Skype's founders and eBay have come to an agreement on the terms of the sale of Skype to private investors. The founders will retain 14% of the company, not 10% as originally stated. Soon Skype will no longer be the property of eBay; that was a short-lived and fruitless arrangement if we've ever seen one.

Professional social networking site LinkedIn has received a user interface overhaul. The most notable change is the addition of a top navigation bar, but several smaller adjustments have been made too.

The beta version of the Boxee streaming web video software will finally launch on December 7th, and it won't just be the alpha version with a few bug fixes. Boxee's founder has promised a new user interface and better search features in the new version.

AT&T is suing Verizon over its "there's a map for that" ad campaign, which compares the areas in the United States covered by AT&T and Verizon's 3G networks. AT&T says the side-by-side comparison implies that AT&T offers no coverage at all outside of the blue areas seen above. In reality those areas have 2G coverage, while Verizon's entire network is 3G.

That's not the only lawsuit going on. Spring Design is suing Barnes & Noble, claiming that B&N's new Nook e-reader steals features from Spring Design's Alex device.

China Ontrade claims to have the "midboard" of a fourth generation iPhone due for release in the next several months. The component doesn't tell us much about the phone except that it exists. It's worth mentioning because this same source leaked an accurate component of the iPhone 3GS before its announcement.