Instant messaging (IM) conjures up images of bored teenagers using a software-based gossiping tool. Most IM programs are free, and few competing products can talk to one another, making skeptics ...

Consumer instant messaging products,most notably, AOL's Instant Messenger,have addicted millions of users who have taken their IM habit from home to work, where security concerns immediately cropped ...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ As AOL Time Warner engineers opened their presents and spent time with their families, a team of young hackers planned a holiday surprise: a major security hole in one of the company ...

Tens of millions of Americans use "instant messenger" programs to communicate at work. It's like e-mail, only faster. Get ready for the next development in the form — video instant messaging. Some ...