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Tech Futures: The talkification of the web
Comment For years, Skype and other VoIP services have been providing an internet alternative to traditional phone service. And so telephony, or voice, is about to follow suit. Now it's the turn of telecoms, argues Howard Greenfield. [01 May 2008]
An Analysis of the Skype Peer-to-Peer Internet Telephony Protocol
White Paper Skype is a peer-to-peer VoIP client developed by KaZaa. Skype claims that it can work almost seamlessly across NATs and firewalls and has better voice quality than the MSN and Yahoo IM applications. Skype also supports instant messaging and... [26 Apr 2008]
Skype swats "massive" outage bug
News Skype has fixed a software bug that made the internet telephony service almost unusable for two days last week. The bug, revealed for the first time on Thursday, had stopped Skype's in-built "self-healing function" from working properly, causing... [20 Aug 2007]
Brampton Factor: Network convergence is no simple task
Comment It is essential to remember that VoIP services such as Skype calls are not free because bandwidth is never free. What Skype calls do provide is a voice service over bandwidth that is much cheaper than bandwidth provided by a voice carrier such as BT. [17 Apr 2007]
Is Skype secure enough for businesses?
Comment While Skype's strong encryption prevents interception and eavesdropping, the software is still vulnerable to the vishing (phishing scams over VoIP) and social engineering threats that email and telephony also suffer from. [02 Apr 2007]
Skype to get corporate security buddies?
News Skype is planning to announce a partnership with a security company to help organisations gain control over usage of the net telephony tool at work. The announcement fits with Skype's efforts to position its VoIP application as a business tool. [01 Feb 2007]
Skype plugs VoIP-for-Mac flaw
News Skype on Tuesday issued an update that fixes a serious security flaw in its internet telephony software for Apple's Mac OS X. A vulnerability exists in the way Skype for Mac handles web links, according to a Skype advisory. [04 Oct 2006]
Vonage shares off to a shaky start
News AOL, Google, eBay's Skype and Yahoo! In addition to competing against big phone companies such as AT&T and Verizon Communications, Vonage is increasingly facing competition from other internet telephony players. [25 May 2006]
Off the shelf: Sainsbury's and Skype hook up
News VoIP provider Skype has begun selling credit vouchers at Sainsbury's supermarkets across the UK. Skype-certified handsets and headsets will also soon be appearing on the store's shelves as part of the tie-up between the two companies. [15 May 2006]
VoIP is a threat to wireless security
News The Summit also heard that VoIP products such as Skype were likely to drive down mobile phone costs, as some companies are now encouraging staff to use VoIP for long-distance calls. Security standards for mobile computing and telephony have... [18 Apr 2005]
Skype patches security flaw
News Peer-to-peer phone company Skype has updated its internet telephony software, patching a critical flaw in its client for Microsoft Windows-based systems. Skype's voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) client runs on Windows XP, Mac OS X, Linux and... [16 Nov 2004]
Internet telephony start-ups double growth monthly
News Start-up Skype announced on Wednesday that it has reached the one million mark for simultaneous users of its peer-to-peer telephone software. In the cases of Voiceglo and Skype, no additional equipment is required. [21 Oct 2004]
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