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Amazon greenlights five of its original TV pilots

Jett Goldsmith — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:44:01 +0000

Amazon has greenlit five new original series following a test run of 7 pilots back in January. The new shows include the critically acclaimed The Man in the High Castle, and a brand new docu-series. Read more...

Bebo to get instant messaging from AIM

Damien Reynolds — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:05:32 +0000

When AOL bought Bebo in March for $850 million you had to wonder what their main plans were for the service and it seems they are beginning to come up with a game plan, challenging... Read more...

Facebook Launches Instant Messenger Service

Tom Warren — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:48:08 +0000

Facebook officially unveiled their much hyped chat service today. The social networking giant flicked the switch on the service which allows users of Facebook to message their friends quickly and efficiently from any page in... Read more...

AOL expands Instant Messaging Service

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:13:35 +0000

Customers of Alltel Corporation and Verizon Wireless can now access AOL's popular instant-messaging service by using cell phone text messaging. To activate, users can simply send a blank text message to "AIMAIM". The service makes... Read more...

AOL Working On Patch For Instant Messenger Vulnerability

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:51:58 +0000

America Online is working on a critical patch for the company's highly popular AIM application. Researchers at Core Security Technologies Wednesday disclosed a bug that could enable a remote hacker to execute malicious code, exploit... Read more...

ComBOTS - Synchronized Instant Messaging

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:20:06 +0000

ComBOTS integrates rich media messaging, advanced telephony and reliable file transfer in one easy to use tool for PC and mobile. Simply drag large files up to 100 MB, hundreds of photos or folders with... Read more...

$100 instant rebate on Toshiba HD DVD players coming soon

Wed, 16 May 2007 21:32:28 +0000

The greatest thing to happen for High Definition has been undoubtedly fierce competition. The HD DVD Promotional Group is launching a new campaign: a $100 instant in-store rebate on some Toshiba HD DVD players. Between... Read more...

Yahoo offers web-based instant messaging

Thu, 03 May 2007 13:26:43 +0000

Yahoo has launched a web-based version of its free instant messaging service, allowing users to access their instant messaging contacts when on a computer with an Internet connection but without the Yahoo! Messenger software. Their... Read more...

Popular Instant Messenger, Gaim, Forced to Change Name

Christopher Vendemio — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 03:02:40 +0000

It was announced, yesterday, that the popular multi-headed instant messaging client, Gaim, has undergone a name change. The new name, Pidgin, comes after years of secret discussions and legal issues with internet giant, AOL. The... Read more...

Students largely ignore RIAA instant settlement offers

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:29:10 +0000

The RIAA has released figures regarding its recent campaign against file sharing at US colleges and universities: only 116 students of 400 have used their new web site to settle copyright infringement claims, meaning 284... Read more...

SIM Instant Messenger 0.9.4.3-1

Razvan Serea — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:52:08 +0000

SIM-IM (SIM Instant Messenger) is a free software package licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). SIM provides an plugins-based instant messenger with support for various protocols. Based on the Qt library it works... Read more...

SIM Instant Messenger 0.9.4.2 pre1

Razvan Serea — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:58:14 +0000

ADS Tech's Instant Video To-Go - First USB MP4 encoder

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:12:53 +0000

ADS Tech's Instant Video To-Go converts video to MP4 for iPod and PSP five times faster than normal PC software. This USB key lets you reclaim the 5 hours it would have previously taken to... Read more...

Microsoft, Yahoo link their instant messaging systems

Steven Parker — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:13:10 +0000

Yahoo and Microsoft announced that they would tear down the wall between their formerly exclusive instant messaging services and allow members to mingle beginning today. The union of Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live Messenger systems... Read more...

Sony Taps Instant Message Crowd

Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:09:47 +0000

Sony is to release a wireless-enabled, handheld device aimed at young people who use instant messaging (IM). The pocked-sized gadget, called the mylo, will sell for about $350 (Â£183), according to the Associated Press. It... Read more...

Microsoft, Yahoo said in instant message deal

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:44:37 +0000

Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have agreed to make their two instant-messaging programs work together, a partnership that could threaten market leader America Online, people familiar with the situation said. The deal was... Read more...

MSN and Vodafone to Launch PC-to-Mobile Instant Messaging

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 06:39:23 +0000

MSN and Vodafone today announced plans to launch a first-of-its-kind seamless instant messaging (IM) service between PCs and mobile phones. Customers will be able to see the "presence" of their contacts and exchange instant messages... Read more...

ADS Tech's Instant Music now available in PC World

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 12:14:54 +0000

ADS Tech today announced the launch of its Instant Music audio solution. Instant Music makes it fast and easy for Windows® and Macintosh® users to convert analogue music to digital formats that provide expanded options... Read more...

AOL Instant Messenger for Windows 5.9.3702

Tue, 14 Dec 2004 19:02:46 +0000

AOL Instant Messenger should be used because e-mail just isn't fast enough sometimes. This convenient, add-on to your system lets you communicate one-on-one or in a group with family, friends, and business associates who also... Read more...

AOL updates instant messenger

Wed, 08 Sep 2004 17:34:03 +0000

America Online launched on Wednesday the latest version of its instant messaging software, expanding support for sharing pictures and adding several subscription-based features. As earlier reported, AOL Instant Messenger 5.9 adds a collection of new... Read more...

