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Google Talk
Image:Google talk.gif
Screenshot of Google Talk Original
Developed by Google
Stable release 1.0.0.104  (January 1, 2007) [+/−]
Preview release Google Talk, Labs Edition [+/−]
OS Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista
Available in English, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Chinese, Spanish
Genre VoIP/Instant messaging client
License Proprietary freeware
Website google.com/talk http://www.google.com/talk/labsedition/

Google Talk is a Windows and web-based application for voice over internet (VOIP) and instant messaging, offered by Google. A software developer is a person or organization concerned with facets of the software development process wider than design and coding a somewhat broader scope of Google Inc is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online A software release is the distribution whether public or private of an initial or new and upgraded version of a Computer software product New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A software release is the distribution whether public or private of an initial or new and upgraded version of a Computer software product An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the software component of a Computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination Windows 2000 (also referred to as Win2K) is a preemptive, interruptible graphical and business-oriented Operating system designed to work with Windows XP is a family of 32-bit and 64-bit Operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on Personal computers including home and Windows Server 2003 (also referred to as Win2K3 is a server Operating system produced by Microsoft. Windows Vista (ˈvɪstə is a line of Operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on Personal computers including home and business desktops A language is a dynamic set of visual auditory or tactile Symbols of Communication and the elements used to manipulate them English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities This article is mainly about the spoken Korean language See Hangul for details on the native Korean writing system Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function type or field of use Voice-over-Internet protocol ( VoIP, vɔɪp is a protocol optimized for the transmission of voice through the Internet A client is an application or system that accesses a remote service on another Computer system, known as a server, by way of a Network. A software license (or software licence in commonwealth usage is a Legal instrument governing the usage or redistribution of copyright protected software Proprietary software is Computer software on which the producer has set restrictions on use private modification copying, or republishing. Freeware is computer Software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Voice-over-Internet protocol ( VoIP, vɔɪp is a protocol optimized for the transmission of voice through the Internet Google Inc is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online The first beta version of the program was released on August 24, 2005. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Instant messaging between the Google Talk servers and its clients uses an open protocol, XMPP, allowing users of other XMPP clients to communicate with Google Talk users. Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol ( XMPP) is an open XML -inspired protocol originally aimed at near-real-time extensible Instant messaging VoIP in Google Talk is based around the Jingle protocol. Jingle is an extension to the Jabber / XMPP protocol to allow for Peer-to-peer (p2p signalling for Multimedia interactions such as voice The technology used within the Google server network however is not publicly known.

The Google Talk client is currently only available for Windows (2000, XP, Server 2003, and Vista). Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Windows 2000 (also referred to as Win2K) is a preemptive, interruptible graphical and business-oriented Operating system designed to work with Windows XP is a family of 32-bit and 64-bit Operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on Personal computers including home and Windows Server 2003 (also referred to as Win2K3 is a server Operating system produced by Microsoft. Windows Vista (ˈvɪstə is a line of Operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on Personal computers including home and business desktops With the release of the Google Talk gadget, users of all platforms supported by Adobe Flash Player can also use Google Talk. The Adobe Flash Player is a widely distributed proprietary multimedia and application player created by Macromedia and now developed and distributed by Adobe [1] Many other XMPP clients are compatible with Google Talk, and support a variety of other platforms.

Contents

Features

Interoperability

Google has announced that a major goal of the Google Talk service is interoperability. Interoperability is a property referring to the ability of diverse systems and organizations to work together (inter-operate Google Talk uses XMPP to provide real-time extensible messaging and presence events, including offline messaging and voice mailing. Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol ( XMPP) is an open XML -inspired protocol originally aimed at near-real-time extensible Instant messaging In computer and Telecommunications networks presence information is a status indicator that conveys ability and willingness of a potential communication partner - On January 17, 2006, Google enabled server-to-server communications, federating itself with any Jabber server that supports the dialback protocol. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. In Computing, inter-server is a technical term used in Network protocol design to refer to the extension of the Client-server model by having parts of a In information technology federated identity has two general meanings The virtual reunion or assembled identity, of a person's user information (or principal [2]

Privacy

There has been some discussion on the Google Talk Help group concerning the fact that certain personal information is made publicly available without any method to control it. This allows anyone who has a Google Talk member on their buddy list to see when the user is and is not active on their computer, for example, by observing the user's idle status as provided by the Google Talk client. Certain third-party software products have been developed to provide more control over the information made available. gAlwaysIdle[3], for example, allows users to be 'always idle' or 'never idle', thus preventing personal presence information from being fed to the Google Talk service. Alternative client software, such as Pidgin and Trillian, also permit more privacy controls than the official Google Talk client. Pidgin (formerly named Gaim) is a multi-platform Instant messaging client. Trillian is a proprietary Multiprotocol instant messaging application for Windows created by Cerulean Studios that can connect to multiple IM

