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Google, Skype and the Future of IM

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the nothing-like-a-little-theory dept.

Matt Veenstra sent in a nice little piece of rumor mongering about how Google's new Talk/Jabber/IM thing is just a stepping stone, but it's really just a foreshadowing of their future buyout of Skype. Worth some thought anyway.

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  1. Re:"News" implies some basis in fact... by BoldAC · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    News? You want real nerd news?

    Here's how to find the easter egg (remember wumpus?) in google talk

    If that's not enough... how about
    a video of a goldfish being shocked back to life with a 9 volt battery.

    Nobody on slashdot would ever need directions on
    how to use a vagina

    Enough real news for nerds?

  2. Re:Another Google buyout? by Robotech_Master · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Time cones? Is that like time cubes?

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    Editor Emeritus and Senior Writer, TeleRead.org