People who think their instant messages disappear after being sent should think again. As the recent scandals involving former Republican congressman Mark Foley and Hewlett-Packard Co. have brought to ...

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Despite the work full-service firms have put into Web-based client services, there's one function that's still missing -- the ability to chat in real time via text-based message screens. The term for ...

Security experts on Thursday reported that instant message advertising links to malicious URLs have begun appearing, and that such URLs could be phony Web site fronts used for phishing scams. Phishing ...

Instant messaging is booming. Almost everywhere you look, people are typing messages to friends and work colleagues at a frantic pace. These are not e-mails but rather short messages that often travel ...

The actual number of chat messages sent each day is hard to come by, but with WhatsApp alone accounting for billions of users, you can imagine the sheer volume of ongoing conversations. Not all of ...

If you've been using a PC and going online since the days of dial-up modems and first-gen broadband, then you'll probably remember ICQ - one of the very first instant messaging apps for Windows. If ...

A COMPUTER worm called Sober hit the headlines last week, reigniting people’s fears about viruses. But while many may fret about infected emails, hackers are increasingly turning to stealthier ways to ...

Does Gmail want to be an instant messaging client? Last month the popular webmail app shipped an emoji reactions bar in the mobile app, where a single tap would send a new email with your emoji ...

There are untold numbers of instant messaging networks (not even taking SMS into consideration)—with companies like Google having, all by themselves, created a half dozen competing applications and ...

In 2025, contract negotiations unfold over oat milk coffees and digital channels where informal conversations often intermingle with serious commercial discussions. However, the Court of Appeal ...