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NEW: Yahoo! Messenger 9.0

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Introducing Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta, the next version of our popular IM software for Windows. This new version has a whole new look and feel, along with some great new features that make it well worth the upgrade. Here’s a quick look at what’s new in Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 Beta:- A whole new look for your contact list. Keep it in detail view to see larger Avatar images for your friends, or switch to compact list view (in the Contacts menu). Plus, you can just hover and click to IM, SMS or call a friend.

- Brand new skins and emoticons! Click the dot near the top of your Messenger window to choose a skin, and check the emoticon menu for the new ones that were inspired by user entries in our Emoticontest earlier this year (more on our winners in a future post).

- New Flickr integration in the photo sharing feature. Easily share photos from your Flickr.com account, or save photos shared with you directly to Flickr.

- A new in-line media player that makes it easy to view maps, photos and videos from sites like Yahoo! Video and YouTube right in the IM window. No plug-ins needed, no extra downloads — it’s built right in. Just send a video, map or photo link to another friend who’s also on 9.0 to try it out.

- New features for voice calls. You can have your incoming Phone In or free PC calls forwarded to another number like your mobile, home or office phone, even if you’re signed out of Messenger (Phone Out account required).

Plus there’s a new way to get voicemail. When someone leaves you a voicemail in Messenger, an email is sent to you with an MP3 of the voice message attached.

Express your true self

Add your personality with new Emoticons, plus new skins.

Your friends come first

Enjoy a fun new look, with more room for friends’ images, info, updates.

Share your passions

Use Flickr to swap photos (and always keep all your friends in the picture).

The new Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 also offers localized versions in six new markets:

Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, India (Hindi), and Vietnam. With these additions, Yahoo! Messenger is available in 25 international markets.

I know that many of our Windows Vista users are eagerly awaiting the Beta launch of Yahoo! Messenger for Vista.

Don’t worry – we’re still working hard on it and hope to have it to you very soon. In the meantime, we hope you’ll try out Yahoo! Messenger 9.0 which is designed for both Windows XP and Vista.

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ICQ is an instant messaging computer program, owned by Time Warner’s AOL subsidiary. ICQ was first developed by the Israeli company Mirabilis. The first version of the program was released in November 1996. The name ICQ is an oronym on the phrase “I seek you”.

ICQ features include sending text messages, offline support, multi-user chats, free daily-limited SMS sending, resumable file transfers, greeting cards and multiplayer games. Other features included a searchable user directory and POP3 email support.

ICQ users are identified by numbers called UIN, distributed in sequential order. As of ICQ 6, users are also able to log in using the specific E-Mail address they associated with their UIN during the registration process. New users are now given a UIN of well over 400,000,000, and low numbers (six or five digits) have been auctioned on eBay by users who signed up in ICQ’s early days. Since 2000, ICQ and AIM users are able to add each other to their contact list without the need of any external clients.

UIN was coined by Mirabilis, to be used as the name of the so called Universal Internet Number or Unified Identification Number that each user of the ICQ instant messaging software is assigned upon registration. Unlike most other instant messaging programs, in ICQ the only information that is permanent to a registered user is the UIN, although users are able to search for users by their e-mail address, much like MSN, or in fact any other detail that the user made public about himself or herself. The screen name may be changed at will, without having to re-register, as can all other kinds of user information, including e-mail.

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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.

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