Skype has announced that it is investigating a new tool which can be used to collect users' IP addresses. The hack, which can provide the IP address of a targeted Skype user without even having to add them as a contact, has been circulating online since last Thursday. Read More >
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"On the first point, certainly it's a good idea to make sure it works well with WP8, but seeing as WP7 is perceived in lacking in features compared to ..." More »
A Microsoft job ad gives us a pretty clear sign that Skype integration is coming to its Xbox console, with the tech giant looking for staff to join a "Skype Xbox Engineering Team" based in London. Read More >
The speed limiting crackdown on P2P services and other bandwidth-hogging downloading systems is extending to VOIP, with an EU telecoms regulator finding the throttling of VOIP connections to be a "common" practise across Europe. Read More >
Featured comment by MJ:
"I believe that the new BT home hub doesn't actually throttle Skype or other VOIP it actually full on blocks them. Maybe something like this is happen..." More »
Featured comment by irononreverse:
"Skype for iphone couldn't run in the background for a while until Apple brought out the improved multitasking." More »
Good news, WinPho lovers: you can now use Skype on your handset. The software's currently in beta testing, but the official release is due April. Read More >
Featured comment by kwiiiq:
"I'm with you there. That said, I think Windows Phone Apollo bodes even better things for Skype integration on Windows Phone devices... would much rath..." More »
Skype has just updated its Windows client to enable full HD video calling allowing you converse in 1080p with your mates. Now you’ll be able to see every exquisite detail of their fugly beautiful faces. Read More >
This is hardly surprising given that Microsoft rather shockingly bought Skype last year, but here's official confirmation -- Windows Phone users will soon have full Skype access through their mobiles. Read More >
Skype's an amazing way of keeping in touch with friends and family, but if there's more than one of you at either end of the conversation, using a laptop or tablet kinda sucks. Here's how to make it a more communal experience using your bog-standard TV. Read More >
Featured comment by Mil:
"This is a great product for those not that technically savvy. However, the price is wayyyyyy to steep. Possibly when there is some competition, the pr..." More »
Today’s top deal is one will only be poo-poohed by those of you who have a heart fashioned from concrete – for the rest of us, poo-poohing will be replaced by aahing and oohing. Read More >
The updated version 2.6 of the Android Skype app has added in a couple of traditional desktop messaging features, with users able to share photos and pre-recorded video through chat windows. Plus it's been enhanced for Tegra-powered tablets. Read More >
Another creepy call-recording service has just launched, which doesn't just record phone conversations -- oh no, it stores them in a cloud for spousal-snooping. Or so scaremongerers would like to think. Personally, I think it sounds like a handy tool for journalists and the like. Read More >
The boards have sent their approval, the money has exchanged hands and the regulatory hurdles have been overcome. Now it's time for Skype to officially become part of Microsoft. Read More >
It's not the choppy connectivity, it's not that your webcam is a blurry mess, it's not that you keep mispronouncing "mauve." The reason your Skype conversation is so awkward? We'd all rather look at ourselves than talk to someone else. Read More >
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