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Time To Look For A Skype Alternative

2008-10-02 18:34:19 by Martin in gHacks technology news
 
...Skype never got off the radar of privacy activists. There were always rumors about backdoors in the voice communication software and that several organizations were able to record calls made by Skype users although Skype claimed otherwise Skype messages were in the focus of privacy groups since first news about text filtering messages in...
 
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Should you try Skype 4.0 Beta ?

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2008-06-19 16:07:41 by Martin in gHacks technology news
Skype just recently the first beta of their new Skype 4.0 client that is currently only available for Windows. The focus of this release is to receive user feedback to work further on the client and provide a release version after the summer. Major changes have been made to the interface which comes completely redesigned and provides fullscreen...
 
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Find out if your computer acts as a Skype Super-Node

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2008-06-26 20:41:12 by Martin in gHacks technology news
...Skype users which can be attributed whether computers are being used as Skype Super-Nodes. A Super-Node is basically a computer that is running Skype and not preventing the software access to the ports 80 and 443 which are used to route traffic from other Skype users who are behind a protected system The major problem with being a Skype...
 
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If Google Acquired Skype

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2008-04-02 19:15:38 by Ashley in CyberNet
...Skype. Whatever is brewing, whether its a full-blown acquisition or a partnership, this could be pretty big. Michael Arrington says that for several weeks now, there have been rumors that the two companies were chatting and trying to work out details, and that an announcement regarding what they intend to do will be made in the near future....
 
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Get to know Skype 4.0 beta

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2008-06-18 03:08:00 by Jessica Dolcourt in Webware.com
...Skype release, and on Wednesday, the eBay-owned VoIP communication service will issue the first of several planned version 4.0 beta builds for Windows that are anticipated to drop over the next few months. ( Stay tuned for the link; we'll also supply it when we've got it The biggest changes to come with Skype 4.0 beta are visual and...
 
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Improve Skype Sound Quality

2008-08-02 13:41:58 by Martin in gHacks technology news
 
...skype you might want to try the following. This can be a quite complex problem but one thing that can really do the trick is to delete the file shared.xml which contains host cache information which is basically a list of Skype super-nodes and host pairs that are needed to run Skype properly It can happen that the information stored in the...
 
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Skype Offers Half Pregnant Java Mobile Phone Client

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2008-04-25 13:21:13 by Duncan Riley in TechCrunch
Skype is now available on many leading mobile phones, although depending on where you live you cant use it to call people The java based mobile thin Skype client works on around 50 of the most popular Java-enabled mobile phones from Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. The standard feature set includes chat, group chat, presence,...
 
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Skype Reaches 100 Billion Minute Milestone

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2008-02-21 21:04:30 by Ashley in CyberNet
...Skype blog on February 13th almost went unnoticed. Skypes Villu Arak wrote up a post a week ago and mentioned how 100 billion humans have walked on this planet and the human brain has 100 billion neurons. What does Skype have in common with those two facts? The number 100 billion. Thats how many Skype-to-Skype free minutes have been used...
 
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Numbers: Skype Reports $126M Revenue, 33M New Subscribers in Q1

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2008-04-16 21:40:09 by Adam Ostrow in Mashable!
...Skype, the companys much maligned acquisition, is performing. From the announcement Skype continued its strong growth trajectory, reporting $126 million in revenue for the quarter, representing 61% year-over-year growth. Skype added 33 million registered users in the quarter, ending the period with more than 309 million registered users...
 
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Skype 3.6

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2008-01-31 08:23:00 by 155cafe in soft-cafe
Skype is software for calling other people on their computers or phones. Download Skype and start calling for free all over the world The calls have excellent sound quality and are highly secure with end-to-end encryption. You don't even need to configure your firewall or router or any other networking gear Additionally it doesn't just work on...
 
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