News (69)

  • Skype plugs hole in VoIP software

    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 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.

  • AMD's lawyers call on Skype

    As part of its ongoing antitrust case against Intel, Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday served Skype with a subpoena demanding documents related to its deal to make one feature in Skype 2.0 available exclusively to Intel users.

  • Skype protocol cracked?

    Chinese engineers have allegedly cracked Skype's Internet telephony protocol, according to a Thursday blog posting.

  • Skype to connect buyers with sellers

    VoIP company takes page from parent eBay, offering a business-rating directory and a service linking advice givers and seekers.

Blogs (3)

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    Mobile, VoIP and geographic phone numbers

    Will we see mass adoption of VoIP calling on our mobile phones? Does VoIP over 3G provide the quality of voice call that we've grown to expect? Can we expect the mobile carriers to fight its adoption and control access on their networks?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Mobile Skype: a threat to fixed-line telephony

    3's bundling of Skype as part of a new services package has the potential to upset the voice monopoly of incumbent fixed-telephony carriers ... if only customers knew about it.

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    When will operators let me IP freely?

    Writing a blog about mobile technology on 28 April almost necessitates holding forth on CDMA shutoff. But if you ask me, there's something far more disruptive happening in the wireless world right now.

Features and Case Studies (24)

  • Intel dials up Skype support

    Intel is investing in VoIP giant Skype to make sure the company's software products are streamlined for Intel's next generation of dual-core processors.

  • Microsoft makes VoIP acquisition

    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.

  • Trojan masquerades as Skype update

    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 VoIP ambitions

    Q&A Niklas Zennstrom may be Sweden's most famous serial entrepreneur.

  • Intel answering "wideband audio" call

    Intel is investing in VoIP giant Skype to make sure the company's software products are streamlined for its next generation of dual-core processors.

Reviews (9)

  • Skype protocol cracked?

    Chinese engineers have allegedly cracked Skype's Internet telephony protocol, according to a Thursday blog posting.

  • Skype to connect buyers with sellers

    VoIP company takes page from parent eBay, offering a business-rating directory and a service linking advice givers and seekers.

  • Skype releases beta for Mac OS X

    Skype has released a beta version of its latest client for Mac OS X users.

  • 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.

  • 3 Skypephone

    Whether you plan to use Skype or not, the Skypephone is a full-featured budget priced phone and value for money if you don't break it first.

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