The Blog known as Skype-watch.com, Skype-gadgets.com.

Publications of the International Engineering Consortium.

Wireless  (36 publications)

IP Centric Networks (NGN)  (44 publications)

Broadband  (49 publications)

Network Operations  (63 publications)

Content/Applications/Services  (41 publications)

Enterprise  (37 publications)

Electronic Design  (9 publications)

Optical  (7 publications)

 

http://www.iec.org/pubs/

catalog your books on the net.

www.Librarything.com to catalog your books on the net.

Hacking Exposed VoIP

Now this is interesting.



Hacking Exposed VoIP: Voice over IP Security Secrets and Solutions by David Endler and Mark Collier

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VoIP "Google Hacking" Database - This is a listing of Google Hacking terms for VoIP phones and servers which goes along with Chapter 1.
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VoIP Voicemail Database (coming soon) - This is a collection of wav files for popular voicemail and IVR systems to assist in properly identifying the vendor. This goes along with Chapter 1.

There are still paper magazines in this e-world...

Just received it by email. Call Center Each month, Call Center Magazine keeps its more than 60,000 readers current on the latest products and services that businesses depend on to serve their customers by phone and on-line. The most respected publication in its field, Call Center Magazine illustrates emerging trends and best practices through profiles of call centers within leading companies. The magazine is the most trusted source of information and insight about every facet of managing a call center, from implementing technologies like IP telephony, call monitoring and workforce management systems to making strategic decisions about offshoring and outsourcing.

Skype Official Guide book now available. The definitive guide. Buy it. Don't steal it.

Skypejournal blogged about it again stating « The book is rightfully portrayed as the only official guide to Skype, every chapter reviewed and approved by Skype staffers.» I still have to read that book. I will, from the moment I find it here in the Malaysian Jungle. I have also seen (and I reported this directly to the other and some Skype guy that there are some website where you can download that book for free in PDF of Ebook format, which is actually illegal if you do so. So I am not going to promote this by putting the link here. You should buy it. If you copy software or books, well this is theft. Nothing more, nothing less.  Or meaybe they forgot to read this i :

«Skype: The Definitive Guide . Copyright © 2006 by Que^®. Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Making copies of any part of this book for any purpose other than your own personal use is a violation of the United States copyright laws. For information, address Que Corporation, 201 W. 103rd Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46290. You may reach Que's direct sales line by calling 1-800-428-5331.»

 

So buy the book. Respect the authors and their hard work. Or maybe they should make the book so cheap that is not worth copying anyways ? Better sell 1000 copies at 1 usd than 100 at 10 usd ? But I guess you have to talk to publisher on that matter…

It looks like a great book, so hopefully it will be available legally available in China, United Arab Emirates and other countries where they don’t have so much book stores like in Europe and the Usa. Somebody said jokingly to me «the Americans do it, the Europeans say and think, the Asian and Chinese copy it. And the Indians will support it.»  See the other books I found on Amazon below.

 

Annual report into computers at work released

A new report on computer and Internet usage at work was released this week. A survey of 351 US-based IT decision makers and 500 US-based employees in firms with at least 100 workers was conducted to provide data for the report commissioned by Websense.

The Impact of Skype on Telecoms. Retail VoIP in Western Europe: forecasts 2005-2010

Read this. Interesting really. If you are a Telecom, a must read..  If you are into VoIP Telephony don’t miss out on this.  

  http://www.commnow.com/reports/EVS-Impact_of_Skype_on_Tele_Opr-January10.pdf

 http://joung.im.ntu.edu.tw/teaching/distributed_systems/2005EMBA/ImpactofSkypeonTelecomServiceProviders.pdf

Retail VoIP in Western Europe: forecasts 2005-2010 complements other Analysys Research reports addressing the issue of Voice over IP (VoIP) services, such as Fixed-Mobile Substitution and VoIP: forecasts for the battle for mass-market voice and VoIP versus Mobile: forecasts for the future of enterprise voice.

Retail VoIP in Western Europe: forecasts 2005-2010 provides analysis of the drivers and barriers to adoption rates of VoIP in 16 European markets. The report provides a taxonomy of VoIP services in order to explain the relative positioning of types of retail VoIP; gives a snapshot of retail VoIP (as of July 2005) in order to explain current trends and the evolution of the market in the last 18 months. The report analyses the complex set of factors which has encouraged or inhibited the growth of retail VoIP in different country markets across Europe and provides individual overviews http://research.analysys.com/Articles/StandardArticle.asp?iLeftArticle=1927

Survey Finds VOIP Satisfaction

Survey Finds VOIP Satisfaction, Despite Some Disconnect

Interesting VoIP studies.

