New Skype for Windows gets off ground

Skype is set to formally release on Thursday the latest version of its voice over Internet Protocol service, which includes call forwarding and downloadable ring tones, pictures and sounds.

Skype for Windows 1.4, first available in beta in August, lets callers forward incoming Skype calls to another Skype account for free. Users can also forward calls to up to three landline or mobile numbers for as little as 2 cents a minute, depending on the country, according to the company's chief marketing

Microsoft IE programmed to save Web pages

Q. I purchased a scanner about four years ago that captured Web pages and stored them in a special folder using software called PaperPort by ScanSoft. It no longer functions.

After exhausting several hours of trial and error and research to no avail, even going to the software manufacturer, I am at a dead end for new leads and follow-ups.

Joe Huspen @hotmail.com

A. PaperPort and ScanSoft date back to the early days of Windows computers. This Web capture feature, a

Microsoft to launch Rs 1,000 starter XP edition to take on piracy

MICROSOFT Corporation India is set to launch the Windows XP Starter Edition priced at Rs 1,000 that fits well into the Rs 10,000 price personal computers that have begun to proliferate in the country.

The Starter Edition is attractively priced targeting countries such as India and Russia. The edition comes with high localisation and would be available in a local language interface such as Hindi, Telugu and Tamil.

For the company, this move is aimed at partly curbing the rampant