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Skype is software that enables you to make free calls anywhere in the world. Skype uses innovative P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you with other users. It offers several features, including SkypeOut calling from Skype to regular and mobile phones worldwide, conference calling, and secure file transferring. Skype calls have better sound quality than your regular phone and are highly secure, with end-to-end encryption. Improves video quality for video calls.
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Skype is software that enables you to make free calls anywhere in the world. Skype uses innovative P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you with other users. It offers several features, including SkypeOut calling from Skype to regular and mobile phones worldwide, conference calling, and secure file transferring. Skype calls have better sound quality than your regular phone and are highly secure, with end-to-end encryption. Improves video quality for video calls.
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Skype is software that enables you to make free calls anywhere in the world. Skype uses P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you with other users. It offers several features, including SkypeOut calling from Skype to regular and mobile phones worldwide, conference calling, and secure file transferring. You can also now share your screen with other users. Skype calls focus on video and audio quality, and secure the calls with end-to-end encryption.
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Skype is the next phenomenon from the people who brought you KaZaA. Just like KaZaA, Skype uses P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you to other users ? not to share files this time, but to talk and chat with your friends.
The technology is extremely advanced ? but super simple to use. You?ll be making free phone calls to your friends in no time!
Use Skype to give your friends a call and voice chat with them at the highest quality on the market.
Features of Skype include:
- Free unlimited worldwide phone calls to other Skype users
- Superior sound quality
- Works with all firewall, NAT and routers ? nothing to configure!
- Friends list shows you when your Skype friends are online and ready to talk or chat
- Super-simple and easy to use
- Your calls are encrypted ?end-to-end? in order to safeguard your privacy
- Based on cutting edge peer-to-peer technology developed by the creators of Kazaa and Joltid

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* Free Skype-to-Skype calls from any WiFi zone.
* Call and text (SMS) phones and mobiles at great Skype rates.
* See who’s online and send and receive instant messages on the move.


Free Skype-to-Skype calls
Sign into Skype from any WiFi zone and reach friends and family free with Skype-to-Skype calls.
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The latest version introduces free video calls to Linux.
Make calls from your computer – free to other people on Skype, great low rates to phones and mobiles across the world. And the sound quality is great too – keep it running all day, and it’s like you’re in the same room as the person on the other end.

Features
Skype is packed with innovative and cool features – many are completely free – that help you keep in touch no matter where you are.
Plus, if you have friends who haven’t discovered the joys of Skype you can call them on their phone or mobile at great low rates too.
* Free video call with anyone in your contact list.
* Group chat with up to 150 people.
* Conference call with up to 25 others.

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Exciting new ways to stay in touch.

Main features
* Free Skype-to-Skype calls.
* Call phones and mobiles, send SMS.
* Free instant messaging.
* Voicemail.
* Free video calls.
* Forward calls to a phone when you’re offline.

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Lifehacker's Gina Trapani's alternative to Google Packs. It's a bit old (2006), but valuable any way
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Still not ready to try Win7? Continuing to avoid Vista? Install this Pack of free apps to give XP a boost
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These are the programs I install on my laptop after freshly installing a Windows OS. I like to do a clean install of my OS every few months, so this pack will come in handy, and save me the trouble big time.
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Helpful tools to publicize your company, project, or yourself on the web
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A broad range of software utilities to make life easier for users.
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Utilities - all kinds!
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Instant Messengers, so many of them these days, and all free, basically.
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Instant messengers kind of tools
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This Pack includes Lifehacker's 'Best of' apps: Aug 08-July 09. Download individual items below, or if you're looking for the fastest way to get multiple downloads automatically, click the 'Download' button.
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