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Growing incidents of spam attacks on some instant messaging networks are raising vexing questions about the future of one of the fastest-growing applications on the Internet.
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Instant messaging is gaining increasing focus in the enterprise. What are some of the issues facing IT managers? ZDNet Australia takes a look at some tips and analysis.
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.
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.
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.
With an interface that lacks ads but is also short on features, this early Google Talk beta serves Gmail users who want to chat via text or voice.
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