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Windows Live Messenger gives you brilliant ways to connect and share your photos (and other stuff), video conversations, PC-to-PC Calling  . Contact lists, emoticons, instant access to your friends.

• Call their phones. Call their PCs.

  Call your friends’ mobile or landline phones.* It’s affordable, both within the US and internationally. And calling someone’s PC is always free.

• See them on the screen

  Show and tell: Grab a webcam and start a video conversation within minutes.

• Share stuff

  Set up a Sharing Folder with a friend. Drop in photos and other stuff, as many as your computer can handle. See your Sharing Folder even when one of you is offline.

• Now: Talk to your Yahoo! friends, too

  The world’s largest IM network has just gotten bigger—and better. With Windows Live Messenger you can now connect with your Yahoo! IM contacts. Forget about using multiple accounts to talk to your friends—IM them all with Windows Live Messenger.

Popularity: 66%

Yahoo! Messenger is a free product that makes it easy and fun to communicate with friends and family around the world.
Enjoy real-time text chats with friends, make free PC-to-PC voice calls, send SMS messages from your PC, plus share photos and files instantly. Did we mention it’s also fun to use Yahoo! Messenger? Liven up your instant conversations with emoticons that help you express yourself, create a custom Avatar to show off your virtual self, plus play games with friends, swap photos, listen to Yahoo! Music LAUNCHcast radio and more. Hanging out online has never been so fun.

Popularity: 20%