google talk

Today, Google released Google Talk, an instant messaging program combined with VoIP. I haven't been around a Windows box to try it out yet, but it sounds like it's going to be pretty nifty. The best things is that if you have a microphone and a speaker, you can press one button and talk online to anyone else running Google Talk. Another is that it uses the Jabber protocol, so there are already hundreds of other clients out there - I'm already connected on Gaim. If you've got a gmail account, drop me a line so I can add you. If you don't, I have 50 invites left. I don't have a microphone, but it's just as good an IM as anything.

I've wanted to abandon my hotmail account for a long time now, but the main drawback was MSN messenger. I'd like it if this thing caught on so I can ditch that account for good.