skype
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Microsoft Is Allowed To Buy Skype
It took the FTC a month and a half to look into Microsoft’s proposed purchase of Skype, but finally they’ve given the project a thumb’s up, deciding it doesn’t breach antitrust laws. [Reuters]
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I Hope Microsoft Got The Extended Warranty
Skype is down, Skype is down! Well, for some people anyway. While the service outage isn’t widespread enough to be a pandemic (working fine over here), enough users are reporting/complaining about it via Twitter to indicate a widespread whoops.
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Microsoft And Skype Are In Love. What Does That Mean For Your PC, Xbox And Smartphone?
Skype is the latest mail-order bride to join Microsoft’s stable up in Redmond, Washington. But unlike some of Microsoft’s has-been acquisitions (Danger, I see you!), Skype is an internationally recognisable name. How will they fit into the world of Microsoft?
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Rumour: Both Facebook And Google Vying To Buy Skype?
Skype’s doing well for itself if they sold themselves in 2005 to eBay for $US2.6 billion, which then sold 65 per cent of it off for $US1.9 billion. Now, both Facebook and Google are rumoured to be eyeing up Skype separately, according to Reuters.