For instance, many companies have long used instant messaging on their Web sites to allow shoppers to chat with customer-service representatives.

例如，许多公司长期以来在它们的网站上利用即时通讯让购物者能够与客服代表交谈。

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Computer hackers will open a new front in the multi-billion pound "cyberwar" in 2007, targeting mobile phones, instant messaging and community Web sites such as MySpace, security experts predict.

安全专家预测：2007年，电脑骇客们将在火热的“网路战争”上开拓一片新战场，袭击目标为手机、即时消息和社区网路，例如共用空间。

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Sites like blo.gs and weblogs.com track blogs for updates and notify you via the Web, email, or instant messaging when a blog on your list changes.

诸如 blo.gs 和 weblogs.com 之类的站点可以跟踪 blog 的更新，并可以在您所感兴趣的 blog 更新时通过 Web、email 或即时消息通知您。

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Surveys show over and over there's simply no interest in email, web browsing, instant messaging or other online activities as discrete functions on the TV.

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Applications that have been or are being moved to the cloud include email and Web services (77%), storage (74%) and collaboration solutions such as Web conferencing and instant messaging (72%).

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It provides for secure and virtually anywhere access to email, calendars, Office Web Apps, instant messaging, conferencing and file sharing, allowing employees to work on the go, on nearly any device.

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