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Chip imitates ear to clean up mobile calls 05/09/2008 10:03:00
New chip could enable the "alibi" phone, where a call from a busy bar sounds like it's coming from a quiet office.

If instead of writing this story I were telling it to you on my mobile phone, while rushing through an International Airport past crying babies and boarding announcements, you probably wouldn't understand half of what I'm about to say.
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Freshtel subsidiary launches WiFi mobile telephony service 04/09/2008 12:48:00
Will allow users to take advantage of cheaper VoIP calls via their mobile phones while at home.

Freshtel Holdings Limited [ASX: FRE] subsidiary Tesco Teleecoms has launched a new converged technology internet telephony service.
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Microsoft looks to build one-stop mobile apps market 02/09/2008 08:01:00
A job advertisement suggests Microsoft is preparing to launch in the next few months a Web site called Skymarket to sell Windows Mobile OS applications.

Microsoft is preparing to launch in the next few months a Web site called Skymarket to sell Windows Mobile OS applications, a job advertisement suggests.
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iPhone imitators prepping for their close-ups 01/09/2008 08:22:00
The Nokia Tube and others bob and weave for market advantage

It may be too early, or too presumptuous, to call Apple's iPhone a technology icon, but all the other major equipment makers in the emerging smart phone realm are looking to create their own "iconic" device.
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Skype won't say if it decrypts VoIP calls 30/07/2008 07:46:22
Company may keep keys so authorities can decrypt encrypted VoIP phone calls.

The encryption of Skype VoIP phone calls might not be as secure as you think.
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Georgia student arrested for hacking grades, VoIP 30/07/2008 09:37:45
Student charged with hacking school's computers to change his grades, and eavesdropping on VoIP calls.

A 19-year-old Cartersville, Georgia, college student has been charged with hacking into his school's computer system to change grades and steal other user's passwords.
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IBM slims down the Web for your phone 14/07/2008 07:13:34
Researchers develop software that lets you create slimmed-down versions of Web sites for mobile viewing

Researchers at IBM have developed software that lets mobile users create slimmed-down Web pages that can be viewed more easily on a small device such as a mobile phone.
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Google, Yahoo to reach 3B mobile phone users 14/07/2008 07:57:13
Android could be "the ultimate Internet-style-luminated mobile phone" says Google

With a market size three times bigger than the Internet today, Internet search engines Yahoo! and Google both aim to bring the Internet to about 3.2 billion mobile phone users as compared to the 850 million PC users today.
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Telstra releases tool to track mobile phone users 03/07/2008 14:36:02
Service will allow customers to view users' current locations on a WhereIs map

Telstra (ASX:TLS) today unveiled a new service that will allow its customers to find the location of mobile phone users in near-real time.
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Skype trots out beta of major redesign 19/06/2008 08:02:57
Skype has released version 4.0 of its Net telephony and IM software, its biggest redesign yet, according to the eBay unit

Skype has made available a test version of its latest upgrade, Skype 4.0, which the eBay unit calls its biggest and most ambitious release in its almost five-year history.
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Compression lets attackers tap VoIP calls 18/06/2008 09:07:26
New research suggests current encryption and compression methods are inadequate

A common compression technique can make internet telephone calls significantly more susceptible to bugging, according to recent research from Johns Hopkins University.

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