Google recently gave us their Google Talk gadget which was easy to put on your Google Personalized Homepage or a website.  The problem for me though was that when using Firefox, my personalized homepage often got buried by several tabs.  Anyone who sent me a message would enjoy extremely long response times.
This morning they launched [...]

Google offers more ways to use its instant messaging client. Here’s a (supposedly complete) list:Desktop applications* Google Talk client - available only in Windows. Distinctive features: voice calls, voicemail, file transfers, Gmail notifications. You can also chat with people from other IM networks using Jabber transports.* Jabber clients. Google Talk uses Jabber, so any Jabber client can be used to connect to Google’s servers. Use this option

Anothr is an instant messaging robot that sends alerts with the latest from your favorites blogs and news sites. It works with Google Talk and Skype, and the only thing you have to do is to add the bot as a contact (for Google Talk and other Jabber clients, the email address is anothr@gmail.com). Then you’ll see a list of available commands, but the most important thing is how to add the feeds: you can either type the address of each site individ

Google has just launched a gadget for Google Talk. It works similarly to the version embedded into Gmail, but it’s created in Flash, so it has a richer interface. Each conversation has its own tab, so the gadget doesn’t occupy too much space. It’s also easier to search your contacts and to invite other people.Some extra features:* paste a link to a video from YouTube or Google Video and you’ll see the title of the video and a thumbnail. If you cl

If you want to have desktop icons for your favorite Google Talk contacts, there’s an easy to do it.Right-click on your desktop and select New / shortcut. Then type:gtalk:chat?jid=[Gmail-Username]@gmail.comand the name of your friend (of course, replace [Gmail-Username] with the actual username). When you click on the shortcut, Google Talk will open a new window where you can chat with your friend

When Google announced their purchase of a 5% stake in AOL, part of the deal was to have AIM share contacts with Google Talk.  Ionut thinks 2007 will be the year this happens via an XMPP gateway AOL appears to be developing.  His prediction comes from a comment made by Justin Uberti — a Google [...]

The new version of Google Talk doesn't appear to have any new features, but it does now have support for Windows Vista according to the download and "What's New" pages.
Windows Vista Support You can now use Google Talk with Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system.

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