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Skype exploit reveals user IP addresses

A simple Skype exploit can reveal IP addresses — remote and local — of any user. A blog post by skype-open-source runs through the process of obtaining a user’s IP address. Essentially, all a person has to do is start the process of adding a contact with a specific user name. Instead of sending a contact confirmation, the person can …

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U.S.Cellular, Alltel launch Wal

U.S.Cellular and Alltel Wireless have joined up with Wal-Mart to take on the cell phone frontier of big-box retail distribution. U.S. Cellular, a regional carrier out of Chicago, and Alltel, based in Little Rock, Ark., will begin selling select phones under the U Prepaid brand in 18 states some time in May. U Prepaid, a pre-existing Alltel brand, will kick …

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