[ NNSquad ] Microsoft buying Skype, promises integration with Outlook and other MS technologies

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Microsoft buying Skype, promises integration with Outlook and other MS technologies
http://j.mp/lwK0ck  (This message in Google Buzz)

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http://j.mp/jwn8Ye  (Huffington)

       Microsoft said it will marry Skype's functions to its Xbox game
       console, Outlook email program and Windows smartphones.

http://j.mp/kH0N1U  (Huffington)

       Here's a look at the deal, by the numbers ...

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On the rumor front, word is that Microsoft is considering a
cross-licensing agreement to permit the renaming of Skype as 
"MS Avatar" ("Ms. Avatar") -- in a preemptive move to help monetize the many
expected blue screens after MS integration.  The new transition slogan
is rumored to be:

    "Skype and Microsoft: True blue, through and through!" (Requires
    Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer 9 or Windows Phone 7.
    Skype search services provided by Bing. User calls subject to
    decryption and provision to U.S. Homeland Security and other law
    enforcement authorities on demand.  Calls and/or Instant Messages
    made to, from, or within China will be censored and/or reported to
    authorities in accordance with our Chinese partners' censorship,
    propaganda, and Ministry of Public Security requirements.)

--Lauren--
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