Skype Encryption Too Tough For Ze Police

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

German police cannot decipher the encryption used by Skype, and they’re complaining about it. How can they monitor all those bad guys if Skype encrypts the damn data? It’s so unfair. “The encryption with Skype telephone software … creates grave difficulties for us,” said Joerg Ziercke, president of Germany’s Federal ...

Rumor: Google Buying Skype? Makes Sense

Monday, November 19th, 2007

Jemima Kiss has floated a rumor that Google may be in talks to acquire Skype from eBay. While it sounds mostly like pure speculation right now, such a deal would make sense for both companies in a number of ways. While Skype is still growing strong and eBay’s CEO Meg ...