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Kool IM, launched in July 2006, is one of the more recently released Web based instant messaging services supporting the Windows Live Messenger network. It also supports a few networks most others don’t, such as Google Talk, ICQ and Sametime.
Kool IM launched version 2 a couple of weeks ago, with the most notable change being the switch from pop-up windows to being entirely embedded in one page using AJAX.
IMhaha is a multi-network Web based messenger that supports four of the top instant messaging services including MSN, Yahoo!, AIM and QQ (China’s leading IM with over 200 million active users).
Using a Web based messenger like IMhaha is useful at school or work where Windows Live Messenger might be blocked or you are not allowed to use instant messaging, as it allows you to sign in using just your Web browser.
The service has been around since early last year, so in some cases it may be blocked where instant messaging is not allowed.
TechAddress has an interview with IMhaha, revealing more about the Silicon Valley based startup such as what sets them apart from other similar services, and an explanation about the interesting name.
The multi-network Web based Messenger service eMessenger recently changed its name to eBuddy shortly after a visual overhaul sometime during May.
eBuddy currently supports the instant messaging networks MSN, Yahoo and AIM using Javeline in a fast AJAX Web based environment requiring no additional software installed other than a modern browser. eBuddy also offers a mobile version that runs on devices which support xHTML or WAP 2.0.
Currently there is a new MSN version running on the site, allowing you to choose the classic or new one. The new version is quite impressive, resembling the theme on MSN Messenger 7.5, but also adding its own touch. It features display pictures, content tabs & tabbed environment and even nudges.
See for yourself and give it a try.
As alexp2_ad (happy birthday!) posted on the forum, Microsoft and Yahoo! are set to go through with a landmark interoperability deal which will allow users from each IM network to communicate with each other via text and voice.
MSN Messenger 1.0 originally allowed access to the AIM network, but AOL continuously blocked MSN – quote from BetaNews:
In 1999, Microsoft connected its MSN Messenger client to AOL’s AIM network – without authorization. The move let to a cat-and-mouse game of AOL cutting off its new competitor and MSN re-establishing communication with each update. Microsoft eventually gave up and focused on improving its client.
This move is a great step forward, interoperability is becoming more and more sought after by users. Read more at BetaNews, Reuters or ZDNet.
Instant messaging security firm IMLogic said on Monday that attacks on IM networks increased to record levels, multiplying by fourteen times through the first three quarters of this year.
“Over the past three months the nature of the IM threat has continued to evolve with increasing levels of sophistication and rates of infection demonstrated by IM worms and viruses,” IMlogic CTO Jon Sakoda said.
The report concluded that MSN Messenger has been the recipient of the lion’s share of attacks, accounting for 62 percent of reported incidents. 31 percent targeted the AIM client, and another seven percent were aimed at Yahoo! Messenger users.
Full article at BetaNews, sourced via BigBlueBall