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Coldplay ja Eesti karud

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Free SightSpeed looks to go mano a mano with Skype

[jkOnTheRun] Largely free, Skype with a web cam can provide decent quality video calls but another free program (basic version) is growing in popularity by allowing very high quality video calls that easily outshine Skype. SightSpeed 5.0 is a beta program but PC Magazine found it a decent alternative to Skype due to the superior video coupled with tight audio synchronization.

Posted at 11:37 PM

May 31, 2006

Coldplay ja Eesti karud

[Jaanuse asjad] (Kui Sa pole siin varem kommenteerinud, siis vÃµib-olla vaatab saidiomanik Su kommentaari enne avaldamist üle. Kannatust.)

Posted at 11:38 PM

Free SightSpeed looks to go mano a mano with Skype

Posted at 11:37 PM

May 30, 2006

Shel and Neville Doing a Skypecast

[ Awakened Voice Blog] Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson are the hardest working Public Relations podcasters around. They produce a high quality audio show twice a week using Skype to grease the wheels of communication.

Posted at 11:50 PM

3 reasons why Microsoft should buy eBay

[Thatedeguy] I touched upon it a little at SuperGeekBlog last week when it broke, but there have been rumors flying around lately about Microsoft being in talks with eBay about a potential buyout. While I’m sure that there are plenty of people out there that can think of why this shouldn’t happen, I see 3 reasons why it would make sense for Microsoft. Paypal. Microsoft’s Passport services went over like a lead balloon. Integrating paypal payments and ebay feedback into the passport service could lend the added value to Passport to make it worth while to use. Also, the ability to have your Passport/eBay feedback universally available at any website could add a lot of usage to the system.

Posted at 11:46 PM

May 29, 2006

[Skype]5æœˆ28æ—¥

[Peek_Dog_FANã®æ—¥è¨˜] â– 5æœˆ28æ—¥ 5:51:05

Posted at 11:43 PM

JAJAH dials the phone for you (and saves you some money)

[Download Squad] So last week when I posted Plaxo dials the phone for you, I didn't realize that the JAJAH-powered service is actually available Plaxo-free, in the form of a web service or Firefox extension. In case you missed the Plaxo post, what JAJAH does when you enter a friend's telephone number is call your phone, then when you pick up, dial their phone number.

Posted at 11:38 PM

May 28, 2006

[Skype]5æœˆ27æ—¥

[Peek_Dog_FANã®æ—¥è¨˜] â– 5æœˆ27æ—¥ 9:35:54

Posted at 11:45 PM

Removal of Live Help from our site and components

[Latest News from Phil Taylor] I write to let you know that we have taken the decision to remove the live chat/help buttons from our website and components with effect from 15 June 2006. The reasons for this are many, including, but not limited to: The general acceptance of Skype as a method of obtaining both Live Help and presales support. The abusive emails from customers saying that the live help buttons (javascript) takes too long too load, or distracts them while working inside our components.

Posted at 11:41 PM

May 27, 2006

Fixed Mobile Internet Convergence:study.

[Webtown - Jan in Malaysia] Fixed Mobile Internet Convergence: Technology Trends and Market..

Posted at 11:42 PM

The Skype Effect

[Cloudy Thinking] Seamus McCauley writes: “There’s still a little way to go, culturally, technically and administratively, before we see a mass substitution of Skype for fixed and mobile telephony, but I have no doubt it’s only a matter of time. As Dylan says”¦it’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there.” Skype is still new for most people.

Posted at 11:37 PM

May 26, 2006

Microsoft to Buy eBay? Bold... But Futile

[Internet Outsider] It makes sense that MSFT would come to EBAY to get closer, but a full-on merger doesn't sound necessary. MSFT could buy into EBAY with a few $billion and combine it with some kind of tight agreement for EBAY to do what they need to help MSN and/or "shit on" GOOG.

Posted at 11:38 PM

YACKETY-YUCK”¦WTF?

[Productio Ad Absurdam] OK, Talkety is the latest entrant into the VoIP market. Their hook is this: their service allows any two telephone numbers to talk to each other instantly but unlike Vongage, Skype, Gizmo, etc. etc., no software download or headset/handset or connection device purchase is required.

Posted at 11:37 PM

May 25, 2006

Rumours of a Yahoo! and Microsoft marriage are greatly exaggerated

[Technological Winter] At least as it turns out. eBay and Yahoo! have announced a partnership that has Yahoo! search and ad network plastered liberally throughout eBay by 2007 and eBay’s PayPal sprinkled throughout Yahoo!’s various media properties e.g.

