Website: http://www.skype.com Software Provider: eBay, Inc. Current Version:
Skype 4.1.0.179 Operating Systems: Windows 95, 98,2000, XP, Vista License: Freeware
change: Voicemail time settings incorrectly saved sometimes
change: Outlook contacts were not shown in All Contacts group
change: Removed animated emoticons from SMS
change: Buttons changed in SMS windows
change: Manage API access option not activated if option dialog open
change: Hangup sound was played when in DND mode
change: Updated installer language files
change: Status icon removed from search window
bugfix: Call quality web links were not working
bugfix: Price precision in Skype client was invalid
bugfix: There was no Promote Add to Contacts window after finishing call
bugfix: Incorrect behavior when leaving a Shared Group
bugfix: Country drop-down should be grayed out when entering + in textbox
bugfix: ‘Picture belongs to another user’ dialog missing full name value
bugfix: Add possibility to edit SkypeOut number
bugfix: File transfer sometimes froze after restart
bugfix: Was impossible to rename contact in chat window
bugfix: Search window looked ugly when Korean language chosen
bugfix: Spain Info icon was misplaced on Call tab
bugfix: Deleted SMS entry reappeared in History tab after Skype restart.
bugfix: There were redraw issues of the call button when mouse was at a specific location and you typed into the call bar
bugfix: Impossible to reset default ring tones
bugfix: Localized alphabetical order of country list now in Predictive Dialer
bugfix: Elements did not update on dial pad when language was changed
bugfix: Impossible to copy URLs from end of multiline chat messages
bugfix: There was sometimes an ‘access violation’; error after accepting new contact in shared group.
bugfix: Contact name not displayed in some cases for SMS
bugfix: When dialing an emergency number wrong dialog was displayed
bugfix: Changed call quality tip layout
bugfix: Possible to start calling from an offline state
bugfix: Message about blocking a user was not displayed
bugfix: Message \"this person has left the group\" appears on top of numbers when someone leaves a shared group
bugfix: Country drop-down not disabled if it matches what the user is typing
bugfix: 011 cannot act as international prefix for South Korea
bugfix: API: Commands SET CALL SEEN and SET CALL JOIN_CONFERENCE caused Skype crash
bugfix: API: Skype crashed if a call\'s property was asked while there had been calls made with earlier 2.5 version
bugfix: API: Not possible to resume call by SET CALL STATUS INPROGRESS
bugfix: SkypeOut customer feedback changed to https
About:
Skype is a little program for making free calls over the internet to anyone else who also has Skype. It’s free and easy to download and use, and works with most computers. Now it also supports video conferencing over the net.
Skype is a proprietary peer-to-peer Internet telephony (VoIP) network, founded by Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, the creators of KaZaA and competing against established open VoIP protocols like SIP, IAX, or H.323. The Skype Group is headquartered in Luxembourg with offices also in London and Tallinn. The system has a reputation for working across different types of network connections (including firewalls and NAT) because voice packets are routed by the combined users of the free desktop software application. Skype users can speak to other Skype users for free. Skype also has paid services allowing users to call traditional telephone numbers (SkypeOut), receive calls from traditional phones (SkypeIn), and receive voicemail messages.
Skype Features:
SkypeOut allows Skype users to call traditional telephone numbers
SkypeIn (beta) allows Skype users to receive calls on their computers dialed by regular phone subscribers
Skype Voicemail allows callers to leave voice-mail messages for Skype users who are indisposed
Skype supports group text chat with an interface similar to IRC with 150 People
Skype Me has opened up a wellspring of people who want to communicate with people from other countries