Software group Microsoft has confirmed rumours that it is to acquire Skype, an internet communications company, for $8.5bn (£5.2bn) in cash from an investor group led by Silver Lake.
Wilson’s worldDavid Wilson is editor of Engineeringtalk and Electronicstalk and associate editor of The Engineer
A government-funded simulation tool to help decarbonise the US rail freight sector has been released to the public.
