Emboldened Syrian rebels launched a major operation in the north, targeting security compounds and bases around the country's largest city of Aleppo, activists said Friday.
Networking company Cisco said Wednesday that it is challenging Microsoft's $8.5 billion takeover of Skype at the European Union's top court to ensure Microsoft won't block other video conferencing services.
General Motors Co. plans to freeze its U.S. pension plan for longtime white-collar workers and give all salaried employees annual bonuses but not pay raises in an effort to contain expenses, officials announced Wednesday.
Networking company Cisco said Wednesday that it is challenging Microsoft's $8.5 billion takeover of Skype at the European Union's top court to ensure Microsoft won't block other video conferencing services.
Internet phone service Skype said Thursday that it will let users of its software make video calls to their Facebook friends and receive them, too.
Tomas Vokoun still looks at Skype on his computer and sees Josef Vasicek's name — knowing he'll never get the chance to talk to his friend again.
Music startup Rdio has joined several competitors in a crowded field of all-you-can-listen services by taking the time limit off its free trial.
With two new products, Skype has made it easier to make Internet calls from home phones, for savings on international calls and potentially also domestic ones.
Hackers who broke in to a Dutch Web-security firm have issued hundreds of bogus security certificates for spy-agency websites including the CIA as well as for Internet giants like Google, Microsoft and Twitter, the government said Monday.
