Windows Live Messenger

Windows Live Messenger combines the ability to chat with one or more friends online for fun, work, or both with voice, calling, video conference, gaming, and mailing functions. The program has not changed much from the previous versions in its core, but adds a great array of new features that the user can surely benefit from.

Yahoo! Messenger

Enjoy the best experience in instant messaging, having all your friends in just one window, no matter if they use Yahoo! Messenger or Windows Live Mesenger, making worldwide phone calls, to another PC or to a regular or mobile phone, playing games, listening music, sharing documents at the easiest way possible. This program is available in several languages.

Skype

Skype is an excellent piece of software that allows the user to call any other PC for free, or any phone number for a small fee. The call quality is remarkable, even on slow Internet connections. End-to-end encryption makes it safe to talk. Skype also offers instant messaging, conference and file transfer functions, and is available for multiple platforms.

Nokia PC Suite

Nokia PC Suite 6.8 is a free application that synchronizes your phone’s files through a cable or wireless connection, it also allows you to install Java and Symbian SIS applications and games in the phone. It can use the phone to connect your PC to the Internet.

Google Talk

Google Talk 1.0 is an instant messaging client for Windows. Additionally, it offers free PC-to-PC voice calls, the ability to send and receive voicemails (If the person you're calling isn't available), file transfers, and gmail notifications on your desktop for new messages in your email inbox.

Windows Live Writer

Microsoft's new blogging software. Write and edit text for posting it in your blog. Also, you can add images, tables, tags, web links and other rich content in a manner very similar to Microsoft Word. You can add video content from popular sites like Google Video and YouTube. If you have more than one blog account, you can manage them all from Live Writer.

Windows Live Mail

Windows Live Mail is an innovative webmail system that allows you to access multiple e-mail accounts from one place. This desktop application lets you access IMAP, POP and Windows Live Hotmail accounts, Windows Live Messenger, your blog and RSS news feeds. Windows Live Mail offers effective spam and phishing filters, quick search, and a few search folders.

mIRC

mIRC is a full-featured and really easy to use IRC client that allows users to communicate via IRC for work or fun. The IRC (Internet Relay Chat) abounds with information and resources, and mIRC is the best way to get what you want. This IRC client is simple yet powerful and can be ready to go in a snap.

Messenger Plus! Live

Messenger Plus! Live adds many interesting features to your Windows Live Messenger. It allows you to change the color and format of the text of your messages, send funny sounds to your contacts, personalize your status and many other things. Download Messenger Plus! Live and customize your Windows Live Messenger.

Microsoft ActiveSync

Microsoft ActiveSync is the latest sync software release for Windows Mobile-powered devices. ActiveSync provides a great synchronization experience with Windows®-powered PCs and Microsoft Outlook right out of the box. Note: Microsoft ActiveSync works only with Windows XP SP2 or earlier.

Mozilla Thunderbird

Mozilla Thunderbird 2 is a full-featured, easy to use and powerful e-mail client, which now makes it even easier to organize, secure and customize your mail. The program features many new enhancements to help you better manage your inbox, and keep your vital information organized.

Sony Ericsson PC Suite

Sony Ericsson PC Suite is a utilities application for transfering and interchange files, edit and modifying images and pictures, create MMS messages, etc. when connecting a Sony Ericsson mobile phone to a Windows desktop PC. A connectivity solution for different phones from Sony Ericsson.

MSN Messenger

MSN Messenger 8.1 is an instant messenger from Microsoft. It is now called Windows Live Messenger. In version 8.1, there weren't any significant changes, except, perhaps, a couple of bug fixes from the previous entry in the franchise and some improvements in the voice calling system.

Messenger Plus! Live & Sponsor (CiD)

Messenger Plus! Live adds many interesting features to your Windows Live Messenger. It allows you to change the color and format of the text of your messages, send funny sounds to your contacts, personalize your status and many other things. Download Messenger Plus! Live and customize your Windows Live Messenger. It's completely free!

Samsung PC Studio

Samsung PC Studio is a professional tool that allows you to manage, edit and transfer different files between your Samsung mobile phone and your PC. It offers many features such as a Networking Wizard, which allows you to connect to the Internet; a Multimedia Player to play different files; and many other options to manage and organize your files, your phone contacts and your messages.

Rediff Bol

Rediff Bol 8.0 Messenger - Instant messenger able to send SMS to mobile phones from the computer. The software has voice chat and web cam facility, and the sound and picture quality is similar to Yahoo's and MSN. It is also possible to send SMS to mobiles using the software, which is an additional feature.

Microsoft Office Outlook

Microsoft Office Outlook is part of the Microsoft Office suite; it handles the e-mail management, also provides several other capabilities like calendar, task, contact management, note taking, journal, and Web browsing. It can be integrated with Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server to provide extended functions to multiple users in organizations.

CyberLink YouCam

YouCam is the perfect companion for your online video chats with great effects to make your conversations even more funnier. With YouCam you can show your feelings instantly with animated emotion effects, apply charming filters or frames for a conversation with a theme, and mix in silly distortions to make you appear bigger, thinner or just weird.

IncrediMail

IncrediMail is an email client full featured that lets you personalize your mails with sounds, animations and 3D effects. Your mails will no longer be those dull text messages they may be formal, but with personality, or exiting and lively reflecting your different moods.

Camfrog Video Chat

Camfrog Video Chat is a program which allows you to access one of the biggest chat communities on the Internet. With millions of registered users, you'll find that Camfrog Video Chat is a fast, fun, easy to use video chat community. Enter a chat room, create one or search for new friends and read, listen and see what they're up to!

ICQ

This is the newest version of the instant messaging software that started all, even though, today is not as popular as it used to be. It has video, audio and chat capability and is available for Windows, Linux, Mac and some mobile devices or smartphones.

ooVoo

ooVoo is the next evolution in online communication — a remarkably easy way to have a face-to-face video chat with friends, family or colleagues, no matter where they are in the world. ooVoo has many great features — from video calls with up to six people at once to video messaging to chat and file transfer capabilities.

AIM 6

AIM is an instant messaging program by America Online. With this program, you can talk to as many people as you want, and all of the tabs just appear on one window for each person you’re talking to. You also can see when your buddies are typing, when they are away, when they have sent you a message or when they have signed off.

Joost

Joost 1.9 is a free program to watch streaming video through your broadband Internet connection. It features a daily growing collection of thousands of shows, divided in channels. You need to install the program and then signup for an account, that you will need everytime you use the program.