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Microsoft forces IM upgrades
February 11, 2005
Mandatory upgrade of millions of MSN Messenger users is meant to plug vulnerability.
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Microsoft Corp.
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IM
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MSN Messenger hit by double-whammy worm
February 3, 2005
New Bropia offshoot, which uses MSN Messenger to spread, is packaged with a second, more damaging worm.
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worm
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MSN
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Trend Micro Inc.
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potential
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IM
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Microsoft Corp.
Fighting phishing and defending IM
April 4, 2005
Google adapts its e-mail service to foil online fraudsters. Microsoft is also out to nail phishers, and faces a worm targeting MSN Messenger.
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MSN
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Google Inc.
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Microsoft Corp.
MSN Messenger outage blamed on 'data center' issue
February 9, 2005
Microsoft says it has resolved problems that had caused a significant outage affecting its MSN Messenger service.
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data center
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MSN
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IM client
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Time Warner Inc.
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America Online Inc.
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IM
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Microsoft Corp.
IM still a security weak spot, analysts warn
February 17, 2005
The recent MSN Messenger fix is a reminder that instant messaging can still pose a threat to corporate security.
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corporate security
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enterprise
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security threat
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MSN Messenger
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Gartner Inc.
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IM
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CIO
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MSN
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policy
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security
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threat
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Microsoft Corp.
E-mail worm graduates to IM
April 4, 2005
Chod.B worm is now spreading over MSN Messenger, after propagating over e-mail systems last week.
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e-mail worm
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Yahoo IM
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Trend Micro Inc.
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IM
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Time Warner Inc.
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worm
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Yahoo! Inc.
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password
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e-mail
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message
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security
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Microsoft Corp.
Phishers target Yahoo Messenger
March 24, 2005
Phony messages direct people to a site that asks people for their Yahoo usernames and passwords.
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e-mail filtering
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SurfControl plc
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Websense Inc.
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personal information
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Yahoo IM
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Yahoo! Inc.
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attacker
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MSN Messenger
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IM
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victim
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P2P
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hacker
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MSN
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Australia
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attack
Experts: Microsoft-Yahoo alliance is food for IM worms
October 12, 2005
Connecting Microsoft and Yahoo's IM services creates an environment where a worm could spread farther than ever before, experts say.
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IMLogic
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Akonix Systems
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Yahoo IM
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Yahoo! Inc.
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alliance
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IM
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MSN Messenger
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Microsoft Corp.
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America Online Inc.
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security
Worms on the prowl, traveling via MSN Messenger
March 8, 2005
Antivirus companies have identified two new threats that use Microsoft's IM software to spread.
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Aladdin Knowledge Systems
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Kelvir worm
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Akonix Systems
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IM
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F-Secure Corp.
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attachment
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variant
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P2P
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vice president
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virus
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Microsoft Corp.
MSN mixes advertisers with blogs
April 7, 2005
New versions of Microsoft's IM and blogging services offer beefed-up community, video, search and advertising features.
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blogging
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Volvo
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MSN Spaces
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online media
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photo-sharing
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videoconferencing
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community
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social networking
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SMS
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search result
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Yahoo! Inc.
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blog
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Microsoft Corp.
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IM
Windows Live Messenger launches public beta
May 9, 2006
Next generation of MSN Messenger lets people make calls from PCs to landline phones and back.
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Microsoft Windows Live Messenger
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Microsoft Windows Live
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PC-to-phone
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beta
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landline phone
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AOL Instant Messenger
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America Online Inc.
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instant messenger
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MSN Messenger
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Verizon Communications
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MSN
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IM
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft Corp.
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Google Inc.
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video
Does IM stand for insecure messaging?
March 23, 2005
Trojan horses are galloping toward instant messaging users, and the attackers are getting smarter.
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IM threat
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margin
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IM
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MSN Messenger
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Time Warner Inc.
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MSN
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messaging
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home PC
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expert
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virus
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security
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trojan horse
Security trips up instant messaging
May 13, 2002
Both MSN Messenger and AIM have had security holes uncovered recently, and experts say that Yahoo IM is requiring people to run with less security. What's going on?
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Time Warner Inc.
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JavaScript
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flaw
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IM
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Yahoo IM
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MSN Messenger
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America Online Inc.
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Symantec Corp.
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MSN
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server
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Web browser
MSN buys into Net-calling future
August 31, 2005
Microsoft announces the buyout of VoIP start-up, aiming to replicate Skype's service inside its IM client.
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Joe Laszlo
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MSN
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VoIP
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Skype
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IM
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MSN Messenger
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voice
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IP
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Microsoft Corp.
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Google Inc.
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Microsoft Windows
This week in Microsoft security
July 22, 2005
Flaws in Remote Desktop Protocol and IE took center stage, while an IM worm targeted MSN Messenger, along with AOL's service.
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remote desktop
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flaw
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MSN Messenger
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attacker
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Redmond
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consultant
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America Online Inc.
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MSN
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Microsoft Corp.
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security
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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anti-spyware
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trojan horse
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IM
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Microsoft Windows
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Web browser
IM worm speaks your language
August 24, 2005
New pest targeting users of MSN Messenger looks at a system's settings, then sends its message in one of 10 languages.
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Kelvir worm
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Akonix Systems
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worm
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language
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MSN Messenger
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MSN
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IM
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security
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message
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Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft Corp.
Microsoft livens up instant messaging
June 19, 2006
Company launches its next-generation instant-messaging program, Windows Live Messenger.
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Microsoft Windows Live Messenger
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Microsoft Windows Live
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RealNetworks Inc.
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cordless phone
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MSN
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RealNetworks Rhapsody
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Yahoo IM
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contact
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VoIP
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Time Warner Inc.
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MSN Messenger
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IM
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America Online Inc.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Microsoft Windows
South Korea fines Microsoft $32 million
December 7, 2005
Regulators say Redmond violated Korea's monopoly rules by bundling Windows products in ways that hurt competitors.
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Korea
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streaming media
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Korean company
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messaging
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commission
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RealNetworks Inc.
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market share
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South Korea
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Microsoft Windows Server
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media player
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Windows Media
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practice
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MSN Messenger
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barrier
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IM
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decision
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