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Microsoft Corp. moved a step closer to clearing up its legal problems in South Korea when local Internet portal operator Daum Communications Corp. agreed to accept a package worth US$30 million from Microsoft in settlement of its antitrust complaints, the two companies said.

As if you didn't already spend enough time blocking spam, battling pop-up ads, and replying to every single e-mail message you receive, another Internet communication medium is competing for a chunk of your brain: instant messaging.

When Greg Milliken, vice president of marketing at Richardson, Tex.-based Alibre Inc., signs onto his company's Web-based design software, he can also check his Hotmail account, send instant messages over Windows Messenger and visit various password-protected Web sites without having to reenter his login and password.