Skype crashes and burns

A new research carried by a U.S. and European cryptanalysts claims that most commonly used online encryption method is, after all, not that much secured as it is usually assumed to be. The study was conducted by the researches...

Cisco has raised objection to the regulatory clearance issued by the European Union to Microsoft's acquisition of the VoIP platform Skype. In its appeal filed on Wednesday against the decision taken by the EU, Cisco claimed that...

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Software giant Microsoft has finally closed the $8.5 billion acquisition of VoIP services provider Skype after the European Union gave it the nod of approval. The acquisition will not only make the Windows maker a force to be...

Sony is about to enter into a deal to buy Telefon’s AB LM Ericsson with which Sony already has their smartphone joint venture. This will lead to complete ownership of Ericsson by Sony Corp. It seems that this step will...

With the approval from the European Commission, the much-talked about acquisition of VoIP service provider Skype by Microsoft for $8.5 billion, is finally going to take place in very near future. The Financial Times reported that...

If leaked videos are to be believed, software giant Microsoft Corporation is integrating video chat and telephony service provider Skype with its gaming console, Xbox 360.According to tech website Win Rumours, early on...

One of the interesting aspects of yesterday's announcement by Microsoft that it will be taking over Skype, is that both of them were effectively competitors until now. Microsoft has already offered a similar service to Skype's...

Microsoft has announced that it will be buying VoIP giant Skype for $8.5 billion in cash, its biggest acquisition yet, in a bid to position itself as a major player in the increasingly important world of unified...

Today work is where we are. The Nokia E71 is a business mobile phone designed for the way we work. With optimised messaging and email, high speed connections, and navigation.The latest Smartphone comes with a built-in GPS...

Richard Stiennon sent this one over to me. It’s not malware, per se. But it’s completely fraudulent. [4:40:27 PM] Update Alarm ® says: WINDOWS REQUIRES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION...

Terrorists might still be using Skype to escape eavesdropping but that could change soon as a Canadian researcher has found out that the Chinese government could have been spying on users of the Chinese version of...

Today's Tuesday and with it comes Microsoft's patch process with 12 fixes in the pipeline including seven which have been classified as critical, pertaining both to Office and Windows.The critical vulnerabilities affect Internet...

Yahoo and Skype are on a collision course as the former announces a brand new version of its Yahoo messenger instant messaging client with voice capabilities, which runs specifically on Windows Vista. The beta application uses...

Interesting to read that Windows Live Messenger 9.0, the next iteration of Microsoft's IM application, has a feature to block SPIM - spam over instant messaging.According to Liveside.net, a Web site that covers Microsoft's Live...