Just for fun

In-flight cell calls can't annoy fliers, but Net calls can (USA Today). The funny column quotes a Skype Journal article from this summer. Forget first class and coach, now is the time for Skype and talk-free seating.

Skype 2 Beta Media Roundup

Skype 2.0 eats its young (Om Malik). How Skype continues to break its promise to the Skype developer ecosystem to create value, not risk.

Wall Street Journal columnist Jerremy Wagstaff likes the new status bubble (from his blog)

Wall Street Journal columnist Walt Mossberg - Give it a try. (from his blog)

Los Angeles Times Harsh on video quality. (breaking Skype's embargo by an hour).

Niall Kennedy breaks the story on his blog

"The video transmission uses the On2 Truemotion VP7 compression format which is easily throttled for bandwidth differences and was designed with video conferencing and dropped packets in mind. The video format appears to only support the Windows operating system and could constrain any plans to expand Skype with video to other platforms. On2 claims their video format is better quality over less bandwidth than the H.264 codec used by Apple's iChat AV application or the Windows Media video streaming but that could just be marketing hype."

Ikeji's comprehensive and detailed product review in Japanese, (Google translation).

Related News

ikejisoft's free Capture for Skype 2.0. Save video conversations to .avi movie files.

lares reminds us to watch the Skype download counter. 213 006 801 downloads right now.

Other News

Des Walsh on the Skype Password Drama

Rodrigo A. Sepúlveda Schulz is fed up with Skype technical problems and is trying Gizmo to keep his business together.

Skype gaining acceptance in the business world (MobileMag.com). 71% say Skype is business quality. Another 24% use Skype for personal use only. Hey, that sounds pretty good! via Rick Hultz

Skype founders among the new Rupert Murdochs (The Guardian). The new new media disruptors.

Niklas Zennström speaks on intellectual property rights. (Tony Hallet, Silicon.com) "Software patents are hindering innovation. Patents should be granted when there is real innovation and real investment in innovation." "We allow third-party developers to develop on our platform. It's a great way to do it. We are helping them be successful. But there is a mental threshold you have to go through. People [at Skype] say 'Maybe we could have done that'."

EULAscan about Skype: customer written EULA reviews. My line-by-line review of the Skype Terms of Service.

Wael Ghandour's Guide to blocking Skype Blocking Skype Using Squid and OpenBSD (Help Net Security). Instructions for network admins.

Macromedia and Jabber make secure IM a selling point to the US Government. (Les perles du chat). Whereas Skype's secure messaging gets it banned? the news release. Government is a largely untapped market for Skype.

overview of the vTraveller USB handset (Gadget Spy). Skype Certified. Dial by saying the names of people in your address book. From VoIP Voice.

Skype + Trillian = SkyLlian (Hesspoint). SkyLlian brings your Skype contacts into Trillian.

Torcamp Rocked! (Alec Saunders) Bohemian 2.0?

Don't Buy DSL From This Man ... If You Can Help It (Tom Evslin). "Ed Whitacre is CEO of SBC, the huge local telecom monopoly which is about to swallow AT&T. The excitement of the progeny buying the former parent may be going to his head." Whitacre is dangerous to Skype. He thinks users and Skype should pay SBC/AT&T for Skype traffic over the DSL or cable line you're already renting.

Popular Post: Bluetooth & Skype (Skype Journal, February 2005).