Google has a habit of hitting out-of-the-park homeruns, but its new Google Talk instant messaging service is simply a base hit. The service, introduced on Wednesday, allows Windows users to exchange ...

Before the beta version of Google Talk was released, the hype was hot. Was Google going to roll out a killer app and make rival IM clients obsolete? For now at least, the answer is no. Google Talk is ...

Google Talk is Google's own instant messenger software program. It is available as a downloadable desktop program, a mobile app, as a native feature in Gmail and on the Google Personalized Homepage ...

Google Search Labs is testing a “Talk to a Live Representative” feature where it will “help you place the call, wait on hold, and then give you a call once a live representative is available.” When ...

Google this week is expected to introduce its own instant messaging system that may be compatible with third party services such as Apple's iChat. Citing sources "familiar with the service," the Los ...

What's exciting about Google Talk? I'm a bit underwhelmed with the launch of Google Talk, which is a bit of a surprise, since Google has a history of coming up with decent services. I use Google ...

Google Talk, the instant messaging service from 2005 that’s been in limbo for years, is being shut down permanently this week. Google Talk was first introduced in 2005 as a way for Gmail users to chat ...

Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh wrote about everything from new Web start-ups, to remote-controlled robots that watch your house. Prior to joining CNET, Josh ...

The free Google Talk program lets you have text, voice and video chats over the Internet with friends and colleagues who are signed into Google Talk. The text chat feature also lets you transfer files ...

Google Talk, a desktop and mobile text and voice chat service used by many Google Gmail customers, has suffered a widespread outage Thursday morning that the company says is affecting “a majority of ...

Google has had several failed attempts at making a unified chat service. Little do most people know that the company’s misfortune extends to the year 2005. Google Talk, a really early chat service is ...