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iPhone starter kit

Check out our picks for the most useful, informative, social and media-friendly of the bunch to get you started with your new iPhone or iPod Touch.

One instant messenger to rule them all

If you've got buddies on multiple instant messenger networks and are sick of having a client for each, there are solutions at hand.

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Reviews

  • ICQ 5.04

    Easy, free services make ICQ 5.04 a fine choice for voice, keyboard, or Webcam chats, but MSN Messenger 7.0 and Yahoo Messenger 7.0 offer more features.

  • MSN Messenger 7.0

    A fun and feature-packed IM applet, MSN Messenger 7.0 is a great upgrade for version 6.2 users, but we prefer the less intrusive Yahoo Messenger 6.0 and ICQ 4.1.

  • AOL AIM 5.5

    Although it offers more business-oriented features than any other IM we reviewed, AIM 5.5 will still appeal mostly to home users.

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Features

  • Something to talk about: IM lets you hang up the phone

    Instant-messaging apps include Web-based calling so that you can make free phone calls around the world or pay to connect with landline and mobile phones, while letting you share files and photos and plug-ins with the swipe of a mouse.

  • Top 10 downloads of the past 10 years

    When CNET Download.com joined the Web in 1996, online software distribution was the exception, not the norm. A lot sure can change in 10 years! Could you live without these top 10 applications from Download.com? You probably could, but we don't suggest you try.

  • IM invasion: top chat apps compared

    Like e-mail, instant messaging has become a part of our lives, at work, at home, at school, on the go -- even on our mobile phones. We take a look at four top chat apps, all of them free, and weigh the relative merits of each.

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  • ICQ offers video chat

    America Online's ICQ instant messaging software now supports video chat, one of the first tangible results of the ICQ unit's recently launched developer program.

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DIYs and How-to

  • How to make your smart phone smarter

    You don't have to be a brain surgeon to boost your smart phone's IQ. Downloadable software offers maps and directions, an instant messenger, and the latest news to go.

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Downloads

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