join or Leave Chat
- Remove All Advertisements
- Enable Mic Locker in Chat
- Clear Chat Screen Hotkey
- Block Valid URLs
- Enable Smart IP Blocking
- Block E-Mail Addresses
- Disable Chat Room Word Filter
- Display Ignore Messages in Chat
- Window Filters
- Font weight
- Font Variation
- Chat Screen Background Color
Additional Settings
- Auto-Launch Captcha in Popup Box
- Enlarge Chat Room Text Input Area
- Enlarge Chat Room User List
- Automatically Retry Joining Chat Rooms which are Full (Room Knocker)
- Enable Voice Refresh Toolbar Button in Chat
- Enable Extended Emoticon List in Chat, PM & Conference Windows
- Chat Room Load Position Coordinates Left/Top/Width/Height
- Maximize Chat Window
- Allow for Quick Voice Ignoring of Voiced Users on the Mic
- Add these people to the Global Ignore Bin after Voice Ignoring
- Toggle User ID Case in Chat Rooms (on hold for now)
Anti-Boot Settings & Security
- Use TCP for Voice instead of UDP
- Enable Filtering for Yahoo! Messenger-related Crash Links found in Webpages
- Perform Packet Profiling (built-in)
- Enable Flood Cap Control (Off/Mid/Full)
- Enable Bootcode Debuffering Protection (BDP)
Global Ignore Bin
- Enable File Transfer Type Screening (to prevent downloading trojans, viruses and worms)
- Global Ignore Bin/GIB (unlimited storage capacity with virtually no performance hit)
- Global Ignore Bin Options: Add, Remove, Mark Safe, View Profile, Settings ~ Enable Ignore Cleaning, Exporting, Search, Clear All, Auto-Scroll with Updated Content
- Spam Filter Rules: Add Rule, Delete Rule, Clear All, Pattern Search & Filtering based on ID, Nickname, Location, Chat Message and Age content in user's profiles
- Ignore Chat Message Senders
Global Safe List
- Global Safe List (unlimited storage): Add, Remove, Search, Clear All
Chat Room Filtering
- Chat Room Filtering: Slider Levels for Block Duplicate Messages, Auto-Ignore "Bots" with Similar Names, Auto-Ignore Users who Flood the Chat Room, Enable Chat Room Message Inspection, Enable Bounce Bot Protection
- Automatically Ignore Chat Names which Excede 'x' amount of Characters
- Block "User has been Ignored" sent by other YTK users
- Show the contents of blocked chat room messages in the activity logger
Diagnostics
- Connection Diagnostic Logging
- Unknown Packet Variant (UPV) Logging
PM Zones
- PM Zone Group Management: Allow private messages from this type of user, Block Private Messages from this type of user, Block Private Messages but save them for later viewing, Strip IMVironment content from PMs, Block "Buzz" PMs, Block PMs containing web searches, Allow only users that I have contacted to PM me, Block A/S/L in PMs
Invitation Zones
- Invitation Zone Group Management: Block/Allow Add Buddy Requests, Voice chat PM Requests, Webcam Invitations, Game Invitations, Chat Room Invitations, Conference Invitations, File Transfer Requests, Send Contact Details Requests, Contact Details Requests, Buddy List Send Requests, Photosharing Invitations, Audibles, IMVironments, Plug-ins, Yahoo! 360 Add Friend Invites
Offlines Zones
- Offlines Zone Group Management: Block/Allow Private Messages, Add Buddy Requests, Send Contact Details, Requests Contact Details, Requests Buddy, List Send Requests
Advanced Options
- Flush DNS Resolver Cache Entries
- Send Frequent Keep-Alive Packets to Improve Client Uptime
- YMSG Server Selector
- YMSG Server Port Selector
Privacy Settings
- Enable Webcam Fix (for lesser supported webcams)
- Block P2P Connectivity
- Disable Messenger's Local Log File
Webcam Options
- Webcam Options Group Management: Auto-Accept All Cam View Requests, Block All Cam View Requests, Only Allow Cam View Requests From Users You've Invited to Cam, Use Messenger's Cam Control Settings
Voice Chat
- Voice Chat Options: Activate Voice Lag Protection (VACs) when using TCP Voice
- Enable Voice Ignore Reinforcement
Miscellaneous Features
- Real-time YMSG Packet Meter
- Refresh Buddy List option
- 7 Built-in Toolbar Buttons in chat rooms.
- Adjustable Chat Room Screen Transparency
- Alert Bar Transparency
- Refresh (repaint) Chatters List
- Clear Tiny Event Logger
- Clear Chat Screen
- Removal of User's Text in Chat Rooms
- Allow Voice of Chat Room Users
- Disallow Voice of Chat Room Users
- Lock 'n Mute toolbar button (for playing music)
- Built-in Chat Room Message Retransmission
- 28 Chat Room Slash Commands (Command-Line Interface)
- A Heavy Amount of Yahoo! Messenger Integration!
Download & Source: YTK Lite : The Anti-Boot Protection and Functional Enhancements for Yahoo Messenger.
