‘Some Internet Explorer 7 testers who loaded the Beta 1 bits onto their systems have found a nasty surprise BetaNews has learned: their instant messaging software crashes.
Trillian, a popular multi-network IM client, Gaim and IM2 all spit out error messages when loaded alongside IE7, and the only fix is to uninstall Microsoft’s new browser.
Sources tell […]
‘As 60,000 users of Reuters messaging service found out in April, an instant messaging worm can seriously damage your day. The pernicious Kelvir worm, which spreads by sending copies to everyone on an infected client’s IM contact list, swept through the company so fast that Reuters shut down the service rather than let the worm […]
‘Older teen girls use instant messaging more than boys their age or younger teens do, shop online more, gather information about health, religion, entertainment and colleges more.
Jim Lynch, information technology director at Eagan High School, sees it firsthand every school day. “The guys are out there gaming, but the one thing the girls are out […]
A study by Big Research has found that the biggest users of Instant Messaging are in the 18-24 year old bracket with 79.8% of them saying that they regularly or occasionally use IM. The percentage of those using IM decreases the older that people get with 68.3% of 25-34 year olds using it, 58.1% of […]
‘Few people are flattered when you call them paranoid or controlling. But in information technology circles, these traits are positive. We can thank viruses, hackers and spammers for that.
E-mail has been the path for most of those unwelcome visitors. Experience has shown that controls such as content filtering, user authentication and acceptable-use policies aren’t just […]
‘Instant messaging (IM) use is expected to increase over the next four years with a growing percentage of use by enterprises as well as the general public.
According to the Radicati Group’s recently released report, “Instant Messaging Market 2005-2009,” there will be 867 million instant messaging accounts by the end of 2005. By 2009, the research […]
‘If all of life is like high school, at last we have the answer to the question that goes to the core of our id-driven, zit-popping, green-eyed insecurity:
Are you more popular, at this very second, than the person who’s instant-messaging you?
Instant messaging, you will know, is the way tens of millions of Americans connect with […]
My Treo has a great overview of the Treo’s Instant Messaging options and writes:
‘Anyone with an at-home Yahoo!, AIM, MSN, or ICQ account before sporting their Treo, soon became aware that instant messaging clients for the Palm OS could make this online communication option more portable, with instant communication from anywhere. The excitement quickly paled […]
‘A new worm has been discovered on the AOL Instant Messenger service that dupes users into thinking it is a file for the popular iTunes music player software. The worm appears in an IM with the message “this picture never gets old” and a link to what appears to be an image URL. However, it […]
AOL has released AIM 5.9.3828 Beta which features:
Tabbed Browsing: Organize open sites and pages in a single window with handy clickable tabs, saving all that annoying back-buttoning
Thumbnail Previews: View an actual thumbnail preview of any page in your history or favorites simply by holding your mouse over its link
Spyware Quick Scan: Relax - your computer […]