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Encrypted VoIP not as secure as it sounds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Linguistics researchers working with computer scientists at the University of North Carolina have shown that voice conversations over the Internet, even if they are encrypted, are not as secure ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

China to go after Internet phone services

(AP) -- China is going after Internet phone services such as Skype in a move to protect the country's state-owned telephone companies, causing alarm among consumers who rely on cheap Internet calls.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 30, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 38

Researchers design system to trace call paths across multiple networks

(PhysOrg.com) -- Phishing scams are making the leap from email to the world's voice systems, and a team of researchers in the Georgia Tech College of Computing has found a way to tag fraudulent calls with a digital "fingerprint" ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hit the road, landline

David Christian of Eagan, Minn., has been doing the landline shuffle. He's among the 25 percent of Americans who have dropped traditional phone service from providers such as Qwest and AT&T, according to the National Health ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gadgets: Chinon docking sound system has LCD display for video

I've had the Chinon AVi sitting on my shelf for a few months and I'm glad I finally got to it.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wiretapping Skype calls: virus eavesdrops on VoIP

(AP) -- Some computer viruses have a crude but scary ability to spy on people by logging every keystroke they type. Now hackers and potentially law enforcement have another weapon: a virus that can eavesdrop on voice conversations ...

Technology / Internet

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2