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No more PSP-to-PSP voice and video calling with Go!Messenger, the product of a Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and BT Group joint venture. A year from its launch, too few people used Go!Messenger to justify operations. The service will end 31 March 2009. Skype is still available for the Sony PSP. Skype has scale [...] Echelon Conspiracy opens today. An untraceable mobile phone shows up in the mail. And then the texting begins…
Echelon will be in some theaters this weekend. If we survive eComm‘s arduous schedule next week, and you’re not going to CeBit in Hannover, maybe we can see it in the Bay Area. [...] The Australian Communications Ministry‘s censorship scheme died in the senate today. Good on ya, Senator Nick Xenophon. Only you know if it was an open mind or reading the polls, but you stood up for civil liberties and the freedom to communicate against the Right Evil Stephen "Cleanfeed" Conroy. [...] You can now use Skype To Go without a subscription, using your Skype credits. This widens the market for this cost saving service: Skypers who call family and friends over international lines. Could be a good move: if if STG can switch newbies from calling cards to Skype. Andy Abramson argues this move cheapens [...] apple | Business | competition | FCC | Life | Microsoft | mobile | politics | regulation | Skype | USA The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF for short) petitioned the U.S. Copyright Office to allow people to put whatever software they want on their mobile phones. This would permit working around copy protection. Computer programs that enable wireless telephone handsets to execute lawfully obtained software applications, where circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose [...] In response to evildoers trusting Skype encryption and police seeking more power, Eurojust, the Europe’s Union’s judicial cooperation unit, set three goals last week: Overcome technical obstacles to intercept Skype calls Overcome judicial obstacles to intercept Skype calls Prevent criminals from using Skype “Skype remains interested in working with Eurojust despite the fact that they [...] Skype, the darling of PC-based Internet telephony, announced news today that will extend the company’s reach beyond the personal computer. At Mobile Wold Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Skype announced a partnership with mobile handset maker Nokia whereby Skype software will be pre-loaded onto some NSeries phones starting in the third quarter of 2009. The [...] BBC News reports: Officers in Milan say organised crime, arms and drugs traffickers, and prostitution rings are turning to Skype in order to frustrate investigators. The police say Skype’s encryption system is a secret which the company refuses to share with the authorities. Investigators have become increasingly reliant on wiretaps [...] Truphone, the internet telephony application for mobiles, has added AOL Instant Messenger to the list of IM systems it can interact with. Now, in addition to Google Talk, Skype, Windows Live Messenger, and Yahoo, you can chat with your AIM buddies while on Truphone on an iPod Touch or iPhone. I have written about the [...] Meg Whitman, former eBay CEO, is running for California governor. Here’s MegWhitman.com. "Meg 2010 – A New California" is the site tagline. Yet the language that follows is Reaganesquely nostalgic. "A New California, simply put, is returning California to the time when it ranked first among the nation in prosperity, education, and quality [...] At VON Canada 2005 I first met Stuart Henshall, the founder of Skype Journal; this Canadian VON event attracted bloggers from across North America. It was the only North American opportunity to hear Skype founder Nicklas Zennstrom personally while he was in legal limbo in the U.S. Later that year I was asked to write [...] If you will play D&D, GURPS, or White Wolf RPGs online with dragon8u (aka Rob from San Jose, California), he will download Skype again. Help Skype. Drop Rob a line. (Skype Journal, building the Skype population one person at a time.) tags: skype, dungeons, dragons, gurps, white-wolf, play, fun, rpg, rpgs, collaboration Talk with [...] The US plans to spend $7.2 billion over the next 18 months for a broadband buildout. Faster, better, more, and net neutral broadband makes Skype better, so this should be good for Skype. Next steps: congressional conference committee combines House and Senate versions then sends the bill to President Obama, maybe by Monday. More details [...] Happy Valentines Day! Tell a love story. Win two webcams.The POValentine’s Day Confession Contest. |
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