As a few follow-ups to yesterday's entry:

1- Google Talk is up and running (if you visit http://talk.google.com, you will get automatically redirected).  Thus far, I just had a quick test, and it seems to be find (albeit I could not see any different vis-a-vis Yahoo! Messenger as of yet, or Skype, for that matter - except for the connection to the GMail inbox, which Skype does not have ;-). 

2- Yet another great coup for GIPS (Global IP Sound).  As I mentioned before, the Swedish CODEC maker is a  great company, and whoever buys it, will certainly cause a lot of disruption.  IMHO, GIPS could be a very astute purchase for anyone willing to buy it.