Watch out Meebo there is a new kid on the block. It looks like Yahoo is working on a new IM/chat service. MyM is currently in private beta, so we do not know much besides that. Most likely it will be a web-based instant messenger that will bring Facebook, Friendster, MySpace, LiveJournal, and IM services including AIM, MSN Messenger, and Meebo together.

To us this does not make much sense, but we guess that it is all about convenience. Also Yahoo wants to be the #1 website.

Mozilla plans on releasing Mac, Linux, and Windows versions of Firefox but not quite yet. This morning a digg user found Firefox 3 beta on Mozilla’s server. Now Mozilla has blocked access to it with a nice thank you message. We managed to download it in time to try it out.

Many of you won’t notice many changes from Firefox 2. Firefox 3 beta will import all of your settings, bookmarks, add-ons and plugins from Firefox 2 so you may think you have not upgraded properly. One thing we did notice is a star, its use is to remember websites you like or want to come back to later. Firefox 3 beta has a completely redesigned bookmark system in Firefox 3 its name is Places. We found it to be very useful.

Some other new features include a redesigned plugin manager, security requirements for upgrading add-ons, and an enhanced security system that alerts you of suspected attacks.

Mozilla says it will have a new theme but we have not had the chance to see it yet.

It seems like Skype has almost completed the Linux version. Today Skype released 2.0 beta Linux version adding video support.

Skype 2.0 beta for Linux is available for many Linux distributions including Debian, Mepis, Xandros, Mandriva, and OpenSuse. Support for Ubuntu and Fedora is to come.

Skype 2.0 beta requires a video card driver with Xv support, and a PC with a 1GHz processor.

Some Features Include:
The ability to set up video call with anyone in your contact list.
Group chat with up to 100 people or conference call with up to nine others.