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Russian security service officials said on Saturday that there are no plans to ban Skype and Gmail despite reports claiming they had intentions of doing so. The information and special communications director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday that he was growing "increasingly concerned" by the use of services with foreign-made encryption technology. Alexander Andreyechkin was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying that "The uncontrolled use of these...

European Sperm Bank USA now offering a chance to discuss donor options via Skype. Seattle, WA (PRWEB) April 6, 2011 European Sperm Bank USA (ESB-USA), the leading U.S. and Danish sperm bank, has introduced "˜Skype' videoconferencing with our Donor Coordinator, Kristina Jensen, for women and couples trying to select the best genetic donor to help create their family. Ms. Jensen says that "Skyping with our clients allows me a higher level of communication and a better way to help them...

SECAUCUS, N.J., April 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Panasonic, a leader in connected TV entertainment, announced today the activation of professional sports apps for baseball and basketball on its 2011 line of VIERA Connect(TM)-enabled HDTVs(1). The planned addition of interactive sports apps including professional baseball, basketball, hockey and soccer was initially announced in January at the International Consumer Electronics Show. VIERA Connect, a significant enhancement of Panasonic's...

eApps Hosting announced today the launch of the Virtual Machine in the Cloud hosting service. The service combines the best aspects of a cloud computing architecture with the predictable pricing of traditional plan-based virtual private servers. Using the eApps Create-A-Cloudâ„¢ tool, customers can create their own custom hosting plan, and adjust resources as needed, with known recurring billing. The underlying hosting environment is built with a fault tolerant cloud architecture to...

SAN FRANCISCO and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Web 2.0 Expo -- Sococo, the social communications company, today announced at Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco (http://www.web2expo.com) Team Space Business Telephony: the public beta program for Team Space users to call other team members or guests through public switched telephone network (PSTN) phone numbers. Sococo also announced plans to integrate Skype SILK audio codec for improved audio quality into Team Space. The...

GadgetTrak® Mobile Security Recognized for Innovation in Utility & Public Safety Portland, OR (PRWEB) March 21, 2011 ActiveTrak Inc. (http://www.activetrak.com) named a finalist in the category of Productivity, Utility and Public Safety in CTIA's annual Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards competition. The CTIA E-Tech Awards honor the most innovative new products in 14 categories spanning the areas of mobile apps, consumer electronics, enterprise and infrastructure. Winners will...

CHICAGO, March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A dad in New York, a mom in Los Angeles, and their daughter receiving life saving treatment in Chicago - while a scattered scenario, this is not an uncommon one for Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center, which treats women and young girls from all over the country who suffer from eating disorders, substance and drug abuse issues, co-occurring disorders, trauma and other mental illnesses. And because of this, Timberline Knolls is piloting a...

PicCell Wireles announces a promotional US Virtual Number (USVN) rate plan that offers rates lower than Skype, a popular low-cost VoIP calling service. This strategic move allows the friends and family to reach PicCell phones abroad and only pay domestic US rates, while saving more than ever. Seattle, WA (PRWEB) March 12, 2011 The incoming rate for USVN calls to PicCell clients is cheaper than using Skype and does not require a Skype account, any third-party software or even a computer...

AUSTIN, Texas, March 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at South by Southwest, Rdio (www.rdio.com), the unlimited, on-demand social music service from the founders of Skype, announced the public availability of their API and affiliate program. The new API exposes much of the functionality of Rdio.com and gives developers the ability to create web applications that can search, access and play all of the artists, songs, albums, playlists, and top charts in Rdio's catalog of over 8 million songs....

The developers of the Angry Birds smartphone game, Rovio, raised $42 million from investors and named Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstroem to its board. Rovio said on Thursday that the funding round was co-led by Accel Partners, which has previously backed Facebook, Admob and Baidu, and Zennstroem's venture capital firm Atomico Ventures.  It said that Rovio wants to expand across markets including mobile, social media and other platforms, and through merchandising and media production and...