Verizon Launches E-mail Encryption For Small Businesses

1. Verizon Launches E-mail Encryption For Small Businesses

Verizon Online has unveiled a new e-mail security service for small businesses that encrypts e-mail messages before they are sent out over the Internet.
The new subscription service, called Verizon Secure Mail, uses Echoworx's encrypted e-mail software.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Dec 7 2005


2. Yahoo's new online phone calls near

Yahoo is expanding its reach in the fast-growing Internet calling market, offering a service that will allow people to make and receive low-cost computer calls to and from regular phones.

For more on this:
- read full story from mercurynews.com, Dec 7 2005


3. Yahoo undercuts Skype, telcos on voice call rates

Yahoo Inc. said on Wednesday the company plans to allow computer users to make and receive calls from phones at rates that undercut eBay-owned rival Skype and are significantly below traditional phone companies.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Dec 8 2005


4. Virgin Mobile says rejects NTL offer

Virgin Mobile Holdings Ltd., which is controlled by British tycoon Richard Branson, said on Wednesday it was rejecting a buy-out offer from cable TV firm NTL Inc.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Dec 7 2005


5. Yahoo Adds Skype-Like Ability to IM Service

Yahoo Inc. is entering a suddenly crowded field, offering Skype-like capabilities through its instant-messaging service that will let people dial regular phone numbers using their computers or receive calls from conventional phones

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Dec 7 2005

6. Junk Mail Beats Spam Again in '05

The Internet continues to take its toll—both pro and con—on the U.S. Postal Service, but the post office may be starting to win the fight. For the first time in several years, the USPS reported an increase in first-class shipments, albeit a nominal one of one-tenth of one percent.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Dec 7 2005


7. Hosted E-Mail, IM Service Providers Offer Archiving

Managed e-mail security and management providers are launching new services to help businesses archive electronic communications as they seek to comply with regulatory and legal requirements.
For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Dec 7 2005


8. Changing Message on AOL

Time Warner Inc. has abandoned plans to sell a minority stake in America Online Inc. but remains in active negotiations with rival suitors Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. about forging a more limited partnership with one of them to increase online ad revenue for AOL.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Dec 7 2005


9. Inmarsat launches global high-speed Web access

Inmarsat on Wednesday launched a long-awaited service to provide cheaper voice and high-speed Internet access anywhere in the world, as the satellite operator looks to tap additional revenues.

For more on this:
- read full story from reuters, Dec 7 2005