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Licensing issues threaten to shut Skype down for good

When eBay bought Skype from Joltid in 2005, the whopping US$2.6 billion price tag didn’t include the Global Index peer-to-peer software that the world’s biggest Internet Telephony system is based on. And now, Joltid is trying to cancel Skype’s license on the Global Index technology in a move that threatens to shut Skype down once [...]

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17 June 2010 at 20:20 - Comments
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In the forest down by the watery crevice

TheForestNymph says: in who’s ear I crunch …was talking to you, thought you were back silly The Wanted Prince- says: For I was planning a midnight meeting under the dark skies down by the lake T midnight near the woods I talk about so dearly TheForestNymph says: Silly man, I’ll say for the sake of [...]

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7 April 2010 at 20:41 - Comments

Sign the petition for FCC-style principles for Europe

After the FCC introduces Internet non-discrimination and transparency principles, the EU too should unequivocally protect users and the open Internet – sign the petition to support it. Today I am in Brussels speaking at a European Commission public hearing on the future of the Internet economy (‘post-i2010’). Innovation without permission will be the key theme of [...]

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23 September 2009 at 04:03 - Comments
If you believe Europe also merits an Internet that is free and open, please sign this petitionand share it with ...
24 September 09 at 12:48
hicbangwallop
yep...seems only fair
27 September 09 at 04:10

Five product changes I expect from Skype in the next year

Five product changes I expect from Skype in the next year. Better P2P. Skype will first deploy a simple functional replacement of the Joltid P2P engine. They will improve it, building in six years’ of real world experience Joltid never had. Skype should be able to make its P2P network more resistant to Internet outages [...]

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12 September 2009 at 20:33 - Comments

He skypes me, She skypes me not !

Unfortunately there are no flowers to pick to answer this immortal question. Back in the day it was a very strange occurrence for people to meet and find love on the internet. People were often seen as the lost and lonely of the world, who were either not attractive or interesting enough to find love [...]

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11 August 2009 at 23:17 - Comments

Splashtop preloads Skype

“With Splashtop, you can access the Internet and your favorite applications seconds after turning on your PC.” “Be online seconds after you turn on your PC. Why wait for Windows to load when you could be surfing the web right away!” Whether it’s Windows 7 or Android, people launch Skype on startup. Connecting to the network gets you [...]

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11 June 2009 at 17:28 - Comments

Corpse á la badgeré with lime mushrooms.

Here @ Xkype-tails we go to the edge of the world to bring you the best nuggets we can find, Introducing the Cervix Cineplex Lunchtime special courtesy of our great member of staff Le`Jade The second dish on our menu is Corpse á la badgeré with lime mushrooms. Take your corpse. We recommend ones that [...]

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11 June 2009 at 17:22 - Comments

Skype 4.0 Beta 3 for Windows

Hello again! Today we’re launching Beta 3 of Skype 4.0 for Windows. We’ve spent the last few months analysing your feedback in detail, and I’d like to thank all of you who have contacted us directly as well as the hundreds of discussions on blogs and Twitter, all of which have helped us shape this third [...]

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11 June 2009 at 17:21 - Comments

Whoosh! Skype passes the 15 million online user milestone

In what I promise will be the last blog post for today, I bring you the news that we’ve just passed another Skype milestone. At approximately 1542 GMT, there were over 15 million Skype users online – a new record. After an exciting week at CES, the announcement of a new Mac beta and improvements to call [...]

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11 June 2009 at 17:18 - Comments

For The Soldiers

From someone I knew in my old unit in Germany My professional name is CPL Keene, but I am Roddy to my friends and family. I am married to a woman who is leaving me for a year to return to the US. I have a daughter that is 4 in Ellsworth that I talk [...]

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11 June 2009 at 17:14 - Comments