Rice wins another IM gold

Stephanie Rice of Australia has won the 200-meter individual medley at the Beijing Olympics, lowering her own world record and adding to her victory in the 400 IM.

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Rice holds off Coventry to win women's 400 IM

Stephanie Rice of Australia won the gold medal in the women's 400-meter individual medley Sunday, setting a world record of 4 minutes, 29.45 seconds.

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Phelps does it again, sets world record in 200 IM

Michael Phelps has set another world record, beating Ryan Lochte in the 200-meter individual medley at the U.S. Olympic trials.

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Hoff earns 2 trials wins in 1 night

Katie Hoff has rallied to win her second race of the night at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, beating Natalie Coughlin in the 200-meter individual medley final.

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On to Beijing: Phelps sets world record in 400 IM

Michael Phelps has set a world record in his first event of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, holding off rival Ryan Lochte to win the 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4 minutes, 5.25 seconds.

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Lochte Sets 100 IM World Record

Ryan Lochte has improved on his own 100-meter individual medley world record at the short-course swimming world championships.

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Coventry Sets World Record in 200 IM

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has set a world record in the women's 200-meter individual medley at the short-course swimming world championships.

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Coventry Sets 400 IM World Record

Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe has set a world record in the 400-meter individual medley at the short-course swimming world championships.

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Rice Sets World Mark in Women's 200 IM

Stephanie Rice set the women's 200-meter individual medley world record at Australia's Olympic swimming trials, clocking 2 minutes 8.92 seconds on Tuesday.

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Australian Rice Breaks 400 Medley Record

Australian Stephanie Rice broke the world record in the 400-meter individual medley on the first night of the Australian swimming championships on Saturday.

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Microsoft, Yahoo Test IM Partnership

Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. are beginning a limited test of plans to make their instant messaging systems work together.

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AOL, WebEx Team Up on Instant-Messaging

America Online Inc. and WebEx Communications Inc. are teaming up to provide a business version of AOL's popular AIM instant-messaging software.

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Podcast: Cyberfrequencies contributor Jackson Musker discusses poetry composed using the likes of Twitter, Instant Messenger and other new technologies.

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Users of alternative multi-app IMs need to update their software immediately - due to newly discovered security flaw !

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Just 24 hours after divesting itself of StumbleUpon, eBay is making a much bigger but much anticipated move: announcing plans to spin-off Skype (Skype reviews) as its own, public company. According to eBay, the IPO will "be completed in the first half of 2010."

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Last week Meebo and Facebook teamed to launch the first integration of Facebook Connect Chat, allowing Meebo users to chat with their Facebook friends from the popular web-based IM service.

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This is why I think Austin is the best place in Texas, well part of it anyway.

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MySpace and Facebook may be frenemies forever, but now they have a new mutual friend that will pass notes between them. Meebo, the Web-based IM service, now supports IM accounts from both social networks.

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Google's release of its Gmail Video service is noteworthy for several reasons. It is integrated into the Gmail console, adding voice and video services to the realtime console that is being built out around XMPP.

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We assume that the opportunity to edit our written words means we put our best foot forward, but research suggests that communicating via e-mail alone can doom a relationship.

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IBM must really love Second Life and the various imitators (Lively, anyone?). They just announced their Sametime 3D project that links their enterprise instant messaging system with 3D chat environments.

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It's tough to keep up on your workload, whether you're a faculty member responsible for several classes or a student juggling a full schedule.

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I Got an IM From Obama on His VP Choice (Video) (Poll)

I know that he does not actually know my name but it felt personal. The VP IM, is one more demonstration, that Obama gets technology and the future, and McCain and old school anti-humanist Republicans don't.

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This is from the Democratic Underground. WARNING - if you are offended by colorful language do not read the IM transcript. It was amazing how everyone waited for the nation's first VP IM. One of these people was simply off the chain.

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With records of 30 billion electronic conversations among 180 million people from around the world, researchers have concluded that any two people on average are distanced by just 6.6 degrees of separation, meaning that they could be linked by a string of seven or fewer acquainta …

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Google, known for its plain-Jane approach to Web design, has come up with something much wackier.

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This is a Facebook chat plugin for Pidgin and libpurple messengers. It connects to the new Facebook Chat IM service without the need for an API key.

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Employers seeking to decrease interruptions may want to have their workers use instant messaging software, a new study suggests.

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Land of the Freeware: Trillian Astra, an alpha product with a lot to look forward to

My student friends all use Google Talk or AIM. One of my editors uses Windows Live Messenger. My church friends all use Skype. My gaming friends all use Xfire. Obviously, I can't download all five clients and run them all at the same time.

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Review:Digsby (Combined IM/Social Network tool)

I have tried a large number of social networking tools, and have remained unimpressed. Twitter's desktop tools fail to move me, and selections for other tools are even more sparse.

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Air travelers are fed up with being disconnected for hours. Some airlines and airports are responding, offering e-mail connections, IM, and live TV. But others are woefully behind.

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Facebook has been testing a new instant messaging service and will be launching it to the public soon, perhaps in the next week.

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The concept of Internet addiction has moved from the funny pages to the scientific journals, as mental health workers and the public accept that some people simply need to spend time online.

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There are three key changes of note. First they are now embracing services that they previously tried to stop - multiheaded clients and websites that allow users to access all of the major instant messaging platforms in one place.

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Random Status Messages

I decided to start a collection of random status messages people have set on their IM:

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Instant messaging, blogs, Facebook, MySpace -- there are limitless ways your child communicates online with the offline world. And the risks and opportunities are only increasing.

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The web IM and chat company, Meebo, just rolled out some very interesting new features. First off, they have introduced a developer API for their Meebo Rooms product. This will allow people to integrate a Meebo Room into their own website.

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