You have to admit that when eBay make up their minds that they want something they do not hang about. On Monday it was announced that eBay had paid $4.1 billion for the Internet communications company. You have to admit that is a heck of a price for the 200 employee London based business.

So what does Skype do? Simply it allows members to talk to each other providing they have installed the Skype software. Currently if you want to make calls to landlines there is a small charge but it costs nothing to talk to anyone anywhere in the world using the Internet.

You do not have to be a genius to realise the impact that this technology could have on International communications. Very similar I expect to the effect that e-mail had on traditional mail services. The question of course is what does eBay want with Skype.

Skype allows you to dial another Skype user and speak to them via your microphone and computer speakers. Each member has their own