Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News ...

Microsoft said it is preparing updates to address some of the immediate criticism but insisted the new app is here to stay. The announcement will disappoint users who have been asking for the old ...

Microsoft is finally moving its latest Linux Skype client to beta and adding the ability to video-conference with other people using the latest model of Skype. Microsoft has taken its own sweet time ...

Microsoft is letting users take the new Windows 10 Mobile version of Skype for a spin. A beta of Skype’s newly separated Messaging and Video apps are now available to download if you’re running a ...

I've downloaded and have been using the new Skype for Windows Version 1.4, which went live on the Skype site last night. Despite some anticipation toward the contrary, this is an incremental release- ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is once again redesigning Skype today. Described as “the next generation ...

Linux users now have access to a new version of Skype. In an announcement today, Skype revealed the availability of an alpha version of a new Skype for Linux client, saying "the launch ... ensures we ...

With so many Skype challengers emerging over recent years, developers at the Microsoft-owned VoIP company have been busy pushing out update after update to try to keep the software relevant. In an ...

Skype on Thursday introduced a new version of its iOS app, which enables free video chatting between iPhones, iPods and iPads over WiFi and 3G connections. Skype users will also be able to make video ...

Microsoft-owned Skype has a fancy new sketching feature, and it’s coming to Windows Phone before it lands anywhere else. The new update brings “drawing to Skype for the first time,” Skype said in a ...

Along with today’s rollout of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft is also debuting a new version of its Skype Windows application, which the company says has been redesigned from the ground ...

Whenever I need to connect with someone new over Skype, I can never remember my Skype username. Is it my Outlook.com email address, the one that’s also my Twitter handle, or just my name? Well, ...