Skype for Windows version 5.8 is out, bringing several interesting features, including full HD video-calling, group screen sharing and Facebook integration. Full HD video calls will be most useful to those who own a HD webcam, for example Logitech C920 which does the video encoding itself thus improving HD video quality on older computers… Tweet [...]

Skype rolled out its version 5.8 software update for Windows users today, and it brings with it a couple of fairly notable features. That includes full HD video calling (provided you have a suitable webcam and internet connection, of course), video calling to Facebook users (regardless of whether they have Skype installed or not), and [...]

Who doesn’t love a little bit of old fashioned synergy? Speaking to a Microsoft representative in the Microsoft CES booth holding a Microsoft microphone, VP of products for Microsoft-owned Skype, Rick Osterloh, made mention of the VoIP service’s plans to make its way onto Microsoft’s mobile operating system… Tweet This Post

Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype promised to be a marriage made in an integration heaven — especially for Windows Phones owners — but so far it’s been all talk and no action. A Skype for Windows Phone application, however, will soon make its debut, Skype vice president of products Rick Osterloh asserted in a recent interview [...]

Warpia is showing off its latest wireless streamer on the CES showfloor with the ConnectHD, mating your HDTV with your computer for all of your wireless video needs. We had a chance to see for ourselves how Skyping from your couch feels… Tweet This Post

LAS VEGAS — Panasonic just won’t let 3D die. Despite a lukewarm response by the public to watching 3D in the home, Panasonic spun the technology as an the best-kept secret in the electronics world, announcing new efforts to keep it going… Tweet This Post

If you’ve tasked Sammy with stalking your progeny and your house, what’s another camera ontop of your TV? Samsung’s inTouch just that, running a skinned version of Android 2.3, replete with WiFi and a 3 megapixel camera… Tweet This Post

If you were impressed by Logitech’s C910 back in June, you may want to take a gander at the newly unveiled HD Pro 920. While it’s the first webcam to offer 1080p video chatting with the latest version of Skype, the C920 can also capture 1080p video while offering 720p for Windows Live Messenger… Tweet [...]

Biscotti on the HDTV Click here to view this gallery.If you spent part of the holiday season trying, unsuccessfully, to get your grandparents on Skype, then Biscotti TV Phone may be the answer to your video chat prayers… Tweet This Post

Those kind folk at Skype already served up plenty of glorious WiFi waves across US airports this Christmas, and now it’s New York City’s turn. From noon on the 31st until January 1st, if you spy a “Skype WiFi” network, those tasty bytes are yours for the taking… Tweet This Post

Last year at CES, OnStar wasn’t too shy about teasing its partnership with Verizon that would assist in bringing applications like YouTube, Wikipedia and Skype to your vehicle. At that point, though, it was just an idea… Tweet This Post

They don’t call this the “giving time of the year” for nothing. A couple of years back we saw Google hook up the traveling masses with gratis WiFi, and today Skype is matching the big G’s kindness by giving you a holiday gift of its own… Tweet This Post