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=== News - 10 new results for [skype] ===

House allows members to Skype
Politico
By KIM HART | 6/28/11 8:51 AM EDT House members and staff will now be
allowed to use online video-chatting tools Skype and ooVoo, ending a
prohibition that House Republicans have been on a yearlong crusade to
reverse. In a letter to colleagues sent ...
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Skype video chat on iPad app moves Microsoft closer to Apple
Computerworld
By Matt Hamblen Computerworld - Skype is reportedly set to release a video
chat app optimized for Apple's iPad even as the maker of video and voice
products is on tap to be acquired by Microsoft for $8.5 billion. Analysts
are taking note that Microsoft ...
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Microsoft patent raises concerns - Will Skype have a backdoor?
The Tech Herald
by Steve Ragan - Jun 28 2011, 13:50 A Microsoft patent application has some
running for the hills and others damning Skype as a soon-to-be-bugged piece
of software. The patent, which covers the process of implementing an agent
to silently record calls, ...
<http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/201126/7328/Microsoft-patent-raises-concerns-Will-Skype-have-a-backdoor>
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Skype riles execs with firings, fine print on stock options
Digitaltrends.com
The acquisition has gone through, but Skype is in hot water for the alleged
mistreatment of its former executive staff. The Department of Justice has
officially approved Microsoft's acquisition of Skype, but negative
attention continues to plague the ...
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The lesson from Skype's “option scandal”
Financial Times (blog)
First, the facts of the Skype case. It involves an engineer named Yee Lee,
who worked at the company for a little over a year, enough time for the
first installment of his options to vest. When he left, he assumed he would
be able to keep the profits ...
<http://blogs.ft.com/fttechhub/2011/06/the-lesson-from-skypes-option-scandal/>
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One-button Skype system helps seniors, disabled improve lives
Victoria Times Colonist
It's an enhancement, or simplification, of Skype, the faceto-face computer
link that allows people to talk live, on screen. With CanConnect, Melchior
can find a contact, dial it and hang up, all with the push of just one
button. ...
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Check out Skype's cool Stockholm offices
GigaOm
28, 2011, 12:01am PT 1 Comment Skype's investors may be downright stingy
when it comes to options for their employees, but at least they didn't
skimp on the office space. Here are some pictures of Skype's offices in
Stockholm, Sweden, courtesy of Daily ...
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Saying goodbye to LulzSec, Google Health and Skype stock options
Good Morning Silicon Valley (blog)
•It's been reported that Skype has been shedding employees in the lead-up
to its pending purchase by Microsoft. But now it's coming out that those
employees' vested stock options in the company aren't so vested after all.
They may be worthless, ...
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Have you missed Skype calls?
ComputerActive.co.uk
If you can't hear the phone ring on your Skype calls it could be that the
tone is routed to your headset. Just a few mouse clicks will get it back to
full volume If you have missed calls on Skype because you didn't hear the
ring tone it could be ...
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Skype's stock situation: All about the disconnect
Fortune
By Dan Primack June 27, 2011: 10:03 AM ET A controversy about Skype's stock
options policy reflects a deep gulf between the types of private investment
firms operating in Silicon Valley. On Friday, I blogged about Yee Lee, a
former Skype employee who ...
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=== Blogs - 5 new results for [skype] ===

Skype Coming to the iPad Soon - AppScout
By Alan Henry
Skype on the iPhone is already popular, but the app is notable missing on
the iPad. Now, the company says that an iPad version of Skype is on the
way, partially in response to video of Skype running on an iPad that leaked
on the Web.
<http://www.appscout.com/2011/06/skype_coming_to_the_ipad_soon.php>
AppScout
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Is Microsoft Trying to Patent Skype Spying?
By Sam Biddle
Patents are usually either completely mundane, or kinda far-fetched. Rarely
are they entirely ominous, as is the case with one Microsoft just filed a
method for a 3rd party to "silently record [a] communication"—say, one on
Skype.
<http://gizmodo.com/5815943/is-microsoft-trying-to-patent-skype-spying>
Gizmodo
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US Congress cleared to use Skype after year long wait - Microsoft
By Matt Brian
Members of Congress will be able to reduce time spent travelling, increase
communications and be more transparent with its use of Skype's VOIP
functionality, reducing cost whilst providing a real-time communication
tool to inform and ...
<http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2011/06/28/us-congress-cleared-to-use-skype-after-year-long-wait/>
The Next Web
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Skype With Kristin Bauer For Charity
As the evil vampire Pam on the HBO hit True Blood, Kristin Bauer may not be
a fan of wolves, but in reality, animals have a special place in her heart.
As a long time supporter of the International Fund For Animal Welfare
(IFAW), ...
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Fring beats Skype to Market with Video Chat | Best iPad Apps
By J. Ron Clendenin
Fring beats Skype to Market with Video Chat for the iPad 2.
<http://www.myipadapps.com/fring-beats-skype-to-market-video-chat-ipad-2>
Best iPad Apps
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