Released earlier this week, the exploit code - which has been crafted to run not only on attackers' Windows machines, but also on Linux and Unix boxes -crashes Windows systems not patched against a ...

The first thing the IT manager must have in order to prepare a network for next generation Windows Messenger-mediated applications is a clear definition of what is needed from an application user ...

Microsoft Corp. will embed its Messenger software in the Windows XP desktop, making the instant messaging (IM) tool now available through MSN readily available on a user’s desktop, the software giant ...

I am a member of the MS Buddy program, and my MS Buddy's prefered method of communications is via Microsoft Messenger. The new place I work at bans Microsoft Messenger. My manager is fine with me ...

Internet service provider America Online Inc. (AOL) is taking aggressive steps to combat spam and close a security loophole by turning off a Microsoft Corp. Windows feature that spammers are ...

Microsoft Corp. is contacting providers of instant messaging (IM) software to try to cut licensing deals before it boots the clients from its MSN IM network. Microsoft isn’t targeting rival IM network ...

Is there anything I can do to prevent disconnections? I <I>appear</I> connected until I try to contact someone, when Messenger tells me I am "not signed in". My friends say I am offline, leading me to ...