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Further Details Emerge As Skype & Its Founders Close to Settlement [GigaOM]

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 04:31:49 +0000

There is a good likelihood that Skype; its founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis; and a group of private equity investors led by Silver Lake Partners are close to settling their legal disputes, allowing eBay to sell 65 percent of Skype for about $2 billion. I had first reported the news ...

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Skype open source

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:55:56 +0000

Hopefully this will make headless Skype on Linux possible. This has been too long in development on your end. It seriously limits how Skype is used, especially on the chat front. Without at least a headless client and later on server API's, it's impossible to build real web chat etc solutions ...

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Skype will be open sourced ?

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 06:12:42 +0000

Skype (the famous Voice-Over-IP communication program) will be released under an open source license.

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Skype For Linux Going (Almost) Open Source [GigaOM]

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:32:44 +0000

Digg and Slashdot were abuzz earlier this morning with the news that Skype was going to go open source. The buzz was based on a post on a French blog by Olivier Faurax. The news is true and false at the same time. “It is our intention to make Skype for Linux an open source app in the ...

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OStatic Buffer Overflow...

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:32:44 +0000

Skype for Linux going (almost) open source. The UI will be open , but not the core. Open source identity: Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson. In this Q&A, he discusses the history of Rails and where it's headed . 5 open source billing systems to watch. AgileBill and others ...

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Sourced "In the Nearest Future"

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:39:00 +0000

rysiek writes "Seems like there might be a revolution in the works, as far as VoIP software for Linux is concerned. After mailing Skype support about Skype providing Mandriva RPM packages, Olivier Faurax got an answer which suggests that the Linux Skype client will be open-sourced . After ...

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Dumb Pipes — Why Skype Treads Carefully With Open Source

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:05:36 +0000

Skype’s Linux version will soon become open source software – and maybe run on every smartphone, TV set-top box or other gadget powered by the free operating system. It could also become part of multi-protocol messengers like Pidgin or eBuddy or Meebo. Or at least that was the ...

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Hossein Derakhshan’s brother, Hamed, speaks out

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 02:35:09 +0000

Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of the arrest of Hossein “Hoder” Derakhshan. I’ve been covering this issue on my blog and also for three media outlets: PRI’s The World, in a piece that aired on Wednesday, TVO’s Search Engine (in an episode airing tomorrow), ...

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Plantronics Voyager PRO UC Headset can Skype

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 05:11:00 +0000

We reviewed the Plantronics Voyager PRO Bluetooth headset back in July. Now Plantronics has just announced a new model called the PRO UC . This headset that works seamlessly with both mobile phones and unified communication applications/softphones like Google Talk and Skype. It comes with a ...

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Skype Open Source « in the nearest future »

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:55:56 +0000

Lorsque le dernier Skype est sorti, il n'y avait pas de RPM Mandriva et j'ai donc contacté Skype pour essayer d'obtenir un RPM spécifique à Mandriva comme ils l'ont déjà proposé par le passé. When the last Skype has been released, there was no RPM for Mandriva and I contacted Skype ...

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Xobni Enterprise - The Outlook Plugin for your company

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 07:00:07 +0000

Xobni Enterprise gives businesses of all sizes the ability to deploy and manage Xobni to employees and create enterprise extensions to increase productivity and efficiency. Through an easy-to-use web interface, Xobni Enterprise delivers the "Three C's" to IT administrators. Compliance Control ...

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INQ's Mini 3G on sale today

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:04:42 +0000

Social media addicts targeted by INQ's affordable little Twitter portal INQ's latest sociable mobile has officially launched in the UK today, with the Mini 3G appearing in 3 mobile stores across the country right now. You may have seen a man putting them out on display this very lunch time. The ...

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Skype, Founders Settlement in the Works? [GigaOM]

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:00:00 +0000

The ongoing legal scuffle between Skype , a division of eBay, and its founders, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom may soon see a resolution, according to someone familiar with the situation. The various parties are in discussions to resolve the various issues. The talks are described to be at ...

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Could SIP Really Save Skype? [GigaOM]

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:45:07 +0000

Global Index, a technology owned by Skype co-creators Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis via their company JoltID, is the fulcrum of leverage in their ongoing dispute with current Skype owner eBay and its potential purchasers . If you were either the buyer or seller in this labyrinthine ...

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Skype Hits 521 Million Users And $185 Million In Quarterly Revenue

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:09:13 +0000

Even though it is embroiled in a nasty legal battle with its founders over its future, Skype continues to rack up impressive numbers. In today’s third quarter earnings from eBay (which still owns Skype, but is preparing to unload it ), the company breaks out Skype’s performance ...

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Grinch! eBay Q3 Tops Ests, But Q4 Outlook Disappoints; Stock Tumbles

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:56:17 +0000

eBay (EBAY) reported slightly better-than-expected Q3 results , but the stock is trading lower in late trading, apparently on disappointment with the company’s guidance for Q4, which suggests a cautious view of the 2009 holiday shopping season. For the quarter, the company posted ...

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Computer Outlook Radio Talk Show

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:16:16 +0000

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Spring launch for ASUS Eee Reader

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:57:15 +0000

The ASUS Eee Reader is also set to feature Wi-Fi, 3G and WiMax connectivity, and (rumour has it) web-browsing and Skype-like functionality. > >

TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home found this 4 days ago on techdigest.tv

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O'Reilly Open Source Convention

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:12:53 +0000

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