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  • Yahoo soups up IM for businesses

    The Web portal is set to announce an agreement to add WebEx online collaboration features into its enterprise instant messaging software.

  • Microsoft brings Office to business IM

    Microsoft has added the Office moniker to its upcoming enterprise instant-messaging software in a branding move intended to heighten the product's appeal to potential business buyers.

  • Yahoo heralds corporate messaging

    Yahoo has unveiled a version of its Messenger service designed to work with corporate portals and business applications.

  • Analysts: Microsoft feels tug of Linux

    The growing popularity of Linux will force Microsoft to bring its software to the Unix clone starting in late 2004, a research firm has predicted in a study that Microsoft promptly disputed.

  • Office XP ties in the net

    Look for Microsoft Office XP to hit the market in late June early July, bringing with it Internet-based services that simplify workgroup collaboration. A new workflow process for managing revisions is easier than in previous versions.

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