MySpace, Skype Announce Partnership

October 17, 2007 By RACHEL KONRAD, AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- News Corp.'s MySpace will offer members of its popular social network free Internet phone calls with a new feature based on eBay Inc.'s Skype service, the companies announced Tuesday.

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