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    Welcome to the BlackBerry Lifestyle  Sep 14, 2008
    Mobile e-mail is RIM's real strength--users can add as many as 10 different e-mail accounts, both enterprise and consumer accounts--but Balsillie also noted that BlackBerry is the only mobile platform that supports all five of major IM services--AIM, Google Talk, Yahoo, ICQ and Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger. (RIM and AOL announced at CTIA.) Additional payloads also include peer-to-peer messaging and cellular SMS.. (PC World)

    FamilyCam Announce the Launch of Its Secure Family Video Web Site  Aug 28, 2008
    The seasoned start up team, includes Chairman Mark Bernstein who has previously held senior roles in GeoCities Inc. and ICQ Inc., and been involved with five IPOs, Giles Hutchison founder of Reciva Limited, and Dr Michael Woodley and Paul Putwain founders of Green Cathedral PLC. Dr Michael Woodley, was a early employee of Autonomy PLC.. Promotional and explanatory videos are available on the web site at. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    11 cool new apps for the iPhone  Jul 14, 2008
    Computerworld's Michael DeAgonia culled the hundreds of apps already available to find the ones you should definitely check out for yourself (Computerworld)

    Fitzsimmons: What a wicked Web we've weaved. Or is it woven?  Jul 13, 2008
    Perhaps, after the STP, we can all make a decision whether or not to use FTP or HTTP on the WWW in order to download the DB of STP statistics of this year's event, while we LOL at other comments on this DOC (or TXT if we're viewing on a "PRINTER FRIENDLY" PHP. Some may even MSG their FRNDZ on AIM, ICQ, MSN or mIRC to join them in their "OMG" comments about the STP, all the while sipping on a V8 while deleting SPAM from their Yahoo web-based e-mail inbox. Just a thought. (Longview Daily News, WA)

    Software That Will This Sentence Fix  Jul 4, 2008
    Ovil-Brenner decided to tackle the problem with her husband, Liran Brenner, a computer engineer who worked for five years at Israeli instant-messaging software pioneer ICQ. ... "WhiteSmoke's solution differs from existing ones that process on a word-by-word basis because the software actually understands and interprets the meaning of a text," says Yair Goldfinger, the 36-year-old co-developer of ICQ, who has invested an undisclosed amount in WhiteSmoke ... (ICQ was acquired by AOL () almost a... (BusinessWeek)

    Vringo Bets on Video Ringtones  Jul 4, 2008
    Medved describes Vringo as a "sort of ICQ [instant messaging] combined with a personalized YouTube () on your cell phone.". With conventional audio ringtones, customers download a short music clip say, the theme to. (BusinessWeek)

    Agilemobile.com Ltd. Announces Release of Two New Software Titles for Apple's iPhone, iPod Touch and New iPhone 3G  Jul 1, 2008
    ICQ, Google Talk and any other XMPP network ... is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for mobile phones and provides a seamless connection to the public instant messaging networks of ICQ, AOL, Yahoo. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

    Nokia 6301 and Samsung SGH-t339 Handsets Rolled Out by T-Mobile  Jun 24, 2008
    Both the mobile phones also support T-Mobile myFaves, AIM, ICQ, Yahoo. Messenger and Windows Live instant messaging. (TechGadgets.in)

    Affidavit in Bart Huskey child porn case  Jun 19, 2008
    Walker County Messenger. Editor s note: This affidavit includes graphic content that may not be suitable for all readers. (WWalker County Messenger, GA)

    Web 2.0 Sites a Thriving Marketplace for Malware  May 31, 2008
    And the pages advertise the bad guy's contact info--an ICQ handle, say, or some other way to get in touch about buying or selling malware. The profiles offer "the capability of hiding in plain sight," says Tom Bowers, senior security evangelist with antivirus-maker Kaspersky Lab. (Yahoo News -- Technology)

    Nimbuzz Unveils New MoIP and IM Application  May 31, 2008
    AIM, Jabber and ICQ, plus 23 social networks, including Facebook and Myspace. Tariq Dag Khan, the London-based chief marketing officer for Nimbuzz explained, "Once the users download the Nimbuzz application for mobile and registers as a new user, contacts from their selected IM communities are aggregated into a single contact list. It also displays icons indicating real-time "presence" such as, which contacts are online or offline, and from which communities," added Khan. (TMCnet)

