Last Seen/Last Activity on Skype?

Using Skype.com, when I see a Checkmark in the green box by my friends' i.d, this means that they are "on", using Skype. What does the [star] "*" also in a green box mean in my friends' activity?

My friend is unable to attend a close friend's wedding, and the bride to be wants to skype with her on the morning of the wedding. Any suggestions for something nice to send/do for the bride that would be fun for the skype? I was thinking maybe they...

A few minutes ago, my macbook pro (OSX 10.6.8) played what I think was the Skype incoming call chime. I didn't think Skype was running, and as I was Cmd-Tabbing through applications to see if I'd accidentally left Skype turned on, the webcam light briefly...

Last week, I got a call from my bank saying there was suspicious activity on my debit account. I logged on to see that $18 had been charged to Skype. I called my bank, and they sent me a new card but didn't refund the purchase and said I had to contact...

Hello, In my countries ISP's don't mind much about music downloads. I have a friend that lives in Germany and he got half year ago a notice from his ISP about copyrighted music downloading. Recently I sent him few songs in skype. Will his ISP will see...

My grandma is from Holland and wants to talk to someone who knows how to speak Dutch. She knows how to use Skype, and I thought it would be cool to find her someone she can talk to on a regular basis who speaks Dutch and so she can make new friends....

5 computers are connected through networking hub along with broad band modem. All the five has individual skype, Google talk, teamviewer. Is it possible to stop browsing activity in all the computers except one? Windows XP is being used in all computers...

When I use skype, My mic is working fine. Then When I'm in a call, there is absolutely no activity at all. why? It's just a normal mic. nexxtech or something O_O