‘Interoperability of instant-messaging services will allow worms and viruses to propagate more easily, creating more risk in online security, according to Postini’s annual Message Management and Threat Report.
The 42-page report, issued by messaging traffic processor Postini, details the types of threats to look for in 2006, as well as the new trends in data security […]
‘n Finland, MSN Messenger achieved its millionth user in January 2006. In 12 months, the number of Messenger users has increased by 84% in Finland.
According to Microsoft Finland’s sales manager, the users of the Messenger service are now older than previously. ‘
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‘Nineteen high school students from Trenton and Lawrence arrived on the Princeton campus Thursday with a mission: to assemble cutting-edge optics devices under a tight deadline so that by the end of the day they could instant message each other using computers connected by nothing more than two beams of light.
The students worked in the […]
‘According to researchers at Cambridge University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, VoIP software like Skype may be the ideal disguise for hackers to infiltrate people’s computers.’
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‘Meg Whitman, CEO of Ebay Inc., is one of the savviest executives in business, so it’s wise to pay attention when she agrees to spend what could end up totaling $4.1 billion to buy Skype Technologies, an Internet phone company that generated just $7 million in revenues last year. Is this a rerun of the […]
‘Efforts by security professionals have been very effective over the past few years. The walls that protect network perimeters are higher than ever. Email is filtered, scanned, and stripped of malware and attachments of known exploitable file types. These developments present the external attacker with greater challenges. Looking for an easier way to get through […]
‘IBM (IBM.N: Quote, Profile, Research), whose secure messaging system is used within many of the biggest companies, on Monday said its customers would soon be able to chat with instant messaging users from America Online, Yahoo and Google.
International Business Machines Corp. said it plans by midyear to allow its its Lotus Sametime corporate instant messaging […]
‘SIPphone and Google Talk became the first major instant messaging networks to launch complete compatibility between their user bases. This relationship is the culmination of over six months of cooperation between the two companies to bring a fully interoperable communication experience to the world. Available immediately, Gizmo Project and Google Talk users have seamless connectivity […]
‘Indeed.com has introduced a job-hunting IM bot that searches for jobs that match your criteria and IMs you when it finds a match. Indeed is a job-search aggregator that hunts across many job sites, ostensibly providing the job-hunter with one-stop shopping. The introduction of the new IM bots makes it even easier.’
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‘Email still takes priority over instant messaging (IM) when it comes to corporate security, according to a recent poll conducted by Akonix Systems. 62% of enterprises are secured against potential email threats, but lack IM security protection. Nearly 50% of respondents replied that “an IM hygiene solution never crossed my mind”.
In a recent survey of […]