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    The MSN Messenger outage spilled over into a sixth day, with many users of the free service complaining of inaccessible accounts, despite Microsoft's claims most had been restored.

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  • Microsoft: Same as the old boss

    Microsoft wins big in appeals, shrugs off the antitrust police, and rides toward a new, stronger monopoly. Will Bill Gates lead the charge to victory, or straight back into the courts?

  • MSN Messenger outpaces ICQ in Australia

    Australian instant messaging services are not following the US lead, with MSN Messenger leading the race for market share at the expense of ICQ.

  • Work together, IM giants told

    Instant messaging use is growing in offices and homes around the world, and the big players are being told by a standards board to work together.

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    Microsoft is set to announce that it has purchased a small Internet calling start-up called Teleo, as part of a move to expand the capabilities of MSN Messenger.

  • Windows Live rooted in MSN's past

    Microsoft's new batch of services borrows heavily from current or proposed products. Is Windows Live just another name for MSN?

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  • Work together, IM giants told

    Instant messaging use is growing in offices and homes around the world, and the big players are being told by a standards board to work together.

  • AT&T follows Trillian's lead

    AT&T have brought out a chat program called IM Anywhere, which allows you to organise multiple messaging services into one account.

  • Instant messaging--better safe than sorry

    If your employees are using public instant messaging programs, Steven Vaughan-Nichols says to stop them right now. Your network's wide open to security breaches.

  • MSN Messenger goes dark

    Microsoft's Instant Messenger service went down early Monday, affecting up to 75 million people worldwide who sign on to the service to chat with friends and co- workers.

  • IM compatibility closer to reality

    The Internet's governing technical body gives a stamp of approval to a group intent on creating an open standard for instant messaging.

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