December 1 is World AIDS Day. Bristol-Meyers-Squibb has a site set up called LightToUnite. Go light a virtual candle, and they will donate a dollar to AIDS research. Official World AIDS Day web page here.
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Thursday, December 1, 2005
The Skype 2.0 Beta is out, and you can download it here. According to the press release, the new features are:
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Skype Video – Although I have a long standing opinion that most people don’t use video once they’ve tried it (look – Grandpa has a nice forehead today, doesn’t he?), this is a big change from previous versions.
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Simplified user interface – it is prettier. I’ll give you that.
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Self-expression – Great for the teeny-boppers, I guess.
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Personalization – avatars and ringtones. Hasn’t this been part of the last few releases?
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See your contacts’ time zones – Again, hasn’t this been in a number of releases prior?
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Group your contacts – useful, and it’s about time.
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Real-time contact search – again, useful, and it’s about time.
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Skype toolbar for Microsoft Outlook – hasn’t this been part of prior releases?
Skype Journal has a more complete changelog. There are some new APIs as well.
Am I missing something? This feels like a 1.x release, not a 2.0.
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