GNOME's Empathy instant messaging client will gain some impressive features in the future as it integrates with Zeitgeist and other key parts of the GNOME desktop environment. I used to be pretty ...

Integrated presence and an expanded offline Web client are also on the development schedule for the open-source software company. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...

If you find yourself doing more and more instant messaging through Twitter these days, you need TwIM for iPhone. This free and simple app is powered by Twitter’s direct messages, and it makes it easy ...

Here is a guide with a list of the best free open source XMPP client software for Windows 11/10. XMPP which stands for Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol is basically an XML-based instant ...

IBM/Lotus later this month will ship Notes/Domino 6.5 and begin to show corporate users how to extend the reach of its collaboration software by embedding it in everyday client software. With embedded ...

COMMENTARY--What a bunch of crybabies! I am talking about the whiners who feel America Online is doing something terrible by locking out the users of Trillian, a multi-service instant-messaging client ...

CANNES, FRANCE — MSN Messenger and Hotmail users will soon have access to a slicker mobile version of those services, as new mobile phones incorporating clients for the two messaging services appear ...

Alien Technology has released a new version of Proteus, its multi-service instant messaging client for Mac OS X. The new version, Proteus 1.5, is ready for download from the Web site. With Proteus, ...

In the coming weeks, AOL LLC will upgrade the beta version of its latest Web mail offering to include an expanded integrated instant messaging capability. AOL also announced on Monday a new ...

The last trace of Microsoft's once-dominant Messenger network will disappear at the end of October, reports TechNode. After October 31st, Chinese users chatting on the instant messaging network will ...

Instant messaging (IM) is now a mainstream communication platform for Web users, according to new data collected by America Online and Opinion Research Corporation, and the new usage figures are ...