On Wednesday, Skype announced that Skype for Mac 2.5 has gone gold according to an article on Macworld News.

The new version of the software is capable of sending Short Message Service (SMS) messages to mobile phones (i.e., "text messaging"), supports audio-based conference calls between as many as 10 people and supports one-on-one videoconferencing.

Skype's features are generally available for free but charges a given fee for the ability to send calls to and receive calls from land lines and cell phones. The program requires an 800 MHz or faster G4, G5 or Intel-based processor, Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later, 40 megabytes of disk space and 512 megabytes of RAM. The program can also function with a microphone and webcam.

The software is available for download here.