peer instant messaging
Virus prevention checklist
White Paper It has been updated to reflect:New virus threats, such as peer-to-peer file sharing and instant messaging applicationsNew workstation, software firewallsAdditional virus... [17 May 2006]
Warning over IM worm explosion
News In the same month, a total of 14 attacks hit peer-to-peer networks, such as eDonkey and Kazaa, according to Akonix, which sells security software and appliances. The number of worms that targeted... [01 Dec 2005]
Should businesses ban Skype?
News A Chinese telecoms operator, for instance, is said to be trialling a product from US-based Verso Technologies that will stop all customers within the country from using Skype and other peer-to-peer... [10 Nov 2005]
AIM worm exhibits new, nasty tactics
News The number of threats detected for instant-messaging and peer-to-peer networks rose 3,295 per cent in the third quarter of 2005, compared with last year, according to a... [31 Oct 2005]
MSN-Yahoo! IM love-in could spread worms
News The number of threats detected for IM and peer-to-peer networks rose 3,295 per cent in the third quarter of 2005, compared with last year, according to a recent IMlogic report. announced that they would... [13 Oct 2005]
$50bn by 2010 - no end in sight for SMS phenomenon
News The year 2010 will see some 2.38 trillion text messages sent, leading Portio to dub the medium "the cheapest, easiest form of peer-to-peer mobile communication ever known". However, the report's authors... [06 Sep 2005]
Peer-to-Peer Protection: Advanced Protection and Control for Real-Time Collaboration
The proliferation of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file sharing and instant messaging applications across enterprise networks has exposed organizations to new liabilities for... [01 Sep 2005]
Peer-to-Peer Protection: Advanced Protection and Control for Real-Time Collaboration
White Paper The proliferation of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) file sharing and instant messaging applications across enterprise networks has exposed organizations to new liabilities for... [01 Sep 2005]
Skype sets off IM love-in free-for-all
News Since then, the number of people downloading its peer-to-peer phone software has surpassed historical numbers and download rates of internet killer apps, such as free, web-based Hotmail email or the... [24 Aug 2005]
Yahoo! to take on Skype with new VoIP service?
News Safa Rashtchy, internet analyst with Piper Jaffray, said in a research note that the new service with be similar to the popular VoIP application Skype, which uses peer-to-peer technology and allows calls... [16 Aug 2005]
Microsoft overcomes suit to complete Groove buy
News The product uses a peer-to-peer design in which individual PCs can communicate directly with one another to share documents or communicate via instant messaging.... [11 Apr 2005]
Microsoft gets its Groove on
News The product uses a peer-to-peer design in which individual PCs can communicate directly with one another to share documents or communicate via instant messaging. Gates... [11 Mar 2005]
Websense Enterprise Client Policy Manager: Providing Zero-Day Desktop Security
White Paper CPM's category-based policies stop the execution of unauthorized applications, such as spyware, peer-to-peer file sharing, and hacking tools, while enabling flexible policy management of other... [24 Feb 2005]
The Internet2 SIP.edu Initiative
White Paper SIP.edu is one of several new Internet2 initiatives seeking to promote advanced peer-to-peer communications applications that integrate voice, video, and instant... [13 Dec 2004]
Niklas Zennström: Telecoms troublemaker
Comment The peer-to-peer, or distributed, networking model - as opposed to a centralised server - also helps data move along quickly and avoid the lost bits of conversation common with older soft phones. VoIP... [05 Nov 2004]
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