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Microsoft and AOL get the message
News After months of an intense game of cat-and-mouse, where AOL continually blocked Microsoft's attempts to link MSN Messenger users with AOL Instant Messenger users, the two companies are now participating in an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF...
[October 14, 1999, 10:03]
AOL blasts MS instant message service
News Microsoft is violating the cardinal rule of the Internet by asking AOL Instant Messenger users for their passwords and screen names. Microsoft's MSN Messenger, announced today, will let users send notes and messages to users of AOL's Instant...
[July 23, 1999, 8:10]
Aimster sets sites on MSN and Yahoo!
News So far, said company spokesman Johnny Deep, the shareware will let users of AOL Instant Messenger and ICQ communicate. If successful, Deep said Aimster could link up more than 140 million instant messenger users.
[October 20, 2000, 9:05]
Microsoft still missing IM connections
News Problems started as far back as mid-January, with many people reporting similar troubles: Messenger disconnecting without notice anywhere from five minutes to about 15 minutes after signing on, and people occasionally appearing disconnected to...
[February 20, 2002, 6:31]
AOL, Sun get buddy-buddy
News Its America Online division, which owns the two most popular instant messaging services, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) and ICQ, has long been criticised by competitors for blocking efforts to communicate with its products.
[October 25, 2001, 9:33]
Trillian users upset over Yahoo block
News Just a few hours after Yahoo changed its instant messenger protocols, Cerulean Studios issued a patch to allow users of its popular Trillian software to connect again with users of Yahoo's messaging program.
[June 25, 2004, 8:55]
IM networks break deadlock
News The companies will announce that later this year Microsoft's Live Communications Server (LCS), which offers instant messaging for corporate users, will connect with AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and its own MSN Messenger.
[July 15, 2004, 7:25]
New MSN to focus on communication
News The site will feature new looks for the company's Hotmail e-mail service and MSN Messenger instant messaging program. A "personal Message Center" allows consumers to track e-mail messages and instant messenger contacts, as well online chats and...
[November 9, 1999, 10:31]
AOL shuts Windows security hole
Talkback There is however, another Windows Messenger which is the instant messenging program comonly used by teenagers to chat to their friends. Windows Messenger here is the bare bones version included in the operating system but MSN Messenger does exactly...
[October 29, 2003, 21:37]
Zone Labs targets IM security
News IMsecure has developed IMsecure Pro 1.0 to detect viruses and block spam for the most popular messaging applications on the market -- AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger, said Fred Felman, vice president of marketing at Zone.
[August 12, 2003, 9:40]
MSN Messenger Force
Downloads Ruksun's Messenger Force is suite of applications built to enable Instant Messaging on mobile and wireless devices. Messenger Force allows users with Windows CE devices to be notified when family and friends from their contact list are online...
[April 22, 2002, 16:15]
AOL targets enterprises with AIM
News Converting free consumer products like AOL's Instant Messenger (AIM), into paid services tailored to a business clientele can be harder than it looks. Since then, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has also been working with America Online to...
[April 15, 2005, 10:00]
Microsoft ups ante in IM battle
News In addition, it offers a bridge to Microsoft's popular consumer MSN Messenger IM network, giving it a potential jump on rivals lining up to court business customers with instant messaging products and services.
[March 6, 2003, 7:49]
IM buddy making more powerful friends
News With this project, the company is set to position an instant messenger as a complete development application, going far beyond being a vehicle for simple conversations. Software startup ActiveBuddy said it has secured agreements to deliver real...
[May 24, 2001, 10:33]
IM archives raise security concerns
News AOL Instant Messenger and the instant messenger service in the AOL online service do not have any of these features. Privacy advocates maintain that it would take a savvy lawyer to make claims that conversations over instant messenger could violate...
[June 21, 2001, 9:27]
Messenger Force
Downloads Ruksun's Messenger Force is suite of applications built to enable Instant Messaging on mobile and wireless devices. Messenger Force v1.0 for the Palm OS is our first offering that allows Instant Messaging on Palm OS based devices.This version...
[December 12, 2000, 7:00]
Freeserve signs Tribal Voice for Instant Messaging
News Freeserve said the new service, which will launch by the end of the year, would be interoperable with Microsoft's MSN Messenger program and America Online Instant Messenger program. Freeserve said Tuesday it would work with Tribal Voice to offer...
[September 7, 1999, 13:20]
AOL must move to share IM with rivals
News In advance of the report, the company on Friday said it is close to announcing a partner for testing links between its leading AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) service and other IM networks. Yahoo also recently unveiled a videoconferencing feature in...
[July 23, 2001, 15:59]
AOL 'warnings' boot MSN users
News Microsoft wants to be able to connect users of its MSN Messenger to users of AOL's rival Instant Messenger, which AOL vehemently opposes, in part because the MSN program runs on AOL's servers. Users who receive enough warnings are temporarily...
[August 20, 1999, 10:15]
Yahoo contemplates new Messenger features
News In the past week, Yahoo started issuing surveys to select visitors of its Web network, questioning them on their preferences for potential features on Yahoo Messenger, the company's popular instant chat application.
[January 13, 2004, 8:15]
