Experts warn a new breed of viruses attacking the increasingly popular instant messaging services may pose a problem for corporate networks.
On May 8, eEye Digital Security, the firm that discovered the Code Red worm last summer, reported that the Microsoft MSN Messenger chat client is vulnerable to an ActiveX buffer overflow.
If your employees are using public instant messaging programs, it may be time to give IMing a long, hard look.
Microsoft's MSN Hotmail, a free Web-based e-mail service, has tightened restrictions on daily outbound messages sent by subscribers, a tactic it says will help curb spam.
Instant messengers: can't live without 'em, can't make 'em do what you want. Take a look at the offerings, flaws and advantages, and see for yourself which comes out the winner.
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 still used mostly for personal chitchat in offices, according to a new survey.
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?
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IT managers who want to block staff use of instant messaging or peer-to-peer networks have a new ally in SurfControl.
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.
Fed up with paying through the nose for programs? Need to repopulate a system with applications following a disaster? You need our guide to free and low-cost software.
Can't we all just get along? No matter which new instant-messaging (IM) client comes along, we still have to switch from one to the next in order to connect with all of our friends and associates. That's still the case with MSN Messenger 4.5, the newest edition of Microsoft's instant messenger.
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