Your Skype conversations aren't very private, a new report reveals. In an experiment, tech news site Ars Technica found that two out of the four li...

Privacy advocates are calling on Microsoft to disclose whether -- and how often -- governments are snooping on Skype users, a move that comes as the s...

In 2003, I was visiting some business colleagues in the Netherlands when I heard of a new technology with a funny name: Skype.

‪‬ By Ina Fried Microsoft said late on Thursday that it has completed its deal to acquire Internet calling leader Skype for $8.5 billion. W...

BRUSSELS Oct 7 (Reuters) - Microsoft secured EU approval on Friday to purchase internet voice and video service Skype for $8.5 billion, its biggest ...

Facebook unveiled a video chat product Wednesday as part of its new partnership with Skype. But this isn't the first time a social network has team...

Just after the Federal Trade Commission approved Microsoft's purchase of web calling service Skype, Bloomberg reports that Skype will fire a number of...

-- The Federal Trade Commission is letting software giant Microsoft Corp. proceed with its largest deal ever, an $8.5 billion bid for web chat and ca...

See update below Skype, which Microsoft recently announced it would acquire for $8.5 billion, recently suffered some downtime, with users worldwide r...

Microsoft's founder, Bill Gates, has said he advocated the company's takeover of Skype, and urged other board members to support the move. ...

By Megan Davies NEW YORK (Reuters) - Skype's owners, led by private equity firm Silver Lake, will make more than three times their investment - a ...

Does Microsoft’s plan to buy Skype, a company that provides voice and video chatting services over the Internet, mean the software giant has finally...

On the morning that Microsoft announced its decision to spend $8.5 billion acquiring the voice and video online calling company Skype, questions aboun...

As Microsoft agreed to hand over $8.5 billion to capture the voice and video online calling company Skype, the computing giant essentially bet its fut...

So now that Microsoft's $8.5 billion (in cold hard cash) purchase of Skype is official, what exactly does it mean for Skype's 170 million active users...

Microsoft announced the biggest acquisition in its 36-year history Tuesday morning, leaving tech analysts grappling with one question: Is the decision...

Microsoft confirmed Tuesday morning that it would be buying VoIP giant Skype in a deal that is the biggest in Microsoft's history. Here's a look at...

NEW YORK -- Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that it has agreed to buy the popular Internet telephone service Skype SA for $8.5 billion in the biggest dea...

May 10, 2011 4:07:18 AM By Nadia Damouni NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is close to buying web video conferencing service Skype Technol...