Expert advice on VoIP migration, deployment, and security strategies for : VoIP implementation is providing real services and solutions (IBM) | What You Need to Know Before Deploying VoIP (ZDNet) | Understanding VoIP: Leveraging Technology for a Competitive Edge (Avaya) | VoIP: How to Plan for the Bandwidth and Calculate the Cost Savings (Global Knowledge Network) | VoIP Migration Strategies (ShoreTel) | Voice over IP Security: What are the Risks and Solutions? (AT&T) | Voice over IP Open-Source Platforms and the Session Initiation Protocol (Global Knowledge Network) | Business VoIP--Myths Exposed and a Checklist for Vendors (Saiph Communications Ltd.) | Keeping Pace with Expansion through Voice Services (ShoreTel) |  Download: Build a standalone voicemail server with this VoIP hack (TechRepublic) | Darby Bank & Trust Lowers Costs With Shoretel VoIP (ShoreTel)

source: newsletter ZDNet communications. June 2006

Find your book and author on Google Books

I was just wondering which one of my friends had written a book, so I looked for example for Geert Zonnekeyn, one of my lawyer friends in Belgium and I found out he wrote this. Very handy search feature. http://books.google.com. At this moment we are busy ourselves (Andrew Sheppard and Jan Geirnaert) compiling a book called «Skype for Business». Ideas and tips welcome. Actually interesting to see what has been written on Skype.

Book "Skype: The Definitive Guide"

 "Skype: The Definitive Guide" . “The book is, rightfully, portrayed as the only official guide to Skype (every chapter has been reviewed and approved by Skype Staffers) and, correctly, as written by Skype insiders, Harry Max and Taylor Ray (more on that later this week) with a Foreword by Skype co-founder and CEO Niklas Zennström. “ Source.

It’s good to have books like this. Easy to learn and look up something too. Maybe Skype should have put a stamp on front of it “Skype Certified” or something like that. Would have boosted the sales and credibility.

Telecommunications and VoIP in Asia, Oceania, and the Mideast: A Market Perspective on the Major Economies.

It is called bypass calling revenue. Interesting.

«The Asian carriers will be losing less revenue next year from Voice over the Internet Protocol (VoIP) bypass, according to Insight Research. International voice telecommunications revenue lost to VoIP bypass is gradually declining, even as total international calling continues to increase.

The study concludes that as Asian telecom companies bring their international rates into line with actual costs, the attractiveness of VoIP as an arbitrage opportunity will diminish, slowing down its adoptation.

In 2004 VoIP bypass calling revenue amounted to slightly more than one-third of the $98 billion spent in China, India, Japan and other Asian countries on international calling. By 2011, VoIP bypass revenue is expected to remain essentially flat at $30 billion, while international call revenue jumps to about $160 billion. Of the 96 billion Asian international calling MOUs expected to be recorded in 2011, only 22.8 billion will be attributable to VoIP.»

[Report] / Telecommunications and VoIP in Asia, Oceania, and the Mideast: A Market Perspective on the Major Economies 2005-2011
Pub Time: 2005/06
Price :  Only  US $ 2595.00 (PDF by E-mail (Single User License)

Source.

 

Leonardo Da Vinci was a hacker.

So much talk and media hype lately about the Da Vinci Code. Anyways, it is said that Leonardo Da Vinci was a hacker.

What is The Da Vinci Code ? See wikipedia. «

The Da Vinci Code is a mystery/detective novel by American author Dan Brown, published in 2003 by Doubleday Fiction. It is a worldwide bestseller with more than 60.5 million copies in print (as of May 2006) and has been translated into 44 languages. Combining the detective, thriller and conspiracy fiction genres, the book is part two of a trilogy that started with Brown's 2000 novel Angels and Demons, which introduced the character Robert Langdon. In November 2004, Random House published a "Special Illustrated Edition", with 160 illustrations interspersed with the text. It's typically considered to be at a somewhat low reading level; nevertheless, the book remains popular.

  The plot of the novel involves a conspiracy by the Catholic Church to cover up the true story of Jesus. The Vatican knows it is living a lie but does so to keep itself in power. The novel has helped generate popular interest in speculation concerning the Holy Grail legend and the role of Mary Magdalene in the history of Christianity. Fans have lauded the book as creative (despite the fact that none of Brown's theories are new), action-packed and thought-provoking. Critics have attacked it as poorly written, inaccurate and creating confusion between speculation and fact. From a religious point of view, some critics consider it sacrilegious, and decry the many negative implications about the Catholic Church and Opus Dei.»

 

 

The World is Flat

'The World is Flat'. Stay up to date on how the Internet is changing our world.  http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/worldisflat.htm

Skype me book.

by Michael Gough. from Syngress. Syngress. List: $34.95 . New: $20.27.

