New Skype for Mac OS X
Skype 1.4 for Mac is now out – new features look pretty useful – “Call forwarding and call auto-answer, Fast call set-up – drag and drop contacts to add them to chats and calls, Self-expression – users can now broadcast their mood along with their online presence through emoticons, Auto-pause/auto-resume iTunes for in-bound and out-bound voice calls, Notifications – Skype notifies users of new messages and when users come on- and off-line, along with an overview of available Skype services, The Mac OS X version is now available in Japanese.” Link.
Intro to SIP hacking slides from the 22nd Chaos Communication Congress “Within the last year VoIP devices and applications flooded the market. SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) became the industry standard although it’s still under constant development. VoIP networks converge with the PSTN and thus offer ways and means for new (and old) attacks. The talk gives a brief introduction on how various components in the VoIP universe interact. The main part deals with implementation problems within SIP in both end user as well as ISP site devices and applications.” [
Trevor writes “Here’s a simple mod I did to an old telephone reciever to make it compatible with my laptop- for use with Skype. I tried using the original coiled telephone cord, but for some reason I couldn’t get adequate microphone volume through it. Funny, because telephones are made for talking…” 
Like VoIP hacks and all things telephony? Check out out O’Reilly’s new Emerging Telephony site – ETel for short – “…covering VoIP, Asterisk, voice and mobile applications, as well as the policy and regulatory issues that impact these important technologies. In addition to daily blogging and the exclusive in-depth articles you’ll find here, we’ll be spotlighting the new related O’Reilly books, like Switching to VoIP and Asterisk: The Future of Telephony and Skype Hacks. We’ll have these authors chiming in on the blog from time to time, too.” 
Scott writes “Vonage just released a VoIP WiFi phone… you can use your Vonage VoIP account on any public WiFi access point (but not at places that charge, such as the airport, Starbucks, etc). I’d love to see this phone modded/hacked to be used with other providers (I use 
DoctaBu” writes “Using some base code from 
Great resource for wiring up your home for VoIP, in 