Product integration

On February 7, 2006, Gmail received chat functionality, using Comet for server–browser communication, and was integrated with Google Talk. Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Gmail, officially Google Mail in Germany and the United Kingdom is a free POP3 and IMAP In Web development, Comet is a Neologism to describe a Web application model in which a long-held HTTP request allows a Web server Users can send instant messages to other Gmail users. As it works within a browser, Google Talk does not need to be downloaded to send instant messages to Gmail users.

Conversation logs are automatically saved to a Chats area in the user's Gmail account. This allows users to search within their chat logs easily, and to have them centrally stored in their Gmail accounts.

Since November 8, 2006, Google has also integrated Google Talk with Orkut. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. orkut is a Social networking service which is run by Google and named after its creator an employee of Google - Orkut Büyükkökten. This enables Google Talk users to interact with registered Orkut users, by sending and receiving 'scraps' within Orkut.

It is also possible to display the song currently playing on the computer. This music data is collected, if the user agrees to this, and displayed on the Google Music Trends page. Google Trends is a tool from Google Labs that shows the most popularly searched terms from the beginning of 2004 to now

Encryption

The connection between the Google Talk client and the Google Talk server is encrypted, except when using Gmail's chat over HTTP, a federated network that doesn't support encryption, or when using a proxy like IMLogic. [4][5] End-to-end messages are unencrypted. [4] Google plans to add support for chat and call encryption in a future release. [6] Some XMPP clients natively support encryption with Google Talk's servers. It is possible to have end-to-end encryption over the GTalk network using OTR (off-the-record) encryption.

Voicemail and file-sharing

On July 28, 2006, Google added voicemail and file sending capabilities to the Google Talk client. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Voicemail (or voice mail voice-mail vmail or VMS, sometimes called messagebank) is a centralized system of managing Telephone messages for a large group Voicemail messages can be 10 minutes long, and they're delivered to the contact's mailbox as an attached MP3 file (11 kHz mono 24kbit/s). MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a Digital audio encoding format using a form of Lossy data compression Recipients who use Gmail are offered better integration. Gmail, officially Google Mail in Germany and the United Kingdom is a free POP3 and IMAP Gmail recognizes that it is a voicemail message, and users can choose to stream the file using the integrated MP3-playing applet, or to download the MP3 file.

Offline messaging

On October 31, 2006, Google introduced offline messaging to Google Talk. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. This allows users to send messages to their contacts, even if they are not signed in. They will receive the messages when they next go online even if the user who has sent it is offline.

Mobile device compatibility

On June 30, 2006, Nokia released new software for their Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, that included Google Talk as one of the compatible VoIP clients, due to the XMPP-based software. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet is a wireless Internet appliance from Nokia, originally announced at the LinuxWorld Summit in New York City on [7] Another Google Talk-compatible device is Sony's mylo, released on September 15, 2006. is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with The mylo Internet Device (formerly mylo Personal Communicator) is a device created and marketed by Sony for portable instant messaging and other Internet-based communications Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. A Google Talk client is also available for BlackBerry devices from the Blackberry site. [8]

However, given that Google Talk provides XMPP protocol, most mobile phones for which a suitable XMPP client exists[9] could also offer Google Talk service, at least theoretically (depending on the handset, the user may encounter security warnings due to unsigned J2ME midlets or limits put in place by the mobile service provider). Mobile clients specially designed for Google Talk exist as well. [10]

Most phones support the IMPS protocol, and there are hybrid XMPP/IMPS networks (through Jabber transports, or specially designed hybrid servers),[11] which can also contact GoogleTalk users.        IMPS may also refer to "Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite" an April Fools' Day RFC. Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol ( XMPP) is an open XML -inspired protocol originally aimed at near-real-time extensible Instant messaging The Google Talk service itself is unusable from IMPS (that means, you cannot log with your Gmail account, but you can talk with your Gmail friends with your IMPS account from your mobile phone).

