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  • AOL, Microsoft to talk about IM

    As part of their major truce announced Thursday, AOL Time Warner and Microsoft pledged to discuss making their instant messenger products talk to each other.

  • AOL: You've got VoIP

    America Online is expected to launch an Internet-phone service in the United States next month, leapfrogging rivals in a fast-growing market as it seeks to evolve from an also-ran provider of dial-up Internet access to a broadband services powerhouse.

  • Yahoo to add video to instant messenger

    Yahoo is enhancing its instant messenger service with video capabilities as it tries to avoid being left behind by Microsoft and AOL.

  • ICQ adds file sharing

    The AOL Time Warner division upgrades its popular instant messaging service for the first time in a year on the heels of recent chat releases from rivals Microsoft and Yahoo.

  • Musicians befriend IM buddies

    Warner Bros is joining the instant chat craze by launching a self-branded IM buddy for one of its musicians, a sign that major record labels hope to grab music fans where they live online.

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  • What the Google-AOL deal means for users

    Google promises purity in its interface and results, but expect more ads, video links and AIM chat.

  • IM compatibility closer to reality

    The Internet's governing technical body gives a stamp of approval to a group intent on creating an open standard for instant messaging.

  • Spammers target IM accounts

    Growing incidents of spam attacks on some instant messaging networks are raising vexing questions about the future of one of the fastest-growing applications on the Internet.

  • Yahoo tries to out-Google Google

    Yahoo continues to struggle behind Google in the US but in Australia, it's a slightly different story -- NineMSN, the partnership between Kerry Packer's PBL and Microsoft, remains a major stumbling block for the online giant.

  • SurfControl tool blocks IM, P2P networks

    IT managers who want to block staff use of instant messaging or peer-to-peer networks have a new ally in SurfControl.

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Reviews (9)

  • MSN Messenger upgrade blocks Trillian

    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.

  • Work together, IM giants told

    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.

  • IM compatibility closer to reality

    The Internet's governing technical body gives a stamp of approval to a group intent on creating an open standard for instant messaging.

  • MSN offers look at new consumer IM

    Microsoft's MSN unit shows screen shots of its new messenger application and sets a mid-year timeframe for its release.

  • AIM, ICQ to interoperate

    America Online says it will allow its next version of AOL Instant Messenger to communicate with ICQ, a surprise move that will topple the long-standing barrier between the company's two popular IM services.

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