Internet rivals Microsoft and Yahoo have agreed to make their instant messaging programs, Yahoo Messenger and MSN Messenger ,  work together. Instant messaging, or IM as it commonly known, is becoming an increasingly popular communication service, mainly because of the speed of communication which almost equals regular conversation. The agreement will allow the companies to compete against the popular AOL Instant Messenger service (AOL), and Google Talk , Google's relatively new instant messaging service that was opened to the public in beta form in September. The companies said that this relationship is the fruit of many years of negotiation. Related news See also Comparison of instant messengers on Wikipedia
Internet rivals Microsoft and Yahoo have agreed to make their programs , and , work together. Instant messaging, or IM as it commonly known, is becoming an increasingly popular communication service, mainly because of the speed of communication which almost equals regular conversation. The agreement will allow the companies to compete against the popular service (AOL), and , Google's relatively new instant messaging service that was opened to the public in beta form in September. The companies said that this relationship is the fruit of many years of negotiation. Related news 
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See also Comparison of instant messengers on Wikipedia