items tagged with Skype
Sony Ericsson wins 2008 Best Handset award for W910i
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-25 21:38:14
Sony Ericsson’s feature packed W910i smartphone has beaten all others in winning the ‘Best Handset’ award at the GSM Association’s 13th Global Mobile Awards for 2008 – but does it deserve the accolade?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-25 21:38:14
Sony Ericsson’s feature packed W910i smartphone has beaten all others in winning the ‘Best Handset’ award at the GSM Association’s 13th Global Mobile Awards for 2008 – but does it deserve the accolade?
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Skype hype to soar as 100 billion minute milestone reached
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-18 00:35:27
Skype, the p2p Internet phone company that has put the fear of God into just about every telecommunications company on Planet Earth, has reached a milestone that will have those telcos quaking in their boots even harder – 100 billion Skype-to-Skype calls that were, effectively, free – while also winning an award for their ‘paradigm shifting’ 3 Skypephone.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-18 00:35:27
Skype, the p2p Internet phone company that has put the fear of God into just about every telecommunications company on Planet Earth, has reached a milestone that will have those telcos quaking in their boots even harder – 100 billion Skype-to-Skype calls that were, effectively, free – while also winning an award for their ‘paradigm shifting’ 3 Skypephone.
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Software Watch: Skype 2.7
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-02-14 14:41:00
Skype 2.7's major new features are compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 plus support for video calling at 640 x 480 pixels and up to 25 frames per second.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-02-14 14:41:00
Skype 2.7's major new features are compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 plus support for video calling at 640 x 480 pixels and up to 25 frames per second.
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Should I put Windows XP on my ASUS Eee PC?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-11 00:28:59
The ASUS Eee PC comes pre-loaded with Xandros Linux, an operating system far less susceptible to viruses, spyware, malware and the other nasties that are almost of biblical proportions in the Windows world. So, even though ASUS makes a Windows XP driver disc to allow the easy installation of XP, and is due to start selling the Eee with XP pre-loaded, is XP worth the worry?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-11 00:28:59
The ASUS Eee PC comes pre-loaded with Xandros Linux, an operating system far less susceptible to viruses, spyware, malware and the other nasties that are almost of biblical proportions in the Windows world. So, even though ASUS makes a Windows XP driver disc to allow the easy installation of XP, and is due to start selling the Eee with XP pre-loaded, is XP worth the worry?
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PSP Skype arrives
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2008-01-30 15:06:30
Version 3.90 firmware for the PlayStation Portable has been released, bringing Skype to the device as promised earlier this month.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2008-01-30 15:06:30
Version 3.90 firmware for the PlayStation Portable has been released, bringing Skype to the device as promised earlier this month.
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Shock: Apple’s new crop a bit of a yawner...
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-01-15 16:43:10
The Steve Jobs keynote at Macworld 2008 has come and gone, and there’s no 3G iPhone, no MacBook Tablet, MacBook Nano or iPhone Pro, no Blu-ray drives and no iPhone notes synching. So what did Steve Jobs bring down the mountain?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-01-15 16:43:10
The Steve Jobs keynote at Macworld 2008 has come and gone, and there’s no 3G iPhone, no MacBook Tablet, MacBook Nano or iPhone Pro, no Blu-ray drives and no iPhone notes synching. So what did Steve Jobs bring down the mountain?
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Skype coming to PSP
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2008-01-06 18:32:05
A forthcoming software update to the PlayStation Portable 2000 series will deliver Skype calling to users of the handheld console.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2008-01-06 18:32:05
A forthcoming software update to the PlayStation Portable 2000 series will deliver Skype calling to users of the handheld console.
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ACMA's VoIP report: unanswered questions
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-12-20 17:52:24
The Australian Communications & Media Authority (ACMA) has published the results of research into the supply and demand of VoIP services in Australia, saying it needs to understand new services to guide its regulatory decisions, but there is little in the results to offer any guidance.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-12-20 17:52:24
The Australian Communications & Media Authority (ACMA) has published the results of research into the supply and demand of VoIP services in Australia, saying it needs to understand new services to guide its regulatory decisions, but there is little in the results to offer any guidance.
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2.3 trillion SMS messages to be sent in 2008 costing $60.2 billion!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-12-18 10:53:57
Analyst firm Gartner has released its latest forecast of SMS text messaging volumes and revenues, showing us all just how much money there is in SMS, while advising operators to prepare for “much reduced margins on messaging services”.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-12-18 10:53:57
Analyst firm Gartner has released its latest forecast of SMS text messaging volumes and revenues, showing us all just how much money there is in SMS, while advising operators to prepare for “much reduced margins on messaging services”.
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Ribbit: the Silicon Valley ‘Voice 2.0’ answer to the telephone
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-12-18 03:45:42
Billed as the first ‘Silicon Valley’ telephone company, Ribbit wants to revolutionise the telephony industry, opening up telecommunications in a way that traditional telcos have resisted for decades, while also challenging the likes of Skype.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-12-18 03:45:42
Billed as the first ‘Silicon Valley’ telephone company, Ribbit wants to revolutionise the telephony industry, opening up telecommunications in a way that traditional telcos have resisted for decades, while also challenging the likes of Skype.
