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Skype 2.0 Beta launches.

As those at Skype are fond of reporting, many millions of Web surfers worldwide have downloaded the company"s client; indeed, it"s available in 27 languages. A few million of these folks have even gone so far as to use it to either instant message or make unlimited voice calls to other Skype users on a daily basis. Today, with its rollout of the beta Skype 2.0, all those millions of folks could conceivably upgrade and start making free video calls too. (PC Magazine)


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