Skype 2.0 has a limit of five parties in a conference call, unless you have an Intel Dual-Core processor. This was for commercial reasons rather than for technical reasons – with Intel paying money for this marketing. So it should come as no surprise that someone has released not only details how this works, but what changes are needed to patch the code to remove this limitation.

Many eBay users will know that a good photo helps getting a good price for whatever you are selling. Taking professional photos can be rather hard, what with getting the lighting, backdrop and focus correct. So, here comes a Lightbox that helps you take great photos. Assuming that you actually use your camera…

And I have spoken about the United Nuclear company in the USA before. They sell things like AeroGel which is very light glass filled with air, and other cool chemicals. They have just announced that they are being sued for distributing chemicals to people without an explosives license. Things like powdered zink and aluminium. And sulphur, permanganates and nitrates. Sounds rather geeky I know, but I can remember using these in chemistry at Highschool to make fireworks for science night.