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AOL Instant Messenger
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You can use this messenger
simply by creating a user name. It does contain annoying
pop-ups, which is why it's not as popular as some other instant messengers, among other reasons. It works great,
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ConCon Retriever
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Windows Live
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"enables you to browse,
access and backup all your MSN Messenger/ Windows Live
Messenger content files, including custom emoticons, winks,
display pictures, DDP`s and backgrounds. You can either
backup everything into a single file or transfer your
content to another user account or computer. Standalone, no
installation required."
--Snapfiles.com |
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Digsby
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"Digsby
helps you manage all your IM, email, and social network
accounts from one easy-to-use application. Digsby lets you
chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google
Talk, Facebook Chat, and Jabber with one simple to manage
buddy list. It provides notifications when new emails arrive
and lets you perform actions such as "Mark as Read" or
"Report Spam" without having to go to your inbox while also
keeping you up-to-date on what's happening on your social
networks with popup notifications and a newsfeed of recent
events for Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. --Snapfiles.com |
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Pidgin (formerly Gaim)
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"Gaim users can log in to
multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously.
This means that you can be
chatting with friends on AOL Instant Messenger, talking to a
friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC
channel all at the same time.
Gaim supports many features of the various networks, such as
file transfer (coming soon), away messages, typing
notification, and MSN window closing notification. It also
goes beyond that and provides many unique features. A few
popular features are Buddy Pounces, which give the ability
to notify you, send a message, play a sound, or run a
program when a specific buddy goes away, signs online, or
returns from idle; and plugins, consisting of text
replacement, a buddy ticker, extended message notification, iconify on away, and more."
--Download.com |
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Google Talk
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They say talk is cheap.
Google thinks it should be free. Google Talk enables you to
call or send instant messages to your friends for
free–anytime, anywhere in the world. Google Talk offers you:
Choice: Get in touch over email, IM or a call
Quality: Talk through your computer but hear your friends as
if they were in the same room
Convenience: Your Gmail contacts are pre-loaded into Google
Talk so inviting or talking to your friends is just a click
away.
Google Talk is in beta and requires a Gmail username and
password. --Google.com/Talk |
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IM2 - Instant Messenger
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"A cross-platform
instant messenger that offers connectivity for AIM, ICQ, IRC, MSN, and Yahoo, allowing
you to stay in touch with all your friends, regardless of which IM
network they are using. It supports file transfers, chat,
online status, audio and video conferencing, file sharing
and more. IM2 is just as easy to use as your
regular instant messenger, just add or import (Trillian) your existing accounts, and
you are ready to go." --Snapfiles.com |
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ImGiant Instant
Messenger
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"A new instant messaging
client that lets you unify all your screen names from AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, and IRC
in one tabbed chat window. All your buddies from your screen names are
stored and viewed in one Buddy List window so you can always keep in touch
with your family, friends, and co-workers. IMGiant is constantly updating and
adding features; Such as starting up your own chat room, logging, customize
buddy alias, and file transfer. You also get access to exclusive content such as
custom buddy icons, movies, games, flash content, game cheats, and screensavers from
Joystick Networks. Also, with the Giant feeds ticker, you can customize sports,
news, or current events through RSS and desktop alerts. Keep up to date with your
favorite celebrities or breaking news stories. More
features include: Optional
sidebar keeps you up to date with your area's weather forecast, stock analysis, and
has an integrated media player for your movies and music."
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ICQ Lite
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"ICQ Lite has all the essential
features of the full version of ICQ. You can message people,
exchange files, send SMS messages, and meet people. It also
includes multilingual support, the ability to save your chat
histories, and a typing indicator that shows when a contact
is typing you a message. In addition to familiar features
such as chat, SMS messaging, and
file-transfer capabilities,
the newest version includes ICQ Xtraz, which allow you to
send personalized greeting cards, apply custom icons to your
buddies, play online games, and customize your shortcuts
panel for one-click access to all your favorite features.
The ICQ Xtraz platform enables ICQ to present users with a
selection of new services as they are
created, without the
need for you to download a new client. Xtraz also supports
the creation of new ICQ features that can be built
separately from the core ICQ client and then delivered and
automatically updated over time. The new interface also is
clean and intuitive, so you can start chatting quickly and
easily." --Download.com
NOTE: ICQ is ADWARE, as it contains
imbedded advertisements. If you prefer not to see these
advertisements, do not download or install this software. |
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Miranda
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"A multi protocol instant
messenger client with support for ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, Jabber
and other protocols. Miranda is much smaller and not near as
resource consuming as ICQ, MSN, AIM etc., yet it offers most
of the basic functionality like member search, online status
(away,busy etc) as well as import of an existing contacts
and more. The following protocols are available as separate
downloads on the website: Gadu-Gadu, ICQ Groupware, IRC,
Yahoo, Netsend, EmLanProto, Vypress Chat, POP3 & Tlen. There
are also more than 170 free plugins available for download."
--Snapfiles.com |
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MySpaceIM
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"IM your MySpace friends
anytime
One-Click login to mail, bulletins, and more
Instant alerts for all requests, messages, and comments
Find and view your friends' profiles with one click.
More features coming soon." --MajorGeeks.com
You will need a
MySpace e-mail account to use this program. |
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Trillian
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"Trillian is a multinetwork
chat client that currently supports mIRC, AIM, ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo Messenger. It supports docking, multiline edit boxes, buddy alerts, multiple connections to the same medium, a
powerful skinning language, easy importing of your existing
contacts, skinning emoticons, logging, global away/invisible
features, and a unified contact list." --Download.com |
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Yahoo! Messenger
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"Yahoo Messenger (formerly known as
Yahoo Pager) is a free service that allows you to see when
friends come online and send them instant messages. It can
also alert you to new e-mail in your Yahoo Mail or Yahoo
Personals account, or when you have upcoming events recorded
in Yahoo Calendar. Yahoo Messenger offers firewall support,
a standby mode that minimizes the program until an Internet
connection is made, the ability to save and print your
conversations, and a tabbed interface that provides quick
access to your favorite stocks, news, and sports scores.
Other features include the ability to create a chat room
automatically, stock price alerts, the ability to send
messages to friends, even if they're not online when you
are, a Quick Compact mode that hides the Messenger tools to
maximize your viewing area, Messenger Themes, and voice
chat, which allows you to talk for free to anybody else on
the Internet. Using a Webcam, you can see who you are
chatting with or view the Webcam of any Yahoo member who has
granted you access." --Download.com |
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Windows
Live Messenger
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"Lets you see, hear, and
share with your friends instantly. There are many new features added into this
streamlined and easy-to-use application: Video Conversation and Audio
Conversation, winks, dynamic display pictures, shared searches, improved
photo sharing with Photo Swap and PC to mobile phone text messaging.
In addition to these new features, you will find all the
things you expect from an instant-messaging service.
You can see if your friends are online and what their status is; control
whether you appear online, offline, busy, or away; have as many open conversations as
you want; and be notified of new e-mail in your MSN Hotmail account."
--Download.com
You will need a
Hotmail or
Passport e-mail account to use this program. |
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Windows Messenger
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"Make voice calls from
your computer to a phone anywhere in the world, have video conversations, and take
advantage of several ease-of-use enhancements like grouping
your contact list, new
task-based menus, and cool, new emoticons."
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