You can keep your AIM, MSN, and Yahoo chat clients with the flashy graphics and the bloated features… IRC has been around almost two decades (it’s 20-year anniversary will be August of 2008.). It is still going strong because simple text with a few commands and features is basically all you need. It is also [...]

Some websites out there just can’t get the message: we don’t want them to do things with our computer without our permission. The best policy is usually to avoid them, but unfortunately we still get embroiled in a debate on Slashdot or have to research something and the only way to complete the task is [...]

BitTorrent is the handiest tool for file-sharing ever created, but the client program itself is frustrating. It’s tough to configure, relies on Python, has different nitty snags on different systems, and it doesn’t always play nice with the rest of the system. Particularly if your version of Python is newer than your version of BitTorrent. [...]