‘America Online decided to release an early beta version of AIM 6.0, code-named “Triton,” to the general public. According to the blog of one of AIM’s developers, this is a very rough beta version, and this has been confirmed by users on the BigBlueBall forums.
AIM 6.0 is completely rewritten, with a new GUI (code named […]
‘A worm that zipped through America Online’s instant message network Tuesday was quickly shut down by the Internet service provider, a security company said Wednesday.
Gabby.a, a worm very much like the Kelvir family that’s been knocking at Microsoft’s instant messaging network (and actually knocked the Microsoft-based Reuters messaging service offline for a day two weeks […]
‘The combined Microsoft-RIM system, said the companies, is designed to extend Live Communications Server features to employees using the BlackBerry device. Thus mobile professionals can transmit instant messages and share presence-based information with office-based colleagues.
Instant messaging began in the same way that many Internet tools did — through grass-roots efforts among network users.
Now, the […]
‘Wondering where the next generation of malware will come from? Just take a look at your instant messenger program. You’ll find the answer there.
Email worms aren’t much of a danger these days — anti-virus software catches them, system administrators know how to combat them, and users have smartened up so they’re less likely to be […]
‘Washington-based Microsoft is working on software to allow devices that use Windows Mobile to connect to a corporate IM server running Microsoft’s Live Communications Server 2005. The mobile front end’s user interface based on Live Communications Server’s new PC-based client, Microsoft Office Communicator 2005, formerly called Istanbul will allow instant messaging, e-mail and short messaging […]
‘It appears the new MSN7, that was released from Beta just a few days ago has a bit of a flaw when it comes to blocking. I can’t remember if it applied to the 6 or so Betas I tried, but it is definetly there in the .777 public release.
MSN7 now has a ‘Personal Message’ […]
BigBlueBall gives an introduction to some of the new features being added to iChat with the release of the new Mac OS X Tiger:
‘Switch to…
Quickly switch to different iChat accounts (AIM or Jabber) with just a few clicks.
AIM Profiles
Easily edit your AIM profile directly from iChat — no need to launch AIM first.
Buddy Controls for […]
‘America Online is launching a program to make its AIM and ICQ instant messaging services interoperable with enterprise instant messaging systems from other vendors, AOL plans to announce this week.
Through the Enterprise Federation Partner (EFP) program, AOL wants to make it possible for users of various enterprise IM systems to add AIM and ICQ users […]
Like airborne viruses, instant messaging worms are fledglings, but very much on the rise. These new worms are also proving that once inside a corporate network they can be just as destructive, if not more so, than traditional e-mail attacks.
E-mail remains the most widely used and destructive vehicle for spreading viruses and worms over the […]
‘Reuters Group was able to bring its instant messaging (IM) system back online early on Friday morning, after an outbreak of the Kelvir worm led the company to shut down the system for most of Thursday.
The London-based news and information provider detected the external worm on its network coming though a customer Internet portal mid-morning […]