Communication

Google Talk is a lightweight Jabber-based instant messaging client with voice capabilities. 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. Google Talk is a simple and free way to talk with and send instant messages to your friends.

Skype is a little program for making free calls over the internet to anyone else who also has Skype. It’s free and easy to download and use, and works with most computers. There’s a big, wide world out there, and a more than a few people on Skype. Here are some stories from people who have taken the time to tell us. We documented their stories to share with the world.

Gizmo is an internet telephone. As simple as an instant messenger. Now you're talking. Make all your calls from the comfort of your desktop. With Gizmo, it's point, click, talk. For free. Say goodbye to high price calling, and say hello to anyone online, anywhere on earth. Gizmo Project uses your internet connection (broadband or dial-up) to make calls to other computers.

MSN Messenger for Mac makes it easy to take advantage of the full power of instant messaging. By using MSN Messenger, you can see when your friends, family, and coworkers are online and then communicate with them instantly. It can also notify you when new messages arrive in your MSN Hotmail Inbox, if you have a Hotmail account, and provide the latest news and headlines from MSN.

GOIM (Gamers Own Instant Messenger) is a full featured jabber / XMPP client with special features (extensions) for gamers. (e.g. broadcasting a notification when you join a server, or seeing which games others play and joining them with one click on the game icon beside their name).