AOL Instant Messenger

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Keeping in contact is now even easier… AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) makes it easy to stay in touch with friends – wherever they are in the world. And the best bit? It's completely free!

Send Instant Messages, emails and text messages. Share photos and pictures. Enjoy live conversations online and in real time. Whatever your message, AIM helps you get it across in style. And with the latest version of AIM, there's now even more you can do:

• Add up to 500 of your friends and contacts to your Buddy List
• Organise your chats with tabbed Instant Messaging
• Stay in touch with the Universal Address Book
• Look your buddies in the eye with crystal clear Video Chat

Skype 3.5.0.239

www.skype.com

Skype is a little piece of software that lets you make free calls to anyone else on Skype, anywhere in the world. And even though the calls are free, they are really excellent quality. If you and your friends, family or business contacts are using webcams, you can also make free video calls. You can even call landlines and mobile phones at really cheap per minute rates (and there’s no setup or subscription fee).

Just like instant messengers, you can also use Skype to chat and not just with one other person at a time, but with up to 100 people in a group chat. If it’s a really nice group chat, you can bookmark it and find it later, which is handy for persistent chats with family or business contacts.

VOIP Buster 3.00

www.voipbuster.com

Windows Live TM Messenger 8.1

www.msn.com

Windows Live TM Messenger is the next-generation MSN Messenger. It has everything you already love about Messenger—your contact list, emoticons, and instant access to your friends via text, voice, and video—plus new ways to connect and share photos and documents effortlessly. As always, it's free to download Messenger and use most of its features.

Yahoo! Messenger 8.1

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Use Yahoo! Messenger to call and talk over the Internet just like you're on the phone. All you need is a headset, or a microphone and speakers. It's that easy - just click the Call button. If no one's there, leave a voicemail!

You can also get much better sound quality than regular phone lines. Try it out - you and your friends will really hear a difference.

Find, add, share friends... It's easier than ever to add and invite friends to Messenger. You can even send your contact information to a friend's Address Book.