Archive for March, 2006

Yahoo! offers phone via instant messaging

‘Yahoo Inc. said it will expand a service to the United States that lets people make phone calls using its instant messaging software.
The “Phone Out” service has been available in several countries since December.
People using it can make calls from their computers for 2 cents a minute or less to about 30 phone markets, and […]

Friday, March 31st, 2006

FaceTime Secures Instant Messaging For Distance Learning University

‘The Open University has selected FaceTime Communications to prevent worms and viruses from using instant messaging (IM) to invade and exploit its UK student network. The Open University is the world’s first successful distance learning university with more than 180,000 students that interact online from home around the world.
FaceTime’s IMAuditor was chosen to fully integrate […]

Friday, March 31st, 2006

Yahoo Messenger Integrates VOIP

Om has screen shots of the new Yahoo Messenger Beta that has VOIP integrated into it. He writes:
‘I had reported earlier that the new and improved (hopefully) Yahoo Messenger Beta (code named Postman) was going to hit the web this week. This is a Windows PC only release and is still a beta version of […]

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Mobile IM for Skype

‘EQO Communications has released a mobile instant messaging (IM) service for Skype, according to a press release.
The software is available free as a Beta product to customers via the EQO Web site and supports more than 40 handset models from vendors such as Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericsson.’

Read more at Mobile IM for Skype

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

New Botnets Utilizing Instant Messaging

‘Research experts at FaceTime Security Labs™ identified and reported a new threat affecting instant messaging (IM) applications.
Acting on an anonymous tip, researchers have uncovered two “botnet” networks that collectively represent up to 150,000 compromised computers, one of which is being used as a vehicle to fraudulently scan desktop and back-end systems to obtain credit card […]

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

Secure Developers Portal for Instant Messaging Bots

‘IM Interactive and Akonix has announced the launch of IM Interactive’s IMProv Center, an innovative development and hosting portal for creators of IM bots built upon Akonix’s leading real-time and presence based communications development platform, L7 Builder.
The online portal will enable developers to quickly and easily create new bots using Akonix L7 Builder’s IM and […]

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

ScanSafe Intros IM Security Management

‘Instant messaging is a popular way for workers to communicate. It is also gaining popularity as a way for attackers to spread viruses, according to ScanSafe, the latest firm looking to secure enterprise IM.
ScanSafe IM Control, announced today, marks instant messaging’s evolution to arranging business deals and swapping corporate data, according to Dan Nadir, ScanSafe’s […]

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

SIP Unified Communications Is All the Buzz

‘The results of a new survey published in the journal of the oldest computer association in the world, the Communications of the Association of Computer Machinery, highlights the sobering fact that messaging communications are overtaking telephone voice contacts as the preferred alternative to increasingly difficult face-to-face meetings between inter-enterprise business associates and decision makers. Whereas […]

Friday, March 17th, 2006

Akonix Rolls Comprehensive Instant Messaging Security Bundle

‘San Diego-based Akonix Systems announced today that it has rolled out new software that provides comprehensive, mluti-tiered security for public and private instant messaging.’

Read more at Akonix Rolls Comprehensive Instant Messaging Security Bundle

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Microsoft Messenger for Mac 5.1

‘Microsoft today also released Messenger for Mac 5.1, the latest version of the company’s instant messaging conversation. Version 5.1 offers the following new features for customers using Live Communications Server, including: file transfers sent to external contacts will now be encrypted for better security outside of the firewall…’

Read more at Microsoft Messenger for Mac 5.1 […]

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

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