Skype today announced Skype for SIP, a new beta program for business users, The Wall Street Journal reports.
SIP is the industry standard for connecting VoIP devices and private branch exchanges, and is in widespread use in the corporate world.
Skype is the most popular platform for Internet phone calls, with over 400 million registered users (although [...]
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Skype announces SIP support
Report from the Spring 2007 VON Expo
The Spring 2007 VON Expo in San Jose, CA was both impressive, and a little underwhelming, all at the same time.
It’s impressive in the sense that VoIP has come a long way in the last few years. There were many big names represented and they certainly take VoIP seriously now.
It was underwhelming in the sense [...]
The iPhone: Revolution or Razzle-dazzle?
You’ve seen the photos, you’ve read the hype, you want the phone.
Er, excuse me, I mean iPhone.
Steve Jobs’ infamous Reality Distortion Field™ has gripped the World, and everyone is in rapt awe over a cell phone.
That is, an iPod. Or rather, it’s an Internet Communicator. Actually, it’s all three.
And you know you want one, don’t [...]
Excuse me, who are the bad guys again?
Recent news stories (C|Net News, Ars Technica, Slashdot) inform us that the US Government is eavesdropping on people through their cell phones, even when those cell phones appear to be turned off.
Lauren Weinstein, in his blog, warns against rampant paranoia and tries to bring the discussion down to earth. I’d like to think he’s right, [...]