“Skype, the self-described Global ‘P2P Telephony Company,’ has formally launched version 2.0 of its Internet telephony software. Skype software allows anyone to talk with anyone else (as long as they also have the Skype software) for free over the Internet,” Jeremy Reimer reports for Ars Technica. “The most significant upgrade… is the addition of a video chat feature. Computer users with attached web cameras (or using one of the many new laptops with web cameras built-in) will be able to chat with each other using optional live video feeds as well as voice.”
Reimer reports, “Skype, which was recently purchased by eBay for US$2.6 billion, has been pushing hard to get further into the mainstream. They just completed a deal with Radio Shack to sell bundled versions of their software along with headsets and microphones. The Windows-based software is described as being in beta release, although this is the new, Internet-age version of “beta,” as used by Google and Microsoft, who have released many ‘beta’ products to the public, some maintaining their beta status seemingly in perpetuity. There is no currently no timetable for a Macintosh version.”
Full article here.
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