Tag: Skype
CES 2008: Skype coming to Slim and Lite PSPs
Confirming one of the more concrete rumours from last week – made all the more believable by the fact that Sony had itself mentioned it on its own CES page – Sony is demonstrating its upcoming Skype update for PSPs. A new firmware upgrade, expected to be arriving later this month, will include a full Skype system allowing for PSP to PSP calls, PSP to PC calls and PSP to normal phone calls as long as you have Skype credit, which you can purchase direct from the PSP software.
CES 2008: Sony unveils Mylo 2, UK left wondering where Mylo 1 has got to
Sony has now launched its second personal communicator, the Mylo 2. It has a full QWERTY keypad, a 1.3 megapixel camera and Adobe Flash support to allow you to upload and download YouTube content. Most importantly, it gives you access to Aim, Yahoo and Google Talk. You can also make free calls using Skype.
PSP getting Skype support in next update?
Apparently Sony’s about to add another feature to PSP’s bulging little memory – Skype support.
An incredibly secret source we can’t name for fear of DEATH (or… a post on Sony’s CES site) announced the feature, pointing out that you’ll be able to “call friends, talk trash to fellow gamers or catch up with…
Skype gives you the option to wander with the Freetalk wireless stereo headset
Yes, you might look like you work in a call centre – but if you want to speak to your net buddies via Skype at the same time as tidying up the room or making a cup of tea, the Freetalk wireless stereo headset does make sense.
20 things I learnt from Le Web 3.0 in Paris: VCs aren't spending, everyone has a video site and no one loves Facebook anymore
If you have been lurking about on Techdigest in the last week or so you’ll know that a few of us have been in Paris at the Le Web 3.0 show. It is the one time of the year when a small part of the French capital morphs into a mini Silicon Valley with lots of entrepreneurs, VCs, web gurus, bloggers and assorted hangers on listening to key note speeches from internet superstars and networking like crazy over radioactive coffee.
Calling German criminals – use Skype for clandestine convos, as the police can't track you down!
Some TOP SECRET news has been leaked from Germany today, involving Skype, criminals, and the German police. Sounds intriguing? You bet your bottom dollar it is.
Currently, German police are not able to distinguish where calls are being made on Skype, due to the encryption used in the software. It appears criminals and terrorists are using the free VoIP service frequently over there…
Skype strips users of London SkypeIn numbers
The PR disaster of Skype’s recent outage is still fresh in the memory, but now the VoIP company is courting further controversy by withdrawing hundreds of 0207 SkypeIn numbers from British users.
Shiny Video Review: 3 Skypephone
The latest partnership between 3 and Skype has seen the release of a mobile handset that also enable free VoIP calls. Watch…
Analysis: First thoughts on the 3 Skypephone
Today’s announcement of the 3 Skypephone wasn’t a huge surprise, given that rumours have been swirling round the blogosphere for a week or so. But now it’s all confirmed: a handset with Skype properly built in, complete with its own dedicated button.
eBay overpaid for Skype (says Skype founder as he's flying his personal jet)
eBay may have acquired Skype in October of 2005, but it’s taken several years for stories to emerge that the $4.3 billion in stock and cash they paid for the VoIP company may’ve been a little too high.
And you’ll never guess who admitted to it – Niklas Zennstrom, co-founder of Skype. That’s it, Niklas, gloat two years later, once you’ve banked all the cash, atta boy. Apparently eBay feel they haven’t earned quite…
