Perhaps "no one has managed (bothered?) to crack the code" because "The person who successfully cracks the encryption will win a copy of every published Gibson book."
Just speculation, being unfamiliar with his work.
"they hope the ads (as large as the picture of the person to whom you are speaking) will 'spark additional topics of conversation that are relevant to Skype users and highlight unique and local brand experiences"
Hey, Grandma, what do you think of hot singles near me?
Now that you bring that up, I'm willing to bet one or more of the lawmakers or their buddies have invested in the company that will be providing the extra equipment/services.
why people ever said Bing returned more relevant results. Maybe it's just because I've been using Google forever that I now know what to type in to get the results I want, but running the same searches over at Bing has_never_gotten me as relevant results.