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Skype 5-way Calling Limit Cracked

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-isn't-that-unsurprising dept.

BobPaul writes "It turns out when Skype limited 10 way calling to Intel Processors only it really was arbitrary! Maxxus has a patched version of Skype that allows 10-way calling regardless of the processor installed. There's also info about the patch: "The patch is the result of two phases: code analysis and design of the patch. The code analysis, or reverse engineering, reveals the relevant code block, which overrides Skype's limitation for Intel's dual-core CPUs. The patch design isolates the minimal set of instructions that need to be modified to cancel this limitation." Windows only so far."

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  1. heh heh by bi_boy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Pwnt.

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  2. Why do you need 10-way conference calls? by cciRRus · · Score: 0, Troll

    I mean... Do you even have 10 friends in the first place?

    Seriously, I don't see a point of chatting with so many people at once. I can imagine the session to be very chaotic. Wouldn't text chat (e.g. IRC) be a lot more suitable for a large group of people to communicate?

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  3. Re:Lawsuit by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Uh...since when was a company not allowed to release a product for a specific set of users? If Skype wants to do this, it's perfectly within their right. A lawsuit probably won't be successful, and it shouldn't be, no matter what sour grapes AMD fanboys have about the issue.

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  4. Re:Yay!??? by Overly+Critical+Guy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Lied about the reason? They can "cripple" their product if they want to. It's their right to do that.

    By the way, why do Slashdotters complain about our sue-happy, lawsuit-ridden world, but then when something happens that they don't like, they cry out that someone should be sued over it?

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