History

The idea of a Jabber-based Google IM service was proposed by Eoban Binder on the website Applexnet. com on August 23, 2004. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " [12]

Exactly one year later, after the rumor of a Google-branded "communications tool" service had been reported by the New York Times[13] and detailed by the Los Angeles Times on August 22, 2005, the subdomain talk. A rumour or rumor (see spelling differences) is often viewed as "an unverified account or explanation of events circulating from person to person and The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In the Domain Name System (DNS hierarchy a subdomain is a domain that is part of a larger domain google. com was found to have an active Jabber server. [14] Two methods of logging into the server were discovered soon after and the ensuing response by eager bloggers revealed to numerous others how to login before the official release by Google. A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of

On the evening of August 23, many logged-in users using port 5222 to connect were disconnected and unable to log back in. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire In Computer networking, a port is an application-specific or process-specific software construct serving as a communications endpoint used by Transport Layer protocols Users using port 5223 to connect were still able to log in, and at 04:12:52 UTC those users received a broadcast instant message from gmail. com, an apparently official username used by Google to communicate with their user base, that stated "The broken link has been fixed. Thanks for being our first users!" Port 5222-connectivity was found to have been re-enabled. On August 24, Google Talk was officially launched. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River

On December 15, 2005, Google released libjingle, a C++ library to implement Jingle, "a set of extensions to the IETF's Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) for use in voice over IP (VoIP), video, and other peer-to-peer multimedia sessions. Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. C++ (" C Plus Plus " ˌsiːˌplʌsˈplʌs is a general-purpose Programming language. In Computer science, a library is a collection of Subroutines used to develop Software. Jingle is an extension to the Jabber / XMPP protocol to allow for Peer-to-peer (p2p signalling for Multimedia interactions such as voice Voice-over-Internet protocol ( VoIP, vɔɪp is a protocol optimized for the transmission of voice through the Internet "[15] Libjingle is a library of the code that Google uses for peer-to-peer communication, and was made available under a BSD license. For other uses of the term see Peer-to-peer (disambiguation For peer-to-peer networks used for file sharing see File sharing BSD licenses represent a family of Permissive free software licences. [16]

On February 7, 2006, Gmail added the ability to chat with a built-in Jabber client. Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

On March 14, 2007, Google released the Google Talk Gadget, an Adobe Flash-based Talk module that can be added to iGoogle (formally the Google Personalized Homepage) or embedded in any web page, thus, allowing one to chat from any operating system, without the need to install software. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Adobe Flash (previously called Shockwave Flash and Macromedia Flash) is a set of Multimedia software created by Macromedia and currently [17]

On November 26, 2007, Google Talk released Group Chat capabilities. Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Prior to this, users could only chat with one person per window. Group chat allows many users to chat with each other in an environment similar to IRC.

On December 6, 2007, Google upgraded its Gmail integrated chat to include AOL Instant Messenger chat capability. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. This allows Gmail users to sign into the AIM chat service and communicate with any AIM user while still being signed on to the Google Talk service. The Google Talk gadget and client have not been upgraded to enable this feature yet, and no announcement has been made as to when it will be made available.

On February 25, 2008, Google added a feature called chatback, which allows a Google Talk account owner to chat with people who don't have one. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The account owner first has to create a badge, which can be included in webpages. This badge shows the current availability of the owner. Clicking on the badge results a chat request notification to the owner who can respond by clicking on the specified URL. During the conversation both parties have to use the Google Talk Gadget and both parties remain anonymous to each other, even the Google Account name of the owner is not revealed to the other peer.

Bugs

When incorporating "Google Apps" Service (http://www.google.com/a) and Google Talk together, the "Check Inbox" function within Google Talk Program is not working properly. When "Check Inbox" function is clicked within Google Talk, normally it's supposed to take you to your Gmail Inbox. However, when using "Google Apps for your Domain" account with Google Talk Program, it takes you to regular Gmail's sign-in page instead of "Google Apps for your Domain" Gmail account email inbox.

There have also been several bugs reported in the Windows client for Google Talk, including e-mail message-notification unreliability, taskbar notification problems during conversations with more than one contact, and tab-sizing problems. A software bug (or just “bug” is an error flaw mistake Failure, fault or “undocumented feature” in a Computer program that prevents it In Computing, the taskbar is a term for an application desktop bar which is used to launch and monitor applications Also it appeared that using the escape key to close chat windows does not work if the window has been open for a moderate amount of time. Similarly, the buddy list window, if left un-minimized for a length of time, would automatically "maximize" (to the same size), and would have to be "restored" with Windows in order to minimize once again. Another bug that had been noticed was a buddy list malfunction. All users will intermittently appear offline in the Google Talk client regardless of their actual status. Google stated that as of version 1. 0. 0. 96, all of these bugs have been corrected. [18]

However, some users are reporting that the offline contact bug in Google Talk still continues, especially when running from behind a corporate firewall or proxy server.

