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1. Mutant Koobface worm attacks Skype accounts

   (Security/Security Features)

   Friday, 20 November 2009

   Probes Wikipedia, YouTube and Google SophosLabs has identified a mutated Koobface worm that is apparently capable of hacking into Skype accounts. According to researcher Numaan Huq, the new Koobface variant ...

2. Google buys VOIP company Gizmo5

   (Software/Software Features)

   Friday, 13 November 2009

   ... Current Gizmo5 users will still be able to use the service, which is basically similar to Skype, but is based on open standards. It also includes a client for cellphone users. However, new signups will ...

3. How TG Daily is put together

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   ... Good Spinola: Hey! I'm using skype on crackberry [09:39:15] Evil Spinola: Style victim [09:39:48] Good Spinola: no, very cheap phone calls [09:57:05] Evil Spinola: Write me a bloody letter. You've still ...

4. My 10 favorite Windows apps

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 27 October 2009

   ... and Chicago. 2. Skype. The TG Daily team all conference on Skype. I also use it to call people because I have Skype Out, It's just so much cheaper than using my BlackBerry, a landline at home, or worse, ...

5. Internet behemoths fight hard for net neutrality

   (Networking/Networking Features)

   Monday, 19 October 2009

   ... the interest of consumers, the letter continued. Other luminaries who have signed the letter include the CEO of eBay, the president of Sony Electronics, the CEO of Skype, and the founder of Flickr. This ...

6. FCC scrutinizes Google Voice restrictions

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Friday, 09 October 2009

   ... millions of dollars in universal service subsidies," said Whitt. Whit also criticized AT&T's alleged demand for web applications, including Skype and Google Voice, to be treated the "same way" ...

7. AT&T ends controversial ban on iPhone VoIP apps

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 06 October 2009

   ... applauded by Skype president Josh Silverman. "Since launching our iPhone application six months ago, people have downloaded and installed Skype on 10% of all iPhone and iPod touch devices sold - making ...

8. Turtle Beach introduces alternative gaming headset

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Monday, 05 October 2009

   ... as an in-line remote control with volume and microphone muting. The Ear Force Z1 can also be used with Ventrilo and Skype, or for listening to an MP3 player with a standard 3.5mm connector. See Also ...

9. Down in the Valley, the car lots are empty

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 28 September 2009

   ... – we hadn’t come across a Skype appliance designed for senior people. You don’t need a PC or notebook to make this work – it’s standalone and you just press the buttons to turn it into a video phone. The ...

10. Silicon Valley returns to glory days

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 18 September 2009

    ... joining start-ups. There have been a lot of buy outs in the hi-tech field too.  This includes the purchase of Mint.com by Intuit for $170m,  Adobe buying Omniture for $1.8bn the sale of Skype ...

11. Ebay says: Skype out for $2.75 billion

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 01 September 2009

    Voice over IP unit Skype has been sold by Ebay to an investment group for a cool $2.75 billion.Voice over IP unit Skype has been sold by Ebay to an investment group for a cool $2.75 billion. The investor ...

12. Watchdog bans "fake" Skype ad in UK

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 19 August 2009

    A UK television commercial for Skype has been banned, after regulator the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) decided that the company had faked the quality of images. London, UK - A UK television ...

13. Ebay may replace or shut down Skype

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 31 July 2009

    There is a new and rather dramatic development surrounding the dispute between between Ebay and the founders of Skype. Ebay announced that it has begun developing at least some code that could replace ...

14. Third party software slows Internet Explorer

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 21 July 2009

    ... The most troublesome add-ons typically are toolbars and browser helper objects, which will run with each new tab opened in the browser. One of the major culprits, according to Microsoft, is the Skype ...

15. How my Blackberry isn't crackberrying me up

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 07 July 2009

    ... GPRS coverage is very patchy in my sleepy hollow. The one thing I'd really like is a Skype client - there is one available on one of the sites that hosts free software apps for the Blackberry family but ...

16. Angry iPhone owners Push back over Skype

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 01 July 2009

    The latest iteration of Skype for the iPhone offers a number of useful features, including multiple language options, voicemail and SMS. Unfortunately, version 1.1 lacks critical Push Notification support. ...

