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InternetNews
February 22, 2005
Roy Mark |
Teen's Extortion Plot Spims Out of Control A young New Yorker is nabbed in L.A. for "spimming" - sending spam through instant messenger.   |
The Motley Fool
June 25, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
Yahoo! Says No to Trillian The Internet bellwether Yahoo! is blocking third-party instant messaging clients like Trillian from its network. According to Yahoo!, the reason for the move is to head spim, the instant messenger equivalent to spam, off at the pass. |
Insurance & Technology
May 18, 2004
Julie Gallagher |
SPIM Gaining Ground on Spam IM is becoming the conduit of choice for senders of unsolicited messages. |
The Motley Fool
April 1, 2004
Tim Beyers |
The Business End of IM Instant Messaging gets bigger every day, partly do to the effect spam is having on email. For real investment opportunity to arise in this market, spim must be stopped. |
PC World
June 2004
Andrew Brandt |
Cut Off Instant Messaging Spam How to avoid 'spim' with the major IM packages. |
Inc.
October 2005
John Fried |
Is Instant Messaging an Instant Menace? IM, e-mail's little brother, isn't just for teenagers anymore. But it causes some problems in a corporate environment. |
InternetNews
February 22, 2005
Tim Gray |
Spim Tide Rising Report shows instant messaging is becoming a popular target for spammers. |
PC Magazine
December 30, 2003 |
IM Spam, Spam I Am You don't have to put up with spam coming at you when you're iming. Here's what you need to know. |
The Motley Fool
June 20, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Yahoo! Plugs In Given the highly competitive instant messaging field, it's easy to see why investors might have disregarded Yahoo!'s ability to benefit from IMs. |
InternetNews
March 29, 2004
Robyn Greenspan |
IM Spam Expected to Triple As if spam wasn't annoying enough, unwanted messages are popping up on instant messaging screens too. |
InternetNews
June 21, 2004
Michael Hall |
AOL and Yahoo Sound Enterprise IM Retreat Enterprise IM must be feeling pretty lonely about now. Two of the largest public IM providers are pulling back from offering services for big business. |
The Motley Fool
December 28, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
Beware the MSN Messenger Bug Attacks on IM programs are on the rise, and although MSN Messenger is not the top instant-messaging software, one research group found that MSN Messenger has been used quite frequently for such IM viruses, as the newest threat shows. |
InternetNews
October 26, 2004
Ryan Naraine |
Microsoft's Biz IM Server Goes Gold After nearly six months of beta testing, Microsoft's Office Live Communications Server 2005 is ready for prime time, but full-fledged interoperability with AOL and Yahoo is not yet available. |
InternetNews
April 14, 2005
Tim Gray |
AOL Expands IM Network to More Partners AOL formalizes interoperability relationships with, and opens networks to, companies who sell IM software to businesses. |
InternetNews
October 12, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Yahoo, Microsoft to Link IM Networks Yahoo and Microsoft are linking up their IM networks to allow MSN and Yahoo Messenger users to communicate across the two platforms, creating a global network of more than 275 million strong. |
InternetNews
November 21, 2005
Tim Gray |
Reuters Connects IM Players The new instant messaging service for financial institutions will save a paper trail for compliance purposes. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
IBM Makes AIM Play Nice Big Blue's Sametime corporate IM program brings AIM and rival services together. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
Can You Yahoo! Me Later? The Internet giant is the latest company to get into voice-over-Internet protocol. This is one of those public betas favored by Internet giants like Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft |
PC World
October 22, 2001
Tom Spring |
Yahoo Funks Up Messaging Instant Messenger gets noisy, colorful update featuring animated themes... |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
AOL Aims at Business Today, Time Warner's America Online unit, which offers the most popular instant messenger client, AIM, said it has teamed up with several companies to offer a more business-friendly version of the software. |
The Motley Fool
June 13, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
AOL: Talk of the Town AOL's trying to jazz up its chat client -- for good reason. |
PC World
March 2001
Tom Spring |
AOL, Yahoo Buddy Up to Wireless Messaging AOL Mobile Communicator; Motient ELink Fortified With Yahoo mobile IM services... |
The Motley Fool
June 16, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Hackers Aim for AIM Is instant messaging really that safe? Not so much. The startling lack of IM shielding from major vendors such as Symantec and McAfee has left many users vulnerable. |
CIO
March 15, 2003
Art Jahnke |
Ready for Instant Messaging? IM isn't just for teenagers anymore. But are the downsides too much for corporate America? |
PC World
March 2004
Scott Spanbauer |
