If it's November 8, then it must be 8 million Skype users all in one go... now that's busy. And it's not even the weekend. Is this a new record?

And while we're on the subject of very big numbers, Skype now counts 136 million chat-happy people worldwide among its registered users. These merry Skypers are spread across 200 countires (are there 200 countries in the world? Name them all and I'll buy you a beer), and 250,000 new users sign up every day. We're gonna need a bigger boat...