Items tagged with 'Chat'

iGoogle Gets iChatty

iGoogle Gets iChatty

iGoogle offers you the ability to visit several websites one on page, but did you ever wish that iGoogle offered you the Chat functionality that you can get in your Gmail account, so you could forego going there and simply stay on iGoogle? Well, now you can. After all, that seemed to be the only thing really missing from... Read More
Google Adds SMS to Chat

Google Adds SMS to Chat

In October, Google toyed around with a feature that let you send SMS text messages from Gmail. After hitting a few snags, the company ended up pulling it. Now, this feature is back, and it appears it’s here to stay. This new Labs feature combines IM and texting, allowing you to chat from your computer and making it possible... Read More
Google Launches Video and Voice Chat for Gmail

Google Launches Video and Voice Chat for Gmail

Google will roll out its new voice and video chat inside Gmail over the course of the next two days for both Windows and Mac OSX. The new service was created in a joint effort between the Google Sweden and Google US teams, and hopes to promote and assist global collaboration for businesses while also providing an easy to... Read More
CRBT: Showstopper Bug Tables Gmail's SMS Chat

CRBT: Showstopper Bug Tables Gmail's SMS Chat

Oh, well. It sounded so good, and it would have been, too: Gmail adding, through its Labs, the ability to send SMS messages through Gmail Chat and at the same time associate a permanent phone number with your account. Normally, a temporary ID is set, but this would have enabled you and your friends to SMS back and forth... Read More
Google Adds SMS Messaging to Gmail Chat

Google Adds SMS Messaging to Gmail Chat

Before you say, "So What?" we are well aware that you could send an SMS from email by using an address of the form number@att.txt.net (we're also aware AIM supported this).  But when you did that, you only got a temporary ID that your friend could text you back on for a limited time. This new feature will give you... Read More
Crytek CEO And NVIDIA VP Chat About Crysis

Crytek CEO And NVIDIA VP Chat About Crysis

The team at InCrysis had a bit of a heart to heart with Crytek CEO, Cevat Yerli and NVIDIA's VP of Content Relations, Roy Taylor, in sort of a state-of-the-nation fashoin that offers a bit of insight as to what's going on with game play, the engine itself and performance optimizations that both companies are working hard... Read More
Rage3D IRC Chat with ATI

Rage3D IRC Chat with ATI

If you want to ask ATI some direct questions regarding their X1600 family of products, Rage3D will be hosting a chat today with Prasad Sristi in their IRC channel.  Plus, it looks like ATI will be giving something away to a lucky participant. More information is available on Rage3D's site. "...Just a quick reminder... Read More
PC Chat Radio Interview With HotHardware

PC Chat Radio Interview With HotHardware

Our buds over at the PC Chat radio show have one of their segments streaming now on their web site that has a telephone interview with yours truly in amongst their regular programming for the show.  We talk or should I say "chat" about the history of HotHardware.com a bit and then they pepper me with questions... Read More