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Skype and 3 UK have recently announced the release of Skypephone S2, the second mobile phone that can offer Skype calling and messaging free of charge. Users can pre-order a Skypephone S2 as of now, but the handset will only be available starting 27 August online and September 1 in 3's stores across the UK. Tog... |
21 August 2008
06:22 GMT |
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Skype, the free and popular software that enables users to chat, make calls over the Internet and transfer files, is not compatible with Microsoft's latest Windows Mobile 6.1 OS for Pocket PCs. The new version of the software, namely 2.2.0.45, is freshly released and it finally allows owners of Windows Mobile 6... |
1 August 2008
10:32 GMT |
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Users must know that by setting up an account with Skype in order to make free online calls, they are also exposing themselves to a security problem. The thing is that if you no longer want to use your account and decide to get rid of it, you will find out that deleting it is impossible. The only thing that you can d... |
25 July 2008
08:48 GMT |
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If you are a security oriented PC user, then you take the necessary steps to stay safe, such as updating and patching your software regularly, and making sure that your private, confidential information does not fall into the wrong hands. So far it has been thought of encrypted IP calls, such as the ones made through... |
25 July 2008
06:51 GMT |
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After less than one year since the release of the first-ever Skypephone, 3 UK in collaboration with the eBay-owned Skype are preparing to launch a new handset, apparently named Skypephone S2. Skypephone S2 comes in a candybar form factor and it doesn't look too different from the first Skype cell phone. However... |
23 July 2008
09:24 GMT |
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eBay's year-over-year report shows that the company is becoming more and more prosperous. The total revenues for the second semester of 2008 surpassed the ones from 2007 by $361 million, reaching $2.2 billion. The e-commerce activities still account for most of the business share, but some domains that could sti... |
17 July 2008
08:22 GMT |
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The Skype Group has updated its program that allows users to call their Skype friends via the Internet, free of charge. Version 2.7.0.330 highlights include added support for NAT-PMP, uPnP, and Authenticated Proxy and increased minimum size of SkypeOut Caller Window. More than 35 bug fixes are also in order for the l... |
16 May 2008
08:48 GMT |
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After last year's case, when the high district court of Munich, Germany, issued an injunction against Skype for selling the SMC WSKP 100 Linux-based WiFi VoIP phone, the Luxembourg-based company seems to be plagued with legal problems once more, this time related to the violation of the GPL license. After the in... |
9 May 2008
10:24 GMT |
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Trying to open an application but being unable to do that due to an unknown reason is extremely frustrating especially when the application is used for Internet communications. This is exactly what happened to some users a few days ago, as Microsoft's security application wrongly identified Skype as malware. Sin... |
24 April 2008
05:39 GMT |
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Skype launched on Monday an unlimited calling plan for over a third of the world's population as the parent company states which allows consumers to initiate calls with amazingly cheap subscriptions. The new monthly subscriptions lets Skype customers to call landline numbers in 34 countries around the world for ... |
22 April 2008
16:06 GMT |
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Today we are proud to announce the release of Compiz 0.7.4 and Skype 2.0.0.68, two of the most popular applications among Linux users around the world. While Skype has only one important future (uPnP support), Compiz has jumped from the 0.7.2 release to this one and includes some important enhances and improvements!W... |
4 April 2008
02:46 GMT |
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We've heard a lot of rumors, especially on April Fool's Day, so I wouldn't be surprised at all if somebody came out and said: "Hey, Google wants to buy Skype!" Oh, wait, somebody else has already done that! Michael Arrington of TechCrunch brought another rumor in the spotlight, saying that the Mountain... |
3 April 2008
06:59 GMT |
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Skype 2.0 for Linux was released yesterday, and brings one of the most awaited features by its users: video calls.Ryan Hunt, Skype project manager, announced on his blog the availability of Skype, noting: "Skype 2.0 for Linux builds upon the ground foundation of our previous release and adds the feature you've ... |
14 March 2008
05:31 GMT |
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Skype is the most popular Voice over IP client and service in the world. Earlier this month, it hit the 100 billion minutes spent talking margin and it is still increasing its user database. The 2.6 billion dollars spent by eBay, when it first acquired Skype, seem to have been well spent when looking at the huge numb... |
26 February 2008
08:58 GMT |
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Skype launched as a small but promising company and, four and a half years later, it is happy to report that its users have talked 100 billion minutes (probably more by now). Not so long ago, the huge pull that the phone and VoIP company has, drew attention towards it and after an interesting chain of events, eBay bo... |
21 February 2008
03:14 GMT |
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It was just 10 days ago that 19-year-old developer Brandon Holland announced that he was able to get Skype up and running on the Apple TV. It didn't exactly come as breaking, for two reasons:1. because Skype for a handheld would have been more attractive, and 2. because the story lacked visual proof. Proof that ... |
4 February 2008
05:37 GMT |
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It was no secret that the Skype PSP was going to happen as soon as possible, so here it is: the Firmware Update Sony has just released (version 3.90) allows PSP Slim & Lite owners to receive phone calls for free, using Skype and, of course, a headset and remote control. Things will be as easy as they can get, you wil... |
