Since this is the chatting place of the forum I thought this message would be best placed in here.
Google is launching a new instant message system as of today. I haven't yet tried it but if anyone would like to try it out then feel free to add me on "dat.zeg.ik.gamma@gmail.com"
The program is currently beta and doesn't look very special if you ask me. You can download it at http://www.google.com/talk/
However...it's extreemly simple. Just download it , login with your gmail account (if you don't have one just use http://www.bytetest.com/ or http://www.highwayman.org/gmail/ for free invites) and you'll be able to use it right away. It's based on the open Jabber protocol and seems to use less cpu and bandwith then Skype. I don't know anything about the quality though or delay.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u ... _messaging