Chatting with Google Talk
Google Talk is the name of both Google’s instant-messaging network and its IM client. You can download the Google Talk client and learn more about the Google Talk network at talk.google.com.
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To use Google Talk or Gmail Chat, you must have a Gmail username and password. Learn more about signing up for Gmail in Chapter 14, “Sending and Receiving Email with Gmail.”
As with competing IM systems, Google Talk lets you send and receive both text-based instant messages and voice-over-IP Internet phone calls. To use Google Talk as a text-based IM client, all you need is your computer and an Internet connection; to use Google Talk for Internet phone calls, you also need a microphone and a speaker for your PC. ...
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