    Money tips for students  May 26, 2008
    Bing is basically MXit on steroids because you can import your MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, AIM or GTalk contacts to your cell phone. This means you can chat with anyone everywhere you go without having access to the internet or thinking about which online community your friends are in. (iAfrica.com)

    AOL wraps up Bebo buy  May 21, 2008
    Shields's first task as head of People Networks will be to integrate community applications and tools including AIM, ICQ, chat and mail functionality into Bebo. Products from other recent AOL acquisitions, such as widget technology from Goowy Media and the social search question and answer service from Yedda, will also be integrated into the portfolio. (VNUNet.com)

    AOL Groups Social Network Holdings Into Single Unit  May 20, 2008
    People Networks combines Bebo, AIM, ICQ, and other community platforms within AOL. It will also integrate other recent acquisitions , a widget technology company, and questions-based community site Yedda. AOL said the new business unit will provide opportunities for marketers through a blend of services and ad products. (ClickZ News)

    AOL Completes $850m Bebo Buy  May 20, 2008
    The $850m (417m) takeover was and with the former front door CD spammer revealing Bebo CEO Joanna Shields will jump to Executive VP of AOL and President of People Networks (Bebo, AIM, ICQ and AOL's other community platforms). She will report to AOL President and COO Ron Grant. (TrustedReviews)

    AOL Completes Acquisition Of Social Network Bebo  May 20, 2008
    AIM had 30 million users worldwide, and ICQ, another AOL IM service, has 28 million, according to AOL.. Other recent acquisitions that will be integrated into AOL's People Networks services are Goowy Media, which makes widget technology, and Yedda, a social search company. (InformationWeek)

    AOL unveils Bebo integration plan  May 20, 2008
    AOL's instant messaging tools AIM and ICQ and its email service will be integrated with Bebo, giving the site a major advantage in raising its profile in the crucial US market where it lags behind rival social networking websites MySpace and Facebook. The internet services company claims 30 million instant messenger users in the US alone and a total community of 80 million users worldwide, according to comScore. (guardian.co.uk)

    Nimbuzz Goes Beyond Skype - Launches Comprehensive Mobile VoIP & IM Solution, and Brings Voice to Social Networks  May 13, 2008
    AIM, Jabber and ICQ, plus 23 social networks, including Facebook and Myspace ... AIM, Jabber and ICQ, plus 23 social networks including Facebook and Myspace. (Canada Newswire)

    Times Online: New Models of iPhone Expected in June  Apr 21, 2008
    Fring, the company founded by Avi Shechter, the former coCEO of ICQ and VP at AOL, has announced that it released a test version of its popular application which brings Skype, as well as MSN, Google. According to Xinhua, during a conference held on Saturday in China's Hainan Province, Wang Jianzhou, the chairman of China Mobile, admitted that the company has not started formal talks with Apple. (eFluxMedia)

    London-based developers ship free Fring VoIP app for iPhone  Apr 19, 2008
    Fring lets users communicate with contacts from AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, MSN, Skype, Twitter, and Yahoo lists. Users can make calls or send instant messages over WiFi. (Macworld UK)

    iPhone Gets Free VoIP App From Fring  Apr 17, 2008
    Fring, which describes itself as a mobile Internet community, enables "Fringsters" to communicate with contacts from AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, MSN, Skype, Twitter, and Yahoo lists. In addition to iPhone support, Fring also works with more than 500 mobile handsets, including Nokia Symbian Series 60 devices, Sony Ericsson UIQ Smartphones, and those that use Windows Mobile, the developer said in a statement. (Yahoo News -- Technology)

    Talk to Skype from your Iphone  Apr 16, 2008
    The list includes MSN, Google Talk, ICQ, Twitter, Yahoo and AIM as well as Skype. There's only one catch. (Inquirer)

