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After a long fair period with the beta version, yahoo released the final version of Yahoo! messenger 10 today. The final release of Yahoo! messenger 10 is compatible with Windows 7 and it also fixed several bugs found in Yahoo! messenger 10-beta.

Yahoo!Messenger 10 Features:

Here are the key features of Yahoo Messenger 10:

• High-quality video calls – You can make high-quality video call to a friend with synched audio, right in the IM window. Video Calling now includes the ability to swap video windows, position the video windows side-by-side, mute the call or place it on hold. You can even go full-screen with your video call
• Y! Updates” view of contact list – If the friends in your contact list had opted-in to share their updates via Yahoo!, you’ll be able to see what they’re saying on Twitter, reading on Yahoo! Buzz, listening to on last.fm, and more.
• Yahoo Messenger in your language – When you start up Yahoo! Messenger 10, you’ll notice a new language menu on the sign-in screen. Choose from 16 different languages and the buttons, menus and various parts of the interface will change to that language. If you’re already signed in, you can also change your language under Messenger > Preferences > Language (you’ll have to restart Yahoo! Messenger for it to take effect).

• Find more to chat about
  If you want to chat with your friend about their updates, you can do so through a hover menu which allows you to IM a friend about their updates. When you do this, the update also appears inline in the conversation window, so that your friend will be aware of the context.

Yahoo! messenger 10 download is now officially available on their server and you could download the installer directly from http://messenger.yahoo.com/download/win. It will download the installation file and will download the complete package from the server while installing on your computer. If you have a poor download speed or an internet connection with repeated disconnection problems, I will suggest you to download the offline installer instead, which doesnot require any internet connection during installation, as the complete package gets downloaded at once. You can download the offline installer from Softpedia from the page http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Chat/Instant-Messaging/Yahoo-Messenger.shtml. Now, enjoy your chit-chat with yahoo! messenger 10 and do share your experiences with the new and final version of Yahoo! messenger 10 in our comment box.

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5-year term: $41.79 ($1.99 for your first year, $9.95 for your next four years)

After term expires: $34.95/year (only annual terms available after initial term expires)

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It is better late than never for Yahoo! as the California-based Internet giant plans to launch a social networking site this year, made in India — and for India.

“We will be launching our social networking platform SpotM this year,” said a Yahoo official who did not wish to be identified.

Yahoo already has Internet message boards like Yahoo Groups that allows users to post messages. Through this launch, the company wants to compete with hugely popular social networking platforms Orkut and Facebook.

The company’s research and development centre in Bangalore has designed and tested the website. This will only cater to Indian Internet users. Yahoo is expected to roll out an invite-only beta (trial) version soon followed by an open-for-all community later this year.

SpotM will enable a “seamless marriage” between mobile and web interface, the official said. It is expected to offer features like anonymous chat that will allow users to chat via a text message while keeping their mobile numbers intact.

Gopal Krishna, vice-president and head of audience for the emerging markets is heading the team working on SpotM.

Social networking enabled by interactive Web 2.0 technology enables users to not just receive information from the web but also add and share content. It is expected to be one of the biggest drivers of Internet usage in the coming years. In the list of top 10 websites in India measured by Alexa that provides information on we traffic, Google leads followed by Yahoo in terms of both traffic and page views. Interestingly, Google’s other content sharing sites such as Orkut and You Tube also feature on the list while there is none that Yahoo can claim.

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Yahoo Messenger 9.0 became available on Tuesday–a week after Yahoo‘s target launch date and interestingly, a week after Microsoft released its beta update of Windows Live Messenger. Yahoo Messenger 9.0 as dramatic an update of its instant messenger as Windows Live beta is of Windows Live Messenger 8.5, and it introduces some pleasant improvements over version 8.1 that will satisfy Yahoo loyalists. Among them are a redesigned interface with more skins, more space, and the excellent ability to see scaled public images and videos in the chat window.

If you’re familiar with the beta version of Yahoo Messenger 9.0, this final build adds more conspicuous spam alerts and the ability to chat with friends directly from their Web site or online profile page. We’ll discuss both later on in this review.

Interface

A bolder, more spread-out display graces Yahoo Messenger 9.0, complete with larger avatar thumbnails and room to read a contact’s status message. Also new, Yahoo now updates your status with your recent activity on Yahoo’s Buzz, Avatars, 360, or MyBlogLog–for example, when you change your avatar’s outfit. Those who can’t get used to the new spacing can revert to the familiar compact view.

Importing contacts by bulk is another biggie feature that makes its debut in Yahoo Messenger 9.0. The service, handled by third-party operator TrueSwitch, scours your other IM, e-mail, and social networking accounts–including Outlook and Facebook–for friends that are also signed up on Yahoo IM. TrueSwitch will send requests on your behalf for friends to add you to their Messenger accounts, and you’ll have the option of inviting your unaffiliated contacts to join up with Yahoo.

Other changes include new skins, including a dark theme, which you’ll find by clicking the button to the right of the Messenger logo. Windows Live Messenger beta took skins a step further with themes that incorporate background images. While some Windows Live scenes are very nice, Yahoo’s visual picker saves you an extra step when choosing a new look.

Like Windows Live Messenger beta, Yahoo Messenger’s contact search bar finds buddies quickly by checking your IM list and your Yahoo address book. In another similarity, Yahoo Messenger’s status field supports emoticons and links. Finally, Yahoo Messenger 9.0 highlights power users with an icon of a medal or crown placed next to their name (your choice) and rewards them with more avatar accessories and priority customer care.

Chat window

The Yahoo Messenger 9.0 chat window looks a little more airbrushed than in version 8.1, but the biggest difference is also the best–a feature that embeds scaled maps, images, video players, and public photos when you or a friend drops in a link ending in .jpg, .gif, .png, or .bmp.

Being able to comment on photos and watch YouTube videos without leaving the IM window is a treat, and something no other instant messaging client currently offers. While Windows Live Messenger beta can boast about its fun feature for mapping certain profile pictures to common emoticons (like happy, sad, and winking), being able to reference your IM window when you’re writing about a photo or video is more useful overall.

If you’re a fan of emoticons, Yahoo’s new Messenger 9.0 adds six new expressions to version 8.1′s gallery, including a smiling head giving a thumbs-up and a little guy rocking out. Yahoo has heeded the advice of beta testers and stopped using dime-size emoticons that, while easier to see, were also less defined around the edges. Although we also prefer the traditional smiley faces, as long as Yahoo has that gallery of larger images on hand, the emoticons’ display size ought to be the user’s choice. The behavior of Yahoo Messenger’s IM window otherwise remains the same.

Spam control

IMers plagued with spam messages (also called spim) will appreciate some small alterations in 9.0. The warning message on a conversation window is bolder, for one, and Yahoo has added a button to the offline message window that lets you report the impostor message without having to log on to Yahoo’s site.

Yahoo Messenger Pingbox

Pingbox is a brand-new feature in Yahoo Messenger that lets Web site owners and Yahoo visitors chat in real time. Site owners–bloggers, eBay sellers, or social networking buffs, for instance–can embed a Pingbox chat window in their site that communicates with your Yahoo Messenger application and automatically shows up as a (temporary) contact on your buddy list for as long as you’re on their site. If so inclined, you can chat about the site and even save the site owner as a contact.

While Yahoo Messenger 9.0 has one or two rough edges–mostly the same niggles about heavy branding for other Yahoo services and the bundled Yahoo Toolbar, the visual improvements and the ability to share multimedia within the chat screen are no-brainer reasons to upgrade.