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Yahoo IM blocks Trillian access
News Yahoo on Wednesday began blocking Cerulean Studios' Trillian software from communicating with its instant-messaging service, in its latest step to fence its popular client from third-party integrators.
[June 24, 2004, 9:05]
AOL blocks AT&T's IM client
News America Online is fighting off the latest attempt from another company to connect users to its popular instant messaging software. US telecoms giant AT&T took on AOL Wednesday, releasing software that let users of its "IM Here" instant messaging...
[December 9, 1999, 16:12]
Microsoft patents widely used IM feature
News Microsoft has won a patent for an instant-messaging feature that notifies users when the person they are communicating with is typing a message. This means that if someone tries to invalidate the Microsoft patent, they would try to find examples of...
[October 8, 2003, 8:34]
NovaWiz messaging piggybacks ICQ
News NovaWiz has developed a new version of its Odigo messaging service that attempts to piggyback on America Online's 50-million ICQ users by connecting to the popular instant messaging program. AOL has strongly fought off attempts to integrate third...
[January 25, 2000, 10:04]
Is Microsoft raising white flag in IM battle?
News Microsoft may be backing off of its much publicised battle to make its instant messaging service work with America Online's version of the increasing popular Internet communications tool -- at least for the time being.
[November 11, 1999, 10:20]
IBM delivers an open desktop
News IBM has developed an open desktop product that supports a range of applications, such as email and instant messaging, without the need to run Microsoft Windows. Lotus Sametime software for unified communication, collaboration and instant messaging
[February 12, 2007, 15:39]
CMGI's iCast blends messaging with media
News CMGI's iCast division will release an application today that combines multimedia with instant messaging. Tribal Voice has also been able to connect users to AOL's AIM program, which currently dominates the instant messaging space, and to Microsoft...
[February 29, 2000, 14:38]
BoardRoom
Downloads FileMaker Instant Messaging - now with audio and visual alerts of incoming messages. The BoardRoom is a FileMaker Pro 7 solution which provides an instant messaging environment, with up to 250 users online simultaneously.
[October 4, 2004, 8:00]
IM networks break deadlock
News After years of mudslinging, Microsoft, America Online and Yahoo on Thursday will make a surprising overture toward peace in the instant-messaging wars. The companies will announce that later this year Microsoft's Live Communications Server (LCS...
[July 15, 2004, 7:25]
Microsoft offers protocols to its rivals
News Microsoft is to allow rivals to use its own protocols for instant messaging, email and collaboration technologies. According to Information Week, Microsoft spokesman Guy Esnouf said last week that Microsoft has made protocols for instant messaging...
[February 6, 2007, 15:26]
Jabber numbers overtake ICQ
News Jabber, the leading proponent of an instant-messaging technology called Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP), said it has signed up more than 4 million licensed users, while its total user base has surpassed that of ICQ, the first...
[October 15, 2003, 16:05]
AOL blocks iCaster from AIM program
News Just when it seemed the instant messaging wars had quieted down, it looks like things are heating up again. America Online (AOL) has now blocked iCast, a CMGI company, from accessing its AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) program.iCast's iCaster...
[March 2, 2000, 13:14]
IM alright for business - Gartner
News Despite nagging concerns about their security, instant-messaging applications are now mature enough for corporate use if Australian companies change their perception of the platform, says a senior Gartner analyst.
[November 12, 2003, 8:35]
Mobile messaging coming to the US
News An agreement between Nokia and AOL, announced on Monday, will allow users to access the ISP's Instant Messaging service from mobile devices. The wireless instant messaging solution will be optimised to work with Telegic Communication's T9...
[February 28, 2000, 13:46]
Four considerations before deploying Microsoft OCS2007
Blog For those not familiar, Office Communications Server (OCS) is Microsoft’s Instant Messaging, voice and video communications product. For example organisations with a Blackberry Enterprise Server can extend OCS features including Presence, Instant...
[November 3, 2008, 9:06]
America Online's IM system under investigation
News America Online's dominance of the Instant Messaging market is to be investigated by the Federal Trade Commission it emerges Wednesday. Jesse Berst will give you the latest reasons why AOL's grip on instant messaging must be broken.
[June 14, 2000, 17:01]
IBM unfolds Lotus update
News IBM plans to announce on Monday an upgrade to its Lotus Notes email client, adding new search and instant-messaging functions. From 1 October to 31 December, Lotus 6.5 customers with active maintenance agreements can receive a free 20-licence pack...
[September 22, 2003, 10:30]
AOL puts its IM standard to the test
News America Online has submitted a proposal for interoperable instant messaging to a standards body studying the issue. AOL followed through on its vow to submit a standard to the Internet Engineering Task Force, which is collecting drafts to try to...
[June 19, 2000, 11:21]
Google embraces open IM standards
News Google is doing its bit to open up the world of instant messaging by making Google Talk interoperable with other IM services that use the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP). At present, the three largest instant messaging operators...
[January 19, 2006, 14:55]
Google makes IM/VoIP play
News Google has launched an instant-messaging (IM) program that allows text chat and computer-to-computer voice connections, a move that highlights the search giant's increasing competition with Yahoo, Microsoft and America Online.
[August 24, 2005, 9:15]
