Skype patches critical flaws

All the week's VoIP news and analysis, 10/26/05
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Network World's VoIP News Alert

Skype patches critical flaws, 10/25/05

Skype users are being urged to upgrade to the latest version of
the popular Internet telephony client, thanks to a number of
critical flaws in the software that were disclosed Tuesday by
Skype's maker, Skype Technologies.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9680>

Groups challenge FCC's VoIP wiretapping rules, 10/25/05

A group of privacy advocates and technology companies on Tuesday
filed court papers to challenge a ruling by the U.S. Federal
Communications Commission (FCC), saying it overstepped its
authority by requiring VoIP providers to allow wiretapping by
law ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9681>

Opinion: Where's Walt Disney when you need him?, 10/24/05

We have a government busy moving pieces around the
telecommunications game board. Where are our national plans for
an EPCOT 2014, our New Songdo City? I guess they're on the
shelf, next to our national alternative energy strategy - in the
TBD section.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9682>

Aruba simplifies, strengthens remote wireless access, 10/24/05

Aruba Networks is unveiling wireless LAN hardware and software
that are intended to extend corporate security and quality of
service to mobile workers on the road or in remote sites.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9683>

CommuniGate adds voice features, 10/24/05

CommuniGate Systems last week released the newest version of its
messaging platform designed to provide users with improved voice
support.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9684>

Managing convergence requires teamwork, 10/24/05

Convergence changes things. Although combining voice and data
across the same packet network wouldn't, in theory, imply
dramatic changes in the organization and operations of an IT
department, in practice companies that implement convergence
find ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9685>

VoIP threats defined by alliance, 10/24/05

For all the developments around enterprise VoIP solutions, there
has been only scattered interest in the related potential
security threats but the Voice over IP Security Alliance
(VOIPSA) has shown a spotlight on problems that IT managers
ought to be ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9686>

Cisco to combine two-way radio, cellular, VoIP, other
communications into IP backbone, 10/24/05

Cisco this week is expected to announce new technology and a
business unit focused on integrating two-way radio, cellular,
VoIP and other communications methods into an IP backbone.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9687>

Polycom announces high-definition video support, 10/24/05

Polycom took advantage of its annual Polycom User Group
conference taking place in Phoenix to announce products that
support high-definition videoconferencing, including new
software for its MGC multi-point control unit and an upgrade
package for its ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9688>

Opinion: How to survive in IT, 10/24/05

So you have decided on a career in IT instead of, say, being a
dancer on Broadway or becoming a fugu chef in Japan. Given that
you consider IT more interesting than appearing in 50,000
performances of "Oliver" and less risky than serving up ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9689>

Opinion: Better phone services for small businesses, 10/24/05

Big-company phone features are now affordable for SMBs
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9690>

Opinion: Apple's unnoticed announcement?, 10/24/05

Apple CEO Steve Jobs made a pile of product announcements on
Oct. 12. The video iPod got most of the press, but it was
another announcement that best indicates Apple's future
directions.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9691>

Newsletter: Skype and GoRemote collaborate on free calls,
10/19/05

Earlier this month, GoRemote announced a strategic partnership
with Skype whereby GoRemote's customer base of mobile workers
and teleworkers will get free ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9692>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. Cisco talking IP-radio nets
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9693>
2. How to respond to a security breach
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9694>
3. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9695>
4. Cartoon of the Week
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9696>
5. CTO: BellSouth lost 9 COs to Katrina
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert9697>

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