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• KaZaA, Skype, Joost Founders Now Building A Music Service

  PaidContent - 2009-10-14

  They turned the entertainment world upside-down with KaZaA, revolutionized voice communications with Skype and eventually gave up on their web TV ambitions through Joost.Now serial entrepreneurs and investors Niklas Zennstrom of Sweden and Janus Friis of Denmark are trying again to disrupt the music business. They have funded and...

  Tags: P2P, Kazaa, Joost, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Rdio, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Robert Andrews

• Skype eyes VoIP startup to replace disputed technology - Rumour

  Strategy Eye - 2009-10-13

  Internet calling firm Skype is reportedly in negotiations to buy voice-over-IP VoIP startup Gizmo5 in a bid to substitute Gizmo5’s technology for its current peer-to-peer (P2P) system. Skype’s P2P technology is the subject of a legal wrangle between the company and its founders, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, who...

  Tags: VoIP, P2P, Skype Technologies S.A., Gizmo5, Robertson, Peer To Peer (P2P), Telephony, Internet, Networking, Skype, Joltid, Jasper Jackson, eBay Inc.

• Skype Founders Sue eBay, Investors Over Licenses; Could Delay Sell-Off

  PaidContent - 2009-09-16

  Just as eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) is ready to spinoff Skype, the founders of the virtual telephone company are suing the auction site for violating their license agreements and infringing on their copyright. According to a WSJ piece, the founders of Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, who now run the...

  Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Investor, Peer To Peer (P2P), Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Internet, Legal, Technologies / Formats, P2P, David Kaplan

• Video Pirates in the Caribbean?(The Venice Project)

  - 2006-10-16

  By Todd Spangler Curacao-Based 'Venice Project' Aims to Stream TV Over Peer-to-Peer Networks It could be "YouTube: Part Deux"-- and content owners may not like this sequel any better than the original. ...

  Tags: P2P, Skype Technologies S.A., video, YouTube Inc.

• Verso Announces Skype(TM) Filtering Trial With Tier -One Carrier in China; Trial launches the M-Class Filter and Demonstrates Verso's Increasing Presence throughout Asian markets.

  - 2005-11-07

  ATLANTA, Nov 7, 2005 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Verso Technologies (NASDAQ: VRSOD), a leading provider of packet-based solutions, announced today a paid trial of Verso's NetSpectiveR M-Class Solution to filter Skype and other peer to peer (P2P) co ATLANTA, Nov 7, 2005 CCNMatthews via COMTEX --...

  Tags: P2P, Skype Technologies S.A.

• Verso Launches NetSpective® 2.0 Enterprise Filtering Technology with Skype™ and P2P Blocking

  - 2005-09-19

  ATLANTA -- Corporations and other organizations now have unprecedented control over the content allowed on their networks, resulting in improved productivity and reduced litigation potential

  Tags: P2P, Skype Technologies S.A.

• Pay per Call Is Not a Peer-to-Peer Application; eStara, developer of world's most widely deployed pay for performance advertising technology, comments on eBay purchase of Skype

  - 2005-09-13

  RESTON, Va. -- In eBay's presentation to investors regarding the purchase of Skype for $2.6 billion (http://investor.ebay.com/downloads/050912ebay.pdf), the online auctioneer listed the monetization of lead generation as a primary objective. By adding Skype's VoIP capabilities, eBay hopes to venture into the burgeoning pay per call market. Can Skype deliver what...

  Tags: eBay Inc., eStara Inc., P2P, pay-per-call advertising, Skype Technologies S.A.

• Turbolinux Sells the World's First CyberPhone K Linux Version USB Handset for Skype Users; Handset Enables Linux Users around the Globe to Make Free Peer-to-Peer Calls

  - 2005-08-09

  TOKYO, Japan -- Turbolinux, Inc., a global leader of Linux-based solutions, today announced it will be selling CyberPhone K for Turbolinux, USB handset developed exclusively for Linux drivers. The first of its kind handset will enable free peer-to-peer Internet Protocol IP voice calls using Skype software and service.

  Tags: handset, Linux, P2P, Skype Technologies S.A., USB

• Skype Founder Niklas Zennstrom to Deliver Keynote Address at INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO; Founder and Inventor of Peer-to-Peer Phenomenon Will Address Audience at Leading VoIP Conference in Los Angeles

  - 2005-07-25

  NORWALK, Conn. -- Technology Marketing Corporation TMC today announced that Niklas Zennstrom, founder and president of Skype, has accepted an invitation to deliver a keynote address at their upcoming INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO Fall 2005 in Los Angeles.

  Tags: IP telephony, P2P, Skype Technologies S.A., telephony, VoIP