Patent office to review VoIP patent
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Skype Security: Is It Safe for Business?
According to data released last month from research firm TeleGeography, Skype, the popular software that allows computer users to make calls over the internet, now accounts for 12 percent of all long-distance calls. The company saw its user base grow to more than 500 million accounts in 2009 and is making a run at a new market this year.

The future of IT holds much promise
Every few years, someone announces "the death of IT." True, the industry's vital signs don't look all that promising — particularly recently. Last year, IT budgets declined by 10% to 20%, depending on who you believe. Upwards of 100,000 IT jobs were lost in 2009 in the United States. And the pool of vendors is constantly shrinking, given the tsunami of bankruptcies and mergers over the past few years. (Adios, Nortel.)

AT&T to FCC: Time to end yesterday's network
The FCC's request for comments about transitioning from "circuit-switched network to all-IP network" could produce some interesting and maybe useful results, according to columnist Scott Bradner.

Net neutrality: Needless yoke or new opportunity?
The Federal Communication Commission's net neutrality proceeding represents huge opportunities for network operators and equipment manufacturers to demonstrate that differentiated speed and service quality in vertically integrated networks will promote -- not diminish -- investment, innovation and consumer welfare.

Integrated IT Overhaul Keeps Company On The Move
North American Material Trading Company, a metal trading and processing firm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, recently acquired two nearby manufacturing plants and opened a satellite office in Tampa, Florida. It wasn't long before management realized that each location featured a disconnected jumble of outdated equipment.

Home networking: How to avoid traffic jams
Tweaking your Wi-Fi router's settings can improve your network's data-transfer and media-streaming performance. Here's how.

Holiday Gift Ideas: Portable Entertainment
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Your must-have telecom budget for 2010
It's autumn again. Wood smoke in the air, leaves crunching underfoot … and budgets weighing down the desktop.

Internet phone systems become the fraudster's tool
Cybercriminals have found a new launching pad for their scams: the phone systems of small and medium-sized businesses across the U.S.

AT&T vs. Google: More than nuns or adult chat lines
AT&T raised the stakes last week in its recent dust-up with Google over an online voice service, accusing its rival of blocking phone calls to nuns.

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