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Skype (IPA: [skʌɪp]) is software that allows users to make telephone calls over the Internet. Calls to other users of the service are free of charge, while calls to landlines and cell phones can be made for a fee. Additional features include instant messaging, file transfer and video conferencing.

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An employee adjusts LG Electronics' LED TV sets at an electronic shop in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. LG Electronics Inc., a global leader in flat screen televisions and mobile phones, booked a net profit in the fourth quarter of 2009 following a record loss the year before amid an increase in sales and better performance at affiliate LG Display Co. LG Electronics
A logo is seen on a shirt at The eBay Shop at the company's headquarters in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. EBay Inc. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit more than tripled, largely because of the sale of its Skype telecommunications business. eBay Inc.
Workers set up at the Nokia booth at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. The showroom floor opens on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2009. International Consumer Electronics Show
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The reception desk is shown at Google's New York offices on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. Google Inc. says Microsoft Corp. could use its proposed $42 billion acquisition of Yahoo Inc. to gain illegal control over the Internet, underscoring the online search leader's queasiness about its two biggest rivals teaming up. Google Inc.
TANDBERG E20 Video VoIP Phone. VoIP
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman looks down at his blackberry in a private suite during the Chicago Blackhawks and the Calgary Flames during an NHL hockey game in Calgary on Thursday Jan. 21, 2010. BlackBerry
The Facebook logo is displayed at a news conference in New York in this November 6, 2007 file photo. A new application is aiming to inject more commerce into the social playground by paying Facebook members who help make sales to their friends. Facebook Inc.
VIZIO's XVTPRO720SV 72" 480Hz SPS TruLED Full HD3D HDTV with 480 zones of Smart Dimming Technology, built in wireless HDMI and VIZIO INTERNET APPS (VIA) with High Definition wireless networking is VIZIO's largest HDTV in 2010 Collection. High-Definition Television
Shoppers pass by Sony advertisements as they ride on escalators at a store in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. The Japanese manufacturing icon, known for products like the PlayStation 3 game console, said Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, its net profit for the October-December quarter jumped to 79.2 billion yen ($861 million) from 10.4 billion yen a year earlier. Sony
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Evan Williams, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, listens during a plenary session on the first day of the 40th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. The overarching theme of the World Economic Forum, WEF, annual meeting which will take place from 27 to 31 January, is "Improve the State of the World: Rethink, Redesign, Rebuild". Twitter Inc
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Janus Friis, co-founder of Skype and Joost, breaks for lunch during the annual Allen and Co.'s media conference Wednesday, July 11, 2007, in Sun Valley, Idaho. Janus Friis
PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 22: (L-R) Actor Yaniv Schulman, directors Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost attend the 'Cat Fish' Premiere at Library Center Theater during the 2010 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2010 in Park City, Utah. Joost
Bob Geldof, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Muhammad Yunus, London Mayor Boris Johnson, One Young World Co-founder and Havas Worldwide Global CEO David Jones, One Young World Co-founder and Euro RSCG Group Chairman Kate Robertson, and hundreds of delegates from One Young World, arrive at Old Billingsgate in London for the One Young World Opening Ceremony. London

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A logo is seen on a shirt at The eBay Shop at the company's headquarters in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. EBay Inc. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit more than tripled, largely because of the sale of its Skype telecommunications business.

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A logo is seen on a shirt at The eBay Shop at the company's headquarters in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. EBay Inc. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit more than tripled, largely because of the sale of its Skype telecommunications business.

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Toys are seen on display at The eBay Shop at eBay headquarters in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. EBay Inc. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit more than tripled, largely because of the sale of its Skype telecommunications business.

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Toys are seen on display at The eBay Shop at eBay headquarters in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. EBay Inc. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit more than tripled, largely because of the sale of its Skype telecommunications business.

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A sign outside eBay headquarters in San Jose, Calif. is seen Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. EBay Inc. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit more than tripled, largely because of the sale of its Skype telecommunications business.

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A sign outside eBay headquarters in San Jose, Calif. is seen Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. EBay Inc. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit more than tripled, largely because of the sale of its Skype telecommunications business.

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LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 08: The Nokia N900 phone is displayed at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 8, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company says the device lets people use it like a desktop computer with PC-style multitasking and browsers, including Firefox, that are the same as a desktop interface. The N900 has a five megapixel camera with a dual LED flash as well as video and full Skype and chat capabilities. It selss for about USD 468. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology tradeshow, runs through January 10 and is expected to feature 2,500 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 110,000 attendees.

