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Skype Blames Crash on Windows

Millions of updates, reboots fried VOIP service, company says

By Heather McPherson, Newser User

Posted Aug 20, 2007 12:49 PM CDT

(Newser) – Skype's mysterious failure last week was caused by a routine Windows update, the company says. Millions of users downloaded the new software, rebooted their computers, and tried to log into Skype at the same time, crashing the net phone service, PC World reports. It's still... Read full story »

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