The battle over today's instant messenger market is vintage Microsoft, whose strategy enemies call "the three E's" in a parody of the company's marketing mantra: Embrace a rival's technology, extend ...

The Enterprise AIM game plan has been public since last spring when AOL said it was working with Verisign on encrypted instant messaging. The consumer product has been downloaded by tens of millions ...

Microsoft’s MSN (Microsoft Network) portal and Yahoo appear to be off AOL’s buddies list when it comes to AOL’s enormously popular Instant Messenger service. Both Yahoo and MSN last week released ...

Tens of millions of Americans use "instant messenger" programs to communicate at work. It's like e-mail, only faster. Get ready for the next development in the form — video instant messaging. Some ...

Free online fixes are now available to repair a buffer overflow security vulnerability found recently in Microsoft Corp.’s free MSN Chat, MSN Messenger and Microsoft Exchange Instant Messenger ...

Yahoo now calls version 7.0 of its instant-messaging tool Yahoo Messenger with Voice, playing up this app's ability to double as a Net-based phone service. Yahoo's tool is the second most popular ...

I can’t keep track of how many of my colleagues and friends use which instant messenger programs and when, and I’m sick of having all those damn applications on my desktop, let alone open all at once.