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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Microsoft buying Skype,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (privacy@vortex.com)
Tue May 10 11:12:44 2011
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 07:54:37 -0700
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Microsoft buying Skype, promises integration with Outlook and other MS technologies
http://j.mp/lwK0ck (This message in Google Buzz)
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http://j.mp/jwn8Ye (Huffington)
Microsoft said it will marry Skype's functions to its Xbox game
console, Outlook email program and Windows smartphones.
http://j.mp/kH0N1U (Huffington)
Here's a look at the deal, by the numbers ...
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On the rumor front, word is that Microsoft is considering a
cross-licensing agreement to permit the renaming of Skype as
"MS Avatar" ("Ms. Avatar") -- in a preemptive move to help monetize the many
expected blue screens after MS integration. The new transition slogan
is rumored to be:
"Skype and Microsoft: True blue, through and through!" (Requires
Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer 9 or Windows Phone 7.
Skype search services provided by Bing. User calls subject to
decryption and provision to U.S. Homeland Security and other law
enforcement authorities on demand. Calls and/or Instant Messages
made to, from, or within China will be censored and/or reported to
authorities in accordance with our Chinese partners' censorship,
propaganda, and Ministry of Public Security requirements.)
--Lauren--
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