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AOL, Microsoft IM ‘Interop Pledge’ Intrigues

Among the surprises in the news from Microsoft and AOL Time Warner that they had settled a...

AOL: We’ll Explore IM Interoperability

After years of shying away from compatibility with other instant messaging networks, AOL Time Warner is again indicating...

Microsoft Expands IM-Over-SMS

Microsoft's MSN unit is expanding the reach of its MSN Messenger instant messaging client, through an expanded deal...

Viruses Learn How to IM

We've been writing frequently about the growing interest in IM bots, or interactive agents. In a corporate environment,...

Microsoft, AOL Boost Messaging in Xbox, PS2

Instant messaging owes much of its near-ubiquity to its teenaged early adopters. Now, it looks as if the...

Avistar Extends Video Messaging Beyond Enterprise

Video messaging player Avistar Communications is taking steps to bring its presence-based intra-enterprise messaging system outside company borders -- making the...

Presence and Availability: Coming to a Mobile Phone Near You

While the PC-based instant messaging world seems unlikely to shake the limitations of proprietary systems and differing, incompatible...

How Communicator Collaborates

Increasingly, instant messaging today is becoming the story of how Microsoft , IBM's Lotus, Sun Microsystems , Oracle...

Federal Agencies Gear Up for Instant Alerts

In response to the heightened level of national security and efforts to prepare for terrorist threats and other emergencies,...

Get Ready for GTV

The company has kept a low profile to date, but Global Technology Ventures is unlikely to remain under the...