As with many information-related problems these days, the biggest
issue is knowing where to look.  Try this one:

http://share.skype.com/sites/garage/

On that page, the following description appears.  Btw, I did not know
about this site myself until a day or two ago.  Looks like a fine page
to bookmark!

Skype 3.8 for Windows hotfix

   By  Raul on June 4, 2008 in Skype for Windows.

   We released a hotfix version of Skype 3.8 for Windows today, to
   address the Skype File URI Security Bypass Code Execution
   Vulnerability issue.

   With this and other problems fixed in this build, we recommend that
   you upgrade, just to be on the safe side!

   We would like to thank everyone who has reported problems in order
   that we can improve the quality of Skype for everyone.

   You can feedback to us on our public issue tracker Jira or discuss
   Skype related matters on Skype Community.

   The newly released version 3.8.0.139 brings you the following goodies:

   * Security fix: Skype File URI Security Bypass Code Execution
   Vulnerability
   * Change: Internet Explorer plugin updated to version 2.2.0.181
   * Change: Firefox plugin updated to version 2.2.0.87
   * Change: Extras Manager updated to version 2.2.0.58
   * Change: Google contacts importer removed
   * bugfix: Skype occasionally crashed on Vista after disconnecting
   power cable from PC
   * bugfix: Skype crashed on Windows 2008

   * bugfix: Skype occasionally crashed when importing contacts from
   several Sources

   So long, thanks for all the fish.


On Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 02:39:48AM -0700, jim grimsby Jr. wrote:
I thought you would be interested in this article.

This is of course wonderful.  However, I am afraid I do have a complaint.

As many of you already know there was just a recently released hot fix for 
Skype 3.8.  I forwarded the information yesterday.

Since that time, I have been checking the Skype blog religiously.  I odiously 
assumed that someone would mention the hot fix, indicating exactly what was 
fixed in  the hot fix.

No article was forthcoming.  Then I see this feel-good article, which I grant 
is extremely important.  Those of us who paid for Skype out or Skype in, are  
of course gratified to learn that we can use our purchase anywhere that we are 
likely to go.

That being said, isn't it equally important to inform the user's paid or 
otherwise of a new software hot fix?

In a recent interview with the chairman of Skype stated that his main goal was 
to provide stability for the end-user.  Well my friends informing the user of a 
hot fix will precipitate user stability.

Enjoy reading the following article and please forgive my lengthy rant. 

 

 

Feed: Skype Blogs
Posted on: Friday, June 06, 2008 10:51 AM
Author: Howard Wolinsky
Subject: Skype Nomad successfully completes excellent adventure in mobility

 


Howard Wolinsky here, your friendly neighborhood US 
<http://share.skype.com/sites/us/>  Blogger for Skype, just popping in with the 
latest breaking news from the Skype Nomad:


Thirty-three days, and 17 countries later, Rebecca Campbell, better known at 
her blog <http://share.skype.com/sites/nomad> , Facebook and MySpace, as the 
Skype Nomad, finished her 'round-the-world trip and got off the boat in Tallin, 
Estonia.,
She headed over to Skype's supreme HQ where she was greeted with cheers, along 
with champagne toasts and slabs of strawberry mousse cake. A night out on town 
followed.

"I'm pretty tired, but it was great. It was an epic adventure," said Rebecca, 
26, a copywriter from London, England.

Her goal was to show that she could be in "perpetual motion" and still 
communicate via Skype.

 Skypenomad.jpg <http://share.skype.com/sites/en/Skypenomad.jpg> 

She had some blackouts, such as on a boat on the Yangtze River in China and in 
the heart of the Australian outback. "Nothing works in those places. Not cell 
phones, Not anything," the native Australian said.

But the Skype Nomad's excellent adventure in mobility, for the most part, 
was...well, excellent.

She said she successfully used Skype while riding a camel in Australia, on 
trains throughout Europe, on a gondola in Venice, and on an RV traveling 
between San Francisco and Los Angeles.

She was especially impressed with the 3 Skypephone. "It was the best bit of 
technology I took with me. It worked like a walkie-talkie. I could use it for 
free phone calls and text messages."

She said the roaming charges simply disappeared in Italy, the United Kingdom, 
Austria, Sweden. Denmark. She also used it her native Australia--on camelback. 

Her mum Julie and grandmother "Nana Peg" back in Oz both have 3 Skypephones. 
Rebecca is hoping the nice people at Skype will give her one.

The 3 Skypephone is not available in the US. Too bad. 

Rebecca was impressed with the wide availability of Wi-Fi in the United States, 
which enabled her to make Skype calls from a moving RV in LA and from roadside 
stops using her MacBook and a Nokia N95 phone.

Campell said her trip also was a success because she raised over ??7,000 
pounds, with contributions from Virgin Radio and Skype, for her favorite 
charity, Motivation <http://www.justgiving.com/Skypenomad/> , which provides 
wheelchairs and other assistance to the disabled in places such as Sri Lanka.

So would Rebecca go nomad for Skype again? 

She says she would. "But I need to rest up first. Maybe in a couple months?"

  <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShareSkypeEn/~4/306212526> 


View 
<http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ShareSkypeEn/~3/306212526/skype_nomad_successfully_compl.html>
  article...

Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To  access scripts for the latest 
version of skype go to 
http://www.dlee.org/skype
To access tutorials and other goodies go to
http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html
thanks and have a wonderful day.


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