Microsoft has brought video-calling king Skype to the new Windows 8 OS, which hits stores Friday, and it sure looks pretty. Skype on Windows 8 offers all the trappings you’d expect from the well-known ...

Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype promised to be a marriage made in an integration heaven — especially for Windows Phones owners — but so far it’s been all talk and no action. A Skype for Windows Phone ...

One of the main focuses of the new update is improving software stability. Microsoft has invited Skype Insider project members to test the latest version of the app on Windows 11. This update ...

Windows users, suffer no longer: Skype 5.3 brings along several bugs-fixes, but more importantly far-better video-chat quality when calling people on phones (or tablets). [Nexus404 via UberGizmo] ...

Microsoft is certainly overpaying by spending $8.5 billion to buy Skype, but it’s a deal that Microsoft had to make. In the end, the several billion dollar premium it pays won’t matter, but the ...

Two decades after first showing that it’s possible to use computers for real-time voice and video communication using peer-to-peer networking, Skype shut down for good this week. Microsoft bought the ...

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