Articles of category "Social software"

LiveJournal is an area of cyberspace where people can sign up to start their own blogs. Although some of the extra features cost money, basic accounts are free due to the fact that LiveJournal uses an open source code. Becoming a LiveJournal user is not only free, it also helps opens the doors to meeting people on the internet. On LiveJournal, you are not just paying for a service; you are becoming part of a community.

Instant messaging is a great way to make new friends; these services can be used by anyone with a PC. Messenger yahoo is one of many messaging services where friends that have swapped e-mail address can then start talking to each other on a messenger program. This is a good way to keep up to date with a close friend that might be moving away. It is also all in real time so you won't miss a thing.

No matter what anyone says - file sharing is illegal. There are a growing number of people that use illegal file sharing programs such as winmx. These people use this service to download full songs and albums for free. It's not just music that can be downloaded, as it is other programs and videos that people are downloading on winmx. This is illegal and people are getting caught all the time.

Citations, what are they and how should we use them? I am not talking about the police ticket version, but more the credit and reference of another work used in our own so people can look them up. There are many different types of citations, all with a set of their own guidelines and specific style that you should follow when using them. Here we'll look at the basics of citation and some of the guidelines and styles for some of the fields.

Everquest is one of the most popular online multiplayer role playing games there is today especially with the release of the sequel, Everquest II. These games offer hours of addictive fun, fantastic graphics and a great, interactive way to meet people of similar interest. So let's have a quick look at these popular games and see what they are all about and at some of their features.

Trillian is a full feature chat program that imports and supports other instant messaging programs like Yahoo, ICQ, MSN, IRC and AOL instant messenger AIM as well as many others. This is a great way to combine all of them together to save time, space and memory. Want to learn more about this program, its features and what benefits you will gain by using Trillian? Then read on - it is all explained here.

Wikipedia, you probably have heard of it, it is the internet's free to use and free to edit encyclopedia that is available in many languages and provides a wealth of information on just about anything you can think of both on offline and online subjects. It's a great way to find information for school work, work or just to expand your knowledge and it's also a great way to contribute information that you think people can learn from. Read on for more information about Wikipedia.

It is not easy to find a more suitable place to talk contentedly that a message board. These resources are created with the help of special software, which is often referred as board software. The word "board" itself presumes the meaning of something you can write or post on and these board software scripts are to help anyone who wants to start his own message board, as it is easy and comfortable with the most up-to-date board software.

What are citations? Citations are either the act of citing, a source cited, a quotation, a reference to previous court decisions or authoritative writings, enumeration or mention, an official commendation for meritorious action, a formal statement of the accomplishments of one being honored with an academic degree or an official summons, especially one calling for appearance in court.

File sharing through the Internet is not a simple process of grabbing video and MP3 files and raising lawsuits here and there. The exciting peer to peer modern technology has many features and applications. Gnutella is the decentralized and unmanaged network system, devoted to sharing, searching and downloading files of various types, including music, video, software and many more.

Online chat rooms are the online forums, on which people can chat online (which mean they broadcast messages to other people in real time). Sometimes online chat rooms are moderated by limiting those who are allowed to speak (which is uncommon). Sometimes, volunteer moderators watch over the chat to prevent disruptive and anyway undesirable behavior from the users.

World of Warcraft is one of the most successful massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG). The copies of this game are being sold in millions throughout the world, and tons of players from the USA, Europe, CIS countries, Korea, China etc. go into this fabulous Internet world, where everyone can change and become what he has always dreamed to. World of Warcraft is hardly a game - it is the whole new life.

Slashdot is a very popular website related to online technology. What makes the site resemble a blog in many ways is that Slashdot's content are generally summaries of stories from other websites, with a place for users to comment. On Slashdot the user comments are often more important than the linked article itself. It is updated many times a day and has a high readership, showing how successful blogs can potentially be.

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is one of the oldest ways for people online to communicate with each other in real time. Using a piece of chat software, a user can log onto an IRC server and select from many 'channels,' each one functioning as an online chat room. Because of its age (the system has been around since 1988) IRC is considered difficult to use by many people, and compared to modern chat software (instant messaging software) IRC chat software is far from user friendly.

Forum software is software that allows a webmaster to set up an internet forum, which functions as a discussion forum on a given website. Users may post topics (usually called 'threads') and other users responses to the topics are collected together in separate threads. Most forum software also allows the user to search for keywords amongst the message posts.