A Grown-Up's Guide to Instant Messaging Here is an overview of available IM services and software, along with some commonsense advice on how to safeguard your privacy and security while you're using them. |
PC World
July 19, 2002
Frank Thorsberg |
Is IM a Sieve for Corporate Secrets? Businesses find instant messaging both help and headache, when security concerns surface. |
InternetNews
December 22, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Festoon Plugs Skype Into Google Talk Santa Cruz Networks released Festoon Unity, a free plug-in to let Skype users engage in VoIP and video calls with users of Google Talk. |
PC World
May 22, 2007
Liane Cassavoy |
Meebo Tops in Web-Based IM Services Six free online instant messengers: eBuddy, ILoveIM, Imhaha, Kook IM, Meebo, and RadiusIM. |
The Motley Fool
July 16, 2004
Dave Marino-Nachison |
Big Boys Team Up on IM Microsoft, AOL, and Yahoo! are opening up their IM systems, but only to corporate users. |
InternetNews
November 10, 2005
Tim Gray |
IM Use Is Surging, Says (IM Provider) AOL The popularity of instant messaging continued to grow this year, as many Americans embraced the technology both for personal and business purposes, according to a new survey. |
InternetNews
July 1, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
MSN, Vodafone Entwine IM Systems The content player and carrier will let European users message from phone to PC and back. |
InternetNews
December 20, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Santa IM Worm Making a List The IM.GifCom.All worm, which targets the three major instant messaging networks, is spreading its payload to buddy lists. |
InternetNews
October 30, 2007 |
Yahoo Adds More Media to IM Yahoo said on Tuesday it is adding media-playing features, large file transfers, new languages and other tools to its instant messaging service. |
InternetNews
February 27, 2009
Richard Adhikari |
Spammers Return to 'Spim' to Lure Victims Once again, instant messaging is being used by malware authors and fraudulent marketers to ply their trades. |
New Architect
March 2003
Joseph C. Panettieri |
Instant Payback Despite standards concerns, corporations look to unlock the value in instant messaging |
InternetNews
December 7, 2004
Sean Michael Kerner |
IM Threat Center Formed A consortium creates the center to inform and educate IM users about threats. |
PC World
May 24, 2001
Tom Spring |
Who's Reading Your Instant Messages? Privacy advocates warn of greater vulnerability as popular application migrates to more devices... |
InternetNews
July 13, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Yahoo, Microsoft IM Beta Joined at The Hip Some 350 million users will be able to communicate from Yahoo Messenger with Voice to Windows Live Messenger. |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2004
Alyce Lomax |
IM Gets Down to Business An AOL survey shows, not surprisingly, that instant messaging (IM) is on the rise. Soon, younger workers may prefer IM to the telephone. Perhaps corporations had better think about their IM policies. |
InternetNews
April 26, 2005
Tim Gray |
Gabby-A Grinds to a Halt A virus that plagued AOL IM users has been blocked, but experts warn that variants could pop up soon. |
InternetNews
July 15, 2004
Ryan Naraine |
Microsoft Hooks into AOL, Yahoo for Business IM The enterprise IM market gets a new lease on life. Is full interoperability on the way? |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
AIM's New Outlook AOL ties its popular instant messenger product to Microsoft's Outlook Express. Time Warner investors who track the AOL unit's fortunes might hope that it has more up its sleeve to further integrate its products in a way to give its products more pull with Internet users. |
InternetNews
May 16, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
Games Get AIM AOL announced a new kit that promises to make it easier to integrate its AOL Instant Messenger into video games. |
PC World
June 2004
Liane Cassavoy |
Viruses Target IM Virus writers and scammers are now plying their trade via instant messaging. Here are the real threats, and tips on avoiding them, including software solutions. |
Search Engine Watch
August 24, 2005
Danny Sullivan |
New Google Talk Offers Instant Messaging & Voice Chat As widely expected, Google waded into the instant messaging space with the debut of Google Talk, an IM client that also offers the ability to make voice calls between computers. |
The Motley Fool
April 15, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Reuters: Help, IM Under Attack A digital worm wiggles its way into Reuters' instant messaging system. Take precautions to protect yourself from worms like Kelvir. |
Inc.
June 10, 2002
Anne Stuart |
IM Product Sampler A list of free and commercial-grade IM products. |
Wall Street & Technology
November 17, 2003
Ivy Schmerken |
New Tool of the Trade Despite compliance scrutiny, instant messaging is a hot communications tool on trading floors. |
Inc.
June 13, 2002
Anne Stuart |
IM Legal Primer Instant messaging is evolving into a serious business tool -- with serious legal and security risks as well. |
InternetNews
March 25, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
Phishers Target Yahoo Messenger A new attack has been launched against Yahoo Messenger users, and it could be a sign of things to come. |
