Asterisk have announced an updated version of the Asterisk PBX, an open source, VoIP solution. I've written about Asterisk many times, and I've never failed to be impressed by the quality or the feature set.

If you are still unfamiliar with the technology, there's a detailed exposition of the software and it's abilities in Throw away your PBX: Why Asterisk may be the VoIP future of your network and Asterisk 1.4 unveiled.