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Screenshots and installation software for a major upgrade version of Google's instant messaging application, Google Talk, have <a href="http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/blogtalk/wpn-58-20060331NewVersionOfGoogleTalkLeaked.html">apparently been leaked online</a>. The new Google Talk appears to have "themes," color schemes and so on for how conversations look, and the equivalent of what rival AOL Instant Messenger calles "Buddy Icons." Here's a look at the screenshots.

byMike Elgan, Contributor