Skype Still Not Ready For Business

Shortly after releasing Skype 3.0 for Windows, Skype released a Business version for Windows. After reading Ken Camp’s recent post about another VoIP blogger Jan’s experience with this new “Skype for Windows – Business version”, I’m so very glad I didn’t install the beta. I already have probably over a dozen soft VoIP clients – [...]


News Briefs – Thu Nov 30, 2006

SkypeIn Now Available In South Korea
In an announcement yesterday Skype gave their South Korean users an early Christmas gift by making their SkypeIn services usable. Calls to a Korean SkypeIn number from a PSTN landline or mobile phone will now work.
Asustek Computer Launches Skype Motherboards
Asustek Computer have announced that they are making two [...]

Report Suggests 70% Of VoIP Calls Vulnerable To Attack

Over the past few months there have been a number of reports and accusations about VoIP security, especially when used at remote call centers. Now a report [PDF] published by security firm Scanit suggests that up to 70% of all calls made via Voice over IP are susceptible to attack simply because call centers [...]

Gizmo On Nokia N80 Internet Edition

Nokia and Gizmo have teamed up to allow users of the Nokia N80 Internet Edition mobile phone to download and install Gizmo on the phone, using the software to make cheap calls using Voice over IP.  Great news for anyone using that particular handset, now you just need to find a wireless carrier who won’t [...]

Sydney & NSW Cities To Get Free WiFi

Good news for any readers in Sydney, Gosford, Newcastle and Wollongong.  You’ll be getting free WiFi inside 3 years under a plan recently unveiled by state premier, Morris Lemma.
“As one of the world’s great cities to do business, visit or live in, Sydney deserves state of the art broadband coverage accessible [...]