Man dogs are great. Having a dog is great. Playing with your dog is especially amazingly great. But leaving him for a whole day at work? Ugh no never HOW CAN WE FIX THIS? Skype, apparently.
He’s a comedy legend of five decades standing and a fervent advocate for trying new things. But while he’s a happy iPhone owner and has played Q’s offsider/successor in two Bond flicks, John Cleese is by his own admission not much of a gadget freak.
Skype’s peer to peer underpinnings are one of those things that everybody knows about, but underneath the surface, Microsoft has made changes to the system; while it’s still peer to peer based, it’s backed up with, of all things, Linux supernodes.
Skype has announced that it is investigating a new tool which can be used to collect users’ IP addresses. The hack, which can provide the IP address of a targeted Skype user without even having to add them as a contact, has been circulating online since last Thursday.
When Nokia launched the N-Gage, gamers revolted at the idea that you’d hold a taco-shaped thing up to your head to talk. Will we all look any more dignified shouting into a PS Vita? We’ll all get the chance to find out, as the official Skype app is now available.
It was a long time coming, but back in February Skype made it onto Windows Phone… in beta. Now, testing is over, and you can get your hands on the full, official version from the Windows Phone Marketplace.
There’s a scene in Demolition Man where Nigel Hawthorne’s character is having a teleconference, and the screens swivel around to follow him around the room — that was pretty heavy stuff back in 1993. The logical endpoint for that kind of technology? A room following Skype bot.
Good news, WinPho lovers: you can now use Skype on your handset. The beta is available to download now with the official release due in April.
Microsoft surprised the world last year when it dropped $US8.5 billion to buy Skype. Yet despite the deal being finalised in October, we’re still yet to see the VoIP application rear its pretty little head on Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform. What’s going on?
Skype’s an amazing way of keeping in touch with friends and family, but if there’s more than one of you at either end of the conversation, using a laptop or tablet kinda sucks. Here’s how to make it a more communal experience using your bog-standard TV.
