The blogosphere is abuzz about Google's new foray into the instant-messaging realm. Message boards are teeming with tips and gripes, and scores of screenshots have gone up since Google released a beta ...

Google watchers abuzz about the search darling's new desktop tool are already betting on its next product: instant chat. Such speculation isn't new, but it's gained legs as some intriguing facts have ...

While nothing official has been announced, we expect to see an instant messaging product (beta, of course!) from Google in the next few days, if not hours.<BR><BR>Story.