Skype dials up beta software for Mac OS X
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Skype Technologies SA, of Luxembourg, Tuesday released a beta version of its free Internet telephony software for Apple Computer Inc.'s Mac OS X.ADVERTISEMENTIntroducing IBM eServer p5 systems.Powered by IBMâs most advanced 64-bit microprocessor (POWER5(tm)), p5 systems can run UNIX and Linux simultaneously. Learn more about eServer p5 systems.
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The Net phone-calling provider is testing a version of its software and service for Apple fans.
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Consumer internet telephony firm Skype Technologies has unveiled a version of its software which supports handhelds running Microsoft&#39;s Pocket PC operating system.
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Roxioâs latest software for Mac burners, Toast 8 Titanium, offers about two dozen new or improved features.
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Apple gave Apple Developer Connection members a mostly complete version of their latest OS last Friday. Are they getting close to unchaining Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard?
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A beta of a new service launched by Skype Wednesday night will allow any user with the most current version of the popular communications client charge for voice and video calls placed to their account.
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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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Apple Remote Desktop has been updated adding support for Mac OS X Leopard, as well as several new features.
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Beta application is available as part of the new MSN Toolbar Suite.
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Newly released Skype devices that connect to Wi-Fi networks aren't portable like cellphones, but they can be handy at home
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Gizmo Project VoIP software now lets you chat with AIM and MSN Messenger users on the same network.
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Social networking site adds Skype service
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(InfoWorld) - Next month, FaceTime Communications plans to release new software that will make Skype a little easier to manage. The company is readying a version 3.5 release of its Greynet Enterprise Manager (GEM) software that, for the first time, will allow IT administrators to do things like turn off Skype files-haring, network wide. GEM is a component of the FaceTime Internet Security Edition product. FaceTime's software already can be used to manage instant messaging and peer-to-peer software, but the company has been working with eBay Inc.'s Skype subsidiary for the past few months to develop these new management capabilities. The FaceTime enhancements were built using APIs (application programming interfaces) that Skype released with version 3.0 of its VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) software. These APIs let vendors like FaceTime manage the Skype client, mainly by enabling or disabling Skype's features said Kurt Sauer, Skype's chief security officer. "Most of what we've opened up at this time are a set of 'on/off' switches in the client," he said. Sauer said other companies have now started using the new APIs to manage Skype, but he declined to name any of them. Although about one-third of Skype's North American users have downloaded the software for business purposes, it has raised red flags with IT administrators who see it as a possible security risk and who are nervous about some Skype features like file-sharing. In the past, the only way to prohibit a Skype feature was to block the Skype client outright. "The choice in the past has always been permit or deny," Sauer said. "That has not been a particularly useful choice." FaceTime's GEM 3.5 upgrade will be available next month to FaceTime Internet Security Edition users, at no extra charge.
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VoIP on the go CES Skype is developing a version of its VoIP app for Intel's Mobile Internet Device (MID) concept handheld. Want to see what the software and the chip giant's hardware looks like?â¦
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The beta VoIP service is easy to set up and works well--but how long will the company be able to give away long-distance phone service?
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A workaround has been developed that provides a round-about method of enabling iPhone users to make free calls via Skype.
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InfoWorld - Microsoft has named the date on which Mac OS X users can get their hands on the latest version of its Office suite.