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    Two of the world's biggest e-mail account providers are planning to charge senders an optional fee to route e-mail directly to a user's mailbox without first passing through junk mail filters, representatives of both companies say.

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    Commonwealth Bank customers have been targeted by phishers in a scam that combines a clever social engineering lure sent over instant messaging application ICQ.

  • AOL opens up spam tools

    AOL has made its anti-spam software available to customers using older versions of its services.

  • AOL scurries to fill AIM hole

    AOL Time Warner on Wednesday pledged to close a security hole in its instant messenger application that experts say could provide wiggle room for a widespread and destructive worm.

  • AOL to put version 7.0 in beta

    Beta testers can now get a first look at America Online's latest project, AOL 7.0, at Keyword: Beta. The new client, code-named Taz, has been made available to AOL's registered beta testers.

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    Since lifting its university-only restrictions in September 2006, Facebook has become the poster child for social networks and attracted more than 65 million users. But will it survive 'the next big thing'?

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    One way to maintain "face time" in business without incurring outrageous travel expenses is to use technology to bring people together, even when they're widely dispersed, with video conferencing.

  • Browsing opportunities: 11 Web browsers tested

    Feeling entrenched in your choice of browser? Break free! We compare 11 different browsers so you can find the right one for you and your company.

  • Caught in a phishing trap?

    The rise in online identity fraud has companies on the hook: Either educate customers or lose them.

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  • Take a free ride

    Once as free as the air we breathe, most Web-based e-mail accounts now come with all kinds of strings attached. We test four different services to find out if these so-called free e-mailers are worth the hassle.

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    Although it offers more business-oriented features than any other IM we reviewed, AIM 5.5 will still appeal mostly to home users.

  • IM invasion: 4 chat apps compared

    We take a look at four top chat apps, all of them free, and weigh the relative merits of each.

  • MSN Messenger 6.2

    Intrusive registration process and fee-based add-ons keep us from warming up to this instant messenger.

  • Zaplet: Cut Down on In-Box Clutter

    Fire Drop's Zaplet Web service can help you reduce in-box clutter and eliminate long e-mail threads by letting you collaborate with others via e-mail using a single Zaplet message.

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