Yahoo Instant Messenger has been used to spread a phishing scam designed to steal username and password information from users. The scam is then spread through the user's contacts list.
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Yahoo's next IM app lets you make free voice calls and leave voicemail, and it adds search and antispam tools.
Malicious attacks now come cloaked in messages that appear to have been sent by a known instant messaging contact -- even more reason to be wary.
America Online, MSN and Yahoo may lose their grip on the instant messaging market, as corporate IT managers wake up to the potential of IM.
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Free voice calls and voicemail, built-in Web searches, and drag-and-drop photo sharing make Yahoo's new instant messenger a fun, powerful IM tool.
Yahoo's next IM app lets you make free voice calls and leave voicemail, and it adds search and antispam tools.
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.
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