Lots of interesting news about Skype and some of the things they're announcing at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week. (Heads up for visiting the CES website: loud Flash intro page.)
More interesting news - version 2.0 of Skype software for Windows is coming out of beta today and will be available for download from Skype's site at 13:00 Eastern time (18:00 GMT), according to an overnight email from Skype's PR agency SparkPR.
I tried an early 2.0 beta last month and didn't like it at all. But I've been running the latest beta build for the past few days and it is just great, no negative issues with it.
So I for one will be grabbing the gold when it's available later today.
Skype smype! Have you tried Google Talk? Blew me away! Simple, fast, quality (broadband to dial-up).
Posted by: Tom Asacker | 05 January 2006 at 16:39
Talk, schmalk :)
I've tried Google Talk, Tom. It's good, I agree. But it doesn't hold a candle to Skype, especially with v2.0 (release version now available). Compare the features:
Skype: http://www.skype.com/products/
Google Talk: http://www.google.com/talk/about.html
No contest as far as I'm concerned.
Posted by: neville | 05 January 2006 at 21:21
You're right Neville. But I'm just an internet novice who loves simplicty. ;)
Posted by: Tom Asacker | 06 January 2006 at 17:00