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A whole new look for your contact list. Keep it in detail view to see larger Avatar images for your friends, or switch to compact list view (in the Contacts menu). Plus, you can just hover and click to IM, SMS or call a friend.

Brand new skins and emoticons! Click the dot near the top of your Messenger window to choose a skin. New Flickr integration in the photo sharing feature. Easily share photos from your Flickr account, or save photos shared with you directly to Flickr.

A new in-line media player that makes it easy to view maps, photos and videos from sites like Yahoo! Video and YouTube right in the IM window. No plug-ins needed, no extra downloads — it’s built right in.

New features for voice calls. You can have your incoming Phone In or free PC calls forwarded to another number like your mobile, home or office phone, even if you’re signed out of Messenger. Plus there’s a new way to get voicemail. When someone leaves you a voicemail in Messenger, an email is sent to you with an MP3 of the voice message attached. Download Yahoo Messenger 9.0 Beta for Windows.

A whole new look for your contact list. Keep it in detail view to see larger Avatar images for your friends, or switch to compact list view (in the Contacts menu). Plus, you can just hover and click to IM, SMS or call a friend.

Brand new skins and emoticons! Click the dot near the top of your Messenger window to choose a skin. New Flickr integration in the photo sharing feature. Easily share photos from your Flickr account, or save photos shared with you directly to Flickr.

A new in-line media player that makes it easy to view maps, photos and videos from sites like Yahoo! Video and YouTube right in the IM window. No plug-ins needed, no extra downloads — it’s built right in.

New features for voice calls. You can have your incoming Phone In or free PC calls forwarded to another number like your mobile, home or office phone, even if you’re signed out of Messenger. Plus there’s a new way to get voicemail. When someone leaves you a voicemail in Messenger, an email is sent to you with an MP3 of the voice message attached. Download Yahoo Messenger 9.0 Beta for Windows.

Earlier i had published a post mentioning some free sites for sending free SMSs to mobile phones. But some times you forget sites’ address, some sites require login first to send free SMS, sites might be temporarily down or do not provide facility to send free SMS in your country. Here is solution for this- Callwave Yahoo Widget.

With Yahoo Widget -Callwave you can send free SMS world wide. There is no limit for messages sent in the USA and Canada. Currently, you can send up to 5 messages per day to other countries using Callwave free Text Messaging service.

Follow these steps for Installing Yahoo Widget- Callwave for sending free SMSs Worldwide:

• First Download Yahoo Widget engine.
• Download Callwave Widget.
• Run widgetsus.exe to install Yahoo! Widget Engine downloaded earlier.
• This will install a Yahoo widget icon in tray bar, left click on it and select open Widget from the menu.
• Browse the Callwave SMS widget downloaded in step 2 and open it.
• A Callwave SMS window will appear, click on the use widget option.



• Another window will appear, you have to configure it accordingly to your country before start using free SMS widget.
• Click on the italic i icon bottom right side fill the email address and phone number, you will receiver a verification code on your mobile number. You have enter the verification coed before you can go further. Note: Use + sign before the country code.

Earlier i had published a post mentioning some free sites for sending free SMSs to mobile phones. But some times you forget sites’ address, some sites require login first to send free SMS, sites might be temporarily down or do not provide facility to send free SMS in your country. Here is solution for this- Callwave Yahoo Widget.

With Yahoo Widget -Callwave you can send free SMS world wide. There is no limit for messages sent in the USA and Canada. Currently, you can send up to 5 messages per day to other countries using Callwave free Text Messaging service.

Follow these steps for Installing Yahoo Widget- Callwave for sending free SMSs Worldwide:

• First Download Yahoo Widget engine.
• Download Callwave Widget.
• Run widgetsus.exe to install Yahoo! Widget Engine downloaded earlier.
• This will install a Yahoo widget icon in tray bar, left click on it and select open Widget from the menu.
• Browse the Callwave SMS widget downloaded in step 2 and open it.
• A Callwave SMS window will appear, click on the use widget option.



• Another window will appear, you have to configure it accordingly to your country before start using free SMS widget.
• Click on the italic i icon bottom right side fill the email address and phone number, you will receiver a verification code on your mobile number. You have enter the verification coed before you can go further. Note: Use + sign before the country code.

You can chat with your friends on Yahoo Messenger without installing any software. Suppose you are surfing the net from cybercafe or office and you need to log into Yahoo Messenger to chat with your friends. But the computer you are using doesn’t have the Yahoo Messenger installed. Simple, head over to http://webmessenger.yahoo.com/. You’ll be asked if you want to use the web-based version of Yahoo Messenger. If you login and proceed, you will find your familiar friends list showing you who is online and who isn’t. You will soon be chatting directly from your browser and you can also chat with your friends on Windows Live Messenger.

You can chat with your friends on Yahoo Messenger without installing any software. Suppose you are surfing the net from cybercafe or office and you need to log into Yahoo Messenger to chat with your friends. But the computer you are using doesn’t have the Yahoo Messenger installed. Simple, head over to http://webmessenger.yahoo.com/. You’ll be asked if you want to use the web-based version of Yahoo Messenger. If you login and proceed, you will find your familiar friends list showing you who is online and who isn’t. You will soon be chatting directly from your browser and you can also chat with your friends on Windows Live Messenger.