Skype 4.0.0.145 Beta

Skype is a program allowing telephone conversations via the Internet. Calls to other Skype users are free as well as calls to regular telephone and mobile telephone numbers all over the world are at a low rate.

Download : Skype 4.0.0.145 Beta

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 6.8.7.7

AOL instant Messenger (AIM) service is a free online service that lets you communicate with family, friends and co-workers in real time. Using the AIM Buddy ListВ® feature you can see when your buddies are online and available to instant message. The newest version of AIM lets you to take instant messaging to the next level! With Video IM, Screen Name Linking, AIM Games and Mobile IM, instant messaging has become more fun than ever!

Here are some key features of “AIM Triton”:

· Offline IMs
Don’t miss out on your IMs just because you’re busy. AIM 6.0 lets you retrieve the messages you missed while you were offline.

· IM Grouping
Keep all of your IMs organized in one easy window. AIM 6.0 makes managing your social life even easier.

· IM Logging
AIM 6.0 lets you save your IM conversations on your computer. Now you’ll never have to worry about remembering what one of your friends said to you.

· Picture Sharing
Share your pictures with your buddies with AIM 6.0. The new drag-and-drop interface makes it a snap.

· Bigger Buddy List
We’ve doubled the number of buddies you can have on your Buddy List® window. AIM 6.0 makes it easy to stay in touch with up to 1,000 of your closest friends.

· PC to PC Chat
AIM 6.0 integrates seamlessly with AIM® Phoneline. Keep on talking with your friends, even if your fingers are tired of typing.

· Innovative Wallpapers
These wallpapers are interactive - they work with AIM 6.0 and have lots of hidden surprises waiting for you to discover.

· AIM Pages
AIM 6 brings profiles to a whole new life. We’ll start your AIM® Page off with some vanity info, and you fill in the rest.

Download: AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 6.8.7.7 (13.6 MB)

Omega Messenger 2.9.4

Omega Messenger is an online communications tool designed to be more efficient than the others currently on the market. It currently supports the four major instant messenger networks : MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, AIM and ICQ. You will be able to chat with friends, customers, co-workers, family, and anyone else you want to.

With Omega Messenger, you can:
Chat via text and conference in real time
Transfer files quickly and more reliably than with official MSN or Yahoo clients!
Get email from your Yahoo! account and Hotmail accounts
Express yourself with emoticons
Is small efficient and do not consume huge system resources as official MSN or Yahoo clients
Quick Search feature provided by Google
Connecting with MSN, Yahoo, AIM and ICQ instant messenger

Download: Omega Messenger 2.9.4 (2.95 MB)

XChat 2.8.7b

XChat is an IRC chat program for both Linux and Windows. It allows you to join multiple IRC channels (chat rooms) at the same time, talk publicly, private one-on-one conversations etc. Even file transfers are possible.

News for 2.8.7 (20/Mar/2008)