17. TG Daily’s Dads and Grads Product Giveaway: Play along and win!

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 19 June 2009

    ... Whether your dad is tech savvy or not at all, Eyeball is a user-friendly, portable webcam that combines CD-quality audio and HD quality video, making it perfect for video conferencing through Skype or ...

18. Apple and AT&T explain Sling Player block

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 14 May 2009

    ... such as Skype can only be utilized via Wi-Fi. Many have speculated that the true reason for AT&T’s block of the SlingPlayer service as well as others  via its 3G network is actually due to potential ...

19. Windows 7 RC1 – first impressions

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 05 May 2009

    ... speeds of up to 800K/sec. Burned the image to a DVD and did a clean install on a second hard disk in this machine. Around two and a half hours from starting the process, I rejoined the TGD editorial Skype ...

20. AT&T to get RIM's Blackberry Curve 8900

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 05 May 2009

    ... Skype is expected to arrive this month and there is no information whether it will actually do voice calls through the AT&T or T-Mobile data network, so don’t hold your breath. We have had access ...

21. SlingPlayer shot down for iPhone App Store

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 16 April 2009

    ... Skype entered into, in which the software was required to only allow calls to be placed utilizing WiFi, which reduces the bandwidth usage by customers. At this time SlingPlayer has had no news from Apple ...

22. Ebay to divorce itself from Skype

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 15 April 2009

    Ebay conceded that acquiring Skype back in September of 2005 was a mistake. While the online auction giant had big plans with the VoIP pioneer, the “synergies” are “limited”. Ebay now prepares Skype ...

23. EU may force wireless carriers to allow VoIP on cellphones

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 10 April 2009

    The European Union (EU) is preparing binding guidelines for wireless carriers to allow VoIP services such as Skype to run over their cellular network. EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding stated ...

24. Google allows Android tethering apps – outside the U.S.

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 03 April 2009

    Software that takes secondary advantage of the data transfer capabilities in smartphones remains problematic, especially in the case of Android phones and the iPhone. Skype on the iPhone is growing ...

25. Showdown: Carriers threaten to ban Skype from cellular networks

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 03 April 2009

    The recent release of Skype for iPhone proved that yes, users are interested in replacing their costly carrier voice minutes with free (or much cheaper) VoIP calls -- downloading the Skype application ...

26. Skype's mobile assault: iPhone client due tomorrow, Blackberry in May

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 30 March 2009

    Starting tomorrow, the Internet telephony giant should release mobile Skype client for iPhone and iPod touch. The application will allow users to make free VoIP calls to other mobile and desktop Skype ...

27. Skype using open-standard SIP for business VoIP service

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Monday, 23 March 2009

    Skype Technologies announced today a beta business-based VoIP service to run on the open-standard SIP (Session Initiation Protocol). The eBay-owned communications company has increases its base to well ...

28. Google introduces telephone services

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Thursday, 12 March 2009

    ... features seen below. The new service, called Google Voice, will aid Google in propelling itself away from merely online search and advertising. Long distance carriers and VoIP companies like Skype may ...

29. CherryPal launches the Bing, an Atom-based notebook

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 02 March 2009

    ... the company's custom Green Maraschino Linux OS, which (in my opinion) leaves much to be desired. The product comes equipped with Firefox, OpenOffice, Skype, and other media software. The Intel Atom-based ...

30. Verizon Wireless honoring pre-cap contracts

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 10 February 2009

    ... had noticed my usage for this month had already exceeded 5 GB. As a result, I spoke with Wolfgang Gruener, TG Daily's founder, over Skype about this saying how great it was to not have bandwidth caps. ...

31. Skype 4.0 updates VoIP and video call features

    (Networking/Networking Features)

    Tuesday, 03 February 2009

      Skype is kicking off what is calls the most distinctive new release of its VoIP software in the company's five-year history. Among other features, Skype 4.0 for Windows offers full-screen video calling. ...

32. Review: Internet Explorer 8 improves with age

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 28 January 2009

    ... confirm related statements in the official IE8 Blog that efforts like these have been made. However, compatibility issues still remain with popular sites like Facebook, as well as plug-ins like Skype. ...

33. CES 2009: Free Skype calls from iPhone may soon be possible

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Thursday, 08 January 2009

    Las Vegas (NV) - Skype, an eBay subsidiary, announced today that a version of its Internet calling and IM software is available for Google's Android cell phone as a free download. They also indicated an ...