    T-Mobile launches BlackBerry 8820 Smartphone in the US  Mar 27, 2008
    Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk and ICQ.. The other features of the smartphone is the full QWERTY keyboard, intuitive user-interface with easy-to-use trackball, HTML performance, ultra-bright 320x240 color display with light-sensing technology, media player, stereo Bluetooth and Roxio media manager. (TechGadgets.in)

    Bebo acquisition could boost AOL  Mar 15, 2008
    When integrated with instant messaging services ICQ and AIM, it is expected to reach 80 million members. Started in 2005 by San Francisco programmers Michael and Xochi Birch, the company has approximately 100 employees. (CNNMoney.com)

    AOL buys social network Bebo for $850 million  Mar 15, 2008
    In a conference call on Thursday, Falco and Ron Grant, AOL's president and COO, as well as Bebo president Joanna Shields, said that integration between Bebo and AOL's AIM and ICQ messaging properties will be crucial ... "The distribution aspect of linking up with AIM and ICQ is an extraordinary opportunity for us," Shields said in the conference call. (Yahoo News -- Internet and WWW)

    AOL to buy social networking site Bebo  Mar 15, 2008
    AOL said Bebo would complement its Internet communications services, ICQ and AIM, as well as its online advertising business, Platform A. AOL executives said they wanted to expand Bebo's presence in the United States, though they provided few details on how this would be done. "We will connect the dots internationally between these powerful networks," said Ron Grant, chief operating officer of AOL.. (International Herald Tribune)

    AOL to buy Bebo for $850-million  Mar 15, 2008
    AOL said Bebo would help round out its personal communications offerings, now comprised of AOL Instant Messenger and ICQ, two wildly popular services that let users send quick text, video and audio correspondence. Despite its global popularity AOL has not had much success turning that into a business. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)

    AOL Acquires Bebo  Mar 15, 2008
    AOL says that Bebo s audience meshes well with its popular instant messaging platforms, AIM and ICQ, which will in total reached 80 million unique users. It s a very early stage in the whole category, Grant observed. (MediaWeek.com)

    AVG 8.0 spotlights web threats  Mar 1, 2008
    0 include faster scanning and mail filtering ("we are trying not to slow down your PC," said Obluk) including a new engine that can take advantage of multi-core CPUs, new protection against rootkits, scanning of files arriving over ICQ or MSN, and an all-new firewall. The software should be released today (February 28) and will cost $A101. (iTWire)

    Are you a Machead?  Feb 19, 2008
    I walked into a Mac Lab at Melbourne University in 1992 whilst doing my Dip Ed., bought a Colour Classic, lost all the data, reinstalled it (from floppies), upgraded the hard drive, then purchased an LC475 pizza box, learnt QuarkXpress on it, learnt how to fax and connect to the internet, chatted on ICQ and got my first full time job as an Apple Salesperson. Learnt how to service and sell the overpriced PowerMacs. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)

    Mobile ULC2 Alliance Launches World's Lowest Cost Smart Entry Phone With Web-Based Messaging Functions at Mobile World Congress  Feb 12, 2008
    The new Smart Entry Phone (SEP), which is targeted at emerging markets, will also enable simultaneous access to all leading communication portals such as MSN, ICQ, Chikka or Yahoo ... About Tjat The TJAT Messaging Service is a browser-based mobile clientless solution that can be used to mobilise communications through existing Instant messaging communities (ICQ, MSN etc. (PR Newswire)

    Bringing Fring into the mainstream  Feb 11, 2008
    Shechter, who was a general manager of the pioneering ICQ chat service that AOL bought in 1998, now runs Fring, which is essentially a mobile-phone version of Skype ... Last week, Fring upgraded its service by adding support for users of Yahoo and AIM to the other online communities it supports, like Skype, MSN Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, SIP and Twitter. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)

    How to Network  Jan 20, 2008
    It started, more or less, with something called ICQ (www ... I can still remember the excitement I felt when I first installed ICQ in 1997 and persuaded my friend Jim to do likewise ... ICQ is still going strong, and is one of a sort of big four of instant messaging programs: Others are Yahoo's Messenger (messenger. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)

