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Article | 1/05/2012 Skype investigates tool that reveals users' IP addresses
Skype said Tuesday it is investigating a new tool that collects a person's last known IP address, a potential privacy-compromising issue.
Article | 25/04/2012 Skype app released for Sony's PlayStation Vita handheld
Internet telephony operator Skype has released an app for Sony's PlayStation Vita handheld game console.
Article | 24/04/2012 Skype for Windows Phone omits key features
Skype for Windows Phone shed its beta label this weekend, but even for enthusiastic users, the app could be a deal-breaker for its lack of background ...
Article | 23/04/2012 Skype app for Windows Phone released
Internet telephony provider Skype released its app for the Windows Phone operating system on Sunday on the Windows Phone Marketplace, a couple of mont...
Article | 17/03/2012 Microsoft restores access to phones that couldn't access Skype
Microsoft has fixed a bug that made it impossible for about a dozen models of Skype-certified phones to log into the popular IM, VoIP and video-confer...
Article | 14/03/2012 Some Skype-certified phones failing to log into the service
Microsoft is investigating reports that about a dozen models of Skype-certified phones are having trouble logging into the IM, VoIP and video-conferen...
Article | 1/03/2012 Skype launches GroupMe for Windows Phones
Skype this week launched the GroupMe app for Windows Phone, following its August acquisition of the tool that enables free, real-time group texting. ...
Article | 28/02/2012 Skype for Windows Phone arrives in beta version
Windows Phone users now have access to the Skype Internet calling service.
Article | 16/02/2012 Cisco to appeal Microsoft-Skype deal in European court
Cisco will appeal the European Commission's approval of Microsoft's US$8.5 billion Skype acquisition, saying the agency should demand that the compani...
Article | 18/11/2011 Facebook and Skype deepen integration
Facebook and Skype have broadened the scope of their technical integration to make it possible for two people to do a video chat - one using the Skype...
Article | 24/10/2011 Yahoo sale buzz mounts as Google said to be possibly interested
Yahoo's improving stock price following a CEO shakeup makes the Internet portal ripe for a sale, and speculation is flying about industry titans that ...
Article | 21/10/2011 Researchers ID Skype users who also use BitTorrent
Entertainment companies seeking to trace people who are illegally file sharing may be interested in new research that could identify filesharers throu...
Article | 15/10/2011 What completed Skype-Microsoft deal could mean for consumers
Microsoft announced today that it has mostly wrapped up its acquisition of the Internet communications company Skype. The $8.5 billion deal has receiv...
Article | 14/10/2011 Microsoft has closed Skype acquisition
Microsoft said Friday that it has closed its US$8.5 billion acquisition of Skype, the Internet telephony provider in Luxembourg, and the company will...
Article | 1/10/2011 Italian firm takes on Skype deal in a David-Goliath battle
A complaint by a small Italian firm to the European Commission could derail Microsoft's acquisition of Skype.