anyway.
October first. Wow.
We're halfway, dude!
Moving on..
Starting today, I decided to make some decisions regarding my choice of tech softwares. Yup, programs and applications that people normally use with a computer. Just the very basic ones.
Deciding wasn't easy. It took me some time whether I'd change one thing or not. Whew.
One thing I consider is functionality with style. After doing some research and stuff, another thing that became clear to me when it comes to the deciding part is that I'm bias -- I more or less choose the 'new one.'
Okay. I'll start off with my Messenger:
- Goodbye Y!M. Hello Windows Live Messenger.
- shocking. yeah, i know. but who's to blame..
the interface is just so awesome. really cool, especially if you're running on Vista (though Y!M has a Vista version, too)
- Michael, a digg.com member, has also emphasized certain features:
- You can play games - and they're really great games too. It's so fun. The ones on Yahoo! kind of suck and take too long to load
- Webcam chats actually work on WLM - they work very nice, and more cams are compatible with it. On Yahoo! it's pretty tough to find compatibility sometimes.
- Status messages - you can type your own personal message, and have lots of options of being away, online, busy, be right back, tons of stuff. (Ian: One cool thing for me is that you can show your WMP's or iTune's "Now Playing" track as your Status Message. Unlike on Yahoo! -- where you have to install additional plugins. S*cks.)
- Xbox live integration - How cool is that? You can chat with your friends on their Xbox 360's and they can chat with you.
- Last but not least, you can save the world using WLM - I don't know if anybody have seen this, but Microsoft will give money to an organization of your choice (from a list of 9) every time you chat with somebody on WLM. And even better than that, each organization will get $100,000 each along with what's project with the ad revenues this year. I mean you can just help the world by just chatting on WLM, how cool is that? They have a nice site right here.
More WLM features (from the site)
Call their phones. Call their PCs. -- Call your friends' mobile or landline phones. It's affordable both within the US and internationally. And calling someone's PC is always free.
See them on the screen -- Show and tell: Grab a webcam and start a video conversation within minutes.
Share stuff -- Set up a Sharing Folder with a friend. Drop in photos and other stuff, as many as your computer can handle. See it even when one of you is offline.
New: talk to your Yahoo! friends, too -- With Windows Live Messenger, you can now connect with your Yahoo! Messenger with Voice contacts. Forget needing multiple accounts to talk to your friends. Do it all from Windows Live Messenger. The world's largest IM network has just gotten bigger – and better.
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