Whether you're a single user or you manage voice communications for a large enterprise, the inevitable change predicted above by Michael Powell of the FCC has now arrived. Skype Me! provides readers with a complete understanding of the technology behind Skype, walks through the steps for getting connected quickly, and then provides IT professionals with instructions on deploying and securing Skype in the workplace.

Fourth review of Skype Hacks from Amazon.com

 Tips & Tools for Cheap, Fun, Innovative Phone Service

By Andrew Sheppard
First Edition December 2005 
Pages: 342 (More details)

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Here's a fourth review of Skype Hacks from Amazon.com - from an Amazon top 50 reviewer no less! Verdict: ***** (five stars) and highly recommended. With this review, Skype Hacks has an overall Amazon rating of five stars!

Skype is one of the most popular VOIP applications for the individual user and small office on the market today.  If you have already installed it or are considering installing it then you will want this book so you can configure it to work the way you want it to work and head off any problems before they occur.  The first thing I have to say about Skype is that it is so user friendly that many of the hacks in this book are unnecessary.  It is easy enough to figure out how to make conference calls, transfer calls, forward calls and do various other common tasks.  On the other hand, there are a lot of useful tips including how to claim your money back if something goes wrong, avoiding additional mobile phone charges, building a Skype server, working with routers, using Skype at work, working with privacy issues, and add-on products.  Because Skype is a peer-to-peer network service it is very important to understand the privacy and security issues and the author does a great job of both explaining them as well as how to work with them.  Skype Hacks is highly recommended for advanced computer users or anyone responsible for administering Skype in a business environment.

Buy it on Amazon.com or check it out the here at O’REILLY : http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/skypehks/

How The Mind Works And How To Make It Work Better

http://members.aol.com/Way4th/hmtoc.htm

SIP beyond VoIP

 

 

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Freakonomics.

http://www.freakonomics.com/

Internet Security Threat Report. Time to Wake up !

The Symantec Internet Security Threat Report offers analysis and discussion of threat activity over a six-month period. It covers Internet attacks, vulnerabilities, malicious code, and future trends. The latest report, released March 7, is now available

Symantec Internet Security Threat Report Volume IX: March 2006 | View the Webcast 

This volume of the Internet Security Threat Report offers an overview of threat activity that took place between July 1 and December 31, 2005. In this edition, the new threat landscape is shown to be increasingly dominated by attacks and malicious code that are used to commit cybercrime, criminal acts that incorporate a computer or Internet component. Attackers have moved away from large, multipurpose attacks on network perimeters and toward smaller, more focused attacks on client-side targets.

The threat landscape is coming to be dominated by emerging threats such as bot networks and customizable modular malicious code. Targeted attacks on Web applications and Web browsers are increasingly becoming the focal point for cybercriminals. Whereas traditional attack activity has been motivated by curiosity and a desire to show off technical virtuosity, many current threats are motivated by profit. They often attempt to perpetrate criminal acts, such as identity theft, extortion, and fraud, for financial gain.



Over the last six months of 2005, Symantec detected an average of 1,402 Denial of Service (DoS) attacks per day. This is an increase of 51 percent from the first half of 2005, when Symantec detected an average of 927 DoS attacks per day.

source : http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/threatreport/index.jsp

Related : www.security.webtown.com.my

| Online: | Skype 2.x Video | Buy Vosky Call Center | USB Ipfone | Integrate Skype / Outlook | Pamela Skype Answering Machine | SAM Skype Answering Machine | Yappernut-box | USB-Telbox | Wiki describes Skype | del.icio.us/VoIP | del.icio.us/Skype |

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Top VoIP white papers.

Network World Special Report on VoIP (ShoreTel)
Leading by Example: A VoIP Strategy (AT&T)
Broadband Wireless Networks (Technology Marketing)
Network Readiness For VoIP (ShoreTel)

Source : ZDNET / CNET Networks, Inc (Newsletter Feb 2006).

Interesting little Skypebook.

 Skype Me! : From Single User to Small Enterprise and Beyond

• By: Bill Campbell, Michael Gough, Joshua Brashars, Dan Douglass


• Publisher: Syngress


• Released: 07 December, 2005

• Price: $23.07 (New),

found it by going here :  skype answering machine. Strange website.

I wish Ebay, Amazon would start to use code in book like skype:book123456.sales in their system (temporary authorized, safe sales codes, you can only order as much as the books in stock…). In the future I will read the ISBN-nr. with my mouse or special eye pen the barcode in the book, then I will be redirected to Ebay, Amazon or whatever and they will ask via a friendly voice my creditcard number (safe enough, since encrypted voice channel) and I will buy the book. The whole session will be recorded in video and voice on my computer in an encrypted mp3–file and send to the FBI and to the Skype Fraude manager for voice-stress analysis theft of creditcard by entities that stole/hacked an Ebay or Amazon Skype IDin case of fraude. Well as long as I get my book delivery via DHL or another courier it’s fine by me.

