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CEO Zooms through the bad news on Q2 earnings call

Alienating FOSS community and some employees? Web-based collaboration biz delights shareholders

Off-Prem22 Aug 2023 | 5

Not call: Open source gurus urge you to dump Zoom

In footsteps of GiveUpGitHub, campaign follows AI ToS fiasco

Software15 Aug 2023 | 70

Zoom's new London hub – where 'remote work' meets 'we need you back in the office'

Collaboration, cohesion, and irony all under one roof

On-Prem11 Aug 2023 | 120

Zoom updates its legalese explicitly promising not to feed vidchats to AIs

Welcome – but weird – after months-old policy change that seemingly allowed it went viral

AI + ML08 Aug 2023 | 8

Microsoft puts profanity filter on %@!#ing Teams transcripts

Just in case you blurt out that L***x is better than Windows? (That was a joke, PR friends)

Offbeat30 Jun 2023 | 43

US alleges China created troll army that tried to have dissidents booted from Zoom

Charges laid against 44, including officers of China’s Cyberspace Administration

Security18 Apr 2023 |

Microsoft Defender shoots down legit URLs as malicious

Updated Those hoping to use nefarious websites like, er, Zoom are overrun by alerts. Redmond 'investigating'

Security29 Mar 2023 | 25

Microsoft dips Teams in the metaverse vat with avatars ahead

Can't be bothered with cam? Replace yourself with a 3D diligent worker

SaaS15 Mar 2023 | 29

Zoom chops president it hired less than a year ago

Vid-chat-biz ditches Greg Tomb as head-rolling continues

Off-Prem03 Mar 2023 | 28

Zoom: The sound of web chat biz's annual profits nosediving

Fiscal 2023 'not without its challenges' as bottom line tumbles 76%

Off-Prem28 Feb 2023 | 6

Zoom and gloom: Vid-chat biz sheds 15 percent of staff – by email

CEO admits hyper-growth during pandemic was careless

Software08 Feb 2023 | 10

Microsoft makes a game of Team building, with benefits

Solitaire and Minesweeper coming to Windows giant's software

Software17 Nov 2022 | 20

Microsoft feels the need, the need for speed in Teams

Desktop app buckles up for faster switching between chats or channels or join a meeting

Applications04 Nov 2022 | 52

Fake sites fool Zoom users into downloading deadly code

Ah, the human touch

Security22 Sep 2022 | 5

Russia fines Apple and Zoom for failure to prove domestic data storage

Also: Ministry of Digitalization proposes new fine structure for data leaks

Legal13 Jul 2022 | 25

Patch now: Zoom chat messages can infect PCs, Macs, phones with malware

Google Project Zero blows lid off bug involving that old chestnut: XML parsing

Patches24 May 2022 | 4

Zoom agrees privacy conditions, gets low-risk rating from Netherlands

Warn users there's no E2EE when using it via the browser, DPIA tells institutions

Security21 Mar 2022 | 4

Use Zoom on a Mac? You might want to check your microphone usage

Uh, why is the mic indicator light on all the time, netizens wonder

Security10 Feb 2022 | 70

Better CEO is 'taking time off' after firing 900 staff on Zoom

CFO now ruling the roost as mortgage biz reportedly delays SPAC sale

Off-Prem10 Dec 2021 | 44

Tech Bro CEO lays off 900 people in Zoom call and makes himself the victim

Video 'The last time I did this, I cried' says Better.com CEO Vishal Garg

Off-Prem07 Dec 2021 | 118

America, when you're done hitting us with the ban hammer, see these on-prem Zoom vulns, says Positive

Now would be a good idea to check you're up-to-date

Security15 Nov 2021 | 10

Zoom-o-cracy: Wales MP misses vote, allowing COVID-passport rule change, blames the IT dept

Senedd Cymru ICT crowd have earned their Friday beers

Applications08 Oct 2021 | 39

Zoom Five9 deal goes kaboom after shareholders say 'nope'

$15bn merger scrapped following scrutiny from US authorities

Off-Prem01 Oct 2021 | 5

Zoom's $15bn merger with Five9 probed by Uncle Sam for national security risks

Vid-chat giant's ties to China under the microscope by AG-led panel

Security22 Sep 2021 | 7

Japan's bullet trains replace smoking rooms with Zooming rooms

Also offers free mice, power bricks, lap pillows and fast WiFi in cars rated to allow 300km/h video chat

Networks27 Aug 2021 | 24

Zoom incompatible with GDPR, claims data protection watchdog for the German city of Hamburg

Updated Takes aim at US videoconferencing software as tech world+dog calls lawyer for a quick chat

SaaS17 Aug 2021 | 80

Zoom agrees to pay subscribers $25 to put its security SNAFUs behind it

Zoombombing class action offers US$85m in payments, meaning even free accounts get a few bucks

Security02 Aug 2021 | 5

Zoom! That's the sounds of comms firm chomping down on loss-making Five9 in transaction valued at $14.7bn

Pandemic smiles on Unified-Comms-as-a-Service biz

Off-Prem19 Jul 2021 | 6

Fancy trying to explain Microsoft Teams to your parents? They may ask about the new Personal version

Late to the party, but free tier for multi-person vid chats handily tops Zoom

Software18 May 2021 | 42

Jackie 'You have no authority here' Weaver calls on the UK to extend Coronavirus Act provisions for online meetings

