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This week has been packed with Windows 10 news already, but Microsoft isn’t done showing off its new operating system quite yet. On Thursday, the Skype team revealed what its chat service will look like on Windows 10 and discussed how the program will be improving as it makes its way to the next generation of Windows devices.

If you currently have the Android version of Skype on your phone, it looks like there is a flaw in the software that makes it easy to eavesdrop on anyone with the client. As it stands right now, it looks like the flaw is only in the Android version of the software, but considering Android has a massive user base, this issue likely affects a large population of users.

Microsoft made a promise earlier this year to deliver a preview of Skype’s real-time translation tool for everyone to use and today, they are delivering on their words. The company has announced today that a preview of Skype’s real-time translation software is available for Windows 8.1 users.

Microsoft has announced today that it has acquired HockeyApp, but the terms of the deal were not disclosed. While the name of the company implies ties to the sports world, the company actually makes it easy to test and distribute apps for all of the major mobile platforms for beta testing.

It’s still in beta, but it’s hope for those who can’t install the relevant Skype client. This should be good news for those wanting Skype on a Chromebook, but to be honest we’ve already sorted that oneand I couldn’t get the Skype for Web beta working on my old beat-up Chromebook just yet because I don’t have the invite.

Christmas has come early for those of us who use Skype for our international calls. Acer UK is running a worldwide* promotion on their Facebook page called the “Hello?” program which is giving away free one month “Unlimited World” subscriptions.

Privacy groups have sent an open letter to Microsoft, the owner of Skype, over how much data its popular chat and voice-over-IP programs give to third parties, including governments and Chinese provider TOM Online.

Skype, the popular voice-over-Internet and messaging service, is said to have illegally handed over a teenage user’s personal information to a private company.

There was a time when “‘Twitter’ was a sound, ‘4G’ was the name of a parking space, and ‘Skype’ for most people was a typo,” said Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

Skype’s new version of its iPhone application enables video calling over 3G and Wi-Fi networks.

Rupert Murdoch’s company BskyB, a satellite broadcaster, asserts that it owns the “Sky” in Skype’s name, resulting in a legal battle between the two firms over the last five years

A group of researchers have exposed Internet surveillance in China by Skype Communications in alliance with its Chinese partner.