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Google Instant Messenger Coming Really (or Not?)

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it's-ross-and-rachel-all-over-again dept.

bach37 writes "Google is rumored to launch its own instant messenger tomorrow." Other sources are reporting that talk.google.com is running jabber. Of course we've also had stories about all this being rumors

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  1. Nothing for you to see here. Please move along. by Darth+Maul · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Come on, slashdot. Get your act together. How about just re-work your order of publishing, and get the article page set up BEFORE the link on the main page? Is it really that hard?

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  2. Great, but... by Heliode · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...will it run on BeOS??

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  3. Re:180 degrees? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Apple will never release a sub-$500 headless unit."

    "Apple will never go x86."

  4. Re:180 degrees? by HateBreeder · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why would anyone use an AdWare WebBrowser, when there are completely free alternatives, like Firefox, without the ads to piss you off?

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  5. Re:Wonder if this is why gmail is hosed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Gmail has been working great for me all morning.

  6. Re:180 degrees? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Although Apple did technically go x86, it doesn't really count as you will only be able to run OSX on Apple computer not on your own x86 box.

  7. Re:Of course it fits into their strategy! by NoTheory · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you're avoiding services because they don't have a grammar checker, you're going to be waiting a really long time. Nobody has an adequate grammar checker, and nobody is going to have one for the forseeable future. Linguistics just isn't prepared to produce one yet.

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  8. Re:180 degrees? by Pep+Strebek · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Of course it counts. Apple DID(will) go to x86. Apple did NOT license out their OS so that clones could be made. There is a difference.