Skype v4.0.0.166 Beta - Update

Of course you’ve tried Skype by now – if, however you haven’t (why?!) then you definitely should. This is a free, extremely popular Net voice call application that employs P2P technology to offer high audio quality and at the same time low bandwidth usage. The team behind the original Kazaa P2P client is also the one that created Skype and this makes sense since Skype actually “borrows” the concept of P2P networks and extends it into Net phone calls and instant messaging.

This is the latest beta version of this software. The latest stable version is v3.8.0.180 and you can download it from here.

System requirements

• PC running Windows 2000, XP or Vista. (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 Quality Video calls you will need a high quality video webcam and software, a dual-core processor computer and a fast broadband connection (384 kbps).

Technical details
Version 3.8.0.180 File size 21 MB. Official release. Release date: October 1, 2008. File name: SkypeSetup.exe