<p>The IRC server has been moved moved to a new host! The DNS changes that will point irc.arstechnica.com to the new server have already been made, and should trickle out to the rest of the Internet ...

IRC has no central server; instead, it links together a set of distributed servers in a mesh of sorts. This design was great in that networks could grow by adding more servers, but a breakdown in ...

The big kerfuffle in the open source world this week surrounds the biggest IRC server operator, Freenode. Wherever the dust settles, myriad important open source projects use Freenode’s IRC servers ...

Internet Relay Chat, a mainstay of Internet chatting, can provide an easy and free way to communicate with employees and clients. IRC can be accessed through telnet without any additional software on ...

Last year marked the 30th anniversary of the Internet Relay Chat protocol (IRC) and it is hard to imagine that [Jarkko Oikarinen] could have foreseen the impact his invention would one day have on the ...

Internet Relay Chat, or IRC, is a protocol that allows users that connect to Internet Relay Chat Servers to have converstaions with others in real time. Users connect to IRC Servers using an IRC ...

The Fizzer computer virus is causing headaches for more than just its victims. The mass-mailing computer virus, which continued to spread on Wednesday, nearly overwhelmed several Internet relay chat ...