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  So you think you know Skype?

• Windows 8 Update: Microsoft teams with Best Buy to boost Windows 8 sales

  By Tim Greene | 13 June, 2013 21:59

  Microsoft is placing Microsoft Stores within about half the U.S. Best Buy locations and creating a parallel online store on the Best Buy site in an effort to drum up more consumer business, it seems, for Windows 8.

• Google asks DOJ if it can release details on government data requests

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 12 June, 2013 00:47

  Google has sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI director Robert Mueller seeking permission to disclose specific details about the information it is required to provide to the government in response to requests for user data from U.S. intelligence agencies.

• Debate rages over revelation of NSA spying secrets

  By Ellen Messmer | 10 June, 2013 14:25

  Debate continues to rage today over the bombshell revelations that the National Security Agency collects intelligence on individuals via telecommunications and social-networking sites. The uproar has the U.S. government and private companies admitting to some aspects of the surveillance, while vehemently denying others. A former CIA agent working for Booz Allen Hamilton has revealed himself as the leaker.

• Google flatly denies involvement in PRISM snooping program

  By Bob Brown | 07 June, 2013 23:12

  Google CEO Larry Page strongly denied on Friday that Google allowed the U.S. government back door access to its data centers via a controversial snooping program revealed this week called PRISM.

• Congressional hearing finds broad agreement on the right to unlock smartphones

  By Jon Gold | 07 June, 2013 21:05

  Advocates for both industry and consumers voiced their support for a bill that would restore the right to unlock cellphones in the U.S. today at a hearing in front of a congressional subcommittee.

• Reddit AMA: Skype founder finds it hard to say who to believe in PRISM scandal

  By Tim Greene | 07 June, 2013 18:02

  The finger-pointing about who is to blame in the unfolding PRISM Internet-spying scandal makes it hard to tell who to believe, says Jaan Tallinn, a founder of both Skype and Kazaa.

• Microsoft Patch Tuesday aims at widespread Internet Explorer vulnerabilities

  By Tim Greene | 07 June, 2013 12:55

  A vulnerability in versions 6 through 10 of Internet Explorer could be exploited to take control of affected machines through malware delivered from tainted Web pages, according to the upcoming Patch Tuesday security bulletins from Microsoft.

• NSA, FBI mining data directly from major Internet companies, report says

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 07 June, 2013 11:06

  The FBI and the National Security Agency are tapping directly into servers at Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Skype and other major Internet companies to keep track of the communications and interactions of known and suspected foreign terrorists, the Washington Post reported.

• Microsoft's 13 worst missteps of all time

  By Woody Leonhard | 14 January, 2013 11:15

  DOS 4.0, Zune, and Windows 8 are but a few of the landmarks among 25 years of failures Redmond-style

• Analysis: Why I'm not sold on mobile video chat

  By Ginny Mies | 09 January, 2011 04:55

  Prior to CES, there were only a handful of phones with front-facing cameras: the iPhone 4, the EVO 4G and the T-Mobile myTouch 4G to name a few. This year's CES was all about 4G, for sure, but video chat is definitely one of the apps carriers love to use as an example of how great the next generation of data speeds is.

• Google voice chat not ready for business--or is it?

  By Jeff Bertolucci | 26 August, 2010 08:26

  Google's new Gmail calling may be a great way for consumers to make free and low-cost voice calls, but the service isn't quite ready for business customers using Google Apps, the search giant's suite of cloud-based productivity programs.

• Skype 'rescues' professor stranded in Europe by volcano

  By Brad Reed | 23 April, 2010 05:50

  When professors "phone it in," it usually means they're being lazy or dispassionate about the lessons they're teaching. But for Columbia University Law professor Tim Wu, phoning it in was the only way he could teach his classes this week.

• So you think you know Skype?

  By Tim Greene | 24 November, 2009 08:49

  With Skype's legal troubles now cleared up, it's a good time to learn more about the company than just what features it offers. Here 10 questions designed to give you a better understanding of the peer-to-peer VoIP vendor.

• Business-Ready Skype Tools Slash VOIP Costs

  By Zack Stern | 15 April, 2009 09:49

  VoIP (voice over IP) calls cost less than traditional phone systems, while adding additional features. Skype says that about 35 percent of its customers are using the service at work, so the company has tailored features to help that audience manage Skype and save money. Especially with the recent iPhone and BlackBerry clients, Skype could cut your business costs.