Google Vs. Microsoft - the war continues

Just a couple of weeks after Google Talk's less-then-spectacular launch, Microsoft starts blustering about its own VoIP plans:

"Microsoft yesterday sent a shudder through the traditional telecoms industry when it announced plans to develop an internet telephone service, allowing calls from computers to fixed line and mobile phones and other PCs.
The software company is bolstering its expertise through the acquisition of Teleo, a small San Francisco firm that makes voice over internet protocol (VoIP) technology. Microsoft intends to integrate the technology into its systems and develop services allowing consumers to make calls from their desktop by the end of the year"

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