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Yahoo! Messenger is a popular advertisement-supported instant messaging clientand associated protocol provided by Yahoo!, that allows you to see whenfriends come online and to send them instant messages. It also canalert you to new e-mail in your Yahoo Mail or Yahoo Personals accounts,or when you have upcoming events recorded in your Yahoo Calendar. YahooMessenger offers firewall support, a standby mode that minimizes theprogram until an Internet connectionis made, the ability to save and print your conversations, and a tabbedinterface that provides quick access to your favorite stocks, news, andsports scores. Yahoo! also offers PC-PC, PC-Phone and Phone-to-PCservice, file transfers, webcam hosting, text messaging service, andchat rooms in various categories.

Yahoo! Messenger is provided freeof charge and can be downloaded and used with a generic "Yahoo! ID"which also allows access to other Yahoo! services, such as Yahoo! Mail,where users can be automatically notified when they receive new email.

Otherfeatures include the ability to create a chat room automatically, stockprice alerts, the ability to send messages to friends (even if they'renot online when you are), a Quick Compact mode that hides the Messengertools to maximize your viewing area, Messenger Themes, and voice chat,which allows you to talk for free to anybody else on the Internet. Italso includes Launchcast Radio, Yahoo Games, and Yahoo Audibles. Usinga Webcam, you can see who you're chatting with or view the Webcam ofany Yahoo member who has granted you access.

Yahoo! has announced a partnership with Microsoft to join their instant messagingnetworks. This would make Yahoo! Messenger compatible with Microsoft's.NET Messenger Service. It also made Microsoft's Windows Live Messengercompatible with Yahoo!'s Network. This change has taken effect as of2006-07-13, - Yahoo! Messenger has integrated instant messaging withWindows Live Messenger users, and is fully functional.

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