30 January 2008
04:47 GMT |
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A recent breakthrough in electronics... no wait, that's a big fat lie. A certain Brandon Holland from the Great White North (that's better) has done it! At only 19 years of age, Mr. Holland was able to get Skype up and running on the AppleTV (or so we're led to believe). While few would consider using ... |
24 January 2008
04:13 GMT |
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Earlier this month, Sony confirmed the launch of Skype on PSP, which was set for a late-January release in Japan, but things have changed a little bit. Also, on the other hand, Sony released a few months ago the Ceramic White PlayStation 3 on the Japanese market, and the Americans and Europeans got a little jealous. ... |
23 January 2008
05:17 GMT |
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Last week, anyone browsing through the features of the PSP on the Sony products page, would find that the system now sports an additional characteristic: the ability to "call friends, talk trash to fellow gamers or catch up with acquaintances via Skype for PSP system." Sony has now confirmed that Skype is indeed head... |
8 January 2008
05:45 GMT |
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The Skype service is probably the biggest marketing vehicle for VoIP communications, with an increasing customer base of hundreds of millions of people from all around the world. However, it generally requires the presence of a computer, unless the user decides to go for one of the many Skype-compatible phones availa... |
7 January 2008
10:52 GMT |
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If there's anything that'll shift some PSP units, that's Skype alright! Not only is the new PSP 33% lighter, 19% thinner than its predecessor, being equipped with a video-out port on top of it all, but it is now going to feature Skype support too (thanks videogamer.com). The service will probably be up... |
3 January 2008
04:42 GMT |
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Skype, the popular VoIP client, is again the main subject of today's security news, after Zero Day Initiative reported a new vulnerability in the versions prior to 3.6. Under the 'skype4com URI Handler Heap Corruption Vulnerability', security company Secunia rated the flaw as highly critical and urged ... |
7 December 2007
03:28 GMT |
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It's well known the fact that Skype has millions of users from all over the world, and no other company involved in the Internet telephony competition manages to challenge Skype and to gather so many customers. A recent research conducted by Ipoque revealed that "Skype is by far the most popular Internet telepho... |
1 December 2007
02:36 GMT |
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Skype users are again threatened by a vulnerability discovered in the VoIP software solution; SecurityFocus reported that only the 3.6.0.216 version is affected. However, some other releases might be affected by the same flaw, but there's no successful exploitation reported, yet. The developer of the application... |
28 November 2007
06:43 GMT |
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Skype is not something new for you, right? The voice over IP service that eBay bought and couldn't really take profit from and is rumored to be selling it to the highest bidder, namely Google and its mobile platform, Android. Central London residents will be the first to suffer the consequences of eBay's pr... |
26 November 2007
04:24 GMT |
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Germany is that kind of country which aims to promote some laws that would allow the authorities to install some pieces of software on users' computers in order to monitor their activity and find incriminatory evidence for legal disputes. But it seems like some applications installed on the systems might block t... |
23 November 2007
03:24 GMT |
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Skype proved to be too expensive an acquisition for Ebay and they are considering selling it to the highest bidder. And who could outbid Google, especially with the new Android platform out there, ready to incorporate Skype and become perfect, no…actually, the perfect platform to deliver services? Of course, being a ... |
20 November 2007
04:04 GMT |
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The Skypephone coming from UK operator 3 has been seen as one of the most promising mobile phones, especially due to its low price and great advantages when it comes to placing calls with small costs. A leaked live image of it has just surfaced over the Internet, showing the best of its iPod-like perfectly white colo... |
31 October 2007
11:31 GMT |
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Forget about touchscreen and extremely evolved performances coming from mobile phones. The new trend might just be set by cheap, cost reducing devices that will make communication affordable. This is where the Skypephone steps in.Skype and 3 recently announced the release of their Skypephone and set a close date for ... |
30 October 2007
03:06 GMT |
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Skype and 3, the UK mobile operator, launched today the Skypephone, coming as a new and affordable mobile phone that offers free Skype to Skype calls as well as free Skype instant messages that can be sent from the Skype handset to other Skype users, wherever they might be. A 3G Internet cell phone with full f... |
29 October 2007
07:20 GMT |
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Skype, the eBay owned company, plans to release its own mobile handset, following the Apple and Google examples. Of course, we all know that Google didn't launch any mobile phone, but this will happen pretty soon. Now Skype, known for providing cheap or even free Internet phone calls, will also enter the mobile ... |
18 October 2007
09:21 GMT |
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The Skype developers proudly announced a few hours ago that they reached no less than 10 million simultaneous online users on Skype which makes the VoIP application one of the largest networks on the web. Yesterday, Skype announced that it has reached an agreement with MySpace in order to promote the software solutio... |
18 October 2007
06:21 GMT |
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A new malware program is attempting to steal users' passwords, pretending to be Skype Defender, an application supposed to protect your VoIP client. Skype's developers confirmed the threat and sustained that several antivirus providers including F-Secure and Symantec already updated their softwares in order... |