    AVG releases second beta edition of AVG 8.0  Jan 17, 2008
    Additional protection is provided in the form of safe searching and safe surfing protection acquired through the recent purchase of Exploit Prevention Labs; rootkit detection; basic security for MSN and ICQ instant messaging; and detection of malware-infected files on websites. Windows users interested in participating in this public beta can register and download the software at http://beta. (Computerworld Australia)

    Barclays 'chairman' scams his own bank  Jan 12, 2008
    It works with AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. Additional Resources Executive Guides. (CIO Australia)

    * New Web messengers take the hassle out of chatting  Jan 7, 2008
    As with MSN and Yahoo, AIM and ICQ form a mutually compatible pair. The latter is available in Web Messenger form as ICQ2Go, although it does rely on Flash ... The page offers parallel login for MSN, Yahoo, AIM and ICQ, as well as Google Talk and Jabber. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Mountain View startup Meebo aims to revolutionize instant messaging  Nov 21, 2007
    Instant messaging became popular in the mid-1990s with services like AOL, ICQ and Yahoo offering the service. Now 1 in 5 adults uses IM, according to a recent Associated Press-AOL poll, and almost half of teenagers use it to communicate. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Debitel and IXI Mobile announce the launch of Ogo2.0 in Germany  Nov 12, 2007
    "Ogo was designed from the ground up to be the ultimate mobile Instant Messaging experience. It brought to market what we believe is the closest IM experience in the mobile world to the PC, with the added benefit of continuous connectivity and presence awareness. ICQ and Windows Live Messenger users will finally have their buddy lists with them wherever they go" said Haller. Germany has one of the largest Instant Messaging communities in Europe, with an estimated 12 Million Users as of September... (PR Newswire)

    It's now much more possible to live away from your computer and stay fully connected.  Nov 2, 2007
    Fring lets you use instant messengers such as Gtalk, Skype, ICQ, and others via mobile. I just made a Skype voice call over my phone's data pipe to Munich from my home in Half Moon Bay, California, and it worked great. (FastCompany)

    10/29: Bindo Worm Copies Itself, Creates Registry Entry  Oct 30, 2007
    The worm tries to copy itself to shared drives/folders, such as Kazaa/Limewire but also ICQ shared folders. In these it might copy itself as "Sex_ScreenSaver.scr" and/or "Sex_Game.exe.". (eSecurityPlanet)

    Shadow appears on iPhone trail  Oct 29, 2007
    It allows four instant-messaging clients: AOL, ICQ, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. The big bet. (Seattle Times)

    10/23: Sdbot.worm.gen.cn Spreads Via Different IM Platforms  Oct 24, 2007
    It may try to spread by a number of IM platforms (AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, MSN), by spamming all contacts with a link which appears to be for Google, but which is in fact redirected to a remote, malicious site. It also scans for systems which are vulnerable to MS03-039 and MS06-040 exploits. (eSecurityPlanet)

    EQO Brings Mobile Internet Phone Application to Symbian Smartphones  Oct 18, 2007
    Google Talk, ICQ and Jabber ... " EQO is inviting all Symbian enthusiasts to be part of the beta trial by signing up at . EQO demonstrations are available at the Symbian Smartphone Show on 16th and 17th October on the main Symbian stand, and are part of the show Applications Trail competition. Notes to Editors: About the Symbian Platinum Program The Symbian Platinum Program includes companies that have a technology or strategic position that is key to the success of mobile computing technology... (PR Newswire)

    Radical Ideas  Oct 13, 2007
    Useless was definitely there, including a piece of matzo laser-etched with actor Leonard Nimoy's image, a rocket-powered motorcycle built by a Brooklyn, N.Y. art collective, a remote-controlled gray blimp that hovered ominously over the ferry on the way to New Jersey and a cheeky presentation from ICQ founder Yossi Vardi on why excessive heat from laptops seriously impairs male gonads and is the root of population decline in certain nations of the developed world. But smart dominated. (Forbes -- Technology)

    ABOUT WALT MOSSBERG  Oct 11, 2007
    From its home page, you simply sign in for different IM services MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, GTalk (or Jabber) and AIM (or ICQ). Your buddy list will be combined automatically. (Wall Street Journal)

