Microsoft, Yahoo to Link Instant Message Services

Published October 12, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

Microsoft and Yahoo announce a deal that will allow users of one instant messaging service to communicate with the other. While the technology existed to facilitate that inter-communication, it was not offered until now.

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