Posted at 11:40 PM

Yahoo-eBay Shotgun Wedding

[Internet Outsider] That’s the power of the Yahoo-Ebay partnership from Yahoo’s perspective. Given how much eBay itself can benefit from Yahoo, it’s no brainer that full scope merger is just a matter of time.

Posted at 11:37 PM

May 24, 2006

Gizmo Project 2.0 supports Asterisk PBX

[jkOnTheRun] The big news today out of the Gizmo shop is that the new version provides support for Asterisk PBX software, enabling some shops to route office PBX calls to Gizmo. Talk about mobility!

Posted at 11:46 PM

Gizmo Project 2.0* Out for Windows and Mac

[ Instant Messaging Forums] SIPphone has just release a major...

Posted at 11:37 PM

May 23, 2006

Prank calling

[soeren says] I remember ”” sorely so ”” the days when prank-calling cost an awful lot of money that would end up on your mom’s phone bill and lead to some awkward...

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Posted at 11:38 PM

Voice Over IP (VoIP) - I’m impressed

[EasyStreet Business Blog] Physicists refer to this as a "singularity". Technology consultants worship this place as "Convergence".

Posted at 11:37 PM

May 22, 2006

Skype rigged Eurovision vote? Just wouldn't work even if we wanted to...

[Skype Blogs] Their monsters nailed the Eurovision after decades of trying and showed that an Eurovision winning song doesn’t really have to be the typical “Eurovision winning song”. Since Estonia’s song didn’t qualify it to the final, we were also happy for Finns.

Posted at 11:38 PM

Silent Post: Send me a Voice Mail!!!

[Teaching for the Future Podcast] I know that you have all be scrambling to reach out to me and email just seems to impersonal. The banner will live on the home page and allow anyone with a microphone on their computer to record a message and send it to me.

Posted at 11:37 PM

May 21, 2006

Online address book?

[Ask MetaFilter | Community Weblog] I would like to make or use a web2.0ish personal address book. Little image for the person, birth date, phone number that opens up skype and starts dialing, address, etc.

Posted at 11:38 PM

Portable Skype Phone v2

[The News is NowPublic.com | NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public] Portable Skype Phone v2 instructables.com: "Furled by 2 members." Furl, voip, Technology, Skype, popular, Phone, 3 Views 0 Comments Populux 42 mins...

Posted at 11:37 PM

May 20, 2006

Is Skype an IT nightmare ?

[Webtown - Jan in Malaysia] While there is More Trouble For The Vonage IPOcreating more doubt on Vonage's Viabilityand and even puts Vonage on the ropes,the 'IT nightmare' Skype...

Posted at 11:37 PM

Skype posts "URI arguments" security alert, fix

[ | IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband | ZDNet.com] The attack requires the targeted user to manually follow a specially crafted malformed link, such as on a web page. Depending on several factors, doing so may result in the initiation of a file transfer, which will be accompanied by the normal Skype file transfer dialogue box.

Posted at 11:36 PM

May 18, 2006

Linksys WIP300 and 330 now shipping everywhere except my house

[jkOnTheRun] - May 17, 2006 - Linksys®, a Division of Cisco Systems, Inc., the recognized leading provider of voice, wireless and networking hardware for the consumer, Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) and small business customer, today announced the immediate availability of its WIP300 and WIP330 Wireless-G IP Phones. The WIP300 and WIP330 are the first in a line of Wireless IP telephony products from Linksys that will enable users to make low-cost Voice over IP (VoIP) calls through 802.11g wireless networks.

Posted at 11:37 PM

Skype

[ Ashbaugh Online - Driven by the passion of technology] Skype has announced that they’re letting people make free calls to landline and cell phones within the U.S. and Canada until the end of the year. Previously you had to purchase skype credit to call regular phone numbers.

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Posted at 11:36 PM

May 17, 2006

RTX LAN Cordless DUALphone supports GIPS

[thevoipdigest.com] The Skype-compatible RTX LAN Cordless DUALphone, which I recently reviewed, has announced support for the Global IP Sound (GIPS) NetEQ technology embedded into their wireless Internet DECT phone. GIPS NetEQ is an advanced jitter buffer and packet loss concealment module that improves sound quality and reduces latency.

Posted at 11:37 PM

Free Skype

[ BostonGeek] The folks at Skype have recently announced that SkypeOut (the service that allows you to call a non-Skype phone number from Skype) will be free for all calls from the U.S. and Canada to the U.S. and Canada. The detection software they use to determine if you are indeed located within the U.S. or Canada is not perfect, and some people are reporting problems when trying to use the service, but they are quickly responding to any issues people are having.

