Skype

SHRT hits the fan for first-gen Surface Hub users: Jumped-up whiteboard can now be updated via dedicated tool

In brief Also: Santa drops a final Windows Insider release, new PowerShell, Skype Together Mode

Software22 Dec 2020 | 3

Windows 10 to let you know that your SSD is dying rather than throwing out a BSOD when it's already too late

In brief Also: Users split across 3 versions of OS, PowerToys update, MRTK support for Oculus Quest 2

Software05 Oct 2020 | 22

Microsoft sprinkles a little Skype Meet Now integration on Windows 10 for Insiders

Plus: Annoying chat show host asks 'What the hell happened to Skype?' and users cry out: Let my People go... or at least banish it from Start

Software24 Sep 2020 | 20

You've had your pandemic holiday, now Microsoft really is going to kill off TLS 1.0, 1.1

In brief Plus: Skype plays catch-up, Barracuda goes Azure, and WinUI slings another preview

Security20 Jul 2020 | 8

Skype for Windows 10 and Skype for Desktop duke it out: Only Electron left standing

Updated I just can't quit you, Skype. Oh maybe I can... they've tweaked the close function

SaaS24 Jun 2020 | 38

After all the excitement of Windows 10 2004, Insider builds go back to square one

Roundup Also: Multi-window Teams, Skype does the Blankety Blank dance, and more

Software01 Jun 2020 | 8

Microsoft decrees that all high-school IT teachers were wrong: Double spaces now flagged as typos in Word

Roundup Also: new .NET previews, 365 rebrando-tanks roll on, and more

Software27 Apr 2020 | 236

Four new bugs? You shouldn't have: Microsoft celebrates 45 years with dollop of borkage on Windows Insider Fast Ring

Roundup Also: Skype goes attention-seeking and Edge shares its scrolling smarts with Chromium

Software06 Apr 2020 | 4

Britain's courts lurch towards Skype and conference calls for trials as COVID-19 distancing kicks in

Coronavirus forces judges to join the 21st century more or less overnight

Legal23 Mar 2020 | 26

Microsoft Notepad: If it ain't broke, shove it in the Store, then break it?

Roundup For the love of Windows, please leave that poor text editor alone

Software19 Aug 2019 | 78

Friends, it's fine. Don't worry about randomers listening to your Skype convos. Microsoft has tweaked an FAQ a bit

'Automated and manual' data processing – so humans, yeah?

Software15 Aug 2019 | 38

Official: Microsoft will take an axe to Skype for Business Online. Teams is your new normal

Blade to swing in 2021, but 'onboarding' for new Office 365ers starts in September

OSes31 Jul 2019 | 101

Skype for Web arrives to bring the world together. As long as the world is on Chrome and... Edge?

Hello? Is this thing on?

Software08 Mar 2019 | 39

Can't unlock an Android phone? No problem, just take a Skype call: App allows passcode bypass

Neat trick for spying spouses, bad bosses, other miscreants with hands on your mobe. A fix is available

Security03 Jan 2019 | 49

Whatchu got for us this week, Microsoft? Skype, Powerpoint tweaks and – oh – another foldable

Roundup Gaps continue to close in MS's messaging platform as fanbois dream of new devices

Software10 Dec 2018 | 16

OneDrive Skype integration goes live aaand... OneDrive falls over in Europe

Interview Chat platform chap: 'Probably not us'

Personal Tech30 Nov 2018 | 30

Microsoft dropkicks Cortana with Skype functionality on Alexa

Plus: Cloud file-sharing on desktop and mobile clients

Personal Tech22 Nov 2018 | 9

In news that will shock absolutely no one, America's cellphone networks throttle vids, strangle rival Skype

Analysis Net neutrality probe finds it's not the end of the world, though

Networks08 Nov 2018 | 54

Till Microsoft finds it a place on the path unwinding, it's the circle, the circle of Skype

Roundup What's that coming over the hill? Is it ProcDump, a Linux ProcDump?

Software06 Nov 2018 | 10

In memoriam: See you in Valhalla, Skype Classic. Version 8 can never replace you

Microsoft hammers the final nail into 7's coffin

Software02 Nov 2018 | 42

Skype bot airport action, Retpolining into 2019, old Kubernetes versions for the chop in Azure, and much more Microsoft

Roundup Boop beep boop beep boop, your flight's cancelled

Software22 Oct 2018 | 6

Using Microsoft's Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations? Using Skype? Not for long!

