So long...POW!

AnalogX POW! A nifty little popup destroyer for IE.  It has slammed 14183 popups to date on my machine.

 
But it has been running in the system tray for a few years now since I no longer use IE. Opera does a very nice job in blocking ads.

http://www.analogx.com/CONTENTS/download/network/pow.htm

I guess it is no longer needed...it definitely served it's purpose

From DeadAIM to Pidgin

I have been using AIM v5.5.3595 with DeadAIM v4.5 since 2004.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeadAIM

Looks like it's reign is coming to an end.  Welcome Pidgin.

Shoutcast in VLC

Shotcast has always been something you can use with Winamp, but you can also listen to Shoutcast radio and watch Shoutcast TV right in VLC media player.

Download VLC Media Player

Click View -> Playlists, then
Manage -> Service Discovery -> Shoutcast radio listings/Shoutcast TV listings





You can listen to thousand of radio stations for free.