Matt Conover worries that malicious Net users may know something about instant messaging that he doesn't. The hacker and security expert, who specializes in finding holes in instant messaging clients, ...

These days, we take internet-based chatting for granted. We're spoiled by a massive (and admittedly fragmented) ecosystem of direct messaging (DM) services on our phones and PCs, ranging from WhatsApp ...

Many people were surprised to hear recently that ICQ -- the once-popular instant messaging (IM) client -- will shut down on June 26. I suspect more people were surprised to hear that ICQ (supposedly ...

Instant messaging is alive and well in the workplace. We tested four enterprise IM products, looking at the business-critical elements you should consider Few things in life are more frustrating than ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This story was originally published on MyNorthwest.com King County Councilmembers Reagan Dunn and Rod Dembowski introduced an ...

King County Councilmembers Reagan Dunn and Rod Dembowski introduced an ordinance Thursday to end the county’s practice of automatically deleting instant messaging sent between county employees. The ...