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This week on Channel 9, Brian and Dan discuss this week's developer news, including: - Moonlight 1.0 goes live - Lots of cool Windows 7 Taskbar API Samples - WPF Data Binding Cheat Sheet, via .NET Kicks - Rudi Grobler: WPF Themes Project Updated - Bruno Terkaly: 10 Part…

Developers interested in integrating Skype into their applications can now request access to Skype’s new SDK, called SkypeKit. Available in beta format as of June 14th, the Windows version of the developer’s kit works on Windows x86 operating systems. Access to the kit is on an invite-only basis…

Earlier this week, Skype released a beta app for users of Windows Mobile devices. The app, the Windows Mobile 2.5 beta, brings the VOIP capabilities of the popular desktop software to Windows Mobile smartphones and Pocket PCs. In the new application, you'll find tabs at the bottom of the screen…

The folks over at Skype have just announced the new version of Skype for Windows, Skype 4.0, is now available for download. This updated version offers a number of new and improved features including better video calling, easier-to-manage calls and IMs, improved call quality, and an overhauled…

The Skype Voice Changer is a new Coding4Fun application written by Mark Heath. With this software, you can change your how your voice sounds in a Skype conversation. For the silly voice effects, Mark recommends the pitch shifting setting called “SuperPitch” which lets you shift the pitch of your…

About a month ago, Skype announced they were working on the next version of their mobile application for Windows Mobile devices. Now, that app is here. This update brings two new features to Skype 3.0 – SMS and file transfer. With the SMS feature, you can send and receive text messages from your…

The last two days have been rather exciting for those of us who follow Skype. First off we have the Skype 2.2 Beta for Windows Mobile. For a while now everyone rocking a PocketPC device could use Skype anywhere they liked. As of yesterday those of us with Smartphone devices can install the beta and…

Belkin's wifi phone for Skype can now be found in the wild, and the first reports back are relatively good. The advantage of being able to manage our Skype existence from either the desktop or the handset outweighs the few niggles related to Belkin's hardware design. The ever-growing access to…

I know more than a couple journalists and bloggers who use Skype for interviews, and sometimes you want to record those calls. But it can sometimes be a little tricky to capture correctly. DownloadSquad.com has a tip for recording calls using a free application called Skype Call Recorder.…

We did it! Well, actually YOU did it! Thanks to everybody who commented on Ping episode 100 and because of that great effort- we give stuff away on this episode! But before that, let's talk about some important Microsoft news: Microsoft buys Skype! Bill Gates makes a fashion statement Phishing on…