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Yahoo Web-ifies its chat application
May 3, 2007
Yahoo Messenger for the Web will let people chat with friends on any browser and any Internet-connected computer.
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Yahoo Messenger releases security update
December 15, 2006
Aimed at flaws in software that downloads with Messenger, update is called "highly critical" by one security company.
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Yahoo's IM update: A Trojan horse of surprises
December 15, 2006
Company stops prompting customers to update the software until it can ensure fix for bug works.Video: Watch this before installing update
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Microsoft Corp.
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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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Akonix Systems
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America Online Inc.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Yahoo IM users get more than they bargained for
September 2, 2005
The "highly recommended" update to the free instant-messaging program also alters users' home page and auto-search function.
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IM
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installation
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Microsoft Corp.
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PC
Yahoo to embed instant messaging in e-mail
November 9, 2006
Live chat for Yahoo Mail users in a couple months will be as easy as opening an e-mail message, company says.Photo: Live chats in Yahoo Mail
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Microsoft Corp.
Yahoo Messenger gets plug-ins
June 19, 2006
The Yahoo Messenger with Voice beta includes free mini-apps for collaborative calendaring and event planning, and more.
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Yahoo! 360
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Yahoo! Inc.
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beta
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Time Warner Inc.
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eBay Inc.
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Amazon.com Inc.
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IM
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Google Inc.
RIM to bring AOL, Yahoo IMs to BlackBerry
March 14, 2005
Research In Motion has expanded its partnership with Net companies to offer instant-message service over its wireless handheld device.
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America Online Inc.
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Sybase Inc.
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Yahoo! Inc.
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IM
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Time Warner Inc.
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ICQ
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handheld
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software company
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 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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Trend Micro 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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Microsoft Corp.
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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Symantec Corp.
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Cries to open up IM have quieted
May 13, 2002
The nature of the instant messaging interoperability debate has shifted and the voices have been tempered--largely due to the successes of AOL's biggest challengers.
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
Yahoo tests new IM software
May 18, 2005
Company set to unveil a test version that promotes VoIP and the company's new social network.
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Google unveils instant-messaging entry
August 24, 2005
Search giant unveils Google Talk, an IM program that also allows voice chat. Plus: Cast your vote on Talk. Images: Google Talk
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America Online Inc.
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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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Yahoo! Inc.
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movie
Yahoo to buy Net phone services company
June 15, 2005
Deal for Dialpad raises questions about Yahoo's longstanding relationship with regional dial-up and broadband service provider SBC.
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