News (36)

  • IM archives raise security concerns

    With the addition of archiving features, instant messaging becomes another example of the Net's potential for taking private conversations public. Do you think someone's listening?

  • The next wave of instant messaging

    Watch out browsers, bots, email and telephones--here comes the next generation of instant messaging.

  • PCs keep tabs on IM chatter

    Priya Giri knew that privacy was never a guarantee when emailing people from work--but she never knew that some instant messaging services also have ways to record seemingly casual conversations.

  • The next wave of instant messaging

    Who needs email, or even the phone? New tech plans to take IM far beyond the simple text message. Now, if only the providers could learn to co-operate...

  • AOL not sold on IM interoperability

    America Online is backing away from opening its instant messaging servers to communicate with rival networks.

Features and Case Studies (8)

  • How to stop SPIM abuse

    Abuse of IM can cripple workforce productivity, and even more serious is SPIM -- spam sent through instant messaging -- which is growing like a virus.

  • 10 ways to monitor company computers

    Like it or not, network administrators these days must take on the added task of playing Big Brother, monitoring employees' use of the computers and network. Here are 10 of the most effective ways to keep an eye on what your users are doing.

  • Not dropping my standards

    Open standards are important, but that doesn't mean everything needs to be open, or standard.

  • Making your IM secure -- and deniable

    Off-the-record instant messaging enables chatters to confirm identity of other person, leaves no trace of conversation.

  • VoIP wants to cut the computer cord

    Software-based phones are coming to the fore as big changes come to the way people make calls.

Reviews (13)

  • Instant messaging--better safe than sorry

    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.

  • Get Your IM to Go

    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.

  • McAfee Internet Security 2009

    McAfee Internet Security 2009 does a reasonable job, but it also leaves room for improvement.

  • Instant Messaging Road-Test

    There are a swag-load of instant messaging applications available these days -- we run eight of them through the wringer, to save you the trouble.

  • iChat AV Beta

    iChat AV suffers some glitches in beta form, but it shows major potential--at least while it's still free.

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