‘This quarter has brought new parent worms, and September has seen the highest number of IM attacks ever, according to security vendor Akonix.
Threats against instant messaging (IM) networks are on a roll, a security firm said Thursday as it announced that this month has the dubious honor of hosting the highest-ever number of new IM […]
About.com has a useful article for Instant Messaging Beginners titled - What is “I.M.” and “Instant Messaging”? which gives the basics of IM:
‘”IM” – short for “instant messaging” – is a type of real time communication service. It is somewhat like email, but much more like a chat room. Both parties are online at the […]
‘Instant messaging has entered the enterprise with a vengeance, a fact that has many collaboration-focused I.T. executives applauding. More than three-quarters (76 percent) of companies are using IM today, and another 7 percent plan to do so soon, according to our survey of 42 I.T. executives late last year. But with the promise of improved […]
‘IBM has unveiled details on a major upgrade of its flagship platform with the launch of Lotus Notes and Domino 7 in the Middle East. With these new product offerings, IBM has created a vastly improved collaboration platform designed to meet the evolving and expanding needs of knowledge workers. Lotus Domino 7 also includes new […]
‘The Microsoft Corp. Windows Mobile-powered Palm Inc. Treo unveiled Monday may be the talk of this year’s CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show for enterprises, but there are other new offerings hitting the market this week at the San Francisco conference and exhibition.
Palm’s new Treo running Windows Mobile 5.0 will come out early next year […]
‘Westminster resident David Christianson completely understand his kids’ love for instant messaging.
“We use IM for work purposes,” said Christianson, managing director of Concordant, a technology consulting company. “We’re a consulting company with people scattered throughout New England. We still send tradition e-mail, but IM is very common, and a lot of clients use it, too.”
Christianson […]
‘With last month’s launch of Google Talk, in a first beta version, it is going to try.
At the moment, instant messaging is being crippled by a Balkanisation of the market that is incompatible with users’ needs.
Running an instant messaging system is like being thrown back to the 1980s, when you needed a Prestel account to […]
‘America Online is slated to release a preview edition of AIM Triton this week that the company hopes will attract users looking for a taste of the next generation communications client. AOL has also moved up the launch of its PC-to-phone calling feature, which will debut in Triton 1.0.
The Triton preview, also known as Beta […]
Interesting post over at the Anchor on Instant Messenger Mania - here’s how it starts:
‘Instant messaging in today’s world has expanded beyond the simple line-by-line communication between two people. Instant messaging becomes interesting when you move beyond the basic use of the main programs and begin to combine the advanced features they offer for a […]
‘American Online Inc. announced its new Internet phone service and offered a preview of its newest instant messaging platform at the ongoing VON conference here on Tuesday.
Dubbed as TotalTalk, the VOIP (Voice over IP) offering will be built into Triton, the next generation version of the company’s instant messaging client software, a beta version of […]