"There are already several companies using the name iPhone for Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) products, " said Apple spokesman Alan Hely.

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But there are many options for placing voice calls over the Internet (Skype, Google Voice, Vonage and more) using voice over Internet protocol (VOIP) technology.

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By using an internet protocol called UDP, it was able to aggressively send these scans without requiring an answer from the potential victim.

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