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Internet telephony provider Skype announced Friday it now has more than 100 million registered users worldwide. Luxembourg-based Skype had 54 million members when it was bought last September for $2.6 billion by online auctioneer eBay. Founded by the creators of Kazaa, the free file-sharing program that riled the music business, Skype gives away software that lets people talk for free from computer to computer, or pay a small fee to place and receive calls from regular phones.

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Phishers are targeting potential victims through yet another channel: voice over IP systems. Cloudmark, a provider of messaging security applications, this week discovered two separate e-mail schemes that direct recipients to VoIP systems in an effort to steal their personal data. The scam works like this, according to Adam J. O'Donnell, senior research scientist at Cloudmark: "The target receives an e-mail, ostensibly from their bank, telling them there is an issue with their account and to dial a number to resolve the problem."

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Skype, eBay's Internet telephone subsidiary, announced a deal Tuesday with music publishers that will make audio clips from artists like Madonna, Green Day and Red Hot Chili Peppers available to its users as ringtones. Clips from Madonna songs -- including "Like A Virgin" and "Vogue" -- will be available Wednesday for US$1.50 each, with other artists to follow, Skype said.