Google releases Google Talk code and API

There's still no sign of an official Google Talk client for Macs, but since Gtalk uses Jabber it is easy enough to use iChat to IM with Gtalk people. However, the coolest part of Gtalk is the voice over IP component and that certainly doesn't use Jabber, so we Mac users are out of luck.

That is, until Google released the code and API that makes the voice portion of Gtalk work. I imagine it is only a matter of time before some enterprising Mac developer integrates this functionality into a preexisting IM client (Adium, Proteus, and Fire, I'm looking at you).

Thanks, Steve.