The former MSN Messenger, world famous chat (instant messaging) client.
Mail - Faster, easier, and more reliable than ever before.
SkyDrive - Free, password-protected online storage.
People - Add people to your network and stay in touch more easily.
Messenger - Stay in touch, instantly—simply chat, or share photos, play games, and more.
Photos - Share your favorite shots with friends, and comment on their photos, too.

Keywords: windows, live, messenger, instant, messaging, chat, video, conference, download, freeware

Section(s): Messaging and Chat;

Platform(s): Windows (generic);

Keep friends at your fingertips with Yahoo! Messenger 9.0
Instant message with one friend, or conference in a bunch.
Send text messages (SMS) to friends' mobile phones for free*.
Make free PC-to-PC calls and PC-to-phone calls for as low as 1¢ a minute (plus free voicemail!).
Use the built-in media player to watch web videos and view photos with friends.
Show your style with emoticons, Avatars, audibles and IMVironments.

Keywords: yahoo!, messenger, chat, video, conference, calls, avatar, instant, freeware, download

Section(s): Messaging and Chat;

Platform(s): Windows (generic);

Pidgin is an instant messaging program. Pidgin supports many features of the various networks, such as file transfer, away messages, and typing notification. It also goes beyond that and provides many unique features. A few popular features are Buddy Pounces, which give the ability to notify you, send a message, play a sound, or run a program when a specific buddy goes away, signs online, or returns from idle; and plugins

Keywords: instant messenger, multi-protocol messenger, chat client, pidgin, messenger, icq, yahoo

Section(s): Messaging and Chat;

Platform(s): Windows (generic),Windows (32bit),Windows Vista (32bit);

Trillian™ is a fully featured, stand-alone, skinnable chat (messenger) client that supports AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, and IRC. It provides capabilities not possible with original network clients, while supporting standard features such as audio chat, file transfers, group chats, chat rooms, buddy icons, multiple simultaneous connections to the same network, server-side contact importing, typing notification...

Keywords: instant, messenger, multinetwork, multiaccount, chat, online, message, freeware, software, free

Section(s): Messaging and Chat;

Platform(s): Windows (generic);

Make calls from your computer — free to other people on Skype and cheap to phones and mobiles around the world, share files, chat, join a conference or video conference.
Free PC to PC calls to people anywhere in the world.
Free video calls – plus get more detail than ever before with High Quality Video.
Call phones and mobiles at great low rates per minute.
Instant message for free when it’s not a good time to talk.

Keywords: instant, message, internet, call, client, pc to phone, skype, messenger, freeware, software

Section(s): Messaging and Chat;

Platform(s): Windows (generic);

 Instant messaging — Chat with all of your Google Talk and Gmail contacts in real time. Free PC-to-PC voice calls — You can talk to anyone else for free who's online and has the Google Talk client. Send and receive voicemails— If the person you're calling isn't available, you can leave a voicemail.Unlimited file transfers — Send files to your contacts. There are no file size or bandwidth restrictions.

Keywords: google, talk, instant, messenger, chat, live, friends, online, google talk, software, freeware

Section(s): Messaging and Chat;

Platform(s): Windows (generic);

The ultimate Yahoo Messenger Polygamy patch to run multiple instances of Yahoo Messenger! Perfect for those who use several Yahoo ID's. With this you can login to as many Yahoo ID's that you have. Please read all included documentation before installing and/or using. This will work with 8.x versions of YM. Also includes built in ad killer for chat and webcam features, also comes with the Ravebuttons.ocx file.

Keywords: yahoo!, messenger, chat, online, video, conference, multi, multiple, instance, accounts, yahoo! multi messenger v 8.x and 9.x, freeware

Section(s): Messaging and Chat;

Platform(s): Windows (generic);

Buddy Spy is the premier program for Yahoo! Messenger status checking. With Buddy Spy you can now bypass Yahoo! Messenger's Invisible Settings with ease. With its quick and intuitive interface Buddy Spy offers you the ability to see if your friend is truly online or if they are invisible. Not only does Buddy Spy offer you online checking, but it will also tell you whether your friend is in a Chat Room or even if their Web Cam is online!

Keywords: buddy spy, check yahoo messenger status, onlin, offline, invisible, who is, freeware, software

Section(s): Office Management and Tools,Messaging and Chat;

Platform(s): Windows (generic);

123 Flash Chat Server Software can add a chat room to your website in minutes. It allows you to organize chat events or online meetings for social network or portals, etc. Technology utilized: Java chat server and Flash chat client. It is secure, easy and affordable. It has text and video chat included, and it offers multiple skins, multilingual support and seamless integration to your database such as Joomla!, phpBB, vBulletin, PostNuke, etc.

Keywords: flash chat, chat server, chat server software, chat software, video chat, chat room, chat hosting, webcam chat, moderated chat, java chat, java chat server, chat room server, chat client, webcam chat, dating site chat, chat application, chat script

Section(s): Messaging and Chat;

Platform(s): Windows (32bit),Windows Vista (32bit),Windows Vista (64bit);

AIM Sniffer is a handy network utility to capture and log AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) chat from computers within the same LAN. It supports not only messaging through AIM server but also direct connection messaging. All intercepted messages are well organized by AIM user with buddies and shown instantly on the main window. It provides rich-features report system to export captured AIM conversations as HTML files for later analyzing and reference.

Keywords: sniffer, aim, conversations, monitoring, report, messenger, aol, instant

Section(s): Messaging and Chat;

Platform(s): Windows (32bit);