Messengers, Communicators

With MSN Messenger you can chat online via text, voice, mobile phone or even video conversation -- in real time -- with your friends, family, or colleagues. Express yourself with winks and dynamic display pictures or share photos, files, searches, and more instantly. You can also chat with your contacts to and from a mobile device. Get MSN Messenger now! It's FREE! (...) read more>>

Skype is a free internet communicator which offers voice communication. It also enables VOIP phone calls, and receiving calls from other telephones if you bought a SkypeOut / SkypeIn feature. (...) read more>>

Miranda IM is a multi protocol instant messenger client.No bloat, it's Easy and Small! Miranda IM is designed to be resource efficient and easy to use. It uses very little memory and requires no installation. Just unzip and run! This also makes it ideal for users that want to run their messenger client from a removable storage such as an USB memory stick. It can even be stored on a floppy disc if not too many plugins are used.
It's all about plugins!The powerful plugin system makes Miranda IM extremely flexible. Only the most basic features are built in, but there are currently more than 350 plugins available for download that allows users to extend the functionality in Miranda IM. Plugins can be installed to add support for ICQ, AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, Gadu-Gadu, Tlen, Netsend and other protocols. (...) read more>>

Psi is a free instant messaging application designed for the Jabber IM network (including Google Talk). Fast and lightweight, Psi is fully open-source and compatible with Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. (...) read more>>

ICQ is a revolutionary, user-friendly Internet tool that informs you who´s on-line at any time and enables you to contact them at will. No longer will you search in vain for friends & associates on the (...) read more>>

Gizmo Project uses your internet connection (broadband or dial-up) to make calls to other computers. With the click of a mouse, you’re connected to friends, family, and colleagues anywhere on earth. It’s just that simple. You (...) read more>>

Gootec (vPhone) lets you make FREE calls over a broadband connection to other Gootec users and it's FREE and easy to download. Just by downloading this softphone you will be able to make voice and video (...) read more>>

Google Talk is in beta and requires a Gmail or Google Account username and password. If you don't have a Google Account or have not enabled your Google Account for Google Talk, sign up here: http://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount?service=talk . (...) read more>>

Ventrilo 3.0.1 is the next evolutionary step of Voice over IP (VoIP) group communications software. Ventrilo is also the industry standard by which all others measure themselves as they attempt to imitate its features. (...) read more>>

AOL AIM Triton is the next generation release of AOL Instant Messenger. It is an all new user experience with an elegant, tabbed look and feel. (...) read more>>

Pidgin is an instant messaging program for Windows, Linux, BSD, and other Unixes. You can talk to your friends using AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. (...) read more>>

Xfire is a tool that automatically keeps track of when and where gamers are playing PC games online and lets their friends join them easily. It works regardless of game type, server browser, or gaming service that a player is using. Xfire eliminates the hassles of running multiple programs like IRC, instant messengers, or in-game friends lists to keep track of when and where a gamer's friends are playing.
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