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Kineto's Smart VoIP app takes on Google Voice, Skype
About a year ago, Kineto announced a partnership with T-Mobile that brought Wi-Fi calling to the carrier's customers; the agreement meant that customers could use their home Internet connection to make calls. This took some pressure off of T-Mobile?s network, and in some cases, it improved call quality for the customers able to utilise the service.
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VMworld conference sees bevy of new products from HP, Dell and EMC
While VMware had no shortage of new and updated products to debut at its VMworld conference, being held this week in Las Vegas, many VMware partners and competitors introduced their own offerings at the show as well.
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Skype plugs privacy hole in Android application
Less than a week after confirming that a flaw in Skype for Android could leak sensitive user information, the Internet calling company issued an urgent update to fix the problem.
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Aruba WiFi software deals with interference, rogue access points
The new version of Aruba Networks' WiFi network software includes code to improve voice and video performance, automatically identify non-WiFi radio interference and trap rogue wireless devices.
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iPhone now offers Internet calls over 3G
Voice over IP applications for the iPhone are now able to offer calls over cellular networks as both iCall and Fring updated their apps to support calls over 3G cellular networks.
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Skype updates Apple iPhone application
Skype has released the latest version of its application for the iPhone, adding new features and fixing a couple of annoying bugs that hung up calls.
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Satellite phone users get cheap encrypted calls
Satellite phone users are for the first time being offered a way to make encrypted phone calls without having to buy expensive satellite-only handsets.
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Swiss coder publicises government spy Trojan
A software engineer who created Trojans for the Swiss authorities to intercept Voice-over-IP (VoIP) phone calls has published the source code to his programs in order to draw attention to the surveillance threat posed by such software.
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Researcher plots downfall of GSM phone security
A US-based researcher has published a new method of attacking the encryption used to secure GSM mobile phones that he believes will force networks to revise the current generation of call security.
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Sun to bundle encryption with new chip
Sun engineers have devised a new chip that they claim will reduce encryption costs for applications such as VoIP and online banking