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Posted at 11:37 PM

May 15, 2006

Permanent Link to "SkyPE: SkypeOut now FREE for US & Canada!"

[ Seagull’s Weblog] SkyPE: SkypeOut now FREE for US & Canada! 0 Comments Published by Seagull May 15th, 2006 in Technology, Internet Telco, you can close shop now.

Posted at 11:42 PM

SkypeOut Is Free (And Very Kewl)

[Slobokan’s Site O’ Schtuff] Skype anticipates that completely free calling in the US and Canada will expand Skype’s increasing penetration in North America and solidify Skype’s position as the Internet’s voice communication tool of choice. More people will now have the chance to benefit from Skype’s premium services and online calling capabilities.

Posted at 11:37 PM

May 14, 2006

Skype, connecting PayPal, collecting money

[21talks - Telecommunications on steroids] Paypal users could access the two main functions sitting on Skype. We’d like to see more PayPal-Skype integration, for instance, buying SkypeOut minutes with the Paypal account, asking for Skype first-time users if they’d like to open a PayPal simultaneously.

Posted at 11:46 PM

[Skype]5æœˆ13æ—¥

[Peek_Dog_FANã®æ—¥è¨˜] â– 5æœˆ13æ—¥ 5:53:34

Posted at 11:41 PM

May 13, 2006

Adding a dynamic Skype sig to Mail.app

[Hawk Wings] A post on the Skype blog describes how to add a dynamic Skype icon to a signature in Mail.app, which lets other know whether you are currently available or not.

Posted at 11:46 PM

Dipping My Toes

[The Tao of Mac - HomePage] Dipping My Toes After a couple of evenings devoted to other considerations, I finished Century Rain today, and found it to have a few interesting...

Posted at 11:41 PM

Going Skype-only at work

[ayn blog] I got the IT department to do a fresh Windoze install on my work Thinkpad, it’s kindda a twice a year ritual, Windows sucks… and to keep things simple, I’m gonna go Skype-only…

Posted at 12:04 AM

May 12, 2006

Skype translates

[:::Mo(nu)ments::: ©Ine Dehandschutter] What the h*? Technorati Tags: skype, translation...

Posted at 11:50 PM

May 11, 2006

Skype: bug mail di benvenuto?

[Home Page - dBlog piattaforma CMS Open Source per Blog] su questo PC ho la precedente versione stabile, tuttavia ho provato la creazione di un nuovo account, ma non mi è ancora arrivata la mail di benvenuto e forse non arriverà

Posted at 11:37 PM

Mothers day

[Blog For Peace] Hello all, So, everyone’s out there preparing for Mother’s day, which is to happen on the 14th of this month”¦ Thus, I thought that I could publish an article on the significance of Mother’s Day. Meanwhile, a community I’m part of, called BlogMad, is giving away freebies to anyone who cares to introduce themselves on their blog, and put in the keyword “BlogMadMom”.

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Posted at 11:36 PM

Skypecasting: A new paradigm for running events online?

[Modern Communicator] It seems Skype are innovating with what promises to be a means to starting / participating in focused events on any topic you can dream up. The...

Posted at 12:11 AM

May 10, 2006

Paypal Meets Skype

[ Alec Saunders .LOG -- An explosive mix of VoIP, Technology, Wine, and Politics] I’ve long been a fan of the idea that you should be able to conduct a transaction, and exchange money, while in a conversation. Howard and I discussed this extensively in late 2003 as part of the process we went through building the iotum business plan. Eventually we abandoned the idea, concluding that Paypal was better positioned to do it than we were. Well, 2.5 years later, the latest iteration of the Skype / Paypal roadmap has this very idea! Check out Bill Campbell’s post on Skype Journal for more details.

Posted at 11:54 PM

May 09, 2006

VoIP Advanced Features. VoIP Virtual Numbers. VoIP Voicemail.

[Voipaction.com] Some Providers offer you the ability to receive voicemail messages as an email attachment and play them back as a sound file through your computer via any of the popular media players. You can even forward the email with the attachment to another person and they can hear the call too, or save them to your PC’s hard drive for future reference.

Posted at 11:39 PM

Lingo VoIP Voicemail

[Lingo.com] With Lingo's online feature management, you can turn your VoIP phone service features on or off anytime you want, activate email notification at the touch of a button, change the number of rings before calls go to voicemail, plus more. If you're feeling creative you can even upload wav files to use for your voicemail greetings.

