Skype is software that enables you to make free calls anywhere in the world. Skype uses P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you with other users. It offers several features, including SkypeOut calling from Skype to regular and mobile phones worldwide, conference calling, and secure file transferring. You can also now share your screen with other users. Skype calls focus on video and audio quality, and secure the calls with end-to-end encryption.
Additionally it doesn't just work on Windows. Skype is also for Mac OS X, Linux and PDAs using Pocket PC, with a native look and feel for each platform. Talking, sending instant messages or even file transfers work between different platforms like a charm.
Main features
• Free Skype-to-Skype calling
• Free video calls
• Free instant messaging.
• Call phones and mobiles, send SMS.
• Voicemail
• Forward calls to a phone when you’re offline.
Download Skype
Download Skype 5.1.0.104 for Windows form website Download Skype 5.1.0.104 for Windows (1.005MB)
What's new in Skype 5.1.0.104
New features:
- Group video calling out of Beta
Improvements:
Calling - Improved surfacing of "Add Contact" and "Create a Group" functions
Video Calling - Video calls now always start in 640×480 resolution
Video Calling - Video calls on powerful computers start in 30 frames per second mode
Fixed issues:
Accessibility - Skype failed to detect screen reader software
Accessibility - Accessibility fix for selecting chat messages
Call Phones - Improved scaling for low resolution displays
Call Quality Feedback - Call quality feedback form was nor properly displayed in Arabic and Hebrew
Call Quality Indicator - Unplugging a audio device in use during a call was not handled properly, Skype could have crashed or then did not switch to remaining audio device
Call Quality Indicator - Call Quality Indicator was sometimes displayed partly out of the screen
Call Quality Indicator - On clicking Call Quality tray alert message then the call quality indicator was not focused on compact mode
Call Quality indicator - Rarely Call Quality indicator reported a good internet connection to user when he actually did not had a working connection
Call transfer - Skype crashed when transferring already transferred call
Call view - Ampersands were not displayed properly in callview
Call view - Incoming call notification after recently ended previous call had wrong messaging
Call view - Call Toolbar did not re-appear when critical issue was discovered during a call
Call view - On call recovery sometimes call view settings were changed
Calling - Enabling Skype’s Microphone controlling feature did not take effect during active call when microphone was muted
Calling - Audio playback from devices which used 16k or 32k sampling rate was choppy
Calling - Skype audio was played back only from right ear-piece with Logitech headsets G35 and G930
Generic - Skype window on dual monitor configuration was not remembered when using compact mode
Group Video Calling - Skype crashed when quiting it in middle of Group Video call
Group Video Calling - After holding and resuming a Group Video call sometimes not all video streams were resumed
Options - Open chats were not cleared after deleting chat history from Options
Options - User selected ringing device was sometimes changed to speaker device
Options - Clipped receive files folder name in IM settings
Options - SMS options text did not fit to screen on some languages
Options - Skype crashed on audio devices changing in options when user selected some specific device affected with the issue
Profile - Improved scrolling profile area while in edit mode
Welcome screen - Welcome screen test call button was not accessible for screen readers
Welcome Screen - Take a video snapshot button did not work on Welcome Screen
Welcome screen - Seldom Welcome screen was not top-most Skype window when launching Skype
Video calling - Few users saw their own video on both video preview and on incoming video area
Video calling - Fixed delayed video startup when user used Standard VGA adapter as display device
Video calling - Improved video smoothness on low quality network connection
System requirements
- PC running Windows® 2000, XP, Vista or 7, both 32- and 64-bit operating systems. (Windows 2000 users require DirectX 9.0 for video calls).
- Internet connection – broadband is best (GPRS is not supported for voice calls).
- Speakers and microphone – built-in or separate.
- For voice and video calls we recommend a computer with at least a 1GHz processor, 256 MB RAM and of course a webcam.
- For High Definition (HD) video calls both you and the person you're talking to need Skype 4.2 for Windows or higher, plus HD webcams. You'll also need a high-speed broadband connection (Recommend sustained 1 Mbps symmetrical bandwidth or higher) and a PC with at least a 1.8 GHz processor.
Source:
• Download Skype for Windows
• Skype Release Notes
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