Instant Messaging From The Web

As instant messaging gains more converts, it still has one big drawback: Users of, say, Google chat cannot instant message users of, say, Yahoo! And then there’s the whole downloading software portion of it -- a pain especially for computer users denied downloading privileges. Meebo to the rescue! It’s a Web site that lets you logon and maintain open sessions in multiple chat from one location, without having to download anything. (Hat tip: ha.ckers.org.)