Short messaging is more than personal notes.

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It also provides other services, instant messaging and e-mail, personal home pages, games, shopping and even a little news, with the aim of becoming members' home base in cyberspace.

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All manner of personal correspondence, including transcripts of intimate instant-messaging exchanges, can be unearthed by search engines.

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Millions of people use Yahoo every day for e-mail, instant messaging, scheduling, Web photo albums, personal home pages, shopping, bill paying, games, auctions and more.

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The new features include activity feeds, personal profiles, status updates, discussion forums, document sharing, messaging, email, and web conferencing.

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Wi-fi-enabled messaging devices, similar to the teen-focused Zipit and the Sony Mylo "personal communicator, " could also make a debut.

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Increased data capacity, after all, makes it easier to use alternatives such as instant messaging and Skype, which could become as pervasive on smart-phones as they are on personal computers.

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