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2012 ICT Skype controversy

The 2012 ICT Skype controversy was the leaking of Skype conversations and emails between Mohammed Nizamul Huq, head judge and chairman of Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal, and Ahmed Ziauddin, a Bangladeshi lawyer based in Brussels.

Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed

In late 2012, the ICT was the centre of a controversy after Skype conversations and e-mails between the head judge, Nizamul Huq and Ahmed Ziauddin, a Brussels-based lawyer were leaked.

Antoine Dufour

Dufour works on the side as a guitar instructor, offering lessons through Skype as well.

ArchOne

In the three releases, we can find a common selection of software: Firefox, Google Chrome, Skype, KeepassX, Hsoconnect, Gparted, GIMP, OpenOffice.org, VLC, MPlayer (the complete list of packages is available in the home project at sourceforge.net).

Batna, Algeria

Online, the youths enjoy just googling, surfing the internet, or chatting with overseas people using MSN, Yahoo! Messenger, Skype, caramail, and so on.

Embarrassing Bodies

In May 2011, a spin-off series, Embarrassing Bodies: Live From The Clinic (titled "Diagnosis Live From The Clinic" in pre-publicity and the first episode) launched, enabling viewers to appear via webcams and Skype.

Los Boricuas

The second aired two days later, depicting him confirming Castillo to Franqui and contacting a similarly surprised Estrada trough Skype, who also confirmed his presence.

Merry Christmas, Alex Cross

Ned uses Skype to show Hala that if she does not explain what she was doing at Union Station her children and mother may be injured or even killed by the Saudi secret police.

Orson Welles' Sketch Book

He fosters an intimate, even conspiratorial tone that makes him an impeccable embodiment of the medium's proverbial status as a guest in the front room … To our digitally accustomed eyes, the one-to-one timbre of the programme comes off like a monochrome forebear of Skype or YouTube.

Peak car

According to this view, these developments have reduced the need for travel by car, such that the 'love affair with the phone' has replaced the 'love affair with the car' for a proportion of the population, and that widespread use of cellphones and Skype meant there was less need for in-person visits.

Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management

Alumni of the school include Shuming Zhao, Business School Dean at the University of Nanjing; Brad Adams, CEO and Chairman of Sunstone Systems International; and Colin Forkner, CEO, Pacific Coast National Bank and Rajiv Dutta Chief Financial Officer, eBay and President, Skype.

PrivatBank

With the help of "Skype: Victory Day" project veterans from many cities and countries were able to find their friends and talk to them.

Psych: The Musical

During a briefing at the SBPD station, Shawn exits to accept a Skype video call from Mr. Yang.

Roddy MacLeod

After speaking out against the lack of piping teachers in Scottish schools, he introduced Skype lessons in 2008 for would-be pipers as a potential solution to the problem.

Sulle sathya

The task of coordination for the tunes and lyrics was done entirely on the internet through Skype.

Supreme Court of Bangladesh

Justice Mohammad Nizamul Huq resigned from the post of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 chairman on December 11, 2012 amid controversy for holding Skype conversations with an expatriate Bangladeshi legal expert based in Belgium.

Syria al-shaab

The channel has reported attempts by the Syrian regime to jam its satellite broadcasts and to hack into its Skype account.

The Art Institute of California – Orange County

The school's AIGA student chapter hosted a video conference lecture with designer Milton Glaser via Skype on May 12, 2010, the video conference followed a screening of the documentary chronicling Milton Glaser's career "To Inform And Delight".

The Brolga Project

Once there's a match, an 'introduction' is performed via a Skype conference, where details of the placement are arranged, then the student completes the placement and hopefully returns to the host agency at the end of their studies, the beginning of their career.

The Jenny McCarthy Show

Originally, Michelle Buteau from VH1's Best Week Ever delivered pop culture news via Skype but she has since essentially joined as a co-host and appears with guests in the studio.

Thousand Hours

Wayne and Paul eventually began collaborating, working on songs and recordings via Skype.

Undeck the Halls

While Claire (Julie Bowen), Phil (Ty Burrell) and the kids talk to Phil's dad, Frank (Fred Willard) via Skype to wish him Merry Christmas, Claires discovers a burn mark on the arm of the couch.


2012 ICT Skype controversy

At the time of the Skype controversy, the trials of Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, Motiur Rahman Nizami and Ghulam Azam were underway at ICT-1 and the trial of Delwar Hossain Sayeedi had nearly finished.

Andrew Frame

Frame began developing Ooma in 2005, backed by a strong team of technology celebrities including Mike Ramsey, creator of TiVo, Steve Jurvetson, a Venture Capitalist who has backed companies such as Hotmail and Skype, and actor, producer, and entrepreneur Ashton Kutcher, who Frame brought aboard as the company’s Creative Director.

Aubrey Foard

In addition, Foard is the Adjunct Professor of Tuba and Trombone for the West Virginia State University Music Department giving, private lessons via Skype with occasional in person lessons and master classes.

Criticism of Yahoo!

Yahoo!, along with Google China, Microsoft, Cisco, AOL, Skype, Nortel and others, has cooperated with the Chinese Communist Government in implementing a system of internet censorship in mainland China.

Features of Skype

In January 2007, Skype launched a prepaid unlimited call subscription for North American customers.

Fix8

Users can dress up in virtual costumes or create their own, or share animated videos live over instant-message services including MSN, Yahoo, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) and Skype.

Flat rate

Some PC-to-telephone services, such as SkypeOut offer flat rates for national calls to landlines.

Karen Richardson

Richardson is a former adviser to Silver Lake Partners, a private equity investment firm that built successful investments in Skype, Seagate Technology and Alibaba Group Holding Co.

Klaus Hommels

He has been involved in successful internet investments such as Skype, Facebook and Xing.

Nokia X

@evleaks later posted screenshots of the UI, showing the lock screen and Skype in action.

Vdio

was an internet television service created by Skype and Rdio co-founder Janus Friis in 2011.