AOL and IBM To Bridge IM Communities

1. AOL and IBM To Bridge IM Communities

America Online and IBM revealed that they are working together to connect their instant messaging communities.
Under the agreement, IBM Lotus Sametime users will be able to connect and communicate in real time with users of the AOL, AIM, ICQ and Apple iChat instant messaging services.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Jan 25 2006


2. DYS Analytics Launches E-mail/IM Compliance Pak

DYS Analytics Inc. has unveiled CONTROL! Guardian, new e-mail and IM compliance software that allows IT managers to automate and enforce e-mail and IM compliance, security, data protection and enterprise reputation management by stopping noncompliant message traffic before it is sent.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpiepline.com, Jan 26 2006


3. Anti-spyware project helps users

Hi-tech firms are setting up a project to help users spot if downloads are infested with spyware and adware.
Funded by Google and Sun the Stop Badware project will expose the hidden extras that popular software, such as file-sharing programs, often has inside it.

For more on this:
- read full story from BBC News, Jan 26 2006


4. Internet brain trust aims to shame spyware makers

Internet researchers at Harvard and Oxford universities said on Tuesday they are seeking to enlist Web users in a program to name and shame suppliers of spyware and other malicious software programs.

For more on this:
- read full story from reuters.com, Jan 25 2006


5. Feds arrest alleged Internet ID thief

A California man who allegedly duped America Online customers into disclosing their credit card information over the Web was arrested on wire fraud and other charges Thursday.

For more on this:
- read full story from CNET News.com, Jan 26 2006

6. Verizon and AT&T boosted by wireless, broadband

U.S. telephone providers Verizon Communications and AT&T Inc. on Thursday posted strong fourth-quarter financial results, boosted by wireless and high-speed Internet growth that helped offset declines in their traditional local telephone business.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Jan 26 2006


7. Infospace says Yahoo! agreement extended

Infospace Inc. on Thursday said it extended an existing deal with Yahoo Inc.
to deliver search results and text-based advertising to its network of affiliates.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Jan 26 2006


8. Cingular applies to patent smileys :@

The United States' largest mobile phone network Cingular this week applied to patent on emoticons, better known as smileys. The application refers to selecting emoticons on mobile phones or handheld devices over a wireless, and makes 35 claims in all. Although it uses the word 'emoticon', the application doesn't acknowledge that mutant punctuation has been livening up online communications since at least 1961.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Jan 27 2006