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I have not had any luck, until today, getting Skype for Verizon BlackBerry installed on my device. The link that Skype provides on their website does not install. The SMS message from Skype does not install. The SMS message form Verizon does not install. All of the three display an error message that tells me that Skype is not available on my device. I guess some customers had the application pushed over the weekend but not me.

After a nice weekend away from my computer I set out to find it, and I did. At the end of this post you will find the from Verizon for an Over the Air (OTA) download. Simply open the link from your device and follow the instructions.

Verizon Wireless OTA Installation

And please, if you decide to subscribe to Skype, please support us by using the link below.

Posted by Mike Wright

Today is the launch day for Skype Mobile on Verizon Blackberry devices. The listed devices are:

• BlackBerry Storm 9530
• BlackBerry Storm2
• BlackBerry Curve 8330
• BlackBerry Curve 8530
• BlackBerry Curve 8830 World Edition
• BlackBerry Tour 9630
• Motorola Droid
• HTC Droid Eris
• Motorola Devour

But, try to download from your device and you get "Sorry, Skype mobile is not available for your phone." Hopefully they will have the issues fixed sooner than later.

Below are the links you need.

If you want to subscribe to any of Skype's services, please use our Skype link on the bottom of this post to support Attack Computer Wiz.

*Update 3/29/2010: The below links do not seem to work. See my post HERE to find a valid download.

Though as of 1100 PST the links still don't work, here they are;
Verizon SMS Invitation
Download from your device Here or Here

Posted by Mike Wright

This is a follow-up to my post on February 18 (LINK)

Verizon and Skype announced today that the much anticipated “Verizon Skype Mobile” application will become available on Thursday March 25, 2010. As reported before, this application will allow users to make Skype to Skype calls for free and expand the paid Skype services to Verizon BlackBerry devices.

This service will run on Verizon devices using the data service. This is in contrast to previous unofficial applications which required the use of both voice and data plans.

Once available you should be able to download the application directly from the Skype website using the below link.

Skype Mobile

Posted by Mike Wright

Cryptome.org is a website that recently hit my radar when they were ordered by Microsoft to remove information from public view. When the big boys like Microsoft and Apple put someone in the cross hairs I normally pay notice and try to find out what the deal is.

In this case, Cryptome.org publishes documents that may come from questionable sources or may not necessarily be for general consumption. I gathered a few documents that were labeled “Law Enforcement Only” and have put together a spreadsheet that compares what data is stored about you.

I think this information is very valuable and all of us should take note what companies store about us. Not so much for what they can or will release to law enforcement, not in the least, but what they may lose should systems be breached and your data lost.

Sorry if the data is truncated, I tried to fit it in the space provided.

Service

Date

Name

Add

Bill

SSN

Tel

IP

CC

eMail

Txt

Files

Pics

Profiles

Logs

Facebook

2/08

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

MySpace

6/06

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

AOL

9/08

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

MSN

3/08

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Skype

10/07

X

X

X

X

X

X

eBay

?

X

X

X

X

X

X

PayPal

?

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Posted by Mike Wright