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95 percent of VoIP traffic on the net is Skype
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2007-12-09 23:39:23
An analysis of Internet traffic by German Internet traffic management systems provider ipoque has found that Skype accounts for 95 percent of all VoIP traffic on the net in a large part of the World, but P2P is the dominant consumer of bandwidth, accounting for over 90 percent of Internet bandwidth during the night.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Networks
2007-12-09 23:39:23
An analysis of Internet traffic by German Internet traffic management systems provider ipoque has found that Skype accounts for 95 percent of all VoIP traffic on the net in a large part of the World, but P2P is the dominant consumer of bandwidth, accounting for over 90 percent of Internet bandwidth during the night.
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In-flight Internet coming to US skies again – at last
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-12-07 21:49:56
Boeing’s Connexion in-flight broadband service was so good people were even able to use Skype for voice calls, but as the service was too expensive to operate it was shut down in mid 2006. Now, a form of in-flight Internet is coming back to US skies in December 07, with real web access finally coming to more US airlines in 2008.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-12-07 21:49:56
Boeing’s Connexion in-flight broadband service was so good people were even able to use Skype for voice calls, but as the service was too expensive to operate it was shut down in mid 2006. Now, a form of in-flight Internet is coming back to US skies in December 07, with real web access finally coming to more US airlines in 2008.
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The 3 Skypephone: a review
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-12-02 05:27:41
If you’ve ever wished Skype could truly be mobile, on a dedicated mobile Skype phone that worked just like Skype on your desktop, the 3 Skypephone has arrived to make your wishes come true!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-12-02 05:27:41
If you’ve ever wished Skype could truly be mobile, on a dedicated mobile Skype phone that worked just like Skype on your desktop, the 3 Skypephone has arrived to make your wishes come true!
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Netgear phone says bye bye PSTN, hello VoIP
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-11-25 05:40:08
I've been having a play with a review unit of a Netgear SPH200D cordless DECT phone with Skype and after just one weekend I have come to the conclusion that I only need half of what this phone can do. The other half, making phone calls using an expensive landline, I may as well simply switch off.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-11-25 05:40:08
I've been having a play with a review unit of a Netgear SPH200D cordless DECT phone with Skype and after just one weekend I have come to the conclusion that I only need half of what this phone can do. The other half, making phone calls using an expensive landline, I may as well simply switch off.
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Skype promises better video from non-Logitech cameras
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Services
2007-11-21 23:02:02
In Skype for Windows 3.6 Skype announced support for high definition video calls, but only for users with Logitech cameras. It now says it will soon support improved video with other cameras, but it won't be as good as the HD video with Logitech: that will come later.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Services
2007-11-21 23:02:02
In Skype for Windows 3.6 Skype announced support for high definition video calls, but only for users with Logitech cameras. It now says it will soon support improved video with other cameras, but it won't be as good as the HD video with Logitech: that will come later.
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1300 reasons to avoid Skype Pro in Australia
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2007-11-17 23:51:28
There are examples all around us of misleading and deceptive advertising, inflicted upon us either deliberately or due to the lack of attention to detail or even the incompetence of the advertisers. Where does Skype Pro stand in this regard?
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2007-11-17 23:51:28
There are examples all around us of misleading and deceptive advertising, inflicted upon us either deliberately or due to the lack of attention to detail or even the incompetence of the advertisers. Where does Skype Pro stand in this regard?
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A Microsoft LifeCam or a Logitech Quickcam?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-11-15 18:34:07
Microsoft has launched two new LifeCams for video conferencing – but as there’s no compatibility with Skype’s new high quality video, and as Windows Live Messenger doesn’t yet offer it, is it worth buying a Microsoft LifeCam?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-11-15 18:34:07
Microsoft has launched two new LifeCams for video conferencing – but as there’s no compatibility with Skype’s new high quality video, and as Windows Live Messenger doesn’t yet offer it, is it worth buying a Microsoft LifeCam?
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Skype 3.6 leaves beta, now available for all (on Windows)
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-11-15 17:11:59
If you’ve been itching to try Skype’s much improved ‘high quality’ video in conjunction with one of three 2 megapixel Logitech webcams, Skype 3.6 has left beta and is now available for all Windows users.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-11-15 17:11:59
If you’ve been itching to try Skype’s much improved ‘high quality’ video in conjunction with one of three 2 megapixel Logitech webcams, Skype 3.6 has left beta and is now available for all Windows users.
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Skype evasive on mandatory 000 support
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-11-07 19:41:43
I'm used to corporates avoiding curly questions with a "no comment" but Skype's response to my question on its requirements to comply with the Australian Communication and Media Authority's new rules requiring VoIP services to be able to call 00 suggests it really does not care.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2007-11-07 19:41:43
I'm used to corporates avoiding curly questions with a "no comment" but Skype's response to my question on its requirements to comply with the Australian Communication and Media Authority's new rules requiring VoIP services to be able to call 00 suggests it really does not care.
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No Linux or Mac drivers for Skype phones? What are they thinking?
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-11-07 06:16:32
As a committed Ubuntu Linux newbie, I've been feeling pretty pleased with my new distribution over the past couple of days. However, I've hit a telecommunications snag and, judging by the free flow of angst pervading all of the Linux forums I've visited, I'm not alone in my disgust.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-11-07 06:16:32
As a committed Ubuntu Linux newbie, I've been feeling pretty pleased with my new distribution over the past couple of days. However, I've hit a telecommunications snag and, judging by the free flow of angst pervading all of the Linux forums I've visited, I'm not alone in my disgust.
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