    Trillian chat client goes OS X  Oct 10, 2007
    Trillian is a popular chat client that enables users to work with AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and ICQ chat systems. The software supports contact importing, typing notification, direct connection, proxy support, encryption and more. (MacCentral)

    Rambler Media UK Regulatory Announcement: Statement re Rambler Media Appoints Mikhail Efimov as General Manager of Its Online Display Advertising Agency Index20 and Agrees Strategic Partnership with Video International's Subsidiary IMHO  Oct 5, 2007
    ru', internet tracking system 'Rambler Top 100', instant messaging service 'Rambler-ICQ', high-tech portal 'Ferra. ru', interactive advertising Group 'Index20' and contextual advertising company 'Begun. (BusinessWire)

    BlackBerryToday  Oct 4, 2007
    ICQ, Jabber and Google Talk from your mobile phone in real-time ... AIM/iChat, ICQ, Jabber and Google Talk. (IntranetJournal)

    Adium X gets bug fixes with update  Oct 2, 2007
    supports many protocols including AIM, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo. Google Talk, Yahoo. (MacCentral)

    MySpace and the Facebook Factor  Sep 26, 2007
    Facebook and MySpace are just fads, when I was in highschool 5 years ago, the thing was AIM, and before that ICQ. Eventually there will be something else and the popularity will go away along witht he money. Posted by jip. (New York Times)

    Chats with the Iceman  Sep 24, 2007
    "as to law enforcement, welli would be curious to know: 1. do they have a problem with me running this forum, and if so why haven't they said anything? Also if so, do they also have a problem with icq, (private instant messaging) through which a thousand times more discussion happens about crime than through my little board? 2. Why don't they just buy up all of the illegal information and then close those accounts, rather than letting countless victims suffer? if they find someone selling... (USA Today -- Money)

    Damn Small Linux Makes Darn Big Impression  Sep 18, 2007
    Three Instant Messaging Clients: Naim, ICQ, and IRC.. The Ted Word Processing program. (Datamation)

    Cellphone VoIP set to slash telecoms costs  Sep 6, 2007
    Yeigo users can, for example, communicate via their cellphones with users on internet platforms such as GoogleTalk, MSN, AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, Yahoo and Jabber. But not all phones are able to receive the services. (Business Report, South Africa)

    Keep Your Car Healthy  Aug 25, 2007
    Occupation: Location: evellineiris Interest: ICQ CHAT. Join the Discussion: These plus the many more conversations can be found on the WomenEntrepreneur. (Entrepreneur)

    Jeff LaPorte Named to Technology Review's Prestigious TR35 List of Top Young Innovators  Aug 23, 2007
    Google Talk, ICQ and Jabber. EQO is remarkably simple to use and does not require a new contract, computer or calling card. (Canada Newswire)

    EQO Frees Canada  Aug 23, 2007
    Google Talk, ICQ and Jabber ... Google Talk, ICQ and Jabber. (Canada Newswire)

    The Biometrics Boom  Aug 23, 2007
    Occupation: Location: portjassica Interest: icq. Occupation: Location: ireneaveline Interest: ICQ. (Entrepreneur)

    How to be sociable  Aug 20, 2007
    So if you have friends on AOL, Yahoo, MSN Messenger and ICQ, either you run three or four applications to stay in contact with everyone or you choose one or two applications to work with and risk losing contact with those people who use another application ... So you can, for example, use Pidgin in place of all your IM applications and talk to other users on AIM, ICQ, Jabber, MSN Messenger, Yahoo, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger and other applications. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)

    Eric Spellmann column: Instant messaging still hot 08-17-2007  Aug 18, 2007
    Basically, six major instant messengers exist today: America Online Instant Messenger (AIM), Microsoft Instant Messenger, ICQ, Jabber, Yahoo and Trillian Basic ... In other words, if your friend is on ICQ and you are on AIM, you cannot chat ... One of the best known instant messengers is ICQ (http://www. (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)

    Skype outage: An unprecedented wake-up call  Aug 18, 2007
    If thats down use ICQ ... It's time to browse through your ZIP discs and install that good ol' copy of ICQ.. (TG Daily)

