The next day Microsoft said it was buying Skype, an internet calling and video service, for $8.5 billion.
另外，就是第二天微软就宣布以85亿美元收购网络视频通话公司Skype。
Its flexible, generalpurpose architecture has made it the platform on which new technologies, from voice-over-internet calling to peer-to-peer file-sharing, have been incubated.
在其灵活，通用的体系结构所造就的平台上，网络语音电话，对等文件共享等一系列新技术相继孕育而生。
The next day Microsoft announced its purchase of Skype, an internet calling and video service, for a frothy-looking $8.5 billion—ten times its sales last year and 400 times its operating income.
次日，微软就宣布豪掷85亿美元收购互联网通话和视频服务Skype，相当于该公司去年销售额的10倍，对应营业利润的倍数更是高达400倍。
But industry analysts say the phone companies are facing problems that will continue to hasten the shift to Internet calling.
但是业内分析师说，电话公司正面临问题，会不断加速转向互联网电话。
Another finding is that despite the plunging cost of voice calls, and the rise of free internet-calling services such as Skype, people seem to prefer typing.
另一个发现是尽管手机费在下降以及更多像skype的免费互联网电话服务的出现，人们仍然偏向于打字。
Sonia Morhange is one of about one hundred Peace Corps volunteers in Rwanda. She talks with a friend in California on Skype, an Internet calling service.
摩尔·汉格是卢旺达和平队100多个志愿者之一，她通过Skype与加利福尼亚州的朋友聊天，Skype是一种互联网电话服务。
Sonia Morhange is one of about one hundred Peace Corps volunteers in Rwanda. She talks with a friend in California on Skype, an Internet calling service.
摩尔·汉格是卢旺达和平队100多个志愿者之一，她通过Skype与加利福尼亚州的朋友聊天，Skype是一种互联网电话服务。
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