The Enterprise AIM game plan has been public since last spring when AOL said it was working with Verisign on encrypted instant messaging. The consumer product has been downloaded by tens of millions ...

Before the days of iMessage, WhatsApp, and RCS texting, instant messaging (IM'ing) ruled the roost - here are six iconic clients that defined the era.

Consumer instant messaging products,most notably, AOL's Instant Messenger,have addicted millions of users who have taken their IM habit from home to work, where security concerns immediately cropped ...