TechByter Worldwide 2008.05.18: Carbonite's New Version, Hidden Dangers in Skype, Stupid Spam of the Week, and Nerdly News

Published: May 18, 2008, 4 a.m.

A new version of Carbonite raises the bar for online backup while retaining both its ease of use and its surprisingly low price. Recently I installed Skype to conduct an online interview and then discovered that by default Skype is a security disaster waiting to happen. This week's stupid spammer a lot writes like speaks Yoda. In Nerdly News, we look at Blu-ray sales and at the CBS acquisition of CNet.