Digital Trends - Microsoft’s massive $8.5 billion deal to buy Skype seems to be working its way through U.S. regulatory scrutiny without much trouble, but there may be a new wrinkle emerging in the European Union. Italian VoIP company Messagenet has written to the European Commission warning that if Microsoft is permitted to acquire Skype, it will solidify Skype’s dominant position in VoIP calling, excluding other VoIP companies from the market. Messagenet’s proposed solution: let Microsoft buy Skype, but forbid Microsoft to bundle Skype software with its Windows operating systems and require Skype to make its VoIP services interoperable with other Internet phone providers. Read more...