FCC ties open IM to AOL-Time Warner deal. fcc ties open im to aol....

Aimster to unite IM services. aimster to unite im services....

IM competitors attack FCC decision. im competitors attack fcc decision. US FCC chairman William Kennard says instant messaging could become as important as the telephone and that the FCC's goal is to "make sure no one company dominates it," but competing providers say the FCC's ruling does not help them enter AOL's IM territory. US FCC chairman William Kennard says instant messaging could become as important as the telephone and that the FCC's goal is to "make sure no one company dominates it," but competing providers say the FCC's ruling does not help them enter AOL's IM territory. IMunified, representing companies fighting for open standards-based IM interoperability, said, "It still will not provide any near-term benefits for today's IM users. The statement also says, "AOL's stranglehold on IM will remain intact for now."...

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Lotus, AOL Team on IM Client Integration. lotus. Lotus's Sametime IM client and AOL's AOL Instant Messenger, known as AIM, can communicate with each other today, with Sametime users able to access their AIM Buddy List features through a tab on the Sametime contact list. Sametime is Lotus' secure IM and online meetings platform designed for enterprise customers. AIM is AOL's consumer IM service and handles more than 1.5 billion instant messages per day, though the pilot will focus on the enterprise capabilities added to AIM in November....

Microsoft Debuts IM Server. microsoft debuts im server. Greenwich is being positioned as a counterweight to Lotus Software's Sametime IM and presence server, the acknowledged leader in enterprise IM. But while Lotus, of Cambridge, Mass., is devolving Sametime into other applications as Java-based Web services, Microsoft is taking a somewhat different path. It is connecting Greenwich to other applications via APIs (application programming interfaces) rather than federating IM and presence as Web services....

Security specialist Zone Labs has launched software designed to protect instant-messaging communications, targeting the growing number of IM users on both the consumer and business sides. Security specialist Zone Labs has launched software designed to protect instant-messaging communications, targeting the growing number of IM users on both the consumer and business sides....

Microsoft pockets an IM patent. microsoft pockets an im patent. The patent encompasses a feature that’s not only on Microsoft’s IM products, but also on those of its rivals America On-line and Yahoo....

Microsoft Extending IM Presence, Interoperability. microsoft extending im presence....