It's official: Instant messaging is the new e-mail for the world's businesses.
The recent flaw plugged by Microsoft in its MSN Messenger software highlights a serious security threat to enterprise security, according to analysts.
Australian instant messaging services are not following the US lead, with MSN Messenger leading the race for market share at the expense of ICQ.
The adoption of Instant Messaging in Australian workplaces is growing rapidly and Microsoft is leading the charge, according to recent research.
Instant messaging use is growing in offices and homes around the world, and the big players are being told by a standards board to work together.
Yahoo's next IM app lets you make free voice calls and leave voicemail, and it adds search and antispam tools.
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.
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Instant messaging use is growing in offices and homes around the world, and the big players are being told by a standards board to work together.
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AT&T have brought out a chat program called IM Anywhere, which allows you to organise multiple messaging services into one account.
Intrusive registration process and fee-based add-ons keep us from warming up to this instant messenger.
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.
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