Geek.com Newsletter: Pick O' The Letter

Skype introduces unlimited calling subscriptions - $1.95 per month for unlimited (actually over 5 hours daily) calls within the US.

LockedEnvelope sends messages over the Internet securely - Got any emails you want to keep private? Also, look at the first comment for an alternative.

Murdoch open to Yahoo joint bid with Microsoft - Fox, MySpace, Wall Street Journal, and now this?!!??

Opinion: The dangers of subscription software - This sums it up nicely:

"There are alternatives. They offer real functionality for free. They do not require you constantly “phone home” and tell the software author/company what’s up about your usage patterns, your content, how often you do anything on your computer. In this author’s opinion, it’s absolutely none of their business. If they want to make better software, they can ask for volunteers to participate in those kinds of information-gathering programs. In the alternative, they can simply hire very clever people who use their computers to find out what the best offering is, the one that will give people the most bang for their buck."

Via Geek.com