Highly critical exploit found in AOL Instant Messenger

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 09 Aug 2004 17:06:24 +0000

Ryan McGeehan of TheBillyGoatCurse.com has reported a vulnerability in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to a... Read more...

AOL Instant Messenger 5.5.3599

Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:54:32 +0000

"You don`t have to be an America Online member to experience the immediate cross-Internet communication made possible by AOL Instant Messenger. This program allows Internet users to communicate via private, personalized text messages. The program... Read more...

Yahoo to Launch Updated Instant Messaging Product

Mon, 24 May 2004 17:23:39 +0000

Internet media company Yahoo Inc. on Sunday announced a major relaunch of Yahoo Messenger, its messaging product that allows people to communicate in real-time via the Internet. The Sunnyvale, California-based company dubbed this latest update... Read more...

AOL Instant Messenger for Windows 5.5.3590 Beta

Thu, 15 Apr 2004 14:40:43 +0000

Microsoft sued by S.Korean instant messaging rival

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 10:53:03 +0000

Daum Communications Corp, South Korea's top Internet portal, said on Monday it was suing Microsoft Corp and its Korean unit for alleged unfair business practices related to instant messaging software. "Microsoft used its... Read more...

Nintendo DS to include instant messaging?

Darren Bolton — Thu, 18 Mar 2004 10:48:00 +0000

Latest DS rumours: free wireless gaming and instant messaging for dual-screen handheld Rumours about the functionality of Nintendo's forthcoming twin-screened handheld continue apace today with reports that it will now offer free instant... Read more...

Yahoo Instant Messenger contains security flaw

Wed, 03 Dec 2003 19:41:46 +0000

Security researchers are warning of a security hole in Yahoo Inc.'s Messenger that could allow attackers to run their own code on computers using the instant messaging program. The buffer overrun vulnerability was discovered... Read more...

Instant messaging falls prey to hackers

Darren Bolton — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 13:39:36 +0000

They're out of the chat rooms and after your 'buddies' Hackers are exploiting browser security flaws to hijack instant messaging (IM) accounts, security experts have warned. When Microsoft decided to... Read more...

AOL Encrypts Instant Messaging

Tue, 01 Jul 2003 17:05:49 +0000

The latest version of AOL Instant Messenger introduces secure instant messages, as AOL attempts to improve its appeal to businesses America Online released on Monday an updated version of its AOL Instant Messenger service that... Read more...

AOL Instant Messenger for Windows 5.2.3277

Mon, 30 Jun 2003 18:42:54 +0000

AOL members to instant message MSN?

Wed, 04 Jun 2003 22:17:54 +0000

If AOL Time Warner and rival Microsoft agree to collaborate, instant messaging services could see a boom -- especially within businesses, analysts say. As part of last week's broad anti-trust litigation settlement, the two rivals... Read more...

Messenger Spell Check for Instant Messaging

Tue, 27 May 2003 14:18:17 +0000

316Software has just release an add-on Microsoft's Windows and MSN Messenger clients that allows you to have the same great spell checking features as your Microsoft Office programs. A time has come to get... Read more...

SPX Instant Screen Capture 4.0

Tue, 21 Jan 2003 06:37:15 +0000

Capture freehand, rectangle, window, desktop. Send images to clipboard, file, mail, ICQ, graphic editor, printer, fax. Capture image right from the screen in real time. Automatically email screenshots, embedded or as attachment. SPX works with... Read more...

3D Instant Messaging system unveiled

Wed, 08 Jan 2003 15:53:56 +0000

With the rising popularity of instant messaging There, a company which has been working for the last four years in secrecy, have created what they tout to be the 'killer app' of the Internet. They... Read more...

AOL Instant Messenger 5.2.3074 BETA

Mon, 23 Dec 2002 06:31:44 +0000

Thanks gam_EZ for the heads up. AOL on Thursday has released its latest BETA version of Instant Messenger program, AIM. According to AOL, AIM users will be seeing the following new features: IM Forwarding, and... Read more...

AOL May Strike Gold with Instant Messaging Patent

Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:20:32 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - Media giant AOL Time Warner has quietly won a U.S. patent for instant messaging, a potential goldmine as the online activity rivals mobile phone text-messaging as the most popular new communication tool.... Read more...

AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 Released

Fri, 15 Nov 2002 01:33:24 +0000

Thanks to Hawkeye for letting us know. AOL has pushed out the final 5.1 build of their popular instant messaging software. The update now sports the ability the integrate with Windows XP much... Read more...

AOL Instant Messenger (sm) 5.1.3028 (beta)

Thu, 07 Nov 2002 23:12:36 +0000

Thanks to wa22guy from our forums. AOL has pushed out yet another beta of their popular IM client for windows. Below is a hint of what is new in version 5.1 ... Read more...

AOL Instant Messenger for Windows 5.0.2892 Beta

Steven Parker — Fri, 02 Aug 2002 12:57:17 +0000

Thanks Tonny for sending in this.. AOL Instant Messenger should be used because e-mail just isn't fast enough sometimes. This convenient, add-on to your system lets you communicate one-on-one or in a group with family,... Read more...

MSN Instant Messenger launched across Europe... almost

Tue, 25 Jun 2002 17:34:54 +0000

Today sees the launch of mobile instant messaging services across eight European countries, but it won't be coming to the UK because of disagreement between Microsoft and the telco operators.:( The service started... Read more...