Skype partner update leads to worm fears

Skype has been forced to disable a third-party "update" pushed out to users late last week afterwards it sparked fears the popular VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service was propagating a worm.

Users took to Skype's forums afterwards being prompted by the VoIP service to allow an executable file for EasyBits Games Go to run on their machines.

EasyBits was a gaming add-on that was available via Skype's Extras platform, a kind of 'app store' of third-party made add-ons for the popular internet telephony service.

"It has come to our attention that concerns have been expressed from Skype users over the update delivered to Skype Extras for Windows by Easybits software," a Skype spokesman said.

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PBX market's steady recovery continues; move to IP accelerates; Cisco leads UC

CAMPBELL, CA — Market technology firm Infonetics Technology released its first quarter 2011 Enterprise Unified Communication, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), and TDM Equipment preliminary vendor market share report, led by VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and IMS analyst Diane Myers.

ANALYST NOTE "The global PBX (Private -Automatic- Branch Exchange) market is typically down in the first quarter following a strong fourth quarter, and 1Q11 was no exception as the overall market dipped 2.6%, dragged down by slowing TDM PBX (Private -Automatic- Branch Exchange) sales as businesses continue to shift to IP. The good news is the quarter was up 8.5% over the year-ago quarter, signaling a return to stability," notes Diane Myers, directing analyst for VoIP and IMS at Infonetics Technology.

REPORT SYNOPSIS Infonetics' quarterly Enterprise Unified Communication, VoIP, and TDM Equipment report provides worldwide and regional market size, market share, analysis, and forecasts through 2015 for the enterprise telephony market, including TDM PBX and KTS systems, hybrid and pure IP PBX systems, IP PBX by system size, VoIP gateways, unified communication applications, IP desk phones and IP soft phones. The report tracks Aastra, AudioCodes, Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Cisco, Dialogic, D-Link, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Mitel, NEC, NET/Quintum, Samsung, ShoreTel, Siemens, Tadiran, Toshiba, Vertical, and others. The full version of this report with forecasts and in-depth analysis will be available on or previously May 31, 2011.

Infonetics Innovation is an international market innovation and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps customers plan, strategize, and compete more effectively.

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