Skype aims for mainstream with new products

1. Skype aims for mainstream with new products

VoIP giant Skype has announced a number of partnerships with telephony gadget manufacturers in a bid to reach a wider market with its internet telephony service.

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- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Jan 4 2006


2. Skype, Netgear to launch Wi-Fi phone

Networking products maker Netgear and wireless calling provider Skype on Wednesday unveiled the first Wi-Fi phone designed to work on the internationally popular voice over IP service.

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- read full story from CNET news.com, Jan 4 2006


3. Netgear to Offer First Wi-Fi Phone for Skype Calling

Netgear Inc. and Skype, the Web-based calling company which is a unit of eBay Inc., said on Wednesday they plan to introduce the first wireless mobile telephone for Skype.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Jan 4 2006


4. VoIP Calling Goes Mainstream at CES Event

Broadband gear maker NetGear Inc. is introducing a cordless phone to dial Skype Internet calls over any Wi-Fi connection without a personal computer, joining a parade of new products at the International Consumer Electronics Show bringing online telephony to the mainstream.

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- read full story from Yahoo! News, Jan 5 2006


5. Mailbox Internet to close London office

Mailbox Internet - one of the UK's oldest ISPs - is closing its London office just three months after being bought by Leeds-based 186k. Staff were told just before Christmas that the Fulham office is due to close within the next couple of weeks.

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- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Jan 4 2006


6. MSN Phisher Pleads Guilty To Crimes

The United States Attorney’s Office in Iowa yesterday said that Jayson Harris, 23, of Davenport, Iowa, pled guilty on Dec. 30 to computer fraud charges arising from a phishing scheme conducted from January 2003 through June 2004 on Microsoft's MSN Internet service.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Jan 4 2006


7. Microsoft hopes to have virus patch next week

Microsoft Corp said it hopes to have a patch ready next week to fix the most recent flaw found in its Windows program -- a flaw that could leave computers vulnerable to a virus.

For more on this:
- read full story from reuters, Jan 4 2006


8. Internet 'poses challenge to Asian governments'

Asian governments attempting to control the free flow of information faced a struggle as their citizens increasingly turned to the Internet for alternative views, a report said on Wednesday.

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- read full story from scmp.com, Jan 5 2006


9. Google in Home Network Play?

Google founder Larry Page will deliver a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show -- and the rumor mill says the search goliath may get into the hardware business.

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- read full story from internetnews.com, Jan 5 2006


10. Yahoo Options in Demand amid Microsoft Speculation

Many option investors are betting on more gains in the shares of Web media company Yahoo Inc. amid speculation of a tie-up with Microsoft Corp. and high hopes for continued growth in Web advertising.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Jan 4 2006

Symantec Sets Sights on IMlogic

1. Symantec Sets Sights on IMlogic

Symantec today began 2006 pretty much how it left 2005, offering to acquire a smaller company to bolster its enterprise software portfolio.

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- read full story from internetnews.com, Jan 3 2006


2. Symantec to Acquire IM Security Vendor IMLogic

Security software company Symantec Corp. said Tuesday that it had signed a definitive agreement to buy IMLogic, a maker of security software for instant messaging applications, based in Waltham, Mass.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Jan 3 2006


3. Domain scam duo fined AU$2.3m

A pair of fraudsters who made millions using a domain registration scam have been ordered to pay AU$2.3m (£980,000) by an Australian court. Brad Norrish and Chesley Rafferty conned victims into stumping up non-existent fees under the threat that they risked losing their domain names unless they paid up.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Jan 3 2006


4. Google to 'launch own PC'

Google is planning to provide an own-brand Windows-less PC and sell the low-cost system through a partnership with retail giant Wal-Mart. The machine and/or the sales deal could be announced as early as this coming Friday.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Jan 3 2006


5. Skype targets mainstream consumers

Skype is making a play for the mainstream IP telephony market with a series of new products being announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.

For more on this:
- read full story from CNET news.com, Jan 3 2006


6. CES - VOIP users getting more options

Consumer electronics makers and VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) providers are teaming up at this week's Consumer Electronics Show, eyeing a growing opportunity to capture the voice business in homes and small businesses.

For more on this:
- read full story from infoworld.com, Jan 3 2006


7. 'Pay-per-call' ads a good option for service providers

An online ad that yields a phone call: Now that's counterintuitive. After all, isn't the point of such advertising to reduce phone time by directing customers to a Web site? That's true for some businesses, but others--especially service providers--prefer to encourage prospective clients to dial them up.

For more on this:
- read full story from infoworld.com, Jan 3 2006


8. Japan's DoCoMo to invest 300 mln dollars in top Philippines telco

Japan's top mobile telecoms firm NTT DoCoMo is to invest some 300 million dollars in the Philippines top carrier, Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT), President Gloria Arroyo announced.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Jan 3 2006


9. Google-AOL Deal Raises Stakes

Can the feud between Microsoft and Google grow any hotter? You bet. Heading into the close of the year, the pair volleyed for some gain in industry mind share, and, by all accounts, the Mountain View team looks to have scored some points.

For more on this:
- read full story from eweek.com, Jan 2 2005


10. Analyst cheers Google with $600 per share target

Google and its cavalcade of adoring analysts look set to pump 2006 full of the same unbridled optimism that dominated 2005. Or so we predict after seeing Piper Jaffray analyst Safa Rashtchy hike his target on the ad broker up from $445 to $600.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Jan 4 2006

Phishers Stay One Step Ahead

1. Phishers Stay One Step Ahead

Fraudsters stayed a step ahead of gullible Internet users in 2005 by fine-tuning their tactics and turning to more sophisticated strategies, a U.K.-based Web monitoring firm said Friday.

For more on this:
- read full story from messagingpipeline.com, Dec 30 2005

2. Google AdSense Trojan prowls cyberspace

Hackers have developed a Trojan horse program that produces fake Google ads posing as the real thing.

For more on this:
- read full story from theregister.co.uk, Dec 30 2005


3. Patent Problems Hit Google Talk

A company holding patents related to voice over IP (VoIP) sued Google in early December, claiming Google Talk infringes on its intellectual property. Gary Price first reported the suit, filed in October, in the Search Engine Watch blog.

For more on this:
- read full story from internetnews.com, Dec 30 2005


4. Google sued over Internet call technology

A small New York technology firm said it was suing search titan Google for up to five billion dollars for patent violation in the Internet telephony software used in Google Talk.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Dec 30 2005


5. GNU Telephony Stack Opens Up VoIP

The GNU Telephony stack is out and aiming to provide users of proprietary VoIP stacks with a free software alternative. The GNU Telephony stack is backed by support from Tycho Softworks, whose owner is also the maintainer of GNU Bayonne, one of the key components of the stack.

For more on this:
- read full story from internetnews.com, Dec 30 2005


6. File-Sharing Barons Face Day of Reckoning

Weeks before the original Napster shut down for good in 2001, Internet users were flocking to alternative song-swapping programs. Nearly 20 million people used Morpheus in its first four months, for example, to trade music and other files for free online. But the man behind Morpheus was worried. Michael Weiss figured popularity could bring its own perils.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Jan 2 2006


7. Web 2.0, Wikis, Commercial Open Source All Came Of Age

The top tech ideas of 2005 covered a wide terrain. They shared two important traits, both of them fitting in this cautious, post-bubble market. Each idea gave more power to the user, and so carried on technology's classic democratizing effect.

For more on this:
- read full story from Yahoo! News, Dec 30 2005