Language Input Software

Twinbridge - http://www.twinbridge.com

NJStar - http://www.njstar.com

Reading Chinese and Japanese web pages

http://www.rikai.com

Practice:

A. Chinese: http://online.bookcool.com/ddmj/wanganyi/007.htm

B. Japanese: http://www.cnn.co.jp/

Reading Chinese and Japanese MS Word files

http://www.rikai.com

Chatrooms

Chinese Chatrooms:

http://www.chineseon.net -  select 聊天 (Chat), select 点击进入 (Enter)

Other Chinese sites with active chatrooms:

网易 http://www.netease.com

搜狐 http://www.sohu.com

新浪 http://www.sina.com

Japanese Chatrooms:

The Kanji Room - http://www.mindspring.com/~briankay/kanjiroom/chatroom.htm

Apricotweb - http://www.apricotweb.com/bbschat/joycha_e.htm 

Russian Chatrooms:

http://www.weirdtown.com/find/chat/who/russian_chatroom.jsp

http://special-lady.com/links/chatroomsites.html