Skype Technologies has updated its popular Skype Internet telephony software to fix a security bug that could expose sensitive data.
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.
Last week this column asked the question of whether free Internet telephony Skype was good enough for business use.
Local digital business services specialist Hyro has revealed it is making extensive use of free Internet telephony software Skype within its business.
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.
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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.
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.
Skype's CEO plans to make the software an accepted part of corporate communications -- both on the desktop and on smart phones.
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Free Net phone calls move to Pocket PCs
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