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How-To Fix: Firefox 3 – Image cannot be displayed, because it contains errors

A number of people have reported problems viewing some images in Firefox 3, where they get the error: <image> cannot be displayed, because it contains errors Amazingly enough, there is a very simple fix to this problem – disable the Skype Add-On for Firefox.  This can cause this problem to occur, so disabling it often [...]

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Skype for Mobile: Beta Released

Skype today released the first Beta of Skype for Mobile, which allows users of most new mobile phones to run a version of Skype on their phone.  The Beta allows you to: Send messages to your contacts Receive calls from Skype contacts (charged at SkypeOut rates) Make calls to Skype contacts if you live in [...]

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Skype Plugin for Adium (and Pidgin/libpurple)

I came accross an Adium plugin today that allows me to show my Skype contacts in my Adium contact list.  Hooray!  You still have to be running Skype, but it saves you a bit of real estate on your desktop as you only need one contacts list open. The plugin also works for Pidgin/libpurple so [...]

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