Archive for May, 2011

Rumor: All About Microsoft blog to buy Skype Journal for $7.00

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

JPMorgan Sachs and Chase Goldman are advising Skype Journal. 
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Skype: Here?s how we update and communicate about security

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

Skype?s security chief, Adrian Asher, blogged about today?s Skype for Mac update on Skype?s Security blog. He explains that Skype?s approach to delaying the release of a new exploit?s details until after a patch is widely distributed minimizes the risk of the exploit being abused. Adrian?s post follows nicely after Dan?s critique of Skype [...]
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A more formal Skype security communication?

Monday, May 9th, 2011

Every company deals with the public face of security problems. Dan York observes Skype?s awkward communication about the discovery, reporting, patching, and disclosing of a vulnerability. They are not alone; this breakdown in the safety conversation happens every day. So is Security PR becoming a specialized discipline? I could imagine security communications specialists… [...]
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Download: Skype for Mac 5.1.0.935 Hotfix

Monday, May 9th, 2011

Skype posted their update to Skype for Mac. Download it now for security updates (although which ones are not specified), minor bug fixes, and to resolve video freezing in high packet-loss networks.
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Quora: Will Facebook buy Skype this year, launching a calling service within its mobile applications?

Sunday, May 8th, 2011

I posted this answer to Quora in February. ?Would Facebook pre-IPO stock be worth more if pooled with Skype stock??  First off, Facebook doesn’t need to buy Skype to get Skype features in 2011. Skype would be delighted if Facebook drove customers to create Skype accounts and chat/call from within the Facebook mobile [...]
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Skype news roundup

Friday, May 6th, 2011

Beecher Tuttle speculated Skype bought the assets of group text startup 3Jam.  Skype?s texting features are… uninspiring? Hiring 3Jam?s Enlai Chu might fix that. Or is it feature creep? CallByText compromises Skype security, requiring your Skype name and password, setting you up for identity theft. (Thanks, Hudson) Reuters reports Google and Facebook talked about [...]
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Can Skype win in the Windows app store as it did in the iPhone app store?

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

Lee Matthews reported Microsoft Windows 8 will come with an app store. The story highlights struggles for power between operating system publishers, hardware makers, software developers, enterprise buyers, and the people who use software. Who controls the virgin computer? Microsoft struggles with PC makers over what software ships with Windows. Companies like Dell, HP, [...]
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World Economic Forum starts work on Data Portability

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

When titans of industry and state meet, worlds can change. The World Economic Forum launched a three year ?Rethinking Personal Data? project, including data portability. Their first report, Personal Data: The Emergence of a New Asset Class, shows their direction. A new asset class? That?s a telling use of language. Investopedia refers to [...]
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Could you become Batman?

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

Quora asks: ?Given our current technology and with the proper training, would it be possible for someone to become Batman?? Many great answers, but here?s mine. The qualifications are time, effort, focus, technology and youth. Oh, and several folks mentioned money. So let’s start with money. I’m going to assume our Batman [...]
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