6. A system comprising: a network input/output interface to receive data including chat room data from a chat room server; a user input interface to receive input data from at least one input device; a graphics processing unit to prepare a user interface screen for output to a display device, the user interface screen including a chat room list including a plurality of chat room panels, each one chat room panel of the plurality of chat room panels including information about a different chat room from a plurality of chat rooms; a chat room icon of the different chat room; and a title of the different chat room, wherein a first chat room panel of the plurality of chat room panels includes an indication of how many chat room members of a first chat room from the plurality of chat rooms have read a first message posted in the first chat room; and a central processing unit to: receive the input data from the user input interface; and interpret the input data to include selecting entry to, and posting the first message in, the first chat room, wherein the network input/output interface is operative to send the first message to the chat room server.
6. A system comprising: a network input/output interface to receive data including chat room data from a chat room server; a user input interface to receive input data from at least one input device; a graphics processing unit to prepare a user interface screen for output to a display device, the user interface screen including a chat room list including a plurality of chat room panels, each one chat room panel of the plurality of chat room panels including information about a different chat room from a plurality of chat rooms; a chat room icon of the different chat room; and a title of the different chat room, wherein a first chat room panel of the plurality of chat room panels includes an indication of how many chat room members of a first chat room from the plurality of chat rooms have read a first message posted in the first chat room; and a central processing unit to: receive the input data from the user input interface; and interpret the input data to include selecting entry to, and posting the first message in, the first chat room, wherein the network input/output interface is operative to send the first message to the chat room server. 12. The system according to claim 6 , further comprising a graphics output sub-system to output the user interface screen to a display device.