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Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:30 PM

Published 11/07/2009 by Gomo News


Maybe the best heist ever: everything you need to know about the EBay Skype sale

It has been a fairly humiliating experience for EBay. When the auction-site bought VoiP giant Skype for $3.1 billion back in 2005, it quickly became hailed  as one of the worst purchases of the millenium. Ever since, EBay has been trying to get rid of Skype. Today,...

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Skype founders win 14% stake for patents
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