Experts warn a new breed of viruses attacking the increasingly popular instant messaging services may pose a problem for corporate networks.
In announcing it would shutter free chat rooms, Microsoft highlighted problems with spammers and pornographers. But analysts said there may be benefits for the software giant, which is trying to shunt customers to paid services across its network.
Australia's NineMSN has announced it will close its chat-rooms in the interests of child safety, effective 14 October.
Yet another worm is annoying users of Microsoft's MSN Messenger. Fortunately, this worm includes instructions for its own removal.
Instant messaging was brought into the corporate mainstream from the bottom of the ladder up, so are companies making a mistake if they send their own messages down the ladder?
Instant messaging was brought into the corporate mainstream from the bottom of the ladder up, so are companies making a mistake if they send their own messages down the ladder?
Instant messaging is still used mostly for personal chitchat in offices, according to a new survey.
Abuse of IM can cripple workforce productivity, and even more serious is SPIM -- spam sent through instant messaging -- which is growing like a virus.
Instant Messaging is a phenomenon which evolved from kids chatting to corporate execs dealing with members of the board. But where to now?
Though many of the security issues inherent in using IM applications are being solved with new technologies, IT leaders now have to worry about a new headache: interoperability concerns.
We take a look at four top chat apps, all of them free, and weigh the relative merits of each.
Intrusive registration process and fee-based add-ons keep us from warming up to this instant messenger.
MSN Messenger 6, which includes ramped-up multimedia features, has been made available for download in its first public beta version.
Microsoft is forcing people to upgrade to newer versions of its instant messenger application and is shutting its doors to third-party IM products such as Trillian.
Microsoft is expected to unveil a new instant messaging service aimed at corporate customers, jump-starting belated efforts by the software giant to tap a fast-growing, new market for the hugely popular technology.
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