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    America Online is expected to launch an Internet-phone service in the United States next month, leapfrogging rivals in a fast-growing market as it seeks to evolve from an also-ran provider of dial-up Internet access to a broadband services powerhouse.

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    As part of their major truce announced Thursday, AOL Time Warner and Microsoft pledged to discuss making their instant messenger products talk to each other.

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    Barriers between instant messaging products are proving hard to dismantle, sparking new tactics in a brewing standards war over the nascent technology.

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    A security vulnerability that could allow hackers to delete files on someone's computer has prompted Yahoo to issue a fix for the latest version of its popular instant messaging software.

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    The ease and convenience of instant messaging has made it popular with users. But is instant messaging a curse or a boon for the office environment?

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    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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    With many corporations banning the software for security reasons, Instant Messenger giants are looking at producing enterprise-friendly programs.

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    When you decide to use instant messaging, you must choose between developing an internal solution or implementing a commercial IM service. Here are some issues to consider while evaluating your IM options.

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