All the stories tagged with: skype
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 [...]
Skype bug in Mac OS X begs to be exploited
05/06/2011, A hacking consultancy, Pure Hacking, recently revealed a bug in Skype for Mac OS X that could lead to serious ramifications if left unchecked. The bug will allow hackers to easily gain remote control of a user’s system by just [...]
Facebook to purchase Skype?
05/04/2011, Facebook, the social networking giant that is swimming in money and fully intends to rule the world (it must first overcome China though, perhaps that is why getting a Chinese girlfriend is part of the strategy for Facebook CEO Mark [...]
Logitech TV Cam for Skype
05/03/2011, Logitech has just released a high-end web cam for… HDTVs. At the moment, the Logitech TV Cam for Skype only works with HDTVs from the Panasonic VIERA line that have the “connect-enabled ” feature. However, you can be sure that, [...]
Skype for Android vulnerability fixed
04/20/2011, Remember the Skype for Android vulnerability that was made public by Android Police last week? Skype recognized the issue and announced that they were working on a fix for it. Well it looks like they were pretty quick to their [...]
