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  • June 2008

    • Eavesdropping on Internet Calls Is Easy

      MIT Technology Review  |  Jun 17, 08 7:00 PM CDT

      Eavesdropping on Internet Calls Is Easy

      (Newser) - Not only are most Internet phone calls not encrypted, but a bandwidth-saving technique could undermine encryption once it’s implemented. Researchers at Johns Hopkins found that a compression method called variable-bit-rate encoding makes it possible for eavesdroppers to identify given phrases in an encrypted VoIP call 50% of the time, reports Technology Review . More »

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      encryption  • Internet phone  • eavesdropping  • VoIP

  • February 2008

    • T-Mobile Launching Net Phone Price War

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 21, 08 3:00 PM CST

      T-Mobile Launching Net Phone Price War

      (Newser) - T-Mobile is giving an extra push to the millions contemplating ditching their landlines. The low-cost wireless carrier is launching a new dirt-cheap VoIP service, which lets T-Mobile customers hook up traditional phones to an Internet router and make unlimited local and long distance calls for $10 a month, the Wall Street Journal reports. Vonage, the most prominent VoIP provider, charges $25 per month. More »

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      Verizon  • AT&T  • telecommunications  • telecom industry  • T-Mobile  • Internet phone  • VoIP  • Vonage

  • December 2007

    • Cell Bills Trump Land Line Charges for 1st Time

      Associated Press  |  Dec 18, 07 4:45 PM CST

      Cell Bills Trump Land Line Charges for 1st Time

      (Newser) - US households racked up bigger cellphone than land line bills in 2007 for the first time ever, analysts say. Only 6 years ago, households spent three times more on residential phone bills than on mobiles, a disparity that shrank to an average difference of only $28 by 2006. Now, with more Americans cutting land lines altogether, experts say cells reign supreme. More »

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      cell phones  • cell phone industry  • text messaging  • telephone  • Internet phone  • land lines

    • New Tools Will Mash Up Phone, Mobile, & Net

      Reuters  |  Dec 17, 07 3:04 PM CST

      New Tools Will Mash Up Phone, Mobile, & Net

      (Newser) - A startup called Ribbit today unveiled a tool to let developers create voice communication applications that unify Internet-based and traditional telephony services, including phones and text messaging. Developers can include voicemail and calling functions, and can embed their apps in Web pages and Web-based services, reports Reuters. The platform supports Internet calling systems such as Skype. More »

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      telecommunications  • startup  • software developers  • Internet phone  • IP telephony  • platforms

  • November 2007

    • Globetrotting iPhone Users Get Flat Rate Data Plan

      Apple Insider  |  Nov 2, 07 5:10 PM CDT

      Globetrotting iPhone Users Get Flat Rate Data Plan

      (Newser) - Traveling iPhone users rejoice: AT&T is offering flat rate international data plans for the trendy Apple handset starting at 25/month for 20MB of data, reports AppleInsider. That's after irate customers complained about running up huge bills from accessing the Web at roaming rates while overseas, when the iPhone automatically checked email several times an hour if that feature wasn't deactivated. More »

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      Apple  • cell phones  • iPhone  • AT and T  • Internet phone  • phone service

  • October 2007

    • UK Provider Unveils Skype Mobile Phone

      BBC  |  Oct 29, 07 5:06 PM CDT

      UK Provider Unveils Skype Mobile Phone

      (Newser) - British mobile phone provider "3" is unveiling a handset which lets users make free calls over the Net using Skype. The phone won't let you use Skype to make cheap calls to any phone number, like you could over the Internet, but still represents a new level of availability for the service. "Skype has now taken a giant step forward in the mobile arena," chief executive Michael van Swaaij tells the BBC. More »

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      cell phones  • Skype  • Internet phone  • IP telephony

    • Vonage Settles Patent Dispute, Sees Shares Rise

      New York Times  |  Oct 26, 07 7:26 AM CDT

      Vonage Settles Patent Dispute, Sees Shares Rise

      (Newser) - Troubled Internet telephone company Vonage gained a "new lease on life" yesterday when it settled a longstanding patent infringement dispute with rival Verizon. Vonage share prices shot up 70% in after-hours trading on the heels of a settlement that observers see as a "big win for Vonage," the New York Times reports. More »

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      lawsuit  • Verizon  • AT and T  • Internet phone  • stock price  • Vonage

  • September 2007

    • How To Hack VoIP Companies

      InformationWeek  |  Sep 26, 07 5:59 PM CDT

      How To Hack VoIP Companies

      (Newser) - Robert Moore, a 23-year old facing a two-year prison sentence for hacking Internet phone service companies, tells Information Week that getting illegitimate access to the phone services was "so easy a caveman could do it". Moore said that sloppy systems administration left obvious security holes, such as the use of default passwords, in place in about 70% of companies he scanned. More »

      Tags

      Internet phone  • Voice over IP

  • August 2007

    • Skype Blames Crash on Windows

      PC World  |  Aug 20, 07 12:49 PM CDT

      Skype Blames Crash on Windows

      (Newser) - Skype's mysterious failure last week was caused by a routine Windows update, the company says. Millions of users downloaded the new software, rebooted their computers, and tried to log into Skype at the same time, crashing the net phone service, PC World reports. It's still unclear why previous Windows updates didn't do the same thing, however. More »

      Tags

      Internet  • Microsoft  • communication  • Skype  • Windows  • Internet phone  • VoIP

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