Logitech today introduced the QuickCam Vision Pro webcam for Mac, an HD webcam which combines Logitech’s autofocus technology with Carl Zeiss optics.
Features:

Logitech’s autofocus system compensates for in image-edge sharpness and refocuses images in less than three seconds.
A 2-megapixel sensor captures video images in high resolution,  720p high-definition (HD) video format (960-by-720 pixels).
With iChat or Skype, you can capture [...]

Internet telephony service Skype has announced a new version, Skype 4.0 Beta for Windows.
The new version focuses on improving video telephony features and offering better usability.
Here are a couple of videos that explain the Skype 4.0:
Skype 4.0 Beta - Introductory Demoby SkypeConversations
Mike Bartlett introduces Skype, and demos the new Skype 4.0 Beta for Windows.
Skype 4.0 [...]

ExtraLabs has updated Skype Recorder, its Windows app that can automatically record Skype calls.
Skype is popular with podcasters because it lets you make free digital calls to anyone with an Internet connection.
The software record into MP3/WMA/OGG/WAV formats, recording conversations in either single or dual audio tracks and even has a built-in FTP-client for uploading files.
The [...]

Call Graph is a “simple and good” plugin for Skype for recording calls.
Features:

Call Recording: record your calls in an mp3 file, automatically.
Full Skype Support: record Skype to Skype, SkypeIn, SkypeOut calls.
Completely Free: no limits or restrictions of any kind.
Manage Records: use tags to mark your records.
Integrated Search: use tags to search through your calls records.
Simple [...]

Paul Figgiani and Doug Kaye have made a great how-to video that shows how to use Skype to get broadcast-quality recordings:

The ongoing outage of the popular voice over IP application Skype highlights the risk of building a utility service like voice communication on a proprietary identity system. By creating a single point of failure, Skype effectively designed into their system an outage that is now affecting hundreds of millions of people.
Skype apologizes for the outage, [...]

Massachusetts (USA)-based Revolabs, Inc., a maker of wireless audio equipment, has introduced its new xTag Microphone System. Revolabs is promoting the microphone system for use with a wide variety of applications, including VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), podcasting, voice recognition, web conferencing, panel discussions and lectures, and many more desktop applications.
The manufacturer touts the system’s [...]

A new version of Skype for Windows, now in beta, introduces several features:

Auto redial
Call Transfer
Device Indicators
Edit chat messages
Message history loading granulated
Private Telephone Numbers
Send contacts inside chat
Visual indicators for Audio In / Audio Out in options
Show examples of notifications / alerts in options
Added Latvian localization - Intars Students
In-Client Hardware store button

Skype is a popular tool with [...]

Dick Schiferli of Pamela Systems has announced that the company’s flagship software for Skype, Pamela Pro, will be available for free to every seminar attendee during the International Podcasting Expo, October 20-22, 2006. Paige Eissinger of 2 Smart Chix will also offer training on the Pamela Pro software.
The Podcasting Expo is a virtual event, featuring [...]

Skype, makers of free telephony software popular with podcasters for recording phone calls, has released the beta version Skype for Mac 2.0. The new version gives any Mac user with an Internet connection the ability to make free video calls to anyone else on Skype, regardless of whether they use the Windows or Mac platform.
Skype’s [...]