I've been following this series and I highly recommend it to anyone who is considering setting up a home wireless network, has a home wireless network, or is a frequent user of public hotspots. This article is a conclusion (I think), but the previous articles are great intros into the ins and outs of both…

Although Microsoft released then pulled v6.2 of MSN Messenger (expected early this week) Yahoo is jumping on the update bandwagon. Personally I see the race to add more and more features into IM clients a kind of cold war arms race where each vendor (Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL) are trying to reach a point with…

There is a new update available for this promising new collaboration and IM tool. The folks at Shinkuro have added a very interesting feature, the ability to share buddy/friend lists. Based off the principle of social networking you can request to see a friend's contacts, then add them to your set of friends. I can…