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New Zealand HeraldSkype Tries Its Hand at VoIP for BusinessMashable (blog)Skype is one of the most visible players in the consumer VoIP space, but it has a much smaller presence in the business world. Skype first launched its ...Why Cisco Wants to Purchase SkypePC WorldCisco Eyes Skype Acquisition: ...

Labour's old guard take sides after Mandelson goes on attackIndependentWriting on the LabourList website, Mr Balls said: "The now daily episodes of the Miliband soap opera suit those who want to keep this a two-horse race, ...and more »...

NREGA funds for seva kendras draw flakTimes of IndiaAnother proposal by the ministry that has drawn flak and also finds a mention in this letter is that of linking the biometrics system of payments in NREGA ...and more »...

The Japan TimesFingerprint all Japanese, for safety's sakeThe Japan TimesThe majority of people the biometrics program is catching are not terrorists ? or even criminals ? at all; they're people who have been previously ......

New Zealand HeraldSkype Looks to 'Connect' With EnterprisesInternetNews.comThe VoIP player rolls out a new service for enhancing companies' existing investments in PBX telephony and unified communications. ...Skype Connect business VoIP launches out of BetaFierceVoIPWhy Cisco Wants to Pu...

Have we reached a tipping point for cloud-based VoIP?NetworkWorld.comThe question is whether there is a tipping point at which VoIP and IM/chat services such as this become the norm. If we haven't reached it, it's likely soon ......

Netgear Debuts $899 Unified Threat Management ApplianceInformationWeek (blog)Features include: firewall, SSL and IPSec VPN, URL filtering, network antivirus, and antispam. The ProsSecure UTM50, while a bit pricier than some models in ...NETGEAR Shakes Up Security Market With New ProSecure ApplianceP...

Insiders say Datacraft, Integral/Axon deal doneReseller NewsDimension Data, in turn, is the subject of a takeover offer from Japanese telecommunications giant NTT, which last year signed an IP VPN interconnection ...and more »...

Monday AM ReportMinnPost.comRead full story 3M to buy biometrics firm for $943 million: 3M Co. has reached a deal to buy Cogent Inc., a maker of biometric identification systems, ...and more »...

AOL NewsFire at Tennessee Mosque Site: Part of a 'Perfect Storm'?AOL News... future site of an Islamic center in Tennessee, a Muslim civil rights organization says the incident could be yet another instance of anti-Islam attacks. ...and more »...