New Yahoo Messenger Released
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The latest version, in a public beta for a month, ties the IM client into more of Yahoo's portal services.
Yahoo on Monday released its newest version of Yahoo Messenger, which adds more ties into the companys portal services such as Internet radio, Web search and online address book. Yahoo Inc. last month released a beta version of what it is calling the "All-New Yahoo Messenger," which technically is Version 6.0. More than 1.5 million users have downloaded the preview version, Yahoo said. Yahoo gave its instant-messaging client a face-lift, redoing its look and feel and including new personalization options. For example, users can add their own photos to messages as well as avatars, which are graphical representations of people.
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As an online reporter for eWEEK.com, Matt Hicks covers the fast-changing developments in Internet technologies. His coverage includes the growing field of Web conferencing software and services. With eight years as a business and technology journalist, Matt has gained insight into the market strategies of IT vendors as well as the needs of enterprise IT managers. He joined Ziff Davis in 1999 as a staff writer for the former Strategies section of eWEEK, where he wrote in-depth features about corporate strategies for e-business and enterprise software. In 2002, he moved to the News department at the magazine as a senior writer specializing in coverage of database software and enterprise networking. Later that year Matt started a yearlong fellowship in Washington, DC, after being awarded an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellowship for Journalist. As a fellow, he spent nine months working on policy issues, including technology policy, in for a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He rejoined Ziff Davis in August 2003 as a reporter dedicated to online coverage for eWEEK.com. Along with Web conferencing, he follows search engines, Web browsers, speech technology and the Internet domain-naming system.
