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Skype 5.0 Beta Adds 10-Way Video Calling, Adult Texting on the Rise

by Thomas Houston on September 3, 2010 at 09:20 AM

Skype 10-Way Calls
Highlights from this morning's big tech headlines...
  • The new Skype 5.0 beta for Windows introduces 10-way video calling, for awkward and impromptu digital family reunions. [From: Engadget]
  • A new study reveals that adults are finally catching on to this whole texting thing, with over 72-percent reporting that they're texting daily. [From: Pew Internet & American Life Project]
  • Following reports of computers overheating and minor burn injuries, Toshiba is recalling 41,000 of its T Series laptops. [From: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission]
  • Gmail may be great for keeping spam out of your inbox, but Google's New York offices have been hit by the city's bedbug epidemic. [From: Valleywag]
  • Here's yet another problem with the new iTunes 10: Apple removed the ability to create ringtones from songs you've purchased from the iTunes store. Fortunately, the ol' file-rename trick still works. [From: MacLife]

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