Brian Sullivan: NetMeetingNetMeeting, Instant Messaging and VOIPMicrosoft planning VoIP softphone for Longhorn- April 25, 2005 "Microsoft planning VoIP softphone Here&146;s why it makes sense by ZDNet's Russell Shaw -- I don't have any knowledge that they are, but I am beginning to think it could happen.The Seattle Times reports that during a morning keynote today at WinHEC (Windows Hardware Engineering Conference), someone named Mr. Gates will show a Longhorn-prototype laptop with an auxiliary display screen built on the cover that would:"Display a few lines ..." Microsoft has been building some form of "Softphone"(a.http://radio.weblogs.com/0127028/categories/netmeeting/2005/04/25.html#a299 Msn Messenger VOIP quality- April 8, 2005 I had a chance to participate in an audiovideo call last night using the new Msn Messenger(7.0 released 2 days ago). Though I used be quite active in this area (using NetMeeting mind you) I haven't actually used this kind of technology for a long time. I don't know whether the new Messenger is that much better than the previous version in this regard but I was pleasantly surprised at both the quality of the connection (both ends were broadband) and the ease of connection (I am behind a UPnP...http://radio.weblogs.com/0127028/categories/netmeeting/2005/04/08.html#a287 |