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 Korea expecting three new MSN Messenger games
Korea expecting three new MSN Messenger games

dwergs says ( 30 Jan 2004 ):

 

korean msn gamesKorean-based NCSoft has announced three new games to be serviced on MSN Messenger in Korea somewhere during the first quarter of this year: Godori, the most popular card game in Korea, Go and Chinese Checkers. Currently, the games are playable from a game-tab plugin.

[Homepage: NCSoft] [Reported by: whome]



 Mozaki Blocks & Xpress Greetings go live
Mozaki Blocks & Xpress Greetings go live

dwergs says ( 30 Jan 2004 ):

 

Just like Messer canot_speak, I've been playing Mozaki Blocks waaaaaaay too long my eyes are hurting.



 Bye bye Win32.Mydoom.B@m
Bye bye Win32.Mydoom.B@m

dwergs says ( 29 Jan 2004 ):

 

We reported earlier about this recent internet worm called Win32.Mydoom.B@m that spreads trough e-mail and file sharing programs. A nifty removal tool can be download from BitDefender or F-Secure (provided by Blade). Better to be safe than sorry!



 Scandinavian MSN Messenger ahead of the game
Scandinavian MSN Messenger ahead of the game

dwergs says ( 29 Jan 2004 ):

 

pegballMicrosoft and Copenhagen-based Titoonic have signed an agreement November last year for the production of multiplayer games for MSN Messenger. The concept is initially being tested with Nordic Messenger users. If successful it will be exported to the rest of the world.

Microsoft is so interested in the project that Titoonic has had direct contact with developers of the company’s head office, located in Redmond, USA.

Exit Blog classic Pegball is already available in the Scandinavian region. You can also access it from the MSN game portal Sporkle but you'll have to register first.

[Source: OresundIT] [Homepage: Titoonic]



 Yet another fake virus alert...
Yet another fake virus alert...

zipp says ( 28 Jan 2004 ):

 

I have seen these silly things numerous times. It's really getting boring so I'm just going to clear things up a bit. You can not recieve a virus through MSN Messenger without accepting a file transfer from one of your contacts. Be especially careful when accepting executable files (.exe). Don't fall for these 'copy and paste' warnings which usually look something like:

If some@emailaddressx.com adds you don't add it because it's a virus tell everybody on your msn because if somebody on your list accepts it then you get the virus too.

Don't spread these rediculous messages around. They're not viruses at all, just some lonely individual.



 Updated: Tutorial: Create your own tab for MSN Messenger 6.1
Updated: Tutorial: Create your own tab for MSN Messenger 6.1

dwergs says ( 28 Jan 2004 ):

 

Don Kedero's custom tabs tutorial can now be downloaded as PDF too for people who can't open Word documents. PDF files can be viewed with Acrobat Reader.

>> Download the Custom Tabs Tutorial



 Vote for the Youthwork Site of the Year
Vote for the Youthwork Site of the Year

dwergs says ( 27 Jan 2004 ):

 

No, Mess.be isn't nominated for Youthwork Site of the Year ;) But a friend of mine, flurk, his site is, so please click here and choose "Stem op deze site: klik hier". It's the same guy that did the very first batch of our Don't Mess With... title banners so show him *respect* :)



 Happy Chinese New Year!
Happy Chinese New Year!

dwergs says ( 27 Jan 2004 ):

 

monkey display pictureI'm a bit late with this but I would still like to wish you all a Happy Chinese New Year (was due: 22th of monkey display pictureJanuary). According to the Chinese horoscope it's the year of the monkey ("monkeys" are people born in 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992... and 2004) so let's all go ape!

monkey emoticons Download the 16 Monkey Emoticons

monkey emoticons Play an Exit Blog classic: Spank the Monkey



 Virus Threat: W32/Mydoom@MM
Virus Threat: W32/Mydoom@MM

dwergs says ( 27 Jan 2004 ):

 

This is not MSN Messenger related, but apparently a worm named W32/Mydoom@MM is spreading very fast through email. More info here.



 Added: Zelda Display Pictures
Added: Zelda Display Pictures

dwergs says ( 26 Jan 2004 ):

 

A lot of Zelda Display Pictures were added thanks to oblivion!



 Tutorial: Create your own tab for MSN Messenger 6.1
Tutorial: Create your own tab for MSN Messenger 6.1

dwergs says ( 26 Jan 2004 ):

 

A lot of driven webmasters have asked me for help on how to create a custom tab for their own websites. Now I can just point them to Don Kedero's excellent custom tabs tutorial exploring the msgrconfig.asmx file. Happy tabbing!

>> Download the Custom Tabs Tutorial for MSN Messenger 6.1

[Reported by: chris]



 Beta: MSN Toolbar
Beta: MSN Toolbar

dwergs says ( 26 Jan 2004 ):

 

MSN has quietly released a beta version of the MSN Toolbar which integrates the power of MSN Search (and the look of the Google toolbar :s) into your Internet browser. It also features a direct link to MSN Messenger, which will pop up your contact and status list. Additionally, there are links to My MSN, Hotmail and News. MSN Toolbar is expected to go final within a month. Please do add www.mess.be to the Allow List of the Pop-up Guard pop blocker to keep supporting us :)

>> View screenshot

>> Download MSN Toolbar Beta

[Reported by: Gjeramee & soccer5sg]



 Appearing in our Top 5 Referrers list
Appearing in our Top 5 Referrers list

dwergs says ( 25 Jan 2004 ):

 

Yes webmasters, you can get linked on our 150k pageviews/day homepage if you tell your visitors about Mess.be using (at least) one of our predefined linking codes. Please update your links if you want to appear in the list but aren't using the correct HTML code yet. If you're not linking yet, note that websites linking to us typically see traffic they send come back times three or four.

In the future I may extend the list to a TOP 10 and I hope to make it compatible with subdomains like the ones you got on geocities.

Finally, a valuable Webmaster TIP: !



 A Bot called Tuga
A Bot called Tuga

dwergs says ( 25 Jan 2004 ):

 

The latest in MSN chatbots is called Tugabot and was created by Porto. You can join a mass-convo with other users (!chat), or enjoy the bot on your own (!com_user) and for instance spend your virtual $100 in a game of blackjack (!blackjack). Give Tugabot a go and add tugabothotmail.com to your contact list.



 Updated: Blobsy v1.5
Updated: Blobsy v1.5

dwergs says ( 25 Jan 2004 ):

 

blobsyBlobsy is an open source MSN Messenger bot, written by Jawish Hameed and designed for easy setup, flexibility and ease of use for enthusiastic botmakers. Version 1.5 was recently released, with version 2 to come. Blobsy also has a new forum where people who need help can go, and download/submit tools and modifications.

>> Visit the Blobsy homepage.

[Reported by: ViPeRTeck]



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