34. Joost kills desktop app

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 18 December 2008

      Joost, founded by the Skype creators Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, has been downgraded to a YouTube clone as the company announced that it will disable streaming to its desktop client tomorrow. ...

35. Citrix purchases Vapps for $26.6 Million in cash

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Monday, 17 November 2008

    ... a case. The company makes high definition audio conference call equipment for telephones, VOIP or Skype. Vapps seems to be a nice fit for Citrix’s workplace collaboration business, which offers companies ...

36. Skype sees WiMax as business opportunity, says COO

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Friday, 24 October 2008

    During his visit to Taiwan, Skype COO Scott Durchslag noted that Skype is looking to extend its business operations from PCs to mobile communication devices, with WiMax being one technology that ...

37. Update: T-Mobile’s Android G1: The verdict is in

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 16 October 2008

    ... no VoIP (T-Mobile said it will not prevent VoIP calls over its network), Skype, stereo Bluetooth, or killer apps on the Android Market and there is a lack of computer syncing (you have to drag media by ...

38. Videosite Joost reinvents itself to become a Hulu clone

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Tuesday, 14 October 2008

    ... Hulu.com, one of the most popular streaming video sites that is owned by both Fox and NBC. Created by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis (the creators of Kazaa and Skype) two years ago, Joost originally ...

39. Ebay to lay off more than 1000, spends $1.3 billion on acquisitions

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 06 October 2008

    ... - when the dotcom bust was still not over. However, industry sources suggest that the Skype business as well as StumbleUpon are up for sale.    ...

40. Fring debuts VoIP on the iPhone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 06 October 2008

    ... chance to be officially approved by Apple. However, Fring has made it and enables users to send can instant message or place voice calls to your contacts on major platforms such as Skype, MSN or ICQ ...

41. Skype claims no knowledge of privacy breach

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 03 October 2008

      After word begin to spread across the Internet yesterday that China was monitoring and filtering conversations in Skype, the company’s president addressed the issue stating that Skype was unaware ...

42. Skype Messaging Surveillance found in China

    (Security/Security Features)

    Thursday, 02 October 2008

    ... is capable of tracking text messages that are sent by TOM-Skype customers. TOM-Skype is a joint venture between eBay and a Chinese wireless provider. This discovery puts the heat on the Chinese government’s ...

43. iPhone 2.1 firmware update looms, delivers missing features?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 31 July 2008

    ... my Skype, MMS and instant messaging, I need these features big time! The ability to play YouTube videos directly inside web page would be nice, but I would trade that anytime for wireless printing and ...

44. Vopium wants to be the first native VoIP app for the iPhone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 22 July 2008

    ... in anticipation of an Apple-branded VoIP application based on iChat, you would be disappointed. Presently, iPhone users are limited to Web-based VoIP services such as Jajah, IM+ for Skype or Fringe . ...

45. eBay shares rocked as auction buyers pay less

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 17 July 2008

    ... a 33% revenue increase to $602 million while Skype grew 51% to $136 million. Read more … eBay 2nd quarter results (links to PDF)  ...

46. Ebay reports 338 million Skype users

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Wednesday, 16 July 2008

    Ebay announced a second quarter revenue of $2.20 billion, up $361 million from the same period last year, as well as a net income of $460 million. Paypal revenue as well as Skype showed strong growth. ...

47. HP tries to thump the Macbook Air with its Envy 133 notebook

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 10 June 2008

    ... can be fast-booted for quick access to common applications like a Firefox browser or Skype. The Envy should be available later this summer starting at $2100.  Not a bad price that all those features, ...

48. Who needs D-SUB, DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort? USB rocks!

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 20 May 2008

    ... difference in everyday applications such as web surfing, Photoshop, YouTube, Excel, Word, Skype or a Media Player. Given the fact that the USB controller requires CPU cycles to work, there is an obvious ...

49. Asus to produce millions of mobos with ‘instant’ OS technology

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 15 May 2008

    ... with over one million motherboards per month.” The Splashtop/Express Gate operating system is a light-weight embedded Linux platform that contains common applications like the Firefox browser and Skype ...

50. Official Sony headset comes to PSP for VoIP

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Monday, 05 May 2008

    ... Skype, saving you $20. Read the full story here. ...