Skype has come clean on the outage which made its service almost unusable for two days last week, claiming the disruption was the result of a restart which stemmed from a routine Windows update.
Skype plans to announce a partnership next week with a security company to help organisations gain control over usage of the net telephony tool at work.
Local digital business services specialist Hyro has revealed it is making extensive use of free Internet telephony software Skype within its business.
Last week this column asked the question of whether free Internet telephony Skype was good enough for business use.
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Cybercriminals are spreading a malicious Trojan horse under the guise of an update to Skype, e-mail security firm MessageLabs said on Monday.
Skype's CEO plans to make the software an accepted part of corporate communications -- both on the desktop and on smart phones.
Microsoft is set to announce that it has purchased a small Internet calling start-up called Teleo, as part of a move to expand the capabilities of MSN Messenger.
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Chinese engineers have allegedly cracked Skype's Internet telephony protocol, according to a Thursday blog posting.
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