There has been quite a bit more discussion about an upcoming Google IM client, I find the entire concept amusing. Being an avid user of Skype since the early beta. How on earth can everyone be so jazzed over a search engine company offering something based on the old Jabber technology will be better than Skype. The only way it could be better is if it washed the car or something. I guess some people are totally Googled. If so here's your "google".

"Google Talk seems to be the name that all the tipsters are pointing too and some have even hinted that VoIP will be built right in (but with a name like Google Talk, how could it not include voice chat?). It’s not yet known if the voice features will be limited to PC-to-PC, but we’re hoping for the SkypeOut like ability to call home. "

Personally I feel that Google is a fantasic search engine. But really why re-invent the wheel yet again? I think that the 154 million downloads at skype speak for themself.