    An Inside Look at the Malware Black Market  Aug 16, 2007
    Whatever the purchase, a buyer will typically contact the vendor privately using an ICQ number, e-mail or, in some cases, a private message sent through the forum. Money generally changes hands through untraceable online services such as e-gold or WebMoney. (Yahoo News -- Technology)

    Stellar startups: Helping out our VoIP buddies.  Jul 30, 2007
    With VOIP on the scene, companies could negotiate deals with local phone companies and charge their customers next to nothing for calls to "real" phones - while customers with broadband connections could talk for free to each other using IP "soft phones" like Skype, or via voice additions to programs like ICQ and MSN Messenger. Thanks to the new technology, anyone and everyone could run a phone company. (Jerusalem Post)

    Facebook names ex YouTube finance chief as new CFO  Jul 25, 2007
    Prior to joining Mayfield in 2005, Palihapitiya was general manager of AOL's AIM and ICQ instant messaging businesses. Facebook names ex YouTube finance chief as new CFO 1. (ABC News -- Wire)

    The 10 Weirdest Webcams  Jul 10, 2007
    0 and works with ICQ, MSN, Skype, and other services. Adopt a panda webcam today for $24 at USB Brando. (eWeek)

    Gaming confessions  Jun 26, 2007
    When I used ICQ and it was the rage, I would walk around home and hear the "uh oh!" sound every now and then. This would cause me to question my sanity. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)

    WengoPhone 2.1 gives Linux users a solid softphone  Jun 14, 2007
    You can set up WengoPhone as your instant messaging client, too, using AOL, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ, Google Talk, or other Jabber networks. Although you can set up and log in to multiple IM accounts simultaneously, you can only use one SIP account at a time. (Linux.com)

    Attackers get chatty on VoIP  May 31, 2007
    Unlike previous versions of the threat that merely passed themselves along to other Skype users via their contact lists, the new variant will also , including the ICQ and MSN messenger platforms. The development illustrates not only that attacks aimed at users of VoIP networks are escalating and becoming more sophisticated, but also that they are being pulled into use by the smartest and most aggressive cyber-criminals looking for new revenue streams, Boyd said. (InfoWorld)

    Facebook can't measure up with face-to-face  May 25, 2007
    Nor do I frown away from the former chat sites MSN or ICQ, as means to chat quickly. My skepticism kicks in when the Internet becomes the only means in which two people communicate - not to mention the source of a re-connection or initial contact. (Cambridge Times)

    Skype worm jumps to ICQ, MSN  May 25, 2007
    A new variant of , which has been plaguing Windows users for the past year, has made the jump from Skype to the ICQ and MSN Messenger networks. This latest variant popped up earlier this week, according to Chris Boyd, a researcher at FaceTime Communications, who under the pseudonym "Paperghost.". (InfoWorld)

    10 Open Source Apps You Can't Live Without  May 25, 2007
    It supports everything under the IM protocol umbrella: AIM, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ, IRC, Jabber (Google Talk included) it even supports protocols you may have never ever heard of. The Pidgin interface is crisp, functional and provides a level of functionality without a lot of the whiz-bang features you might see with other IM clients. (Datamation)

    EQO Communications Launches EQO Mobile, Changing Global Mobile Calling Landscape  May 23, 2007
    "We've made it extremely easy for consumers to get EQO Mobile, create a calling and messaging network of friends, and make calls intuitively without having to worry about the costs." EQO Mobile's compelling features include: -- Savings of up to 95% on international calls -- Free calls and text messages with other online EQO users -- Text messages to regular mobiles at savings of up to 70%; -- Free IM chat using MSN, Yahoo, AIM, GoogleTalk, ICQ and Jabber -- Easy to use - Uses current phone and... (PR Newswire)

    T-Mobile Wing  May 22, 2007
    The Wing also comes preloaded with AOL, ICQ, and Yahoo instant-messaging clients and supports text and multimedia messaging. For voice communication, the T-Mobile Wing offers world roaming capabilities, a speakerphone, and voice commands and dialing. (CNET Reviews)

    Enhance Your Intranet with Sametime 7.5.1  May 18, 2007
    If you add an IBM Lotus Sametime Gateway server, you can even have the Sametime Connect client talk with external services including AIM, ICQ, Apple iChat, Google Talk, and Yahoo. Messenger. (IntranetJournal)

