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More Asian firms IM to communicate
News Instant messaging emerging as popular collaboration and communication tool among enterprises in Asia-Pacific region, Springboard research finds.
Tags: Instant messaging, Communications, instant messaging tool, Tencent, Instant messaging, Communications, China, small and medium business, messaging, information technology
Entry-level phones not for all makers
News update Strong growth has been predicted for entry-level mobile phones, but not all manufacturers will see profits if they enter this market, warns analyst.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Development/design, Smart Phone, ABI Research, Manufacturing, Cell Phone, phone, e-mail, 3G, Emerging Market
Botnets lead way in spam charge
News Over 83 percent of spam in June were sent from botnets, says new report. Instant messages with malicious links and Web-based malware are also on the rise.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, PC security, Data security, Malware, MessageLabs Ltd., Web Browser, Spam, Bot, Messaging
Microsoft sues over malicious online ads
News Software maker says it filed five lawsuits Thursday in the United States to try to slow the growing threat.
Tags: Network security, Internet advertising, Online Advertising, IM, New York Times Co., malicious code, ad network, Web Site, blog posting, Network security
IT security policies: Why they don't always work
Techguide IT security policies never pleases everyone, and can be nebulous and difficult to get right. Learn from one company's experience of getting its plan to work.
Tags: Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Data security, PC security, Security, IT Security, Policy, Michael Kassner, Messaging, IM
With backlog cleared, Yahoo can get back on track
News Improvements to Yahoo Mail, Messenger, and search introduced Monday are long overdue, but their launch gives Yahoo room to right the ship.
Tags: Web sites, Web services, Consumer Electronics Show, Facebook, IM, CEO, network, Jerry Yang, window, Web services
IM is coming to your MySpace profile
News The social network has had a downloadable instant messaging client for a while, but this is the first time members can IM one another directly from their MySpace profiles.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web services, MySpace, Web Browser, News Corp., IM client, Facebook, IM, toolbar, U.S.
Yahoo shows ads in IM chat windows
News Under fierce financial pressure, the Internet pioneer is testing some new real estate for advertisements.
Tags: Internet advertising, E-mail clients, Online Advertising, Yahoo! Inc., MasterCard International, Advertisement, Yahoo IM, IM, recession, News.com
Experts: Don't clamp down on social media
News Iranian news leaking out via Twitter shows that people will get around communication roadblocks, and experts say businesses can learn lessons from this.
Tags: Web 2.0, Security implementation/standards, Business security, Twitter, Security, Mobile, Howard Schmidt, Iran, Social Media, Mobile Device
Opportunity opening for mobile UC in China
News Interest in mobility and buoyant spending on telecoms services is expected to create opportunities for mobile unified communications providers in China, says Ovum.
Tags: Applications and tools, Mobile platforms/communications, VoIP/IP telephony, Communications, Ovum, Security, Mobile, Mobile Device, Small And Medium Business, mobile security
Background processing coming with iPhone 3.0?
News Apple was supposed to have a quasi-background processing service for the iPhone ready by last September, but might be thinking about taking a step further.
Tags: Handhelds, Smart phones, Mobile processors, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Smart Phone, Apple iPhone 3G, GPU, performance, 3G
Businesses have mixed feelings on IM
News Companies are shying away from adopting instant messaging technology despite seeing the benefits it can have in the workplace.
Tags: Instant messaging, Communications, Director Of Information Technology, Security, compliance, software, Silicon.com, IM, audit, knowledge
Singapore gets flat-rate mobile IM
News StarHub launches a service to tap user demand for mobile IM, which Gartner says is another application to cross over from the "fixed-line Internet".
Tags: Mobile applications, Instant messaging, Starhub, Mobile, Carrier, Mobile Internet, phone, social networking, IM, network
Cisco buys into corporate IM
News Cisco Systems is buying Jabber, an open source corporate instant-messaging platform, to compete more aggressively in unified communications.
Tags: Networking, Instant messaging, Jabber, Google Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., IM, EarthLink Inc., networking company, Google Talk, WebEx Communications Inc.
Survey: IT managers worried about data leaks
News A new survey shows that corporations worry about sensitive data leaking out of corporate networks along with malicious software sneaking in.
Tags: Security, Malware, Data Leak, Survey, IT manager, Osterman Research, unified communications, IM, blog, information technology