Another problem with the Google Talk client reported by numerous users is its tendency to freeze occasionally for one to two minutes, using 100% CPU power. This is most common during a long conversation.

A bug that has appeared in 1. 0. 0. 100 is that in the menu, "Check for mail" item randomly disappears, leaving you without the ability to check for new e-mail in your Gmail. Restarting the program restores it.

Memory leaks are also a problem and remain in the current version (1. In Computer science, a memory leak is a particular type of unintentional memory consumption by a Computer program where the program fails to release memory 0. 0. 104).

Another bug occurs if one is receiving a new message while renaming file on the desktop and the chat window is minimized, the renaming will stop.

Most of these bugs are fixed in the newer Google Talk Labs Edition.

Labs Edition

Google has released a new version of Google Talk called Google Talk, Labs edition. It still currently lacks many features of Google Talk's 'stable' releases. The features it lacks include, but is not limited to File Sharing and Chat via Microphone. It features rounded, nicer looking alerts for new email. It can have multiple tabs with group chat, private chat and the regular screen open at once. It is available for free download here: http://www.google.com/talk/labsedition/. Flash Player will be required to install, and upon first launch, you will need to download a new flash plug-in. This edition is not meant for general use, hence why it is a labs edition.

Future releases

Google reports that they are working on adding new features such as supporting SIP in a future release, which would broaden the userbase for the program. The Session Initiation Protocol ( SIP) is a signalling protocol widely used for setting up and tearing down Multimedia Communication sessions [19]

A screenshot showing the Google Talk, Labs Edition preview release
A screenshot showing the Google Talk, Labs Edition preview release

Additionally as part of Google's and eBay's Multi-Year Agreement on August 28, 2006, it was announced that the companies will look into making Google Talk users able to communicate with Skype: "The companies will also explore interoperability between Skype and Google Talk via open standards to enable text chat and online presence. Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Skype (skaɪp is Software that allows users to make telephone calls over the Internet. Synchronous conferencing is the formal term used in Science, in particular in Computer-mediated communication, collaboration and learning, to ". [20]

See also

References

  1. ^ Google Talk Gadget: What are the system requirements?. This page is a summary of services and tools provided by Google Inc The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of Instant messaging clients Google Trends is a tool from Google Labs that shows the most popularly searched terms from the beginning of 2004 to now Google Talk Help. Retrieved on 2007-10-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees
  2. ^ Burd, Gary (2006). XMPP Federation. Google Talkabout. Retrieved on April 3, 2006.
  3. ^ gAlwaysIdle
  4. ^ a b "Can My GTalk Discussion Be Tracked?". (Web link). Retrieved on 2007-02-11. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
  5. ^ Google Talk Center at BigBlueBall
  6. ^ Google Talk
  7. ^ Nokia Europe - Software upgrade - Nokia 770 - Product support - Get support and software
  8. ^ BlackBerry
  9. ^ Jabber Clients
  10. ^ http://www.mobileoss.org/p/mgtalk.html
  11. ^ Now IMP Server: Home
  12. ^ Binder, Eoban (2004). How Google Could De-Throne AIM. AppleXnet. Retrieved on January 2, 2007.
  13. ^ Markoff, John (2005). John Markoff (born October 24, 1949) is a Journalist best known for his work at the The New York Times, and a book and series of articles Where Does Google Plan to Spend $4 Billion?. The New York Times. Retrieved on February 1, 2006.
  14. ^ admin (2005). Google IM on XMPP for real?. Tom Servo's Blogogogogog. Retrieved on February 1, 2006.
  15. ^ Jabber Software Foundation Publishes Open VoIP and Multimedia Protocols. Jabber Software Foundation (2005). XMPP Standards Foundation is the foundation in charge of the standardization of the protocol extensions of XMPP / Jabber, the open standard of Instant messaging Retrieved on February 1, 2006.
  16. ^ Beda, Joe (2005). libjingle. EightyPercent. net. Retrieved on February 1, 2006.
  17. ^ Google Talkabout: Google Talk Gadget
  18. ^ DeWitt, Jeanne (2006-08-21). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. You talk, We listen. Google Talkabout. Retrieved on 2006-08-25. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the
  19. ^ Google Talk and Open Communications — 4. Do you plan to support other real-time communication protocols?. Retrieved on July 8, 2006.
  20. ^ Google and eBay Sign Multi-Year Agreement to Connect Users, Merchants, and Advertisers Around the Globe. Google Press Center. Retrieved on 2006-12-25. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian

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