Because local democracy is hilarious – oh, and transparency's good too

Legal15 Apr 2021 | 39

Sure, Dave might seem like he's avidly listening to this morning's meeting, but he's actually doing a yoga routine

Meanwhile, Emma is playing video games, and Daniel... well, Daniel is drunk already

Bootnotes23 Mar 2021 | 39

We imagine this maths professor's lecture was fascinating – sadly he was muted for two hours

And more gaffes from the world of lockdown videoconferencing

Offbeat10 Feb 2021 | 56

Oracle and AWS trumpeted how their clouds helped Zoom scale. But it turns out Zoom fears its cloud bills and uses co-located kit

Zooming also needs some Azure and costs so much to run the biz is selling $1.5bn more shares

SaaS13 Jan 2021 | 10

Zoom records another bumper quarter as pandemic rumbles on, but Wall Street types quiz execs on how long it can last

Though COVID-19 vaccine coming, video chat is here to stay, claims chief bean counter

SaaS01 Dec 2020 | 6

Six months after Oracle trumpeted Zoom as a cloud customer, AWS says it is Zoom’s ‘preferred’ cloud

Big Red said it was picked for its 'superior' cloud, but marketing minutiae and conference-eve thunder stealing have intruded

SaaS01 Dec 2020 | 5

Zoom strong-armed by US watchdog to beef up security after boasting of end-to-end encryption that didn't exist

Vid-chat giant promises never again to make 'misrepresentations about its privacy and security practices'

Security09 Nov 2020 | 46

Zoom finally adds end-to-end encryption for all, for free – though there are caveats

Perhaps we can talk about extra security and compromises honestly

Security27 Oct 2020 | 15

The vid-confs drinking game: Down a shot of brandy every time someone titters 'Sorry, I was on mute'

Something for the Weekend, Sir? Take your brain to another dimension- sion- sion... Pay close attention

Bootnotes16 Oct 2020 | 84

Remember when Zoom was rumbled for lousy crypto? Six months later it says end-to-end is ready

But it’s a tech preview and requires opt-in for every meeting

Security15 Oct 2020 | 17

Another month, another cryptocurrency exchange hacked and 'millions of dollars' stolen by miscreants

In brief Plus get patching your Palo Alto kit, there's a nasty crit out there

Security14 Sep 2020 | 6

Now that's a somewhat unexpected insider threat: Zoombombings mostly blamed on rogue participants, unique solution offered

'Particularly students in high school and college classes'

Security10 Sep 2020 | 15

What rhymes with 'boom' and is veritably raking it in thanks to the coronavirus pandemic?

Do people even know alternative videoconferencing software exists?

SaaS01 Sep 2020 | 28

Oh dear, what a pity! It seems you can't join the directors at the Zoom meeting today

Not great news for students going back to school, however

SaaS24 Aug 2020 | 8

Zoom-er or later, your past catches up with you: Vid chat service hit by sueball over end-to-end encryption claim

US consumer nonprofit alleges it was false advertising

SaaS12 Aug 2020 | 5

What are you gonna do? Give me detention? Illinois schools ban pyjamas in online classes

While remote-working adults adhere to 'business in the front, party in the back'

Bootnotes11 Aug 2020 | 65

Fun fact: If you noticed a while ago Zoom's web client going AWOL for a week, it's because someone found a passcode-cracking hole

Story behind a hasty teardown, fixing of a brute-force vulnerability

Security31 Jul 2020 | 8

Keep it Together, Microsoft: New mode for vid-chat app Teams reminds everyone why Zoom rules the roost

Video If you have to play by Redmond's strict rules, people are likely to go elsewhere

Software08 Jul 2020 | 110

Make sure you've patched your F5 BIG-IP gear. Exploit code for scary bug is so trivial, it fits in a tweet

In Brief Plus: What? No. No way. People would just do that? Go on Tor and use it to commit crimes?

Security06 Jul 2020 | 2

Zoom to offer proper end-to-end encryption to free vid-chat accounts – not just paid-up bods – once you verify your phone number...

Just in case the Feds take an interest in your calls

Security17 Jun 2020 | 4

As UK Parliament heads back to in-person voting, select committees are told they can continue working via Zoom

Critics worry mass return to House of Commons is unsafe

SaaS09 Jun 2020 | 33

Update Firefox: Mozilla just patched three hijack-me holes and a bunch of other flaws

Plus: Zoom fixes code-execution security bugs

Security04 Jun 2020 | 13

Zealous Zoom's zesty zymotic zone zinger: Zestful zealots zip zillions

Video-conferencing upstart's sales soar 169 per cent mid-pandemic in quarter to May, funnily enough

Personal Tech03 Jun 2020 | 27

Zoom continues its catch-up security sprint with new training, bug bounty tweaks and promise of crypto playbook

Sigh. How many users did it have before it started this stuff?

Security21 May 2020 | 6

Surge in Zoom support requests was 'unexpected', says tool team as it turns taps down

John Cena!* Online resources only for free and end users due to the 'unprecedented period'

SaaS07 May 2020 | 13

Zoom bomb: Vid conf biz to snap up Keybase as not-a-PR-move move gets out of hand

Things will change forever, nods ex-Facebooker Alex Stamos

Software07 May 2020 | 11

Who's still using Webex? Not even Cisco: Judge orders IT giant to use rival Zoom for virtual patent trial

It would be rather awkward if Switchzilla's own video-link app fell over mid-proceedings, wouldn't it?

Networks29 Apr 2020 | 59