This program is completely FREE with absolutely NO ADS!
Posted by Torseq Tech. - 6 comments
100% Unbootability on YMSG
YTK Support Forum :: View topic - How To Be Unbootable On ANY Chat Client Or ALG!Well guys, now that a guy named LegendKiller (from Y!TunnelPro's forum) was so nice as to attempt to "Reverse Engineer" our BDP option in YTK Pro beta build 430 I'll tell you what's going on here (he looked at our external event logger and was able to figure it out).
This can be done with any ALG (YTK Pro or Y!TunnelPro) or any chat clients (YahELite, Yazak, Yahaven, Y!mLite, etc.) that allows you to select which server to log in with. All you have to do is set it, and log in. :)
Over the last several weeks Yahoo! has started "patching" their servers against the buffer boot exploit. Their "patch" consists of getting rid of the disconnection rule entirely when packet data is pending against you in the buffer. Nowadays if you were to be bombed with a booter you will NOT be disconnected regardless of what type the booter is (even if it's some hot new exploit it won't matter).
What does this mean? This means that of the 61+ servers to chat on 6 of them I've found to be protected against all boots. Here is the following list of them (I tested all of them and here are my results at the time of this post):
Unbootable Servers:
- cs1.msg.dcn.yahoo.com
- cs2.msg.dcn.yahoo.com
- cs40.msg.dcn.yahoo.com
- cs50.msg.dcn.yahoo.com
- cs55.msg.dcn.yahoo.com
- cs58.msg.dcn.yahoo.com
Now that the cat's out of the bag you can use one of these servers on ANY chat program for Yahoo! Chat and be completely unbootable only as long as there's no local program flaws in your choice of chat program. Our BDP option is a TCP window scale option (at the socket level) plus a randomization of these servers (from the pool of protected servers).
Who deserves to be credited solely for this discovery? Venom, Brock and myself. Venom/Mike made me aware of the fact that certain people weren't affected by the buffer boot exploit. After looking into a couple of things I logically deduced all the complexities down to the chat servers themselves that are providing this type of protection for you.
The rest is history...
Posted by Ven0m - 6 comments
Yahoo! Messenger for Vista Beta Adds Voice and SMS
It's a new month, and Yahoo has just released a new beta of Yahoo! Messenger for Vista with support for voice calls (both PC-to-PC and PC-to-phone) and free text messaging (SMS).The voice calls support their free PC-to-PC calling, but to make calls to a landline or cell phone you'll need to purchase a Phone Out account. The rates are really competitive though, starting at 1 cent/minute.
Free SMS text messaging is a real deal. Just type in the cell phone number for your friend and send them a message. Note that though this is free to you, your friend may incur charges to receive the text message, so check with them first. I tried it and it worked. I might even use this instead of my phone, at least when I'm sitting in front of my PC. I can type a lot faster on my PC keyboard than on my cell phone!
Here's a brief video from Yahoo showing the new features:
Download Yahoo! Messenger for Vista Beta
Posted by Yahooligan - 6 comments
Yahoo: Microsoft's bid undervalues company
Press ReleaseYahoo! Mails Letter to Stockholders
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb 13, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced that it has sent a letter to its stockholders, outlining the reasons the Board believes that Microsoft's proposal significantly undervalues Yahoo! and is not in the best interests of Yahoo! stockholders.
In the letter Yahoo! says:
"(Yahoo!'s) assets - our brand and its audience, our relationships with marketers, our financial strength, our technology, and our strategic investments--are the core of our value and our leadership position in the industry.
"We have a huge market opportunity - and are uniquely positioned to capitalize on it. The global online advertising market is projected to grow from $45 billion in 2007 to $75 billion in 2010. And we are moving quickly to take advantage of what we see as a unique window of time in the growth - and evolution - of this market to build market share and to create value for stockholders.
"Today, Yahoo! is a faster-moving, better-organized, more nimble company than it was just a few months ago. We have redeployed our resources to drive Yahoo!'s key strategic priorities - taking important steps to streamline our organization and close down or scale back businesses that don't support these critical growth initiatives. We are well on our way to transforming the experiences of Yahoo!'s users, advertisers, publishers and developers - an important shift that is at the heart of our plan to create stockholder value."
A copy of the letter follows:
Dear Stockholders,
On February 1, 2008, Microsoft made an unsolicited proposal to acquire your company. As much has been reported in the press recently, I wanted to reach out to you personally to let you know why your Board of Directors, after a careful review by Yahoo!'s management along with our financial and legal advisors, believes that Microsoft's proposal substantially undervalues Yahoo! and is not in the best interests of our stockholders.
Most importantly, I want you to know that your Board is continuously evaluating all of Yahoo!'s strategic options in the context of the rapidly evolving industry environment, and we remain committed to pursuing initiatives that maximize value for all our stockholders.
