We saw the future of Google Talk at CES in January and now you can test it for yourself. Of course, the biggest change is the ability to have avatars but there are also some other changes.

There are quite a few people that are excited about the new Windows Live Messenger and especially the face lift it has undergone. Microsoft has updated the GUI a few times throughout the course of the betas and now here is a screenshot of what to expect from the final release.