    Foreign R&D centers employ 35,000 workers in Israel  May 18, 2007
    Notable technologies that were wholly or mainly originated in Israel include VoIP, Disk-On-Key, instant messaging ((ICQ), Intel's Centrino and multicore concepts, to name just a few. Israel's Association of Electronics and Software Industries has recently said that the local electronics and software industries output reached $18. (EETimes)

    Palm Treo 755p Preview  May 11, 2007
    Palm Announces the Treo 755p. By: Ryan Kairer May 9, 2007. (Palm Infocenter)

    New Xbox 360 Dashboard adds a plethora of new features  May 10, 2007
    DailyTech - Xbox 360 Spring Update Adds Messenger, Improvements. Gadgets - May 9, 2007 1:27 AM. (DailyTech)

    Apptix Shows Fruits of Acquisition With Blackberry Service  May 10, 2007
    WebMessenger's applications are designed to allow you to communicate across public and private IM networks, including AOL, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, GoogleTalk, Jabber, Skype, IBM Lotus Sametime, Jabber XCP, Microsoft Live Communications Server and Reuters Messaging. "The acquisition of WebMessenger will bring the cost benefits and productivity enhancing features of mobile IM and management to our 150,000 SMB users," said Amir Hudda, CEO of Apptix in a statement released earlier this week. (SmallBusinessComputing)

    Multiple flaws in Trillian chat program  May 2, 2007
    Trillian is a chat application that supports the IRC, ICQ, AIM and MSN protocols ... Trillian is a chat application that supports the IRC, ICQ, AIM and MSN protocols. (Search Security, MA)

    Top 25 things that shaped the Internet over the past 25 years  Apr 30, 2007
    Web surfers began to laugh out loud and BRB ( be right back ) in the mid- 90s, with the launch of ICQ and AOL Instant Messenger. Millions use it to swap messages and photos, even telephone pals. (USA Today -- Money)

    4/20: Generic PWS.o a Password-Stealing Trojan  Apr 23, 2007
    It will be looking for POP, FTP, IMAP and ICQ passwords. More information can be found at McAfee page. (CIO Information Network)

    VoIP Is Too Complicated For Mass Markets, Says Forrester Research  Apr 12, 2007
    The report, said the leading VoIP vendors like Skype, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, and ICQ still haven't developed user-friendly services. "Icons, graphics, buttons, rollovers and navigation menus are not clearly symbolized, which leads to confusion when trying to discern whether a phone symbol represents voice or video calling, for instance," the report stated. (InformationWeek)

    Cashing in on mobile instant messaging  Mar 24, 2007
    It provides comprehensive mobile IM with the ability to "cross-conference" across a wide range of otherwise-segregated online chat tools like AIM, MSN, ICQ, Jabber, Google Talk and Yahoo. A user can be logged into any or all of these services at the same time. (India Times)

    Storm Trojan Takes Social Measures  Feb 28, 2007
    The Trojan still infects outgoing instant messages for Gtalk, Yahoo Messenger, AIM and ICQ, according to Symantec. This article was first published on. (eSecurityPlanet)

    Cheapskate's Guide: The Best in Free Software  Feb 21, 2007
    It's a multiprotocol instant--messaging client that works with Google Talk, AIM and ICQ (Oscar protocol), MSN Messenger, Yahoo. IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, and Zephyr networks. (Fox News -- Views)

    IXI Mobile Launches the Revolutionary Ogo2.0 Web2.0 on the Go  Feb 14, 2007
    Ogo CT-25E facts and figures -- IM-MSN and ICQ built-in; other communities can easily be supported -- Email-push Email supporting POP3, IMAP4, SSL, MS -- Exchange server, and MSN Hotmail-supports multiple Email accounts simultaneously -- Phone application-fully integrated and with speakerphone -- Multimedia-video, music, ring tones and DRM -- Email attachments-Images, PDF, DOC, TXT, PPT and more, with data traffic optimization -- Java-full support of Java applications -- SMS-fully integrated... (PR Newswire)

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