GMail +talk and Songbird hit the Net

This morning I logged into GMail today and saw a new section on the right — “Quick Contacts” — that lets me instant message anybody else on my Google Talk buddy list. Interesting idea, and it looks like Google stole a few ideas from GTalkr — it does the same thing. Here’s a screenshot:

Also, songbird has finally released a preview release! I’ve been waiting for this for quite some time… and it seems that their server is down. Fortunately, some kind soul has offered a mirror at his website. Also, there’s an interesting review you can read, if you don’t want to download it — it’s got plenty of screenshots.

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