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LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 08: The Nokia N900 phone is displayed at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 8, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company says the device lets people use it like a desktop computer with PC-style multitasking and browsers, including Firefox, that are the same as a desktop interface. The N900 has a five megapixel camera with a dual LED flash as well as video and full Skype and chat capabilities. It selss for about USD 468. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology tradeshow, runs through January 10 and is expected to feature 2,500 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 110,000 attendees.

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LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 07: Actor Jack Brand (R), participates in a Skype call using a laptop computer and one of Panasonic's Viera Cast enabled HDTV televisions at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 7, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology tradeshow, runs through January 10 and is expected to feature 2,500 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 110,000 attendees.

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LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 07: Actor Jack Brand (R), participates in a Skype call using a laptop computer and one of Panasonic's Viera Cast enabled HDTV televisions at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 7, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology tradeshow, runs through January 10 and is expected to feature 2,500 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 110,000 attendees.

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LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 07: Actor Jack Brand (R), participates in a Skype call using a laptop computer and one of Panasonic's Viera Cast enabled HDTV televisions at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 7, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology tradeshow, runs through January 10 and is expected to feature 2,500 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 110,000 attendees.

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LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 07: Actor Jack Brand (R), participates in a Skype call using a laptop computer and one of Panasonic's Viera Cast enabled HDTV televisions at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 7, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology tradeshow, runs through January 10 and is expected to feature 2,500 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 110,000 attendees.

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Attendees use free email serviced sponsored by Skype at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010.

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Attendees use free email serviced sponsored by Skype at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010.

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Skype software for voice and video calling added to Panasonic's line of 2010 VIERA CAST-enabled HDTVs.

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Skype software for voice and video calling added to Panasonic's line of 2010 VIERA CAST-enabled HDTVs.

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Maj. Ralph Romans right, joins his son Spc. Dustin Romans, from Bismarck, North Dakota talking to his wife Shandy via Skype in Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009. Some 1200 US troops serve as part of NATO's peacekeeping force in Kosovo.

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Maj. Ralph Romans right, joins his son Spc. Dustin Romans, from Bismarck, North Dakota talking to his wife Shandy via Skype in Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009. Some 1200 US troops serve as part of NATO's peacekeeping force in Kosovo.

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A logo is seen on a shirt at The eBay Shop at the company's headquarters in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. EBay Inc. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit more than tripled, largely because of the sale of its Skype telecommunications business.

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A logo is seen on a shirt at The eBay Shop at the company's headquarters in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. EBay Inc. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit more than tripled, largely because of the sale of its Skype telecommunications business.

AP 

Toys are seen on display at The eBay Shop at eBay headquarters in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. EBay Inc. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit more than tripled, largely because of the sale of its Skype telecommunications business.

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Toys are seen on display at The eBay Shop at eBay headquarters in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. EBay Inc. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit more than tripled, largely because of the sale of its Skype telecommunications business.

AP 

A sign outside eBay headquarters in San Jose, Calif. is seen Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. EBay Inc. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit more than tripled, largely because of the sale of its Skype telecommunications business.

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A sign outside eBay headquarters in San Jose, Calif. is seen Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010. EBay Inc. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit more than tripled, largely because of the sale of its Skype telecommunications business.

AP 

LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 08: The Nokia N900 phone is displayed at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 8, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company says the device lets people use it like a desktop computer with PC-style multitasking and browsers, including Firefox, that are the same as a desktop interface. The N900 has a five megapixel camera with a dual LED flash as well as video and full Skype and chat capabilities. It selss for about USD 468. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology tradeshow, runs through January 10 and is expected to feature 2,500 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 110,000 attendees.

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LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 08: The Nokia N900 phone is displayed at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 8, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company says the device lets people use it like a desktop computer with PC-style multitasking and browsers, including Firefox, that are the same as a desktop interface. The N900 has a five megapixel camera with a dual LED flash as well as video and full Skype and chat capabilities. It selss for about USD 468. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology tradeshow, runs through January 10 and is expected to feature 2,500 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 110,000 attendees.

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LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 07: Actor Jack Brand (R), participates in a Skype call using a laptop computer and one of Panasonic's Viera Cast enabled HDTV televisions at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 7, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology tradeshow, runs through January 10 and is expected to feature 2,500 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 110,000 attendees.

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LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 07: Actor Jack Brand (R), participates in a Skype call using a laptop computer and one of Panasonic's Viera Cast enabled HDTV televisions at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 7, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology tradeshow, runs through January 10 and is expected to feature 2,500 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to about 110,000 attendees.

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