News (8)

  • Skype shakes off consumer shackles

    Skype is shaking off its consumer shackles and finding favour with enterprises, with almost one-third of its customers using its telephony software for business.

  • Skype releases IM developer tools

    VoIP giant Skype is now letting Web sites and other Internet applications tap into the pool of people using the Luxembourg-based company's instant-messaging service.

  • Telcos ignore ENUM trials

    Australia's heavyweight telecommunications companies are largely ignoring a technology that maps telephone numbers to Internet services, with only relative minnows in the Internet arena demonstrating any enthusiasm.

  • Skype goes for the gold

    Net phone phenomenon Skype is preparing to expand its menu of paid services, hastening efforts to evolve from a free provider of niche services into a profitable company that could give industry giants a run for their money.

  • Skype spruces up with premium services

    Skype has enhanced its popular Net phone application with two new premium features: SkypeIn and Skype Voicemail.

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  • VoIP wants to cut the computer cord

    Software-based phones are coming to the fore as big changes come to the way people make calls.

  • Phone fallout: Talk is cheap

    In the United States, the shift to low-cost Internet calling has cost the old-line phone giants dearly. Someday, this could happen in Australia.

  • Old IT never dies...

    Companies are hanging on to their IT equipment longer to stave off spending what they can't currently afford. But IT systems have to be disposed of eventually; what happens when they do?

  • Four network maintenance tools tested

    We look at three hardware tools and one software tool for network maintenance.

Reviews (3)

  • Skype 2 (beta)

    Though Skype 2 suffers from middling voice quality when calling landline phones, it's still one of the best free VoIP services around, and its new Skype Video feature makes it even better.

  • Skype

    What's not to like about Skype? It's free and ad-free and offers clear VoIP calls to other Skype users anywhere in the world.

  • Four network maintenance tools tested

    We look at three hardware tools and one software tool for network maintenance.

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