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Botnets and their masters can communicate with each other by calling into the same VoIP conference call and swapping data using touch tones, researchers demonstrated at Defcon.

A newly patented Microsoft technology called Legal Intercept would allow the company to secretly intercept, monitor and record Skype calls. Privacy advocates are concerned.

Microsoft has received clearance from U.S. antitrust regulators for its proposed purchase of Internet telephony company Skype.

My Skype line rang the other day. The caller was listed simply as “Online Help.” Curious, I picked up the line.

Skype voice and video has tended to trigger IT security angst, and now that Microsoft has bought Skype, some observers are voicing hope that the service will be improved to help it be better managed in an enterprise setting.

A Reuters article suggests that both Facebook and Google are in the running for some sort of joint venture with consumer voice-over IP (VoIP) giant Skype. While the promise of reaching Facebook's millions of users must be compelling to Skype, a tie-up with Google could bear real fruit for both organizations, especially in the small business world.

A combination of costs savings and features plus a need to refresh the network infrastructure in general drove a Wisconsin school district to abandon its Cisco VoIP and data network for one driven by ShoreTel and HP.

NetScout Systems plans to buy Psytechnics, a small developer of service management software for unified communications, for an undisclosed sum.

When Marquette University started construction on three campus buildings a year and a half ago, the IT department saw it as a good time to deploy VoIP (Voice over IP) from the ground up.

Living in the Northeast, I can honestly say I've dropped some voice calls in my time. I don't mean the AT&T oversaturation of 3G in cities like Boston, either; I mean a genuine lack of signal presence. Depending on what carrier you have and area you live in, you could be told flat-out by a salesperson that you'd better look elsewhere. It can be a very frustrating experience. I'm happy to say that I think the answer to the dropped call woes is here.

Google Voice users may soon be able to turn their cellphone numbers into their central Google Voice number for $20. The search giant recently started testing a number porting service for Google Voice with a small group of users. The feature requires you to cancel your mobile contract and move your phone number from your carrier to Google. Engadget was the first blog to report the new feature after a heads up from Twitter user QQforU.