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	<title>Lifehacker Australia &#187; im</title>
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		<title>Trillian Astra 4.1 Beta Boosts Twitter And Facebook Functions</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/trillian-astra-4-1-beta-boosts-twitter-and-facebook-functions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/trillian-astra-4-1-beta-boosts-twitter-and-facebook-functions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Purdy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communicate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[im]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[instant messaging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trillian]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=344838</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Windows: Trillian, a favourite instant messaging client with Lifehacker readers, is out with a 4.1 beta that ups its Twitter and Facebook functionality, integrates Windows 7 interface features, and smoothes out the already slick interface.
The major focus for Trillian 4.1 seems to be Twitter functionality and link grabbing. Links can now be clicked from any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Imo.im Provides A Web-Based Portal To Messaging, Social Networks</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/imo-im-provides-a-web-based-portal-to-messaging-and-social-networks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/imo-im-provides-a-web-based-portal-to-messaging-and-social-networks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Fitzpatrick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[im]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=344484</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you&#8217;re away from your home terminal and without your favourite portable cross-service IM application, imo.im can help you get all your messages back into one window again.
Imo.im is a web-based tool to help you login to multiple messaging and social networks. It currently supports MSN Messenger, Yahoo, AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Skype, MySpace and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Web Collaboration Tools (That Aren&#8217;t Google Wave)</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/top-10-web-collaboration-tools-that-arent-google-wave/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/top-10-web-collaboration-tools-that-arent-google-wave/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Purdy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Work]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[im]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lifehacker top 10]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[webapps]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=343025</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve probably heard about a  hard-to-get hugely new service called Google Wave. Lest ye forget, there are plenty of web-based collaboration tools that don&#8217;t require learning a new way of speaking. Here are a few of our (mostly free) favourites.
Photo by woodleywonderworks.
10. Cc:Betty
 This email-organising service is openly pitching itself to those left out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digsby Sees The Light, Removes (Some) Bundled Crapware</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/09/digsby-sees-the-light-removes-some-bundled-crapware/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/09/digsby-sees-the-light-removes-some-bundled-crapware/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[crapware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digsby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[im]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=341833</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a month since we showed you how Digsby was using your PC to make money, and today they&#8217;ve responded with a new version that actually bothers to ask your permission before using your PC.
The Good: Research Module Finally Asks for Permission
 Our single biggest complaint about Digsby was that they were using your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yahoo Upgrades Mail, Messenger, And Search</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/08/yahoo-upgrades-mail-messenger-and-search/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/08/yahoo-upgrades-mail-messenger-and-search/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Purdy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=339929</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo Mail users are getting 25MB attachment limits and easier photo uploading, a new Messenger beta allows for full-screen video chat and social network link-ins, and searchers will get refinement and analytic results as part of Yahoo&#8217;s big Monday announcements.
The big thing that everyone will find use for is an increase in Yahoo Mail&#8217;s attachment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trillian Astra Leaves Beta, Rolls Out Bug-Fixes And Features Galore</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/08/trillian-astra-leaves-beta-rolls-out-bug-fixes-and-features-galore/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/08/trillian-astra-leaves-beta-rolls-out-bug-fixes-and-features-galore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Fitzpatrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communicate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[im]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=339280</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Windows only: If our recent coverage of the Digsby-debacle has you down in the dumps over the departure of Digsby from your hard disk, you might want to check out Triillian Astra&#8212;fresh from beta and ready to go.
Cerulean Studios, the outfit behind Trillian, made an announcement today that Trillian Astra is out of beta and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digsby Joins The Dark Side, Uses Your PC To Make Money</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/08/digsby-joins-the-dark-side-uses-your-pc-to-make-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/08/digsby-joins-the-dark-side-uses-your-pc-to-make-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The How-To Geek</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=339203</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The popular Digsby instant messenger client not only bundles half a dozen &#8220;optional&#8221; crapware applications, it&#8217;s also using your computer to crawl the web, do stock market research, and more. It&#8217;s time to uninstall.
Bundling Crapware is a Despicable Business Model
 Many popular freeware applications bundle crapware into their setup files, prompting you during the installation [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who Are The 4.5 Million Windows Live Messenger Users?</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/07/who-are-the-45-million-windows-live-messenger-users/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/07/who-are-the-45-million-windows-live-messenger-users/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communicate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[au]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[im]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=337941</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Windows Live Messenger (aka MSN Messenger, aka Microsoft&#8217;s ad-laden IM client) turns 10 this week, and Microsoft calculates that 4.5 million Australians use it each month. I have a simple question: why?
Amongst Lifehacker readers, Windows Live Messenger gets pretty short shrift. It didn&#8217;t make the cut in our best instant messenger Hive Five. Now that [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>Trilllian Astra Beta Open For Downloads</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/06/trilllian-astra-beta-open-for-downloads/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/06/trilllian-astra-beta-open-for-downloads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Purdy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=336071</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Windows: Trillian Astra, the app that wants to manage all your social network updates, chat protocols and email notifications, has opened its beta to anyone who wants in.
We took a first look at Astra&#8217;s beta, which is technically Trillian 4.0, back in April, when invites were spontaneously plentiful, but the application remained in closed beta. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Constant Contact With Your Boss Makes You Productive (Seriously)</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/04/constant-contact-with-your-boss-makes-you-productive-seriously/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/04/constant-contact-with-your-boss-makes-you-productive-seriously/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Purdy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[email]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[im]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networking]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=333170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A detailed study of 2,600 IBM workers&#8217; communications found those with &#8220;strong connections&#8221; to their bosses over IM, email, and social networks generate noticeably more billable hours. Seems unlikely, right? Well, yes and no.
Photo by jurvetson.
The big caveats to this study involve the profession they&#8217;re in&#8212;IT consulting. That means that their financial imperative is to [...]]]></description>
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