EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

We lead the Easter Monday edition with talk that Skype's founders want to buy the VoIP company back from the auction giant.

Word is that they're looking at various funding options between US$1-2 billion for the buyback - and that the coast could be clear given Skype hasn't exactly been synergistic with eBay's subscribers...

-- Ry Crozier

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TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Staff Writers | April 13, 2009

The founders of Skype, currently owned by eBay, are interested in bidding for the company they sold some four years ago, according to a media report.

By Phil Muncaster | April 13, 2009

Millions of Hotmail, Windows Live and MSN customers were left high and dry after another outage meant they were unable to access their inboxes for around two hours.

By Phil Muncaster | April 13, 2009

Adobe has launched a new program intended to support unemployed developers and encourage the use of its Flex open source framework for building web applications.

By Phil Muncaster | April 13, 2009

Sun is set to officially launch servers built on Intel's new Nehalem EP quad core chips after Tuesday alongside an Open Network System initiative.

By Phil Muncaster | April 13, 2009

Microsoft will begin to push out the latest version of its flagship Internet Explorer browser to users with older editions from next week.

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