Skype lures developers with software giveaway
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Voice-over-IP software maker Skype starting today will include the beta of its Skype API (Application Program Interface) with its Skype for Windows product.
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Internet telephony provider Skype Technologies has released a final version of its peer-to-peer (define) VoIP (define) software for Wi-Fi-enabled Pocket PC devices.
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iSkoot Inc., a provider of software that enable Skype and other Internet calling platforms to run on cell phones, has raised $7 million in venture capital funding from a group of investors led by Charles River Ventures.
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(InfoWorld) - SkypeÂ released the beta version of Skype 2.2, a software client that allows Windows Mobile smart phones to access the company's VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service over Wi-Fi connections. Previous versions of the software were compatible with Windows Pocket PC devices. The beta works on 120 different Windows Mobile devices, Skype said. Users in range of a free Wi-Fi network can make free VOIP calls to other Skype customers. Users can also pay via their SkypeIn and SkypeOut accounts to receive and make calls to landline phones. New features in Skype 2.2 for Windows Mobile include an enhanced screen with presence status and notification of events such as missed calls and voicemails. The client also now supports secure connections including HTTPS, HTTPS/SSL, and SOCKS5 proxies. Skype recently said that it has seen 5 million downloads of Skype for Pocket PC. Skype promotes the use of its mobile client over Wi-Fi, not over cellular networks. Mobile operators have largely resisted Skype and some have even blocked the service because it can compete with their own voice offerings. But operators would have trouble blocking Skype calls over Wi-Fi networks, which they typically don't control. Last month, 3 Group broke from its competitors andÂ introduced a new data offeringÂ that enables customers to make and receive Skype calls over its 3G network. The service is initially available only on a single Nokia phone model and is supported via iSkoot, a company offering software that enables Skype on mobile phones. In October, Eric Lagier, Skype's head of mobile development, said that the company would introduceÂ a client that would run on Symbian phonesÂ by the end of the year. Fans of Symbian, the most popular smart phone operating system, are still eagerly awaiting the much-delayed Skype client.ADVERTISEMENTNEW IT SERVICES FROM IBM: EASIER TO BUY AND IMPLEMENTDiscover a simpler, more cost-effective way to get the solutions your company needs to grow more flexible and efficient.
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Peer-to-peer IP telephony startup Skype yesterday released a version of its software designed for mobile devices running Microsoft&#39;s PocketPC operating system.
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Skype&#39;s free Internet telephony software works with Siemens phones via the Gigaset M34 USB adapter, an open interface adapter that is plugged into the USB connection point of a users&#39; PC.
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Although Skype today plugged another critical flaw in its software, vulnerability researcher Aviv Raff said that another problem, this one in the SkypeFind feature, can be used to inject attack script into systems.
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Skype has announced its free software is now available for the Siemens Gigaset DECT cordless phones, meaning that users can now utilise a cordless phone to place calls to other telephones, over the Internet.
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To say that Skype may be one of the fastest-growing software programs in history may sound like a lot of dot.com hype, but consider this: Since the program that turns
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Skype Technologies SA has launched the beta version of Skype for Mac OS X. The software can be downloaded for free and is available immediately.
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Skype launched a version of its Internet telephony package for Mac owners on Tuesday, as it battles a growing number of competitors offering VoIP products.
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The company plans to making available free software that connects its Windows operating system to software services delivered on the Internet.
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Israeli start-up Fringland is offering a mobile phone client that enables free VoIP calls, not only to other users of its technology, but also to fixed-line VoIP clients for internet telephony, such as MSN, Googletalk and Skype.
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Mobile phone users are to be able to use their handset to make free calls over the internet via Skype.
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Skype, the once-obscure software program, has blossomed into an alternative to the plain old phone on the wall.
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A programming error in eBay&#39;s Skype communications software could give cybercriminals a new way to sneak their malicious software onto a victim&#39;s PC.The flaw, which was reported Thursday by security researcher Aviv Raff, has to do with the way that Skype makes use of a Windows Internet Explorer component to render HTML. Because Skype does not apply strict security controls to the software, an attacker could run scripting code on the victim&#39;s system in a dangerous fashion and ultimately install malicious software.The problem is that Skype runs the IE component with the less locked-down &quot;Local Zone&quot; security setting. Because of this attackers are able to do &quot;all sorts of things... [such as] reading/writing files from the local disc and launching executables,&quot; wrote security researcher Petko Petkov, in a Thursday blog post about the issue.For an attack to work, the bad guys would first need to find a trustworthy Web site that contained a common programming flaw called a cross-zone scripting error. This bug would give them a way to trick Skype into running their malicious script as if it came from a trusted Web site.In a video posted to his blog, Raff showed how a cross-zone scripting flaw on the Dailymotion.com Web site could be exploited to launch the calculator program in Windows, using Skype&#39;s &quot;Add video to chat&quot; feature.&quot;The user simply needs to visit DailyMotion via Skype&#8217;s &#39;Add video to chat&#39; button and stumble upon a move which contains the cross-site scripting vector,&quot; Petkov wrote.Worse, attackers could flood the site with maliciously encoded advertisements in order to boost their likelihood of infecting a victim, he said. &quot;This type of attack is very easy to pull and it requires almost zero preparation.&quot;The flaw affects the latest version of Skype -- version 3.6.0.244 -- Raff said. Older versions of the software may also be at risk. &quot;Until the Skype guys fix this vulnerability, I recommend that you stop searching for videos in Skype,&quot; he wrote.Skype representatives could not be reached immediately for comment.
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