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Google's GTalk Supports XMPP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the taking-on-the-big-dogs dept.

IceFox writes "On Google Gtalk blog Mike Jazayeri announced open federation for the Google Talk service. Nothing to do with Star Trek it means they now support open federation with any service provider that supports the industry standard XMPP protocol. Although they don't specifically mention AIM compatibility, at CES GTalk was shown with buddy icons so it can't be that far away."

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  1. Has there been any word on MSN compatibility? by N8Magic · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I find that MSN is used more often up here in Canada... any word on compatibility?

  2. Lacks voice support on Mac and Linux by Burz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'll probably stick with Skype for now.

  3. Imagine by Comatose51 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Wow, Google Talk's value would go up immensely if one of the biggest IM networks supported this and Google Talk users could talk to them. A big IM network like... AOL...

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