In the beginning, there was the BIOS, and it was good. A PC’s BIOS knows how to set up the different hardware devices, grab a fixed part of a hard drive, load it, and run it. That’s all you need.

I found myself in need of a Mac IRC client recently, so I spent a couple of days trying out different ones. I’ll share the apps I found as well as my thoughts. First, a little background. Internet ...

I tried to search for this several times, to no avail. I'm looking for a decent OSX IRC client. The last time I tried to use irc on a mac was probably seven or eight years ago, so I have no idea ...

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...

- Popups are not a necessity of operation or work on a non-primary display. (Multi-monitor setup.) (Rules out xchat) - Can connect to multiple servers at startup. When I launch the app, I don't want ...

In a surprising turn of events, the popular IRC client HexChat has announced its final release, 2.16.2, marking the end of an era for the open-source project. The release, which was made public on ...

Who knew that IRC (Internet Relay Chat) would be making big news in 2021? Look, I spent a good part of my childhood chatting on IRC, but I haven't seriously used it in well over a decade. Well, folks, ...

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a service layer system that eases communication in text. The chat process operates on a client/server networking pattern. Computer programs that anyone can install on ...

I use Konversation and it fits my needs prett well. It's got more or less all the features I need from an irc client and it's the best KDE based irc client as far as I know. I don't understand what ...