VoIP Summaries - Thur Jun-08-2006

Here are some VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) news summaries for Thur, Jun8, 2006: Big guns like Microsoft and Yahoo! are getting into VoIP officially:

• Microsoft is getting into the VoIP business by collaborating with LG-Nortel to make Windows CE-based equipment. [via Telecom Industry News]
• Rack-Soft has released a Linux-based VoIP control panel aimed at “small- and medium sized-sized hosting providers an ISPs”. The intended end users would business and residential customers. The system can apparently be installed in 10 minutes and managed via a web browser.
  [via Hostsearch.com] Ma Bell must be quaking.
• MegaDialer 1.0 is a VoIP address book manager for Macs [via MacObserver]
  It can be used with a variety of VoIP dialers, and import contacts. MegaDialer also has multilanguage support, contact search, and a 30-day money-back guarantee.
• Yahoo! Messenger will soon have VoIP due to a partnership with iBasis. [via VoIP Central] Microsoft’s new Live Messenger 8.0, in live beta as of May 10/06, supposedly has better audio quality than earlier versions.