Portal bid drives eBay Skype deal, BBC News, Sept 12 2005

Portal bid drives eBay Skype deal, BBC News, Sept 12 2005

“At first glance, auction giant eBay and net phone firm Skype seem to have little in common apart from the fact that both do almost all of their business online.
eBay is a giant marketplace used by more than 100 million people to buy and sell all manner of things to each other.”

Full Story at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4238258.stm


Oracle to buy Siebel for $5.85bn, BBC News, Sept 12 2005

“Software giant Oracle is buying US rival Siebel Systems in a deal worth $5.85bn (£3.2bn) in cash and stock.
Oracle is offering $10.66 per Siebel share, 16.8% more than Siebel's closing share price on Friday.”

Full Story at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4237810.stm


Bloggers debate impact of Skype acquisition, Cnet News, Sept 12 2005

“The blogging community got an early jump on the news that eBay is acquiring VoIP provider Skype, and bloggers were quick to speculate on what was behind the move and how the e-commerce giant plans to use Skype's communications technology.”

Full Story at: http://news.com.com/Bloggers+debate+impact+of+Skype+acquisition/2100-1038_3-5861754.html?part=rss&tag=5861754&subj=news


Tool Assesses VOIP Readiness, eweek.com, Sept 12 2005

“As Voice-Over-IP deployments continue to increase, enterprises are looking to get a handle on what it takes to support and manage voice services on traditional IP data systems. Now, one smaller network management vendor is stepping into the breach to show users how to prepare and maintain networks for optimum VOIP quality.”

Full Story at: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1857346,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594


MSN Kicks Out API Jams, internetnews.com, Sept 12 2005

“MSN wants outside developers to have their way with its innards.
The company is letting outside developers and Web publishers connect to its services and applications via application programming interfaces (APIs) for MSN Search, Messenger and Virtual Earth.”

Full Story at: http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3547736


Yahoo Hires Journalist to Report on Wars, The New York Time, Sept 12 2005

“SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Yahoo, in its first big move into original online video programming, is betting that war and conflict will lure new viewers.

Lloyd Braun, the former chairman of ABC's entertainment group who now oversees Yahoo's expanded media group in Santa Monica, has hired Kevin Sites, a veteran television correspondent, to produce a multimedia Web site that will report on wars around the world.”

Full Story at: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/12/technology/12yahoo.html?ex=1284177600&en=601508afe447d1f8&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss


OneTel could be flogged, theregister.co.uk, Sept 12 2005

“Centrica - the UK company that owns utility British Gas - is looking to flog its OneTel telco business, according to The Sunday Times.
The paper reports that Centrica - which has more than a million telephone and internet punters - has received interest from a number of outfits keen to make a bid for the telco.”

Full Story at: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/12/onetel_easynet/


France Telecom to blow €1bn on LLU, theregister.co.uk, Sept 12 2005

“France Telecom (FT) plans to blow more than €1bn installing its kit in incumbent telcos' telephone exchanges so it can provide broadband services direct to customers.
Some of that cash is to be spent in the UK but FT is also eyeing up other European countries for further investment in local loop unbundling (LLU), reports The Business”

Full Story at: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/12/ft_llu/


Phone Firms to Take On Internet Calling Rivals, The Washington post, Sept 12 2005

“Traditional telephone companies are likely to fight back as eBay Inc. acquires Skype Technologies SA and expands the reach of Internet phone service, experts said yesterday. Many competitors will offer their own version of online telephone technology, expand into broadband and television services, and work to limit upstarts such as Skype through regulation.”

Full Story at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/12/AR2005091201683.html?nav=rss_technology

Nokia to take mobile e-mail to corporate masses, Yahoo! News, Sept 13 2005

“SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nokia, the world's largest maker of mobile phones, said late on Monday it was launching a corporate e-mail system that would enable workers at almost any level to send and receive mail from their mobile phones.”

Full Story at: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050913/wr_nm/nokia_email_dc