Updates

Linux 1.4.0.64 Alpha updated. Continuing progress. Change log.

Windows Gold 3.2.0.152 updated. (22.6 MB) Small changes.

Joost added to SteamCast’s Lawsuit Against Skype and Kazaa. Congratulations, Joost!

Identity

The Extension of Identity. The dominance of our relationship tools over our authoring tools helps Jim Benson discovers he is really Ed Vielmetti.   

Joe "Whuffy" Petviashvili detects a leak in LiveJournal's OpenID service. Still seeking confirmation. via Terrll Russell.

In Skypeland

Skype Find's tagsonomic problem: Synonyms. Same idea, different words, hard to find.  

Skype partner Vosky buys TMC advertorial. Darn, why didn't I think of that.

Skype hires VSNL for SkypeOut call termination. Should boost service in India.

The competition

Sony PSP to make voice and video calls over UK Wi-Fi. The network: other PSP players and regular phone numbers.

Microsoft signs interop pact with 12 VoIP leaders.  

• "In the two months since Microsoft published the interoperability specification, global telephony and networking companies such as Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Ericsson, Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Inc., Mitel Networks Corp., NEC Corp., Nortel Networks and Siemens Enterprise Communications, and gateway providers AudioCodes Ltd., Dialogic Corp. and Quintum Technologies Inc. have stated their support for the interoperability specification for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. Together these vendors provide interoperability with approximately 90 percent of communication systems."

• Specs cover "voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), presence, instant messaging and conferencing".