Upcoming update could bork on-prem logins, warns Redmond

Software03 Oct 2018 | 9

Microsoft gets ready to kill Skype Classic once again: 'This time we mean it'

Remember remember the first of November

Software28 Sep 2018 | 92

Still using Skype? Good news! After HOURS of meetings, Microsoft reckons it knows when you're Not Active

Plus: New passive aggressive 'Quiet Mode'

Software21 Sep 2018 | 43

Microsoft's collaboration software Teams works on its collaboration hardware Surface Hub

Coming soon to a massive jumped-up whiteboard near you

Science19 Sep 2018 | 8

Guys, you need to sit down and have a chat: Skype rolls out SMS a week after Microsoft

Updated Skype also does MMS. Your Phone also does photos. Neither talks to iOS

Software11 Sep 2018 | 15

Skype can now record your 'special moments' in front of the computer

Except that one. Nobody wants that kept for posterity

Personal Tech05 Sep 2018 | 23

Microsoft takes a pruning axe to Skype's forest of features

Say farewell to Highlights ... if you even noticed it was there

Software04 Sep 2018 | 49

Your Phone prematurely ejected, Skype texting on the way, and 900 more years of Windows

Three SMS platforms? Oh Redmond, you spoil us

OSes20 Aug 2018 | 32

In Microsoft land, cloud comes to you! Office 365 stuff to be bled into on-prem Office 2019 Server

Redmond smiles: We want to support customers in journey to cloud

SaaS25 Jul 2018 | 21

Skype Classic headed for the chopping block on September 1

You will learn to love version 8, whether you like it or not

Software17 Jul 2018 | 70

Even Microsoft's lost interest in Windows Phone: Skype and Yammer apps killed

Use iOS or Android, says Redmond, as telephony APIs sprout in Windows

Software24 Apr 2018 | 91

Skype for Business has nasty habit of closing down… for business

It's not just you, VoIP app is prone to failures

OSes11 Apr 2018 | 45

What the @#$%&!? Microsoft bans nudity, swearing in Skype, emails, Office 365 docs

Adults-only Xbox games are OK – but you can't publicly tell Cortana to go screw itself

On-Prem28 Mar 2018 | 288

That terrifying 'unfixable' Microsoft Skype security flaw: THE TRUTH

Oh yeah, we patched that in October, Windows giant yawns

OSes15 Feb 2018 | 38

Can't login to Skype? You're not alone. Chat app's been a bit crap for five days now

Something something two-factor authentication – Microsoft

Personal Tech29 Jan 2018 | 28

Skype, Slack, other apps inherit Electron vuln

Updated Devs, check your protocol handling, patch if necessary

Security24 Jan 2018 | 7

Microsoft finally injects end-to-end chat crypto into Skype – ish...

If you sign up to be a tester

Personal Tech11 Jan 2018 | 20

Belgian court says Skype must provide interception facilities

Microsoft classified as a telco, so told to cough up. It may gaufre an appeal

Legal16 Nov 2017 | 37

Cortana, please finish my sentences in Skype texts for me

Redmond's AI assistant can now scan your messages and make your more eloquent

Software10 Oct 2017 | 44

Scared of that new-fangled 'cloud'? Office 2019 to the rescue!

Next release promises nice offline features, Matlock before bedtime

Software26 Sep 2017 | 54

Microsoft sparks up Ignite with fresh Azure, Office 365 features

Redmond also shows off SQL Server 2017 and internal Bing

SaaS25 Sep 2017 | 12

Skype for Business is not Skype – realising that is half the battle

Wait, come back. There are some... good bits, promise

Software01 Aug 2017 | 76

Microsoft boasted it had rebuilt Skype 'from the ground up'. Instead, it should have buried it

Users slam attempt to infuse app with social media magic

Software05 Jul 2017 | 238

Make sure your Skype is up to date because FYI there's a nasty hole in it

Nothing to see here, says Microsoft, just more crappy code

OSes27 Jun 2017 | 15

Microsoft says Skype outages are over – a few hours too early

Global Skype outages spill over onto a second day

Networks20 Jun 2017 | 7

Microsoft officially hangs up on old Skype phones, users fuming

Then again it has been four years coming

Software09 Jun 2017 | 80

Microsoft beefs up Skype for Business as Amazon Chimes in

Corporate comms face-off

Software28 Mar 2017 | 7

With Skype, Microsoft's messaging strategy looks coherent at last (almost)

Analysis It'll probably change next week

Personal Tech22 Mar 2017 | 24

Microsoft cloud TITSUP: Skype, Outlook, Xbox, OneDrive, Hotmail down

Updated Total Inability To Skype Ur Parents

SaaS21 Mar 2017 | 90

Skype-on-Linux graduates from Alpha to Beta status

Decent effort, but it is hard to see why Redmond is bothering

Software02 Mar 2017 | 30

A webcam is not so much a leering eye as the barrel of a gun

Something for the Weekend, Sir? It wants to see me stripped

Bootnotes17 Feb 2017 | 90

Update or shut up: Microsoft's choice for desktop Skypers

Mac and Windows Skype users given until March 1st to modernise themselves

Software06 Feb 2017 | 57

Infosec bods: This is a backdoor in Skype for Macs. Microsoft: No.

Dodgy API let apps and plugins silently pry into chat logs, record calls and more

Security14 Dec 2016 | 20

Windows Insiders are so passé, Microsoft now has Skype Insiders

If call quality is even worse than usual, this could be the reason

Software09 Nov 2016 | 17

Skype for Linux users can crash-test video calls in v1.10 Alpha

Redmond's cloud to kill off older versions

OSes10 Oct 2016 | 16