G-chat lets you see who else is chained to their computer (or Blackberry or iPhone) at any given moment.

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The program, which has gone from less than 500 users at the beginning of the year to 20, 000 per night, was created by a 17-year-old Russian, Andrey Ternovskiy, and lets you randomly video chat with people from across the globe.

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What I'm talking about is a service costing just a few hundred rupees a month, and a simple access device which lets people e-mail, chat and get alerts on specific events which happen.

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Attendees cheered in response to new technical features, such as higher-resolution displays and more memory on new MacBook Pro laptops, along with little tweaks like a feature for iPhones that lets people use the Facetime video chat service on cellular networks.

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The proposed app lets anyone credit their account by providing live training through IM or video chat, and later use these credits to purchase training on other topics from community members.

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Continuing down is the familiar Xbox 360 quadrant, which lets you know which controller the base is currently paired to for voice chat (it supports up to four Warheads), as well as if the battery is low or if it's searching for a headset.

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Netscape Communicator 4.6: The popular free Web communications suite lets you browse and create Web pages, send e-mail, and chat.

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Wave also lets users collaborate on editable documents, called Wikis, share photos, update blogs, set appointments and chat in big groups.

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