The Skype/Cellphone we’ve been keeping our eye on has just launched under provider 3 in the UK. It looks quite similar to Netgear’s old Skype phones, but of course has standard cellphone calling as well as Skyping capabilities. Read the rest of this entry »
The Skype Phone on UK’s 3 cellular provider just got leaked, and UK Phone News claims they have a picture of the device but can’t show it—but they can tell us details. Read the rest of this entry »
Security analysts are warning of another malicious software program masquerading as an installer file for Skype.
The program sends the victim’s Skype credentials, as well as any other logins or passwords stored in Internet Explorer, to another server, wrote Villu Arak, a Skype spokesman based in Tallinn, Estonia, on a Skype blog.
Skype, the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) program owned by eBay, is frequently targeted by malware writers because it is widely used. Other attacks have focused on sending links to malware via Skype’s chat function as well as worms. Read the rest of this entry »
If you are not familiar with it, Splashtop is a Linux variant that provides basic functionality like wired and wireless connectivity, Firefox, Skype and simple games. Read the rest of this entry »
Criminals are increasingly using the internet telephone service Skype to prevent their conversations being monitored, Swiss law enforcement officials have warned.
Investigators are currently pursuing dozens of drug-related cases where Skype has been used for communications purposes. But the firm is keeping quiet over the issue.
Skype software lets computer users talk to each other for free and make cheap calls to mobiles and landlines. But unlike other voice-over-internet services, its calls are heavily encrypted using complex mathematical operations that make them very hard to snoop on.
Don’t call it a bust just yet, but it’s fair to say eBay executives aren’t thrilled with what they’re getting out of Skype, which the auction king bought for $2.6 billion two years ago.
On Monday, eBay said it would take a $900 million so-called impairment write-down against the value of Skype. This means that eBay has been forced to reassess the value of the Internet telephony company relative to its overall business today. By recording a charge, the company is essentially saying that it has taken a loss on its original investment.
In what looks like an attempt to shake things up at Skype and move the division in a new direction, eBay also said Monday that Skype co-founder and Chief Executive Niklas Zennstrom has stepped down.
His departure was expected. Zennstrom, who helped start Skype in 2003, has joined forces with Skype co-founder Janus Friis to start an Internet television service called Joost. And it has long been anticipated he would take more time to work on that endeavor. Read the rest of this entry »
We’ve seen those ironic retro handsets that work with cellphones before, but this could be the first one we’ve seen that works on an actual computer for VoIP capabilities. The Yubz Talk Online phone is a USB phone that looks retro on the outside, but actually supports pretty much any VoIP program you have (Skype, Google Talk, etc.). It’s $44, so it’s not cheap, but you do get to take off your pants and work on a computer while you chat—something we’ve been looking forward to since 1983.
Source : Gizmodo
