Spontaneous human combustion: Skype to blame?
28 Feb 2007
Paying for the pipes
Analysis A Voice over IP service was to blame for a man in Massachusetts bursting into flames at the weekend.
Vonage: patent smackdown won't bring shutters down
26 Feb 2007
We will survive
Vonage today moved to reassure its two million customers that their internet phone service will not be disrupted and investors that their cash will be safe if it loses a patent lawsuit to Verizon.
Closed Skype wants open networks
22 Feb 2007
Pot, dial Kettle
eBay's proprietary VoIP service Skype wants the Federal Communications Commission to change its rules on how cellular networks operate.
T-Mobile says mobile VoIP will not hit revenues
15 Feb 2007
I see no ships
3GSM Mobile VoIP (voice over internet protocol) will not hit mobile telephony revenues, but will have more of an impact on fixed line services, according to T-Mobile International AG chief executive Hamid Akhavan.
Skype snoop agent reads mobo serial numbers
11 Feb 2007
'Quite normal' feature has been removed
Skype has been spying on its Windows-based users since the middle of December by secretly accessing their system bios settings and recording the motherboard serial number.
Truphone starts talking to Google
07 Feb 2007
VoIP interoperability a go-go
Mobile VoIP provider Truphone has teamed up with the Google Talk network to offer customers free calls.
Michael Robertson on VoIP wars and Net Neutrality
02 Feb 2007
Backpackers rejoice
Serial entrepreneur Michael Robertson extended his Gizmo Project this week with a Flash-based browser plug-in. This means no installation is required, and the service offers five-minutes free calls to anyone in the world, or 10 if you register with an email address.
Skype woos sysadmins with FaceTime software
01 Feb 2007
Corporate control
Skype is to integrate's FaceTime security management tools into its software, giving system administrators easier access to, and control of, corporate users.
Fring brings Skype and Symbian together
31 Jan 2007
Google Talk also invited to party
Just as Skype declares that the market isn't right for a mobile client, Fring releases one which works seamlessly with its service.
Skype racketeering case dismissed
24 Jan 2007
But Steamcast vows to continue litigation
One of the longest running feuds in the P2P business has taken a new turn after a judge dismissed a racketeering case brought by Streamcast Networks against Skype.