17 October 2007
09:12 GMT |
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MySpace and Skype will announce a deal today which is meant to help both companies reach new consumers and evolve into different markets. The idea of the agreement is pretty simple: MySpace will promote Skype as the main communication tool on its social networking website, offering the VoIP client to all the register... |
17 October 2007
04:10 GMT |
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Here's what happens worldwide, while some big fish like Samsung or iRiver create their latest gizmo in their secret alien lab. There is this no-name company (either that or they like to keep it low), which has recently launched their latest portable media player, nicknamed V688. The company I am talking about is... |
10 October 2007
03:18 GMT |
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Less than a month ago, 3 became the first operator to offer Skype over mobile phones. The company now wants to take this initiative one step further, with the release of a cheap handset that will bring even cheaper conversations on the market.It looks like a pretty bold decision coming from 3 to bring Skype services ... |
2 October 2007
10:18 GMT |
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As far as I can see, this is one of the most serious accusations addressed to Skype as the president of Dynamic Internet Technology accuses the application of censoring certain computer activities. Bill Xia is a provider of specialized software which helps the local Internet consumers bypass the governments' fil... |
1 October 2007
08:43 GMT |
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Skype is getting some tough competition as a new VoIP solution was officially rolled out and seems to represent the most powerful challenger it can get. The bad thing about it is that Loudtalks is currently available only for the Windows platforms, the 0.9.0.20 being compatible only with Microsoft's operating sy... |
19 September 2007
09:52 GMT |
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At the beginning of the past week, Skype warned users of its peer-to-peer instant messaging client, that a Windows worm was running wild through its network. The piece of malicious code was dubbed Win32/Pykbub.C (Computer Associates); Worm.Win32.Skipi.b (Kaspersky); W32/Pykse.worm.b (McAfee); W32/Pykspa.D (Norman); M... |
17 September 2007
03:17 GMT |
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One of the most popular communication methods today is the World Wide Web and a number of related technologies that are using the Voice over IP (VoIP for short) protocol are becoming widely used. Among the many programs and applications that are using these technologies, Skype is probably the most popular as it allow... |
13 September 2007
04:24 GMT |
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If you're one of the numerous Skype users, you should really update your application to the latest version because the producers improved the program with several abilities. In an email sent to the registered users, Skype informed the users that a new version is waiting for their downloads, the new release being... |
11 September 2007
09:15 GMT |
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A new virus, a worm to be more exact has been discovered to be transmitted by Skype and to affect the same program. It's called W32/Skipi.A (as dubbed by F-Secure) or W32Pykspa.D. (the name Symantec gave it) and you can get it by clicking on a link in a conversation.This is not something new, the same type of vi... |
11 September 2007
03:40 GMT |
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The famous VoIP client Skype is now involved into another trouble after the outage reported last month. It seems like some of the users receive an email which recommends them to update the Skype account in order to keep it open and redirects them to a Skype-like website. Obviously, this is a phishing attack because t... |
10 September 2007
04:35 GMT |
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One of the most popular pieces of hardware today is the mouse and one of the most popular ways to communicate is the World Wide Web, so it was just a matter of time before the two faced each other. As the Skype protocol and program are widely used for making voice over IP, VoIP for short, calls, why not combine the t... |
4 September 2007
08:59 GMT |
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VoIP communications (and especially the Skype service, which was among the first to popularize voice over Internet protocol calls) have become extremely popular over the past few years, simply because they allow users to make voice calls at very long distances and for very low fees (or even for free, in some cases). ... |
27 August 2007
07:46 GMT |
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The last week's Skype downtime was a very important matter especially for the producer of the application but also for the rivals of the company. Although it was reported that JAJAH was the biggest winner of Skype's outage, the folks working at the Sunnyvale giant Yahoo said that their instant messaging app... |
24 August 2007
17:06 GMT |
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Because Skype was affected by an impressive and very long downtime, numerous consumers started looking for an alternative. JAJAH is just one of the technologies that are able to compete with Skype but, because of the popularity recorded by its rival, it often remained somehow an anonymous service. However, the recent... |
23 August 2007
05:46 GMT |
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Skype clarified the association of Microsoft's Windows Updates with the Voice over Internet Protocol service's critical system crash on August 16. The initial explanation presented by Skype about the two days long disruption referred to a large volume of simultaneous reboots caused by the worldwide deployme... |
22 August 2007
08:53 GMT |
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Following its extensive outage began on August 16, Skype pointed to Microsoft as the source of the disruption, holding the Redmond company indirectly responsible for throwing the Voice over Internet Protocol service into approximately two days of downtime. Initially, Skype's Villu Arak failed to reference Micros... |
21 August 2007
03:41 GMT |
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