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    After months of anticipation, corporate customers will soon get their hands on a beta version of Microsoft's VoIP software, an event that marks an important step in the evolution of corporate communications.

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    Telstra customers can now access their Yahoo Instant Messenger account on their mobile phones, via SMS.

  • IBM offers wireless IM

    IBM plans to offer for the first time instant messaging for wireless devices.

  • Open IM fight all but dead

    Calls for opening instant messaging services are fading as the three biggest providers wage a protracted war for market share.

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    Malicious attacks now come cloaked in messages that appear to have been sent by a known instant messaging contact -- even more reason to be wary.

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  • Windows Live hits the toddler stage

    In an interview, Windows Live exec Chris Jones talks about what the 2-year-old is up to and comments on another youngster -- Apple's iPhone.

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    The software leviathan is willing to play the waiting game when it comes to making its mobile OS succeed.

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    Telstra customers can now access their Yahoo Instant Messenger account on their mobile phones, via SMS.

  • Get Your IM to Go

    It started as a fun way to chat up your pals. But as developers strive to make instant messaging more attractive to business users, the technology has become increasingly robust, with features geared toward the mobile corporate set.

  • Nokia E70

    If you're after a business phone that doesn't look entirely like a brick, then the Nokia E70 is an excellent choice.

  • Spam Message Service: NineMSN and Vodafone ink deal

    Australians can now view their Hotmail accounts via SMS, following the formation of a partnership between NineMSN and Vodafone.

  • Nokia E61

    What do you call something that looks like a BlackBerry, acts like a BlackBerry and yet offers a lot more than most BlackBerry devices? Nokia calls it the E61.

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