Posted at 11:39 PM

May 08, 2006

Thoughts on Peer-to-Peer VoIP - P2P Invades the Enterprise

[Realtime-VoIP: The VoIP Community Weblog] The new release of the Skype peer to peer VoIP software is causing trouble in the network administrators world due to the changes the developers have made to the connection set-up procedure. Companies who currently offer anti Skype filters for corporate networks say that Skype are really trying to get into the “company network infrastructure”.More detail is noted by Jan Geinaert, one of the premier Skype watchers.

Posted at 11:38 PM

May 07, 2006

FTDC Merger with Global Geek Podcast

[Seb’s Random Thoughts] From the Director's Chair Podcast has made an exciting move in its development, we have merged with the other podcasting venture to which I am partnered to, Global Geek Podcast. A podcast about two hemispheres with two geeks delivering cool tech news with a funny edge.

Posted at 11:41 PM

Internet and Skype onboard a Boeing 747

[Jaanus on the internet] I’m writing this from somewhere above Iceland or Greenland. I’m onboard a Boeing 747 en route from Frankfurt to San Francisco.

Posted at 11:37 PM

May 06, 2006

Is A Free Phone Number Enough To Kill Skype?

[Asterisk VoIP News | Daily News and Information] America Online is getting ready to announce a voice-over-Internet service that runs over its AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). Part of the deal: AIM users will get free local phone numbers so people without AIM can reach them through a conventional phone line.

Posted at 11:46 PM

Vonage Playing Lingo

[Zoli's Blog :: Main Page] Vonage Playing Lingo by Zoli Erdos on May 6, 2006 01:16PM (PDT) Finally Vonage is offering a subset of Lingo's free calls to Europe: if you're on the unlimited ($24.99) plan, calls to France, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the UK are now free. Too bad Lingo whose unlimited plan is five bucks cheaper has been offering free calls to most Western European countries ever since they launched.

Posted at 11:37 PM

May 05, 2006

eBay Global Strategy with Paypal and Skype

[thevoipdigest.com] For eBay Marketplaces, growth will be driven by expanding the core business, entering into new in-season product markets and monetizing classifieds platforms, with long-term non-GAAP operating margins for that business expected to range between 35 and 40%. PayPal growth will be driven by adoption on eBay around the globe, Merchant Services, and the expansion beyond online payments, with longterm non-GAAP operating margins expected to range between 20 and 25%.

Posted at 11:37 PM

Skype used by some Turin Winter Olympics staff

[Skype Blogs] Summer is kicking in hard (at least if you’re in the North Hemisphere :-). This winter, the Winter Olympic Games were held in Turin and one great Italian Skype fan now sent us this story and pictures.

Posted at 11:36 PM

May 04, 2006

Skypecasting

[Agylen] You can even create your own Skypecast around your interests and promote it on Skype’s website. Having just launched, there aren’t many interesting conversations going on right now, but this stuff has the potential of becoming very popular, as it is free and possible uses are limited only by people’s imagination.

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Posted at 11:37 PM

Voicemail: Slice of SciFi #55

[Slice of Scifi Podcast] Now Mike, and it's your time to shine, you pack these shows into a quality feed, for a pretty small footprint (transfer wise). Couple that with a great show, great connectivity, and those Aussies are looking at a great product, that doesn't break the budget.

Posted at 11:37 PM

May 03, 2006

Skypecast

[Bubbling Minds] Skype lancerede i dag Skypecast - hosted calls med deltagelse af op til 100 personer. Når jeg tænker på, hvor meget bøvl, vi har haft med at få 5.

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Posted at 11:37 PM

Permanent Link to Skypecast

[Emerging Earth - emerging technologies and why we care] As an avid user of Skype and a member of the b5media staff that often gets pulled into meetings that are over the maximum 5 person limit for Skype covnersations, the news of Skypecast is a welcome bit for me. The theory behind this is a basic conference call concept where the moderator has the power to mute calls, control conversation.

Posted at 11:36 PM

May 02, 2006

SkypeIn Review

[Pete Freitag] I have been using SkypeIn service from Skype to receive and make phone calls over the internet for about 4 months now. I thought I would post a short review for anyone considering using the service.

Posted at 11:41 PM

Voicemail: Slice of SciFi #49

[Slice of Scifi Podcast] This show is for you! We're receiving so much voicemail and email feedback commentary that it just won't fit in one show anymore.

Posted at 11:36 PM