Feb 12
Making phone calls over the net Telephone calls made over an internet connection are predicted to be the next revolution in telecommunications. Cheaper broadband costs and user friendly software is helping users to start making Voice over IP (VoIP) calls, with a number of companies offering products. The BBC News website’s business editor Tim Weber is a Skype user, while acting technology editor Darren Waters has been getting to grips with Vonage. SKYPE Skype looks like an instant messaging program We’ve got a new word in our family dictionary, “to skype”, as in: “we can skype this evening”, or “I’ll skype you now”. The ugly word stands for a little piece of software called Skype, Read more
