News (146)

  • Yahoo issues IM, security patches

    Yahoo has issued security patches for its Yahoo Instant Messenger and Yahoo Chat clients in an effort to fix a buffer overflow vulnerability discovered in the software.

  • Yahoo! cracks down on paedophiles

    Yahoo! UK Managing Director vows to lead the crusade against paedophiles in chat rooms.

  • IM: beyond text messaging

    Instant messaging is often characterised as a frivolous application used mostly by home users. But its business use has increased dramatically in the past year, thanks to a plethora of IM features beyond text messaging.

  • Yahoo Web-ifies its chat application

    Yahoo is set to release late Wednesday a new Web-based version of its instant-messaging application that lets people use Yahoo Messenger on any browser and any Internet-connected computer rather than having to download it to a hard drive.

  • Yahoo unveils Messenger for Vista

    Yahoo is building a new version of its Messenger communications service specifically for the Windows Vista operating system.

Features and Case Studies (33)

  • Yahoo issues IM, security patches

    Yahoo has issued security patches for its Yahoo Instant Messenger and Yahoo Chat clients in an effort to fix a buffer overflow vulnerability discovered in the software.

  • First Take: Yahoo Messenger 7.0 (beta)

    Yahoo's next IM app lets you make free voice calls and leave voicemail, and it adds search and antispam tools.

  • IM: beyond text messaging

    Instant messaging is often characterised as a frivolous application used mostly by home users. But its business use has increased dramatically in the past year, thanks to a plethora of IM features beyond text messaging.

  • Yahoo7 on the World Cup leaderboard

    As the official online home of the Socceroos, Yahoo7's World Cup site will act as a 24-hour news source, discussion forum and multimedia archive for football-mad Australians hungry for a fix.

  • Yahoo tries to out-Google Google

    Yahoo continues to struggle behind Google in the US but in Australia, it's a slightly different story -- NineMSN, the partnership between Kerry Packer's PBL and Microsoft, remains a major stumbling block for the online giant.

Reviews (55)

  • First Take: Yahoo Messenger with Voice

    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 Messenger 6.0

    Yahoo Messenger, along with ICQ, offers the most options for customisation and everyday use at home or in the office.

  • First Take: Yahoo Messenger 7.0 (beta)

    Yahoo's next IM app lets you make free voice calls and leave voicemail, and it adds search and antispam tools.

  • IM invasion: 4 chat apps compared

    We take a look at four top chat apps, all of them free, and weigh the relative merits of each.

  • Trillian Pro

    Consolidate all of your chat buddies into Trillian Pro 2.012. Perfect for students and office workers alike.

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