We have a unique combination of strengths
-- Yahoo! is one of the most recognizable and admired brands in the world. We have over 500 million users (nearly 1 out of every 2 internet users worldwide). In the U.S., we are # 1 in many of the most used online services including personalized home pages, mail, news, music, shopping and travel. Because we have leadership positions in so many indispensable online services, users spend more time on Yahoo! sites than anywhere else online.
-- Yahoo! is an attractive partner for marketers. Yahoo! is #1 in online display advertising, which represents 90% of the advertising inventory on the web, and we are also a leader in search marketing and a pioneer in the growing fields of mobile advertising and online video advertising. Through Yahoo!, advertisers can now connect with consumers on our owned sites as well as those of our growing network of partners including eBay, Comcast, AT&T, a consortium of over 600 newspapers, Forbes.com, Cars.com, WebMD and more.
-- Yahoo! has the financial flexibility to execute our plans, thanks to our healthy cash balance, which exceeded $2 billion as of December 31, 2007, and our substantial operating cash flow, which we expect to grow double digits in 2009.
-- Yahoo! has made important investments in our core computing infrastructure enabling us to dramatically increase the speed of our search engine updates even while handling vast and growing quantities of data.
-- In addition, we have the added value of our substantial, unconsolidated investments in Japan and China. We have substantial positions in Yahoo! Japan, the leader in its market, and Alibaba, which is strongly positioned in China, a market with enormous growth potential.
These assets--our brand and its audience, our relationships with marketers, our financial strength, our technology, and our strategic investments--are the core of our value and our leadership position in the industry.
We have a huge market opportunity - and are uniquely positioned to capitalize on it
The global online advertising market is projected to grow from $45 billion in 2007 to $75 billion in 2010. And we are moving quickly to take advantage of what we see as a unique window of time in the growth - and evolution - of this market to build market share and to create value for stockholders.
We are executing our strategy - and making headway
We have taken significant but disciplined steps to refocus our business on our objectives to become the starting point for the most consumers and the must buy for the most advertisers and enhance Yahoo!'s long-term performance.
Starting Point Objective: Our goal is to grow visits to key Yahoo! starting points and properties, where users enter the Internet, by 15% per year over the next several years. We are the most visited site in the U.S., and we continue to grow - we experienced double-digit growth in U.S. users in 2007 on our Yahoo.com home page.
In addition to traditional starting points on the PC - including our home pages, mail, My Yahoo! and search, we are particularly excited about our growth prospects in mobile, the biggest emerging starting point in the world. Globally, there are twice as many users of mobile devices as users of personal computers, and mobile advertising is projected to grow substantially in the coming years. We have an important competitive edge as the number one mobile destination in the U.S., and we are building a superior mobile experience for Yahoo! users globally so we can further capitalize on this opportunity.
Must Buy Objective: We are working to make online advertising easier and more effective for marketers, opening up new ways for them to connect with consumers. We've successfully completed the global roll-out of our search marketing system, Panama, which improved the search experience for our users, boosted returns for our advertisers, and increased revenue for Yahoo!. Last year, we bought Right Media, an exchange that enables buyers and sellers of online advertising to come together. Another 2007 acquisition, Blue Lithium, brings us best-in-class performance marketing capabilities, complementing Yahoo!'s existing offerings for advertisers. We also integrated our search advertising and display advertising sales forces, creating a one-stop shop for all of advertisers' online marketing needs. All of these - Panama, Right Media, Blue Lithium, and our combined sales efforts - complement and enhance Yahoo!'s existing capabilities and will make it easier for advertisers and online publishers to buy and sell advertising online.
We are also creating a unique and valuable network of premium websites to serve our advertisers. We are making it easier for our advertisers to provide interesting and relevant offers to our users by combining advertising space on Yahoo!'s owned sites with that from a growing group of premium partners including eBay, Comcast, AT&T, a consortium of over 600 newspapers and many others.
As we reach more users both on our own websites and on the sites of our premium partners, and better monetize the ad space on Yahoo!'s owned and operated sites, we are striving to increase the percentage of total online advertising demand we touch from an estimated 15% in 2007 to 20% over the next several years.
These key strategies will be enhanced by our adoption of new, more open technology platforms that will encourage the development of new applications and the involvement of third-party developers - and help enrich the user experience.
We have accomplished a great deal in a very short time - and we are focused on building this momentum
Today, Yahoo! is a faster-moving, better-organized, more nimble company than it was just a few months ago. We have redeployed our resources to drive Yahoo!'s key strategic priorities - taking important steps to streamline our organization and close down or scale back businesses that don't support these critical growth initiatives. The fact is that we are well on our way to transforming the experiences of Yahoo!'s users, advertisers, publishers and developers - an important shift that is at the heart of our plan to create stockholder value.
I want you to know that the Yahoo! Board of Directors and management team remain committed to pursuing initiatives that maximize value for all our Yahoo! stockholders. This is a great company and we are moving quickly to make it even better.
Jerry Yang
Source: Yahoo! Inc. - Press Release
I think this is great news for Yahoo! fans :)
Posted by VvWolverinevV - 3 comments
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