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Surveillance Back Doors Built into Skype

Heise Online reports that there have been recent findings that suggest there are surveillance back doors built directly into Skype. While Skype refuses to comment directly on the findings by the community, at an ISP meeting on June 25th higher-ups at an unnamed Austrian ISP made the comment that spying on Skype-based phone calls was not [...]

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PSP 3.90 Firmware Adds Skype Support

PSP Fanboy announced that the most recent 3.90 firmware for the PSP has finally added the rumored Skype support. This update and addition of Skype is only available for the PSP Slim (PSP-2000 series) and not the original launch PSP. They also make the note that the PSP Headset with controls is required as well. Not [...]

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Sony PSP Getting Skype Support

Ted Regulski sends in news that the Sony PSP will likely get Skype support here soon according to a CES promo page. How hot is that? If you are in a wifi-enabled zone, pop up your PSP, turn it on, and call someone. I wonder if usage picks up enough of this feature, what the next [...]

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Recording a Podcast on your Mac using Skype and Audio Hijack Pro

This write up should help you get together what you need in order to put together and record a podcast that includes folks connecting over Skype. The information from this blog was the result of me digging across the web trying to find a good way to record and create a podcast that included me talking [...]

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