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Hackers Focusing On VoIP Accounts

Hackers are in the early stages of targeting voice-over IP telephony accounts according to one VoIP equipment maker.Private information, including usernames and passwords from VoIP phone accounts are being sold online for more than stolen credit cards Newport Networks says. The information lets hackers use the telephone service for free.

Yahoo Dials In Jajah For Voice

VoIP service Jajah benefited from Yahoo's strategic shift as the recipient of the outsourcing of Phone In and Phone Out premium voice services for Yahoo Messenger.

FCC Hanging Up On Skype Open Access Request

The same type of open access rule that was added to the recent 700MHz spectrum auctions won't be imposed on current spectrum, as Skype hoped it would.

VON Organizer Pulver Media At Risk

Influential VoIP advocate and conference organizer Jeff Pulver may have hosted his last VON show, as rumors of the demise of Pulver Media started to spread.

CBS Unwires Manhattan With Wi-Fi

An experiment by CBS enables people with Wi-Fi-capable devices to access the Internet for free, at 5Mbps speeds, as the network tries out a wireless initiative in the Big Apple.

Vonage, Sprint Cool With Patent Settlement

Vonage's infringement on six Sprint patents has yielded a lucrative payday for Sprint.

The Privacy Is In The Pudding (Or Not)

There are so many obvious cliché puns just sitting there, grinning like toads: if you don't eat your meat...; the proof is in the...; $240 worth of…Pudding. What pudding has to do with telephony services is unclear, except that Pudding Media has started a conversation about how far is too far when it comes to targeted advertising.

Skype Partners With Wal-Mart

Internet communications company Skype is partnering with retailer Wal-Mart to offer its hardware in the Internet and voice communications area of Wal-Mart's 1,800 stores in the U.S.

Skype Brought Down By Microsoft Update

Patch Tuesday became a Friday the 13th for Skype this month, as a Windows Update devastated Skype's authentication network.

Skype Knocked Out By The Algorithm

VoIP company Skype experienced a massive outage due to a problem the company blamed on a deficient network software algorithm.