While Windows Live Messenger offers better file sharing and video chatting, Yahoo Messenger with Voice 8 stands out for its Net telephone service, photo sharing, novelty plug-ins, and embedded search.
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Yahoo Messenger, along with ICQ, offers the most options for customisation and everyday use at home or in the office.
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Free voice calls and voicemail, built-in Web searches, and drag-and-drop photo sharing make Yahoo's new instant messenger a fun, powerful IM tool.
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Yahoo's next IM app lets you make free voice calls and leave voicemail, and it adds search and antispam tools.
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ICQ, along with Yahoo Messenger, offers the most options for customisation and everyday use at home or in the office.
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With an interface that lacks ads but is also short on features, this early Google Talk beta serves Gmail users who want to chat via text or voice.
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Although blogging is a major part of this service, Yahoo 360 is more of a social networking tool that bundles, perhaps, too many services together.
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With an interface that lacks ads, the simple Google Talk beta dresses up its features by allowing you to leave and receive free voicemail messages, transfer files, and find out what music your buddies are tuning in to.
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A stylish, easy to use and well integrated Webcam; the Ultra Vision should be a winner. Value, however, is in the eye of the beholder.
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Intrusive registration process and fee-based add-ons keep us from warming up to this instant messenger.
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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.
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Yahoo Calendar is a great online service for keeping track of your personal and professional schedule, especially if you need to sync with mobile devices and Outlook.
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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.
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RIM has incrementally upgraded the BlackBerry Curve with the addition of a GPS receiver, although we're still waiting for 3G connectivity.
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The Creative Live Motion offers an innovative set of Webcam features and an extensive software package, but it falls short where it counts: photo and video performance.
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Whether you plan to use Skype or not, the Skypephone is a full-featured budget priced phone and value for money if you don't break it first.
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The Logitech QuickCam Pro 5000 is a well-rounded webcam with ample adjustability and a solid software package, making it a good option for users at all levels of expertise.
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