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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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" ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A Jabber server was launched yesterday to serve the needs of the community, according to the president of Jabber Australia, Jeremy Lunn.

XMPP message service 'jabber.ru' (also known as xmpp.ru), which is hosted on the German cloud service 'Hetzner' and the cloud service 'Linode' provided by Akamai. It was discovered that at least 90 ...

Ever considered setting up your own Jabber server? In this concise guide, Ars will introduce you to the basics of choosing and configuring an XMPP server. Excellent now do a guide on voice, securing ...