I read about this today in the paper and decided to check it out. If you want to take a look visit http://www.google.com/talk/ . I havent actually been able to use it properly yet but it looks alright. Has anyone else downloaded it and or used it?
A little update: I have had some time to play around with it and although it lacks the smilies and some other features of msn and the like, it is advert free and the calling is excellent. You obviously have to have a mike and a headset is recommended but not essential. It is very clear and rings like...well a phone really!! I recommend you check it out. Edit: (Woohooh 100 posts)
I'm playing with it at the moment. It's pretty cool; hopefully future versions will have smileys etc and it can be a serious contender
It can't beat Trillians transparency ability My boss is as blind as a bat, so set it to a transparency level of 30% and he's no idea im chatting all day, rather than working