The company, which has been quietly working on an instant messaging component for its iPlanet e-commerce software, will debut the product at an Oct. 22 event. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

I walk through how I use Facebook Messenger on my iPhone to chat with friends, send photos, and manage settings. I show how ...

Beta expected soon for Windows Live Messenger, an update that takes the IM program into new areas, including Net telephony. During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, ...

With e-mail systems overloaded by spam, always-on Internet connections on PDAs and cell phones becoming the norm, and superfast communication in vogue, your instant-messaging (IM) application may be ...

Microsoft Thursday released an update to its MSN Messenger application, offering improved video and voice calls in an effort to catch the eyes and ears of more Internet users. At the same time it ...

Voice over IP (VoIP) is on the verge to be mainstream among the Fortune 1000. Look no further than the largest software company in the world to see evidence of VoIP adoption. If you leave a voice ...

NEW YORK — In a new round of jockeying in the competitive instant messaging business, AOL Time Warner and IBM’s Lotus division have agreed to test the compatibility of their messaging software. At the ...

Good Technology is releasing new messaging software and adding partners as it looks to attract more enterprise customers by broadening the device and network compatibility of its software. The ...

Microsoft Corp. will embed its Messenger software in the Windows XP desktop, making the instant messaging (IM) tool now available through MSN readily available on a user’s desktop, the software giant ...