Its been a while since I have posted on this blog. In fact I have been almost completely inactive on the web since the last 5 days. I was travelling for the initial 2 days and when I was back home, I found that the internet was not working. And you won’t believe…its still not working !! So if you are India, I warn you- Tata Indicom Broadband SUCKS !! It may be a smooth run initially but if a problem creeps in, believe me, they are quite inept in resolving it. Can you believe they are having server issues in my area since the last 5 days !!

So I am back with my evergreen links weekend post where I share valuable links from the huge number of blogs which I am subscribed to in my Google Reader .

The links may not be recent but still hold relevance. Also this time I decided to group them under different topics so that it’ll be easier to check them.

Technology And Software

18 Multi-Protocol IM Clients for Windows, Mac and Linux : If you have liked my post on Digsby , then chances are that you would like this post where Nirmal talks about various such IM clients .

Access Yahoo Mail and Messenger Inside MS Outlook 2007 without POP3 : Joel explains how you would go about accessing yahoo mail and messenger inside outlook without POP3.

If you work on windows , you know that shutting it down can be really a hassle and time taking , especially when a lot of programs are running . Most of us tend to avoid shut down due to this reason but we know that shut down is always safer and also considered good for the pc .

There are a lot of shut down tricks and tools available , which help you to achieve a smooth and fast shut down of windows without negatively affecting your pc . However this trick , which was suggested to me by a friend , is probably the simplest one and also the fastest way to shut down your pc .