Instant Messaging Goes Graphical
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For most of the millions of people around the world who regularly use instant messaging, the communications tool has largely been a text-only experience in which typed emoticons offer only minimal clues to someone&#39;s state of mind.
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Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it has completed the joining of its instant messaging network with Yahoo! Messenger, meaning any of the services' combined 350 million users can now send messages to those on either network. The interoperability was being beta tested since mid-July.
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AOL, Yahoo! and Google count as business IM, but MS doesn't IBM's Lotus Sametime instant messaging (IM) system got a boost this week when the company announced that it can now provide what it's been promising for some months, namely interoperability with AOL's assorted IM communities, including ICQ and AIM, and with GoogleTalk. Yahoo! Messenger will be added to the compatibility list within weeks, IBM added.â¦
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After years of being deluged with ever-increasing loads of spam, Internet users are starting to turn to instant-messaging applications instead of e-mail.
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A select group of testers next week will get an early look at MSN Messenger 7.0, the next version of Microsoft Corp.'s popular instant messaging client.
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Macromedia promises to speed development of Internet applications with a new tool for its Flex platform. With Flex, enterprises can add interfaces to strategic applications, including visual
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AOL Instant Messenger message directs victims to Web sites that host the dangerous images.
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WASHINGTON - Teenager Michelle Rome can't imagine life without instant messaging. Baby boomer Steve Wilson doesn't care that it even exists.  They're part of an "instant messaging gap" between teens and adults.
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MySpace China gives users the power of instant messaging.
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Mozilla-based Netscape 7.2 improves printing and integrates instant messaging.
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InfoWorld - Widgets, or small Web applications that supply useful information direct to the desktop, could soon be appearing on your cell phone screen.
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The ubiquity of consumer-grade, public instant messaging clients and the emergence of enterprise instant messaging servers has challenged IT organization to develop management policies that deal with the corporate IM landscape as it exists today.  Download this white paper as a guide to learn best practices for effectively managing the risks and costs associated with the corporate use of IM.
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Company's iAnywhere suite now includes instant messaging and presence technology, which lets people communicate their availability.
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A select group of testers next week will get an early look at MSN Messenger 7.0, the next version of Microsoft&#39;s popular instant messaging client.
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Microsoft plans to release in December new software that secures instant messaging and other communications within big companies. The Redmond, Wash.
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Late Wednesday, Microsoft announced three updated MSN services that are designed to make email, instant messaging (IM) and online sharing more integrated experiences.
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Beta testers find flaws in a new feature of the instant messaging app.