The incorporated PKI gives users a secret key to unscramble encrypted messages. The secure SIM allows transactions to take place across any platform. The SIM contains the user's digital certificate and acts as an authentication token while the...
Additionally, there are add-ons developed by third parties that allow applications such as ICQ and AOL's Instant Messenger to send encrypted messages between parties," he said. It was a progression from internet bulletin boards allowing users to...
Microsoft has also taken steps to incorporate address book applications and instant messaging into its Outlook products. I think it's an attempt to make sure they're competitive in terms of features with Outlook," said Rob Batchelder, president of...
Users know messages aren't encrypted, for example, and the way forward isn't to control consumer IM but look at integrating it with [a company's] IT. Instant messaging (IM) is taking off in companies but self-installed consumer versions of software...
The two companies said that interactivity between the Reuters Messaging and AOL IM services would be made possible through the creation of a virtual "bridge" between the applications' respective protocols and by translating outgoing and incoming...
The latest version of Microsoft's desktop email application, Outlook 2003, matches the immediacy of IM, offering pop-up windows that notify recipients of new messages the moment they arrive. At its technology lab in San Jose Cisco Systems is...