Some other good Skype related books here :

 

Skype Hacks : a great book.

I never liked to read pdf-documents by the way. So always happy to read on paper. By the way I was the one printing out all those pdf-pages on the company laserjet; Yes I admit. Hehehe. Just received this morning the book on Skype Hacks from Andrew Sheppard. Really interesting. It is the reference book that every Skype nerd should be reading and there will be a new one called «Skype for Dummies». Should be a big success with all those people out there using Skype.

related : http://hacks.oreilly.com |  oreilly.com -- Online Catalog: Skype Hacks, First Edition | Search on Hacking Skype |

Skype Hacks

 

 Andrew Sheppard
First Edition Januar 2006
ISBN 0-596-10189-9
Seiten 342

EUR24.00, SFR39.90

Bestellen  If you've heard about Skype--and who hasn't with all the recent media attention devoted to internet phone service--chances are you've been mighty tempted to try it out. Skype Hacks tells you what all the Skype hype is about, explains the basics, and shows you more than 100 clever tips and tricks for tweaking and tuning Skype so you too can enjoy free phone calls and services. Samples : Hack 43: Make Calls from Your Web Browser (PDF Format) Hack 44: Accelerate Skype Using Your Keyboard (PDF Format) Hack 45: Tweak Skype by Editing config.xml (PDF Format) Hack 47: Display the Technical Details of a Call (PDF Format) Hack 49: Add Fast-Dial Shortcuts to Your Menu or Desktop (PDF Format)

Excessive data-traffic due to Skype ?

Probably, yes.  You clicked yes, remember, but did you read the user-agreement?

"You hereby grant permission for the Skype Software to utilise the processor and bandwidth of your computer for the limited purpose of facilitating the communication between Skype Software users"

 source.

Skype on your plate : trick or treat.

Have a nice breakfast. I did. Interesting to see all the different perspectives.

Skype Penetration for year 2008 | Localization for Skype | Podcast: Niklas Zennstrom, founder of Skype. | Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom, on his VoIP service’s lack of 911 access | PDA Eten M600 review | Skype for Pocket PC | Skype on Pocket PC performs horribly | Proprietary technologies of Skype and Vonage and other VOIP providers; a security risk ?. | Future telephony may look quite different from PSTN-style calling. | Vonage Adds Virtual Number in Europe | Cambridge prof warns of Skype botnet threat | Skype Holes | How bad is the Skype botnet threat? | VoIP traffic can be used as a covert control channel for a botnet | MySpace: Security and spyware issues - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | Gates defends China's internet restrictions.

Download SKype 2.x Video. Get a USB Ipfoon

Yappernut Winners of the Skype Mouse. Easy to copy too.

 I did not win anything in the Yappernut contest to guess their new product the Yappermouse., but almost. I’ll buy one. I also found this on Alibaba. In Asia they say : «easy to copy». Somebody else today told me ( I think he is right ) : the Europeans think it, the Americans do it. I add to this that the Asians/Chinese copy it and the Indians (India) will support it. I’ll blog it.

 

 

VoIP and Skype. Some books.

by Michael Gough. List: $34.95 . New: $19.81.

Whether you're a single user or you manage voice communications for a large enterprise, the inevitable change predicted above by Michael Powell of the FCC has now arrived. Skype Me! provides readers with a complete understanding of the technology behind Skype, walks through the steps for getting connected quickly, and then provides IT professionals with instructions on deploying and securing Skype in the workplace.

by Ted Wallingford. List: $29.95 . New: $19.74.

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is gaining a lot of attention these days, as more companies and individuals switch from standard telephone service to phone service via the Internet. The reason is simple: A single network to carry voice and data is easier to scale, maintain, and administer. As an added bonus, it's also cheaper, because VoIP is free of the endless government regulations and tariffs imposed upon phone companies.

by Andrew Sheppard. List: $24.95 . New: $16.42.

If you've heard about Skype--and who hasn't with all the recent media attention devoted to Internet telephone services--chances are you've been mighty tempted to try it out. Skype Hacks tells you what all the Skype hype is about, explains the basics, and shows you more than 100 clever tips and tricks for tweaking and tuning Skype to make it do just what you want and more.

 

Business analysis for the global communications industry.

Total Telecom is "The Economist of the communications industry". It provides: expert commentary and authoritative analysis on the crucial issues affecting the global telecommunications and networking sectors; unique and comprehensive international analysis of both fixed and mobile communications services; exclusive insights and powerful understanding of today's business models in telecoms.

source : http://www2.tradepub.com/free/ttm/

Google Library open.

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,69473,00.html?tw=rss.TOP . Works in the public domain are now available online.