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NEW YORK – Instant-messaging software has evolved into the latest weapon in a fierce battle among major Internet companies to reap revenues off whatever you do, wherever you go online. Many people ...

The companies, through their iPlanet software collaboration, are quietly working on instant messaging software for businesses, a market segment where Microsoft and IBM lead. Stephen Shankland worked ...

My former supervisor and I used to rely on instant messaging as a critical application to get our jobs done. As Web site managers, we could run through the site code together in one window and in ...

NEW YORK — Instant-messaging software has evolved into the latest weapon in a fierce battle among Internet companies to reap revenues off whatever you do, wherever you go online. Many people spend ...

Converting free consumer products into paid services tailored to a business clientele can be harder than it looks. Just ask Yahoo and America Online. Millions of people use Yahoo Messenger and AOL ...

With e-mail systems overloaded by spam, always-on Internet connections on PDAs and cell phones becoming the norm, and superfast communication in vogue, your instant-messaging (IM) application may be ...

During its iPhone Software Roadmap event on Thursday, Apple invited several developers on stage to demonstrate work-in-progress versions of some of the first third-party native iPhone applications ...

Instant messaging (IM) conjures up images of bored teenagers using a software-based gossiping tool. Most IM programs are free, and few competing products can talk to one another, making skeptics ...

The instant messaging spat between America Online Inc. and Microsoft Corp. moved up a notch this week, as Microsoft and other major companies called on AOL “to join the rest of the industry” and ...

News and Notes tech contributor Mario Armstrong talks about instant-messaging software and what it could be hiding from you on your own computer. This is NEWS & NOTES. I'm Farai Chideya. You may want ...