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Author:  pcernie [ Wed Jan 16, 2013 4:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Microsoft 'to replace Xbox Live voice chat with Skype'

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/38 ... ith-skype/

Didn't MS give the NSA and the like a back door into Windows? I only ask cos I definitely remember legal arguments about Skype not being state friendly :twisted: :twisted:

Author:  JJW009 [ Wed Jan 16, 2013 4:55 pm ]
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I guess it makes sense to consolidate their voice services, but I still don't like Skype!

Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Wed Jan 16, 2013 5:29 pm ]
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+1 and would be a reason not to go for the Xbox. Looks like it's back to PC gaming, which I was last into (online) with CS1.6 I think.

Author:  soddit112 [ Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:02 pm ]
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cloaked_wolf wrote:
+1 and would be a reason not to go for the Xbox. Looks like it's back to PC gaming, which I was last into (online) with CS1.6 I think.


Teamspeak FTW!!

Author:  finlay666 [ Sun Jan 20, 2013 4:35 pm ]
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pcernie wrote:
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/386889/microsoft-to-replace-xbox-live-voice-chat-with-skype/

Didn't MS give the NSA and the like a back door into Windows? I only ask cos I definitely remember legal arguments about Skype not being state friendly :twisted: :twisted:


It's a service they provide

Given the amount of racist/homophobic abuse people get from a minority on XBL having some form of monitoring wouldn't be a bad thing at all

Author:  bobbdobbs [ Sun Jan 20, 2013 6:35 pm ]
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cloaked_wolf wrote:
+1 and would be a reason not to go for the Xbox. Looks like it's back to PC gaming, which I was last into (online) with CS1.6 I think.


noob :lol:

Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Sun Jan 20, 2013 7:26 pm ]
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^^^What are people playing on the PC these days?

Author:  pcernie [ Sun Jan 20, 2013 7:38 pm ]
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cloaked_wolf wrote:
^^^What are people playing on the PC these days?


Far as I can tell, the sort of thing you need subscriptions for, or spending more on 'micro-transactions' than they ever thought they would...

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