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A licensing disagreement has put the future of Skype in doubt

eBay has announced that it may have to close down Skype because of a dispute over licensing with Joltid, the founders of the service. Skype was bought from creators Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom in 2005 for $2.6billion but - rather clumsily - this deal did not include eBay owning a major piece of the technology that powers the software. Ever since, eBay has been licensing the much-needed technology from Joltid but this agreement has recently been revoked by the Skype founders.

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Apple and Google set for mobile summer skirmish

These days mobiles are far more than just phones. With the continued development of smartphones and sophisticated devices, mobile phones are frequently more akin to portable computers than devices used for making calls - so no wonder the biggest names in the computing world are keen to monopolise the market. Apple is currently at the centre of the media buzz with its latest iPhone incarnation, but search giant Google doesn’t plan on letting the competitors bask in the spotlight for long

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Stop the Press! Google says Wikipedia’s a more credible source

As part of an ongoing experiment, Google has begun adding Wikipedia links to its news service, Google News . Originally the experiment began with a much smaller number of users; however it looks like the experiment has been a success in Google’s eyes as they are now rolling out the idea across all English language editions of Google News.

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