When Google announced that it was consolidating its Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) instant messaging and video-conferencing services into Google Hangouts, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) ...

Instant messaging is typically regarded as a social tool, but it also plays an increasingly important role in the workplace as a medium for professional communication. One of the most important ...

The Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) is a near realtime instant messaging protocol, and is used in instant messaging like Jabber. XMPP is extremely flexible and extensible protocol.

Many users of XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol—formerly Jabber) chat services are going to be more secure starting this week. The XMPP Standards Foundation announced that a large ...

XMPP—which stands for Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol—is an XML-based protocol for real-time communication. Also known as Jabber, XMPP is an open standard that enables interoperability and ...

Microsoft has opened up public access to its Messenger IM network via XMPP, enabling Apple and others to build open clients capable of interacting with Microsoft users. In a new "Inside Windows Live" ...

The company launches the first version of its server product geared to work on Windows to tap into a larger market. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, ...

Apple unveiled a new iMessaging app that brings SMS-style messaging to iOS devices that lack a mobile data connection, such as WiFi-only iPads and the iPod touch. The technology behind the software ...

Malware authors have a solid track record in regards to creative Command and Control protocols. We've seen peer-to-peer protocols, some custom (Sality), some standard (Win32/Storm uses the eDonkey P2P ...

Servers find, connect and authenticate to one another, letting any node connected to the community talk to any other node regardless of their home server (domain), as long as no privacy or business ...