GTalk, the Google weapon that they hope changes the world, runs roughshot over incumbent telcos and just about makes your phone obsolete has won the Google Founder Award. Om has the scoop.

CNET has a story about the future direction of Microsoft and how they will be changing telephony and voice communications through the promise of new services tied to their concept of unified messaging. Sadly, for all the great capacity innovation and brain power that resides inside the almighty Redmond giant all they can come up … Read more

VoIP users will see a Universal Services Fund tax thanks to an FCC vote today.

Fonality, a leading provider of Asterisk VoIP service has added HUDLITE that will provide businesses with an intuitive, real-time call control and presence management platform. The best thing about it is it’s free.

I was planning on posting a note about Oregan Networks but Om beat me to it. I like this idea a lot as it lets the lean back set (TV watchers) take advantage of a lean forward technology (SKYPE)

Last night client iotum won the CATA Alliance award. Unlike many other awards that can be applied for or purchased through an entry, the CATA award for Innovation has their own selection criteria and an independent committee. Jon Arnold has the scoop in his blog post.

PC Magazine has a report from a security company that focuses for the enterprise market which lists Skype as one of the 15 most vulnerable pieces of software if users don’t do regular updates and patches. To many of us, this is old news but underscores the issue with Skype and other software that can … Read more

Skype has struck a deal with Packard Bell, a maker of low end computers for the mass market, which places a Skype button in the keyboard. As more and more hardware deals like this are struck it will make it easier for more new users to experiment with Skype in my view.

For the balance of the month you can get Skype Out International calling 30 countries around the world for free> if you’re a USA based Skype user. In my view this Skype is acting more and more like a real phone company, using promotions such as this, which is clearly sampling. In many ways this … Read more

Pal and client, Dr. Howard Thaw, who co-founded iotum with Alec Saunders has a really cool Blackberry (or I should say RedBerry). Check out Mathew Ingram’s story which really is all about personalization.