Gear

• Sungjut TangoX Nano UMPC Comes With Integrated, Detachable Skype Phone. Pretty, tiny, tablet. Upside: you always have a USB Skype phone with dial pad. Downside: it's a handset and Skype calls are usually 6-20 minutes long. Akihabara News via Gizmodo.

• Demo of Skype for the Nokia N73 on YouTube. Not generally available
  

• Skype Korea will sell Belkin Wi-Fi phones at 50 E-Mart stores in Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi Province.

• Skype video calls via satellite from the ASUS Eee solid-state drive laptop. For mountaineers.

Software

• Ecamm Call Recorder for Skype (Mac) was upgraded to v2.3. "Adds compatibility with Skype for Mac v2.7. Adds new two-track video recording option. Enhanced recorded video quality. Includes updated Convert To MP3 and Convert To AAC utilities."

• BT launches Go!Messenger on the Sony PSP, a Skype-competitive voice/IM/video client. Only works in system now, but a "call out" service coming soon.

At work

• This anonymous security blogger warns IT to stay away from Skype. Nice list of fears, most negligible. Shows the attitudes but not the evidence.

• On the other hand, John Edwards of VoIP-News runs a side-by-side comparison of Skype vs. Business VoIP. After comparing installation, cost, features, scalability, management, reliability and support:

  "In terms of cost and simplicity, Skype beats the competition hands down. But businesses looking for guaranteed support and service, as well as a high degree of control over their IP telephony system, will want to opt for some type of business VoIP deployment."

And you missed a fun "Ekisuka" party last night for Excite and Skype users.