• The lag-o-meter now has a full-scale of 1.0 seconds and turns different colours (green, yellow, red).
• The /timer plugin is now loaded before other plugins/scripts so they can make use of it.
• The tray icon now responds to mouse-release events instead of mouse-press to avoid a bug on Vista [forum post].
• The Drag&Drop files to userlist feature has been enabled again.
• Changing the time-stamp format now applies the new setting instantly (in 2.8.5e it wouldn’t fit in the margin until a restart).
• If you have an SSL cert/key, it can now be loaded from C:\Program Files\XChat\client.pem or \.pem (requires OpenSSL).
• The Alerts settings now accept wildcards, instead of partitial string match [1807563]. This avoids the problem of people with very short nicks getting too many highlights.
• Changing away status during reconnect/disconnect will now remember it.
• You can now change your Away/Back status (all networks) in the tray menu.
• Favorite Channels / Auto-Join-List management:
o Network List window now has a “…” button to edit the auto-join-list in a more friendly way.
o Channel(text area), Tree/Tab and Channel-List right-click menus now have a Add/Remove function.
o Previous limit of 300 bytes has been overcome. Now up to 2 KB worth of channels/keys can be joined and it will be automatically split into multiple lines, if necessary.
o Per-Channel settings now save to disk, including Logging and Scrollback settings.
o /ChanOpt has been re-worked to be more like /Set.
• ‘hostname:port’ syntax is now accepted, if it’s not an IPv6 address. This should avoid confusion.
• The Notify List has been renamed to Friends List, so it’s more obvious what it is.
• The Userlist right-click menu now has icons and an option to add to friends list. If you’ve edited this menu before you’ll still get the old one. To get the new one delete XChatDir\popup.conf while XChat isn’t running.
• When there’s missing information in the Userlist right-click menu, it’ll issue a silent /WHOIS and fill it in. This includes retrieving a person’s away-reason.
• A few GUI, menu and tray icons have been improved.
• \startup.txt is now loaded on launch (like /LOAD -e). It’s a text file full of commands to execute when XChat starts (optional).
• The /Menu command’s -i parameter can now be a file relative to \Icons.
• The tree/tab right-click menu has been reorganized.
• The Channel List window now shows bold, underline, italic and mIRC colors.
• Added support for QuakeNet’s /AUTH for nick password, when numeric 005 NETWORK=QuakeNet is detected.
• You can now copy with IRC attributes and mIRC colors if CTRL key is down when a selection is finished (on mouse release). This replaces the old “Color paste” feature.
• The input box and topic bar support editing with attributes (bold, underline etc) and mIRC colors.
• Added a ‘compact’ flag to gui_tweaks. This’ll make the userlist and tree spacing smaller. E.g. type /set -or gui_tweaks 32 and restart to turn it on.
• Improved the reconnect logic. If a network is already open but disconnected, it’ll now get re-used if you use the Network List and connect to that same network.
• text_stripcolor can now be set to different values 0-Off 1-Strip Messages 2-Strip Topic 3-Strip Both.
• The /Clear command takes a number as paramater (how many lines to clear).
• With the input-box in focus, CTRL-ALT-o will now open xchat’s data folder.
• Fixed a bug that could cause a crash when joining a channel you’ve been in before. Caused by a bug in re-loading the scrollback (Thanks to Warpath).
• Plugin API: Fixed a bug where not all 32 elements were available in word[] and word_eol[].
• Plugin API: xchat_emit_print will now trigger Sound, Blink, Icon etc type events, depending on user’s settings.

Download: XChat 2.8.7b for Windows (969 KB)

Skype 3.8.0.139 Final

Skype is the next phenomenon from the people who brought you KaZaA. Just like KaZaA, Skype uses P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you to other users – not to share files this time, but to talk and chat with your friends.

Features:

• Free Skype-to-Skype 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 pretty cheap rates per minute.
• Instant message when it’s not a good time to talk.
• Forward your calls and get text messages when you’re not online.
• Search the web with the Google Toolbar (optional install).

Download:Skype 3.8.0.139 Final (21.4 MB)

Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.0.1389 Beta

Yahoo! Messenger is a free service that allows you to see when friends come online and to send them instant messages. It also can alert you to new e-mail in your Yahoo Mail or Yahoo Personals accounts, or when you have upcoming events recorded in your Yahoo Calendar. Yahoo Messenger offers firewall support, a standby mode that minimizes the program until an Internet connection is made, the ability to save and print your conversations, and a tabbed interface that provides quick access to your favorite stocks, news, and sports scores.

Here are some key features of “Yahoo Messenger”:
Photo Sharing
Drag-and-drop photos into your IM windows and talk about them like you’re there.

LAUNCHcast Radio
Make your own radio station and listen to music you like!

Yahoo! Games
Challenge your friends to classic Yahoo ! Games in the IM window.

IMVironments
Use interactive themed backgrounds in your IMs.

Find, Add, Share Friends
Easily get connected with the people who matter most.

Yahoo! Search
Search from your IM window, and get results both you and your friend can see.

File Transfer
Drag-and-drop files for real-time sharing and instant notification that they’ve been received.

Address Book
Synchronize all your contact information.

Stealth Settings
Make yourself appear online to some and offline to others.

Audibles
Let these animated characters say it out loud for you!

Emoticons
Express your feelings with these animated smiling faces.

Yahoo! Avatars
Represent yourself with a stylized graphical image.

Display Images
Select an image to represent yourself to your friends.

Skins
Select new visual designs or disable them altogether.

Voice
Make free worldwide PC-to-PC calls and enjoy great sound quality and voice mail.

Take Yahoo! with You
Stay connected to Yahoo! Messenger on your mobile phone.

Webcam
Share live video with friends and family around the world.

Conference
Exchange text messages with multiple people in one IM.

Download: Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.0.1389 Beta (13.7 MB)