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  • Telstra brings Yahoo IM to SMS

    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.

  • No instant answers in IM outage

    The MSN Messenger outage spilled over into a sixth day, with many users of the free service complaining of inaccessible accounts, despite Microsoft's claims most had been restored.

  • 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.

  • MSN Messenger fails to deliver

    MSN Messenger subscribers gripe about sporadic service, disappearing lists. Will this put Microsoft behind in the race with AOL to claim instant messaging market share?

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  • Does IM stand for insecure messaging?

    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.

  • Apple iPhone vs Nokia N95

    Will Apple's iPhone reshape the mobile phone market? Are there better devices actually available already? We put the iPhone head-to-head with its competition to see how it stacks up.

  • Mobile: Skype hungry for next frontier

    Skype sees the mobile market as the next frontier for its service, but economic realities in the voice market -- coupled with mobile operators who feel threatened by Skype -- could put the kibosh on large-scale adoption for some time to come.

  • Can Google break Microsoft's enterprise chokehold?

    A tie-up with Saleforce.com sees Google pushing even further into Microsoft's businesss applications territory

  • Superguide: the death of 'trusted' Web sites?

    The explosion in drive-by download attacks continues to grow. How has the situation got so dangerous? Are there any "trusted" Web sites left?

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Reviews (37)

  • Telstra brings Yahoo IM to SMS

    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.

  • HTC P3600i

    Decent performance, GPS and good connectivity are a plus for a handset with yesterday's heavy-set PDA aesthetics.

  • Sony Ericsson K660i

    The K660i shares most of its specs with budget-priced phones, with the addition of HSDPA data speeds, and minus the budget price tag.

  • 3 Skypephone

    Whether you plan to use Skype or not, the Skypephone is a full-featured budget priced phone and value for money if you don't break it first.

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