'Fat PSP' owners won't get Skype
08 Jan 2008
Must have a slim'n'light version of the handheld
CES Sony will release the PlayStation Portable firmware that will load the handheld games console with Skype's VoIP app late this month, it said today. But the software will only run on the second-generation PSP.
Vonage shakes off patent disputes
31 Dec 2007
Annus horribilis ends with Nortel agreement
Vonage and Nortel have agreed to settle their patent differences with an exchange of licenses, and no money changing hands, ending a year of litigation for Vonage and clearing the decks before 2008.
Ribbit leapfrogs into Web 2.0
18 Dec 2007
Voice 1.0 is so 20th century
Silicon Valley start-up Ribbit has announced another $10m in funding, and the opening of a beta developers program for developers wanting to create telephony applications using Flash technology, for a "Voice 2.0" experience.
Skype confirms / denies job cuts
11 Dec 2007
Yoda statement
Voice over Internet Protocol provider Skype has neither confirmed nor denied it is cutting jobs at its London office.
Skype update plugs critical bug
10 Dec 2007
On the QT
Users running older versions of Skype risk attack from a newly disclosed vulnerability.
Skype faces 020 7870 cut-off
22 Nov 2007
Really, really, sorry
Updated: Up to 10,000 Skype customers have to change their SkypeIn number by 20 December, an email to customers advised last night.
Vonage to stump up $120m to Verizon
19 Nov 2007
Court refuses to reconsider ruling
Vonage has been ordered to pay $120m to Verizon for patent infringements, as the US Court of Appeals rejected its call for the case to be reconsidered.
Vonage shuts door on Verizon suit (almost)
25 Oct 2007
'You might get $120m. You might get less'
Vonage has settled its legal tete-a-tete with Verizon, agreeing to pay the telcom giant somewhere between $80m and $120m. Final terms of the deal depend on one last ruling from the US Court of Appeals.
AT&T embraces let's-sue-Vonage fad
22 Oct 2007
'Sprint and Verizon got nothin' on us'
Yet another big-name telco has sued Vonage for patent infringement.
Skype in MySpace hook-up
17 Oct 2007
Losers together
MySpace has agreed to let eBay's IP telephony damp squib Skype plaster its pages with click-to-call buttons.