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[Oloop.org] Niklas Zennström, the internet entrepreneur behind both Kazaa and Skype, spoke to BBC Click Online about how his two inventions came about, and how broadband and wireless devices are shaping his vision for the future.

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http://ipcentral.info [Ipcentral.info] IPcentral Weblog - Intellectual Property and Copyright Commentary: Skype’s current CEO Niklas Zennstrom co-created Kazaa before licensing the technology to Sharman Networks in Australia after a flood of lawsuits by the recording and movie industries.Skype is headquartered in Luxembourg, and is funded by Tim Draper, Draper Fisher Jurvetson ePlanet, Index Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners and Mangrove Capital Partners. Sharman Networks is based in Vanuatu, and reveals nothing about its backing.

Gigaom.com[Gigaom.com] Om Malik’s Broadband Blog » Skype CEO for Nobel Prize?: Apparently a number of Europeans were tittering at this point. Pulver suggested that the attendees use any contacts they might have with the organizing committee to make this happen.

Engadget.com[Engadget.com] The Engadget Interview: Niklas Zennström - Engadget - www.engadget.com: - there is absolutely no way to discover what's wrong with the payment - the support is not helpful, takes ages to get to you (long queues) and they blame the problem alternatively on the CC processor or customer's bank, even though both say that everything is OK and the problem is with Skype. I have got four payments refused or canceled like this, even though the bank authorized it.

P2p.weblogsinc.com[P2p.weblogsinc.com] Skype now offers conference calling feature - The Peer-to-Peer ...: Skype is announcing a new feature that allows the world’s first IP-based conference-call service using p2p technology. Users can now create conference calls with up to five users - any place in the world.

Networks.silicon.com[Networks.silicon.com] Kazaa 3.0 to include Skype - silicon.com: Skype, headquartered in Luxembourg, is the newest venture of Niklas Zennström (no.3 in silicon.com's recent Agenda Setters list) and Janus Friis, co-founders of Kazaa and Altnet, a secure peer-to-peer network.

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