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In a move to expand its share in the growing Voice over Internet Protocol market, Yahoo completed the acquisition of Internet telephony services provider DialPad on Monday. Yahoo purchased the Milpitas, Calif.-based company for an undisclosed amount. Yahoo joins SBC Communications, America Online an...
In a move to expand its share in the growing Voice over Internet Protocol market, Yahoo completed the acquisition of Internet telephony services provider DialPad on Monday. Yahoo purchased the Milpitas, Calif.-based company for an undisclosed amount. Yahoo joins SBC Communications, America Online an...
Skype, which offers computer-to-computer Voice over IP (VoIP) service, yesterday added voicemail to its repertoire. Skype Voicemail service costs US$19 a year or $7 for three months, pre-paid, and allows subscribers to leave unlimited messages for all Skype users and receive messages from any caller...
Microsoft yesterday made tab browsing available to the masses -- but not via its upcoming Internet Explorer 7 release. The software giant is offering the feature through its MSN Search Toolbar instead. The MSN Search Toolbar allows users of IE 5.01 and above to do what Opera, Mozilla Firefox and App...
An international standards group has approved a new DSL standard that it says will increase the technology's upstream and downstream speeds to as much as 100 megabits per second -- 10 times faster than the fastest DSL now offered by carriers. The Geneva, Switzerland-based International Telecommunica...
A software flaw in Cisco Voice over Internet Protocol phones could leave its customers vulnerable to a hack attack. The United Kingdom's National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NICC) reported the problem on Tuesday. Cisco is issuing patches to fix the issue, which is caused by a Domai...
Once criticized for unreliability, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is now making headlines for its flexibility. Once accused of being difficult to deploy, VoIP is today being touted for its ease of use and manageability. Indeed, VoIP technology has come a long way in just a few years. The "not q...
In a move to compete with rival Google, Microsoft is planning to launch MSN Virtual Earth, a service designed to take local search to new depths, according to the software giant. Company chairman Bill Gates offered 3D conference attendees a sneak peak of his vision for Virtual Earth in Carlsbad, Cal...
Just a few hours after releasing its new browser, Netscape 8.0, to analysts' praise, America Online has issued a critical update that plugs 44 security holes. AOL touted Netscape 8.0's security features, so the release of the patch could be considered a blow. The problem arose because, while the bro...
Microsoft was awarded a patent this week for a "system and process for allowing a user to treat e-mail addresses as objects" -- a patent called "obvious and trivial" by one critic of the filing. "The technique of applying object properties and methods to various data fields in a software product has...
Analysts say they expect the Federal Communications Commission will require all VoIP providers doing business in the U.S. to offer basic e911 service to their customers. They also say they expect the FCC to force major telcos to make their e911 infrastructure access networks available to VoIP provid...
There's been much ado about Google this week -- but not for a new beta product or developer's tool. The Internet search giant's engine seemed to run out of gas over the weekend, leaving millions of surfers stranded on the side of the Information Highway in what some speculated was a hack attack. Goo...
Philadelphia might be known as the city of brotherly love but what it's generating with its experiment with government-sponsored wireless broadband access is far from that emotion. Last fall, the city aired its intentions to make itself a gigantic WiFi hotspot, a project with a projected price tag o...
Although it may agree with the hands-off approach to Internet services that telecom giant SBC was petitioning for in its request, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rejected the firm's proposal to limit regulation of new Internet services this week, indicating it is too soon to forbear on r...
Continuing its efforts to head off a heavier regulatory hand and increasing litigation, voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) player Vonage announced it would offer emergency 911 calling services with its VoIP products and services in some states with help from local phone giant Verizon. The new and o...
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