Despite deregulation in the telecom industry a while back, it seems that like some amorphous creature that cannot stay separated, the big Bells are reforming. AT&T, bought out by SBC last year, has plans to buy BellSouth. Extreme VoIP writer Todd Spangler seems to think that this has to do with the VoIP threat, as [...]

SMC have launched their own WiFi Skype phone, model number WSKP100.  Like other WiFi Skype phones recently launched (Netgear SPH101) the WSKP100 uses WiFi to make calls via SkypeOut and receive calls through SkypeIn.  It is 802.11b/g complient, and as it operates on the 2.4Ghz bandwidth it won’t interfere with any DECT phones you might [...]

There has been a lot of talk recently about Web 2.0 services for conferencing and shared editing of documents, just recently we covered DimDim and PresenterNet. This market is really heating up as outsourcing and faster internet connections make the world a smaller and flatter place.
Like other online conferencing services, Teamslide allows attendees and [...]

There’s little doubt that the world is not as safe as it used to be, I don’t think most people would argue that point. And I’m not talking about a pervasive terrorist threat or rogue states, I mean security on a personal level.
So what can you do when it comes to protecting your stuff [...]

A few months back, various industry reports indicated that the Google Talk IM and soft phone was near the bottom of the heap in terms of active users and downloads, both. Part of the reason for that might have been due to the fact that Google Talk (or GTalk, as some people call it) was [...]