Google Talk is Here
By Thomas Henwood · August 24, 2005 ·
The rumours that google were building an IM/VoIP service were true, it has now been released in beta under the name of Google Talk. Google talk is a windows only (sorry Mac users) program, and requires a Gmail account to use it. With it, you can contact any of your Gmail contacts, who have google talk through either IM, or VoIP,for free , although the VoIP is not a telephony service, so unlike Skype you can’t phone landlines or mobiles with it. It has a nice simple interface and is integrated with Gmail, so all ye Gmailed windows users, go get Google Talk.
