Reining in public IM
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There is no question that IM is entrenched in the enterprise. More than 90 percent of businesses report IM activity, according to Osterman Research. A main reason, as we discovered in "Getting serious about enterprise IM," is the improved productivity and reduced communications costs that IM delivers. What should concern CIOs is that unsanctioned consumer IM networks -- such as those from America Online, ICQ, Microsoft, and Yahoo -- make up 80 percent of corporate IM use today, and the number of users of these unsecured IM networks is growing at a fast clip, according to The Radicati Group. True, public IM networks offer enterprises some protection, such as very basic identity control. But organizations are still exposed to a multitude of security risks, including viruses and breached firewalls.
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Research advances could bring Ethiopic characters -- hundreds of them -- to text messaging, and maybe help modernize the country. Andrew Heavens reports from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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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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Instant-messaging conversations, though quick, aren't always fleeting.
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Who needs postcards? Use high-tech ways to stay in touch while you're \
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Next time a stranger sends you an instant message, don't be sure there's a real person behind the exchange. You may be conversing with Chatting AIM Bot, a free service for pranksters that spews out computer-generated conversation. By Daniel Terdiman.
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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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VelvetPuffin this week is unveiling a new feature that allows users to access its instant messaging features over the Web without having to download software.
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When Shannon Bullard wants to hang out, she doesn't call her friends. She uses her phone as a beacon to broadcast a quick text message about her location: "@ MFA," she reports, when she's not dancing on Lansdowne Street or relaxing at home in Brookline.
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People who think their instant messages disappear after being sent should think again.
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As people spend more time online &#151; and logged into instant messaging services &#151; it's inevitable that there are times they just can't respond. That's why the "away message" &#151; set up to be sent automatically from someone's account &#151; has become so popular.
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Press '3' to read this story or hold for a hack
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com. Eleven million Americans use instant messaging at work, a survey released Thursday said, but some at-work IMers would like nothing better than to toss the technology.
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Just a few users connected to popular instant messaging (IM) networks can cause the spread of worms, while choking off communications from "highly connected" users with many IM correspondents can slow the spread of worms, say computer researchers.
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As Internet giants step into the crowded online music arena, some are banking on a new weapon to help attack market leader Apple Computer: instant messaging.
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Exploring PDA 'transmission technologies', apparently
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Attacks on instant messaging systems are getting better at targeting users, study finds.