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  • Microsoft, Yahoo connect IM services

    Nine months after announcing they would make their instant messaging services interoperate, Yahoo and Microsoft have done it.

  • Yahoo, Microsoft join IM hands

    Yahoo and Microsoft have announced plans to make their instant-messaging services interoperable in what analysts called a shot to market leader America Online's AOL Instant Messenger and a defensive jab to newcomer Google.

  • IM threats rise sharply, report confirms

    New research finds that IM-borne security threats have increased dramatically in volume since the start of 2005.

  • Skype releases IM developer tools

    VoIP giant Skype is now letting Web sites and other Internet applications tap into the pool of people using the Luxembourg-based company's instant-messaging service.

  • Study: Instant-messaging attacks rose in 2005

    Security attacks over instant-messaging networks became more prevalent in 2005, according to a new study.

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  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Wanna save storage? Try social networking

    There are plenty of popular strategies for reducing enterprise storage usage, but up until now I've never heard the usage of Facebook or instant messaging listed amongst them -- but there's a first time for everything.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    No sex please, we're Labor

    The council rubbish truck didn't pick up my bin last week. Instead, the garbage contractor left a big yellow sticker highlighting exactly why my old egg shells, rancid fruit, microwave pizza boxes, an ancient and smelly pair of sneakers, and the odd brick had been left to rot on my property.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Why VoIP and pizza don't mix

    So there I was, craving a pizza and dialling my local Domino's for a BBQ Meat Lover's special.

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    The horror of random connections

    If you're one of those people who likes to complain whenever their Wi-Fi connection even temporarily flickers, then being forced to use older connectivity technologies is a useful reminder of how much we have to be intermittently grateful for.

  • Read the blog post - Paul Montgomery, ZDNet Australia

    The seven Eskimo rules of designing icebergs

    Blogs consisting solely of bullet points seem to be popular these days, if Guy Kawasaki's rather lazy blog is anything to go by. This morning, Microsoft's Don Dodge detailed venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins' list of seven rules for software startups, as told by KP partner Ajit Nazre at a recent conference.

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  • Administering corporate IM

    Instant messaging is gaining increasing focus in the enterprise. What are some of the issues facing IT managers? ZDNet Australia takes a look at some tips and analysis.

  • 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.

  • Adding IM to your tech budget

    The proliferation of instant messaging (IM) applications could well reshape the IT budgetary framework for enterprises.

  • Banning IM at work

    Instant messaging has been touted as offering a range of business benefits. But there are also security and HR issues that Australian CIOs and IT managers should carefully consider.

  • Enterprise listens to instant messages

    IM is rapidly spreading from people's personal lives into their work environment - but it has many security and management implications. We're here to talk you through them.

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Reviews (98)

  • 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.

  • IMsecure

    IMsecure is currently the only dedicated security solution for instant messenger (IM) clients, and therefore a must-have for all IM users.

  • 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.

  • Yahoo soups up IM for businesses

    The Web portal is set to announce an agreement to add WebEx online collaboration features into its enterprise instant messaging software.

  • Microsoft brings Office to business IM

    Microsoft has added the Office moniker to its upcoming enterprise instant-messaging software in a branding move intended to heighten the product's appeal to potential business buyers.

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