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    IM offers co-workers more efficient ways to work--and gossip.

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    First USA research director Melanie Wing started to question Jupiter Media Metrix's Internet traffic figures when it recently ranked rival credit card company American Express as one of the Web's 50 most popular sites.

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    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?

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    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.

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  • 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.

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