Microsoft this morning confirmed that it has acquired internet video chat company Skype for $8.5 billion in cash. And just like that, Microsoft has become a key player in the world of video chat. The ...

So word has hit the street that Microsoft's chairman Bill Gates made a public comment, saying the Skype deal is a good one. This, to me, was peculiar since Gates is a notorious tightwad who used to ...

[Photo: MIT Media Lab] A quick show of hands: How many of you actually enjoy video conferences if you can’t be there in person? They can be kind of awkward when you could probably say what you want to ...