America Online is backing away from opening its instant messaging servers to communicate with rival networks.
Soon you won't have to ask your AOL instant messaging partner "What's Up Doc?" via text. You can let Bugs Bunny say it for you--Brooklyn accent and all.
America Online says it will allow its next version of AOL Instant Messenger to communicate with ICQ, a surprise move that will topple the long-standing barrier between the company's two popular IM services.
People using the popular Trillian software may lose access to part of AOL Time Warner's instant messaging system
Trillian is a program that lets you use one client across multiple instant-messaging services. So why has AOL been blocking access by Trillian's throngs of users? Simple: Because it has every right to.
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Abuse of IM can cripple workforce productivity, and even more serious is SPIM -- spam sent through instant messaging -- which is growing like a virus.
Soon you won't have to ask your AOL instant messaging partner "What's Up Doc?" via text. You can let Bugs Bunny say it for you--Brooklyn accent and all.
America Online says it will allow its next version of AOL Instant Messenger to communicate with ICQ, a surprise move that will topple the long-standing barrier between the company's two popular IM services.
AT&T have brought out a chat program called IM Anywhere, which allows you to organise multiple messaging services into one account.
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.
It started as a fun way to chat up your pals. But as developers strive to make instant messaging more attractive to business users, the technology has become increasingly robust, with features geared toward the mobile corporate set.
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