After five years of raucous debate and stop-and-start development, the Internet’s premier standards-setting body is finalizing a set of protocols that will let companies exchange instant messages with ...

The convergence of computing and communications has been a major theme as major players pave the way for a brave new world of ubiquitous networked computing. At the same time, in support of that ...

The Internet's governing technical body quietly gave its stamp of approval Thursday to a group intent on creating an open standard for instant messaging. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), ...

Microsoft has put its stake in the ground concerning unified communications, saying it plans to integrate e-mail, instant messaging, voice and video into a single platform stretching across corporate ...

When America Online closed its door on efforts to standardize instant messaging, a new one may have opened for Jabber. Jabber, the XML-based instant messaging application that interoperates with ...

Messaging vendor Critical Path Inc. introduced new instant messaging (IM) software for wireless carriers that’s designed to enable users to send messages regardless of device type or IM application.