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		<title><![CDATA[Bullet-Proofing Instant Messaging]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1135111]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Information workers on the job often turn to the same software tools they use at home for quick, unfettered communication. When that involves instant messaging IM programs such as AIM, Yahoo! Messenger or Windows Live Messenger, your company's network is at risk for malware infections, regulatory compliance breaches and copyright...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Study: Instant Messaging Improves Productivity]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/businesstips/?p=4220]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This is what I like to call a win-win. First, a recent study found that workers who trade instant messages with their bosses are more productive than those who don't. Second, it's proof positive that Dave lost yet another debate.    In case you missed that one, Dave...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:00:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Guy Vs. Guy: Does Instant Messaging Improve Productivity -- or Destroy It?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/businesstips/?p=3427]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Guy Vs. Guy! In this recurring feature, Rick and Dave square off on the business and technology issues of the day. This weekÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s topic: instant messaging. Sure, it's a handy and convenient way to communicate, but it's an inherently productivity-disrupting technology. Should you use it anyway?  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:23:24 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Instant Messaging Comes to Windows Live Hotmail]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/businesstips/?p=3417]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Instant-messaging software is so 20th-century. These days, the IM action happens on the Web, as evidenced by browser-based services like Meebo and the IM capabilities offered by Google and Yahoo.    Now Microsoft is getting in on the act: As of today, you can send and receive instant...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:41:38 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IBM Should Ditch Lotus]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[    IBM has been flogging Web-based collaboration tools for the better part of three years, but despite its valiant attempts at Web 2.0-style hipness, comes off less like the Fonz than Mrs. Cunningham.    The problem for IBM isn't the quality of its products, or...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:40:01 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Zoho Chat 2.0 Adds Cross-Platform Support, Desktop Sharing]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/businesstips/?p=3186]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Instant messaging is a killer business tool. It's faster than e-mail, cheaper than texting, and arguably more versatile than either one. Of course, the lack of cross-platform compatibility between AIM, GTalk, MSN, and the like can make IM something of a hassle.    That's why I've long been...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:23:30 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Six Best iPhone OS 3.0 Updates for Business Users]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/businesstips/?p=3025]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Apple just took the wraps off iPhone OS 3.0, which brings a number of interesting updates and features to everybody's favorite phone. Here's a list of six that should prove mighty welcome to business users:    	Cut, Copy, and Paste Hard to believe it took so long for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:34:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Live Webcast: Keeping Bad Stuff Out and Good Stuff In with the Right Unified Communications Tools]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=935009]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA["Real-time" communications, including public instant messaging IM, enterprise IM, A/V conferencing, voice over IP VoIP and mobile messaging are used throughout most enterprises. Whether for business or personal reasons, they often exist in a free-for-all with few constraints on usage. While such communications systems can be of great value to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Yes, It WAS Your Grandfather's White House]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=1659]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It is indeed telling that when Barack Obama's team took over the White House, they found a technological museum. There were no outside e-mail logins, no instant messaging, no Facebooks, no Macintoshes and just a few laptops. They did find some PCs with six-year-old versions of Microsoft.   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:43:43 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mobile Content Bits: VH1 IM Application; People Mobile; Verizon-aFLIX; Playphone-Cincinnati Bell]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.moconews.net%2Fentry%2F419-mobile-content-bits-vh1-im-application-people-mobile-verizon-aflix-play%2F&siteid=23&tag=contentnext]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ -- Flavor Flav in your pocket: Yeah boyeee! America's favorite clock collector, Flavor Flav, and other VH1 stars are coming to mobile. VH1 is launching a mobile instant messaging application, built by Redmond, Wash.-based Mobui, on AT&T (NYSE: T) aimed at connecting viewers to popular on-air programs. VH1's talent...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:22:03 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tech Roundup: Killings Over Firing, Consumer Credit Slashed, Ubuntu for ARM, More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fired employee allegedly kills three at fomer employer SiPort; consumers face slashed credit card limits; Microsoft tries to position Xbox 360 as social network gateway; people start tiring of standalone instant messaging apps; and Canonical plans on ARM version of Ubuntu. by Erik Sherman]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:04:26 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hearst inks chat deal with Meebo]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2448-13071_23-249251.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Hearst  is adding instant-messaging IM functions to some of its magazine sites, as part of a partnership with Meebo. The service has already debuted on technical magazine site PopularMechanics.com, registering 30,000 unique users in the first week, according to Hearst data. Meebo's chat rooms will also launch on Hearst's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:44:39 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft and China Telecom sign IM agreement]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Microsoft is set to expand its reach in China after signing a deal to develop instant messaging IM software with China Telecom.          Under the terms of the deal, Microsoft's MSN China division will work with the Chinese telco to develop...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:44:38 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Meebo Reaches Over 70 Million Users With New Partnerships]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO AFP &#8212; A social graph derived from billions of instant messages validates folklore that there are about six degrees of separation between any two strangers on the planet.  A research team at US software giant Microsoft studied 30 billion instant messages sent by 240 million people in...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Presence Networks Throws Reuters Instant Messaging Users a Free Lifeline]]></title>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hack Your Subject Lines To Improve E-Mail Productivity]]></title>
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		<title><![CDATA[PopTok lets movie snippets do the talking in online messaging]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO AFP &#8212; Israeli startup PopTok on Monday began inviting people to test a free service that weaves snippets from memorable films or hot music videos into instant messages and email.  Instead of relying on abbreviations such as "LOL" to indicate "laugh out loud," people using PopTok can...]]></description>
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