Skype description
Skype is a telephoning software (VOiP) from the makers of Kazaa

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.

Here are some key features of "Skype

Make free calls to anyone else on Skype, anywhere in the world
See who you are talking to with free video calls
Chat with up to 100 people in group chats
Conference call with up to four people for free
Call ordinary phones with SkypeOut
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

Requirements

Windows XP required for video calls
Internet connection (broadband is best, GPRS is not supported for voice calls, and results may vary on a satellite connection
Speakers and microphone — built-in or separate
A webcam, if you want to make video calls
We also recommend that you have at least 400 MHz processor, 128 MB RAM and 15 MB free disk space on your hard drive



What's New in This Release:

Known issue: Skype Extras Manager displays error messages on launching some of the
plug-ins under Windows' Limited User account
bugfix: SkypePM.exe crashes on first start after installation
bugfix: Russian language display problems in updater
bugfix: Groups panel stayed open when user was changed
bugfix: Contact list focus was lost when using some toolbar buttons