NewsSea of Change Sweeping Over Skype

With 309 million registered users and $126 million in first quarter earnings, it'd be easy to see why some might want to leave well enough alone, but don't expect Skype to remain stagnant. Despite the strong numbers, Ebay investors are into Skype for $2.6 billion, an amount most have since admitted was too much for the five year old company. In a bid for renewed faith for the pricey acquisition, Skype 4.0 will bring some major changes to the table, and you can test drive a beta version right now. Click through to see what to expect from the redesign. 

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FROM THE ARCHIVEDaily News Brief: Security Flaw Discovered in Skype

Skype videos may pose a security threat, Microsoft loosens restrictions on running Vista as a virtual guest OS, Wii Fit coming to the US, and more!

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NewsDaily News Brief: BD+ Cracked!

When you're finished feasting, check out what Slysoft's done with BD+, see who AMD ISN'T likely to buy, catch up on your playstation news, and be sure and have a Happy Thanksgiving!

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FROM THE ARCHIVEWhat We Should Learn from "Bad Tech August"

Every PC and Internet user should be glad that August 2007 is now history: here's why, what we've learned (and have yet to learn) about what went wrong and how to fix it.

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FROM THE ARCHIVESkype to Users: Microsoft Good, My Bad, We Fixed, All Better Now

Skype's looked in the mirror, pointed fingers and named its own name as the cause for last week's outage.

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ReviewsLinksys CT200 Skype Phone

This phone is sexy. Sounds funny doesn’t it? Cordless phones are supposed to be boring, black or gray, and for the most part, featureless. The CIT200 looks like a slightly oversized cellphone—it even has a color screen and easy-to-use menu options. Once you’ve juiced up the phone and installed Skype and the handset’s drivers, you can plug in the phone’s USB transmitter and you’re good to go.

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