instant messagingNews• Six degrees of instant messaging (The Christian Science Monitor) 5 Aug 2008 at 5:09pm Remember the six-degrees theory? It?s the idea everyone in the world ? especially Kevin Bacon ? is connected by a chain of acquaintances about seven people long. It was first pitched in the ?60s, sati... • Around Annapolis: (The Capital) 8 Aug 2008 at 12:42pm Taylor Lewis, 17, of Gambrills, shown at left, and Natalia Herrán Martinez, 16, of Madrid, Spain, forged a sisterly bond this summer through the Intercultural Friends Foundation. Taylor plans to keep ... • Times tough for parents, but not spoiled kids (Winnipeg Free Press) 8 Aug 2008 at 3:29am Consumer confidence is waning, a quarter of Canadians believe we're in a recession, and less than a third of Canadians think now is a good time to make a major purchase. But if parents are feeling squ... • IceWarp Server 9.3 adds iPhone web interface (MacNN) 7 Aug 2008 at 3:47pm Developer IceWarp has released v9.3 of its self-named server software. The suite addresses a number of tasks related to corporate communication, including e-mail, groupware and instant messaging. Amon... • Unified Communications: Lifeblood of the Contact Center (E-Commerce Times) 7 Aug 2008 at 9:14am What is unified communications and why do you need it? UC is not unified messaging, and it isn't a unified desktop. But both of these technology solutions help to support a unified communications arch... • Ngee Ann Secondary uses IM to teach Physics (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Phil... 6 Aug 2008 at 9:42pm SINGAPORE: Instant messaging (IM) in class sounds like a teacher?s nightmare: Students chatting away with each other and paying no attention to the lesson being taught. • Is new legislation about finding sexual predators or spying on citizens? (The... 7 Aug 2008 at 8:38am Massachusetts police and prosecutors can now find out whom you?ve been e-mailing through a measure that was attached with Jessica?s Law. Gov. Patrick said the law modernized outdated laws to get in st... • Ways to help children with writing skills | www.ToAcorn.com | Thousand Oaks A... 7 Aug 2008 at 12:38am With instant messaging, texting and e-mail as primary sources for "written" communication today, many children are growing up without enough practice and understanding on how to structure their though... • ICQ founder sells another startup (Haaretz Daily) 6 Aug 2008 at 6:41pm Yair Goldfinger, the prolific entrepreneur and confounder of instant messaging pioneer ICQ, recently exited another one of his investments, for an undisclosed price. • Instant messaging world confirms six degrees of separation (AFP via Yahoo! News) 4 Aug 2008 at 8:41pm 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. [CaRP] Connection timed out (110) |
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