To fix Skype, delete shared.xml file from Skype data folder.

Win XP/Win 7

Type %appdata%\skype on RUN and click OK. Delete the shared.xml file.
Mac OS

rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Skype/shared.xml

MAKE SURE YOU WATCH these videos to get a glimpse of what our future may look like…WOW!!!  Just AMAZING!!

There maybe many questions about Microsoft’s decision to buy Skype, but one thing is for sure — it can take video conferencing and video calling to a whole different level, thanks to Kinect. If you watch these videos, you can easily imagine the future of video-based calls.

You can make and receive high-quality video via the big screen televisions using broadband-connected XBox 360 with Kinect and Microsoft Messenger. Replace the Messenger with Skype and suddenly Kinect-based calls can go anywhere.

They can start at home and end up on any device – Android, iPhone, iPad and some days on Windows Phone 7 powered phones as well. Same goes for calls emerging from your phones and ending up on the big screen.

Even more immersive calling? Sure why not. At the bottom of this page is the video of a MIT Media Lab project that shows how Kinect can be used for immersive video conference calls. Microsoft’s Skype, Apple’s Facetime and Google Voice are suddenly competing for our communication minutes via video calling.

Kinected Conference from Lining (Lizzie) Yao on Vimeo.

Skype CEO Tony Bates

Last week, it was Google and Facebook who were said to be purchasing Skype. Today, Microsoft has announced that actually? They’re the ones snapping up the VoIP company. The confirmed price is $8.5 billion; considerably more than what eBay bought Skype for back in 2005.

So what is Microsoft getting out of the deal? Not just the secrets to Skype’s phenomenal success. Microsoft’s said that Skype “will support Microsoft devices like Xbox and Kinect, Windows Phone and a wide array of Windows devices, and Microsoft will connect Skype users with Lync, Outlook, Xbox Live and other communities.”

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