Skype gulps group app as it is swallowed by Microsoft
22 Aug 2011
Redmond's in-house 'We're In' may in fact not be any more
Another Microsoft me-too Web 2.0 project looks to be headed for the chop with Skype's proposed purchase of a mobile messaging start-up.
Skype arrives on fondleslab
02 Aug 2011
Shout into this
Skype has finally arrived on the iPad ? after one false alarm. Now anybody can talk into a gigantic, oversized iPhone.
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Skype: XSS vuln fix is on the way
19 Jul 2011
Backend backdoor to be firmly plugged
Skype has promised to fix a cross-site scripting flaw that exposes Windows users of VoIP technology to potential attack.
Facebook's 'awesome' plan to hook up with Skype?
04 Jul 2011
MicroSoftFaceSkypeBookBing vidchat deal rumoured
Facebook is reportedly about to launch a new video chat product powered by Microsoft-owned Skype.
Google battles MicroSkype with 'open' VoIP protocol
24 Jun 2011
The Jingle in Ballmer's ear
Google has moved its Google Talk VoIP infrastructure to Jingle, the voice and media signaling protocol that seeks to provide an open-standard alternative to the proprietary protocols used by the Microsoft-owned Skype and other VoIP technologies.
Microsoft gains FTC anti-trust approval on Skype buy
20 Jun 2011
VoIP outfit 'fires' top execs
Thr US Federal Trade Commission approved Microsoft's $8.5bn acquisition of Luxembourg-based Skype Technologies SA on Friday.
TeleWare makes telephony a little more cloudy
16 Jun 2011
Mobile phone, fixed infrastructure
TeleWare has launched an enterprise MVNO that routes every call through the office PBX, reducing the mobile carrier to a bit pipe at best.
Skype hangs up on users yet again
07 Jun 2011
More problems, less chat
Updated Users around the world once again experienced problems using Skype on Tuesday morning.
Skype reverse-engineered and open sourced
02 Jun 2011
How soon will Microsoft blow?
There have been many analyses of Skype?s behaviour over the years (the most famous perhaps is from Baset and Schultzrinne), but as far as Vulture Central is aware, nobody has yet gone so far as to reverse-engineer the whole kit-and-caboodle.
Google open sources $68.2m realtime comm platform
01 Jun 2011
Audio and video chatter inside the browser
Google has open sourced a framework for realtime video and audio inside the browser. Known as WebRTC, the framework is based on technology the company acquired with its $68.2 million purchase of Global IP Solutions (GIPS) last year.