In what is arguably the most nerdy way to send and receive instant messaging through popular networks such AIM, Yahoo and MSN, it is possible to do it all using IRC. While it’s true that instant messaging isn’t used as much as it used to be, IRC shows absolutely no signs of slowing down whatsoever and people do use it regularly – so much that...

The instant messaging I’m referring to is the traditional old-school way, that being you download a proprietary client, sign up for a free account and then run the client, add buddies/contacts as need be, etc. Such examples are AIM, Yahoo! IM and Windows Live Messenger. The main reason why people aren’t too fond of IM’ing anymore is mainly...

I suppose you could call me an ICQ "fanboy" of sorts because I find an endearing quality to that instant messenger client and service. I also understand that when it comes to instant messaging, most people use Windows Live Messenger – and that is not just a USA-only thing by the way. People the world over use Windows Live as their preferred means...

ICQ, that instant messaging service that everybody used to use in the U.S. back in late late 1990s will be put up for sale for 300 million US. If you hadn’t heard, AOL will be splitting from Time Warner and will once again become an independent company. This will be occurring on December 10, 2009. ICQ happens to be an AOL property currently. Know that ICQ...

Every major instant messaging service has a web-based version of it. For Windows Live, their version is webmessenger.msn.com. Yahoo has webmessenger.yahoo.com. AIM has AIM Express. All of them are terrible. But then there’s ICQ2Go. It was just deployed recently and said honestly, it rocks. It’s flash-based, has iPhone-like tabs and animations and is...