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Skype 4.0 beta touts better video

News Skype has revealed the new version of its online communications application, with improved video and more options for users to manage their calls. Skype 4.0 has improved video functionality, with a much larger screen size and the ability to run an...

Tags: functionality, skype, conversations, communications

20 June 2008, 8:57

3 to heavily promote VoIP and IM

News A notable example was the X-Series launch in late 2006, when 3 partnered up with VoIP provider Skype at the same time as launching the UK's first 'all-you-can-eat' mobile data tariff. The smallest mobile-phone operator in the UK, 3, is to heavily...

Tags: traffic, messaging, broadband, voip

9 April 2008, 9:57

MySpace calls up deal with Skype

News MySpace and Skype are set to announce a tie-in that will see the eBay-owned telephony client providing voice chat services for the News Through this deal, MySpace users will be able to link their profiles to Skype accounts, and will be able to...

Tags: ebay, chat, voice, client

17 October 2007, 9:11

Skype reveals cause of outage

News Skype has fixed a software bug that made the Internet telephony service almost unusable for two days last week. According to a statement released by Skype on Monday, the outage -- which affected the majority of Skype's user base -- came about on...

21 August 2007, 8:56

Joost announces commercial launch

News Joost, the video-on-demand program created by the founders of Skype and Kazaa, unleashed its public beta on Tuesday. The software, which is based on a peer-to-peer model, is no longer in a private beta test, according to a release from the company.

2 May 2007, 9:24

News.blog: Joost scores a dance partner

News The broadband video start-up from the founders of Skype and Kazaa, which announced a major content partnership with Viacom last month, has a new deal that's sure to excite the clubbing crowd. The Internet may be abuzz with news about the 'YouTube...

26 March 2007, 9:49

'Second Life' to integrate voice chat

News But with the proliferation of Skype and other applications such as TeamSpeak or Ventrilo -- which users often pipe into Second Life and into online games such as World of Warcraft -- the technology has appeared more possible, and it seemed more...

28 February 2007, 9:32

BitTorrent launches digital media store

News That is the kind of muscle that could immediately pit the company against some of the sector's heavyweights such as YouTube, Brightcove and Joost, a new peer-to-peer service started by the founders of Skype and Kazaa.

26 February 2007, 9:58

3 gets rid of roaming charges

News The deal applies to all contract and pay-as-you-go 3 subscribers and -- unlike with the deal announced by rival operator O2 in October -- customers will not have to opt in or pay an extra fee to take advantage.launched its X-Series phones and...

17 January 2007, 10:17

Skype founders detail plans for Web TV

News Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström, the duo that brought the world Skype and Kazaa, have named their new online-video start-up. To do this, the company will rely on the peer-to-peer technology that helped Friis and Zennström build Skype and Kazaa.

16 January 2007, 9:38

Why can't Apple and Cisco just get along?

News In fact, Bajarin said that consumer VoIP clients such as Skype can't be downloaded onto Apple's iPhone. Calls can be made using a Skype VoIP client. Specifically, Cisco/Linksys has partnered with companies such as Skype and Yahoo to integrate...

12 January 2007, 11:51

Slimming down Net video

News Skype and social-networking site Paltalk are in the video communication area, while dozens of others, including Apple, are trying to marry the PC to the TV, or deliver video to mobile devices. On2 licenses its technology to such companies as China...

12 January 2007, 9:52

The iPhone: more questions than answers

News It's unclear if Apple will support popular third-party mobile applications beyond the ones from its buddies at Google and Yahoo, such as Skype VoIP calling, which could be a big hit given that the iPhone has built-in Wi-Fi.

11 January 2007, 11:21

Nokia adds Skype to latest PC tablet

News Nokia has updated its popular Internet tablet PC with a range of improvements, including the ability to make Skype calls. Skype's software can be downloaded to the new tablet, allowing users to make VoIP calls from the device when they are within...

9 January 2007, 10:36

3 reveals low pricing for X-Series

News Skype calls are limited to 5,000 minutes a month, Microsoft Live Messenger to 10,000 messages a month and -- if you have the Gold package -- Orb and Slingbox functionality to 80 hours a month.does discourage customers from using their X-Series...

4 December 2006, 9:13