Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. Skype is ...

This familiar software app offers a cheap (often free) way to make telephone calls. Skype is a free software app that for most people needs no introduction. It has been on the scene for nearly a ...

Ne’er-do-wells have long abused a feature in Skype to glean the Internet address of other users. Indeed, many shady online services that can be hired to launch attacks aimed at knocking users offline ...

Skype is dead. What now? Microsoft’s shutdown of Skype on May 5 sent millions of users scrambling to find an alternative to the pioneering internet phone service. Skype, which Microsoft bought in 2011 ...

LONDON — Skype is dead. What now? Microsoft's shutdown of Skype on May 5 sent millions of users scrambling to find an alternative to the pioneering internet phone service. Skype, which Microsoft ...

The latest version of Skype's Internet-calling software can host up to 10 users on a conference call, but only if your PC has a dual-core processor from Intel, Skype and Intel announced Wednesday.

Radio Shack and Skype announced yesterday that they have entered into a joint partnership to distribute and sell Skype-certified hardware in over 3,500 Radio Shack stores, which comprise nearly half ...

Internet phone provider Skype is expanding its Wi-Fi calling options with the launch of three new wireless phones that will have the Skype Internet calling software embedded. On Thursday Skype ...

If you're running Skype on all computers in your office, your Internet connection speed may drop dramatically. Skype -- in fact, all instant messaging software -- communicates with other computers and ...

When the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet was announced at the beginning of the year, we were excited about the successor to the 770. Not only was there an updated version of the Linux-based Internet Tablet ...

Online auction leader eBay Inc. took a huge step into the Internet telephony business Monday when it announced it was purchasing Skype Technologies SA for $2.6 billion in cash and stock, plus other ...

While Skype is now a Microsoft-owned behemoth, its early days were very different. Skype’s heritage goes back to KaZaa, a P2P (peer-to-peer) file-sharing application that was one of the pillars of the ...