All the stories tagged with skype
Google plans to add Skype-like features to Chrome
06/21/2011, How many of you are fans of using Gtalk video chat on your Google Chrome web browser? If the idea of video calling through a web app floats your boat (one less program to launch on your computer, and even [...]
Skype 5.5 Beta for Windows released
06/20/2011, Earlier this year, Skype announced that its instant messenger program would have Facebook integration, where users will be able to add friends from Facebook, update their statuses, and even check updates. Skype was released with those features, and it seems [...]
Skype Firing Their Execs Before Microsoft Merger?
06/20/2011, As most of us already know, Microsoft has not too long ago paid a very cool $8.5 billion for the acquisition of Skype and its technologies. While the merger has not actually gone through yet, it looks like Skype is [...]
Skype on webOS spotted
06/20/2011, Ever wondered just how Skype would be integrated into webOS? Well, for those who are curious can kill the cat now – don’t worry about the feline, it will have another 8 more lives to go anyways. Just check out [...]
Skype coming to Comcast TV
06/13/2011, While Skype hasn’t been extremely reliable in recent months, it’s still one of the most popular VoIP services around and it certainly is very active when it comes to expanding onto every platform out there. From PCs to smartphones, to [...]
Skype is down, again (updated)
06/07/2011, It looks like Skype is down – yet again. A quick search on Twitter reveals that quite a number of people all over the world are experiencing the same issue. At the moment, we’re uncertain what the problem is, and [...]
Skype reverse engineered and posted online (updated)
06/03/2011, In the latest news that will probably make one of the world’s most popular VoIP services pretty unhappy, a freelance researcher named Efim Bushmanov has undertaken the goal of reverse engineering Skype and turning it into an open source program. [...]
Skype unveils new standardized interface for encoding cameras
06/01/2011, Skype has just announced a new standard interface for communication to H.264 encoding cameras. Called the Skype UVC 1.4 standard, it will become the de facto standard for video calling, giving silicon vendors the opportunity to develop chips for cameras [...]
Fix released for Skype downtime
05/26/2011, Earlier today, we reported about an outage that a number of Skype users were facing. Apparently the downtime was due to a corruption that occurred in those users’ systems, though it wasn’t explained how such a thing happened. Anyway, Skype [...]
Skype down: small number of users affected, temporary solution up
05/26/2011, At the moment there seems to be an outage of Skype going on. A small number of users have reported about having trouble logging in or sending messages and making video calls. Skype is aware of the problem, and have [...]
Microsoft close to snapping up Skype for $8 billion
05/10/2011, Update: Microsoft closed the deal with Skype already. Congrats on your new purchase! When we get our Christmas bonus (if any considering the economic climate), we often think of what we should be getting our loved ones, and those gifts [...]
Skype for Mac OS X vulnerability fixed
05/09/2011, If you remember a few days ago, we reported about a bug that was discovered in Skype for Mac OS X? In case you’re not up to speed, a bug was discovered in Skype that allowed users to remotely gain [...]
Microsoft interested in purchasing Skype?
05/09/2011, Skype sure is some hot property right now – last week we reported that Facebook was rumored to be interested in owning the popular VoIP service for about $3-4 billion. Well today, there’s a new story in the works about [...]
