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- Adobe vs. Apple: Flash spat over iPhone gets intense
- Apple and Adobe--long time partners that propel product cycles for each other--are in a big spat over the iPhone. The problem: Apple's iPhone doesn't support Flash Player. And Adobe is getting more annoyed by the minute, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. ...
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
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- Beware Google $1 billion click fraud PR campaign
- Google is once again on the click fraud defensive, big time. Earlier this morning I cut through Google blog hype to underscore: “Google: Stingy with click fraud refunds?” Google love is a powerful force, nevertheless, even when billions of dollars worth of potentially improperly invoiced Google advertiser charges...
- Blog posts 2007-03-01
- Microsoft puts the post-Vista wheels in motion
- Windows Vista is not fully baked, but that doesnt mean senior management isnt already thinking about "Vista+1" as they like to call the next Windows client release (the one I believe is -- or at least was -- code-named "Fiji"). Microsoft has not yet built or tested even a...
- Blog posts 2006-10-12
- Google Dearth: Google's Mountain View Wi-Fi may need more transmitters
- It seems as though Google's heralded WiFi network it is building in its hometown of Mountain View, Calif. (shown, appropriately enough, via a grab I took from Google Earth) is encountering some snags.eWeek's Ben Charny reports today that in testing the network, Google has found out that it just...
- Blog posts 2006-05-04
- What is the future of podcasts?
- Like blogs, podcasts are all the rage these days. But what is the future of this communication tool? I can't give you a definitive answer, but you'll find below why podcasts can be attractive for publishers and somewhat less appealing for consumers. Several research companies estimate that the future is...
- Blog posts 2006-04-24
- FCC to VoIP carriers: zero tolerance for vague E911 language
- Colleague Ben Charny points to an Federal Communications Commission E911 VoIP provider compliance directive that upon reading, is more strict and specific than has generally been reported.I've just read the 91-page document, and it appears that the FCC order expects all VoIP providers to adhere to very specific E911 customer...
- Blog posts 2005-06-15
- Pharming threats to IP phone networks described
- From the giant Supercomm telephony trade show in Chicago, colleague Ben Charny reports today on concerns about a VoIP flavor of pharming. It's DNS cache poisoning, pure and simple.As Ben explains, pharming can exploit vulnerabilities in certain network equipment that translates email and Web addresses into IP addresses. Security experts...
- Blog posts 2005-06-07
- Cell phones during flight--no thanks
- Ben Charny has an FAQ on the building consensus by the FCC with a push from cell phone operators to allow cell phone usage, perhaps by December 2006, during transit on U.S. commercial flights if the Federal Aviation Administration approves. Technical issues about interference with pilot to ground conversations and...
- Blog posts 2005-06-01
- SkypeOut's big touch-tone recognition problem
- Last week, colleague Ben Charny had an interesting conversation with Skype CEO Niklas Zennström. Ben pressed Zennström on some quality of service issues he's been hearing about, especially on the SkypeOut service. That's Skype's offering that lets you call non-Skype numbers anywhere in the world for just a few pennies.I...
- Blog posts 2005-05-31
- Seven key E911 issues the FCC ruling glosses over
- I've just read FCC Chair Kevin Martin's statement about today's FCC dictate requiring that VoIP providers offer E911 services starting 120 days from now.Already, the mainstream news media are painting this as an airtight provision that solves the problem of E911 access. Yet I must tell you, it is anything...
- Blog posts 2005-05-19
- Vonage eyes Singapore, Japan, Korea
- Colleague Ben Charny reports today that Vonage will likely kick off its anticipated expansion into Asia by trying out the Singapore market later this year.Why Singapore? Vonage chief financial officer John Rego says that the island nation's utility regulators are "very friendly" to Internet phone operators. Rego adds that utility...
- Blog posts 2005-05-17
- Don't spill that Mint Mocha Chip Frappuccino on your VoIP handset
- Colleague Ben Charny reports today that Vonage is test marketing a new Linksys Wi-Fi router that could work with VoIP handsets to enable VoIP over Wi-Fi.Ben points out that current technology makes VoIP over Wi-Fi a difficult proposition on a laptop in most hotspots. You know, multinational coffee giants, huge...
- Blog posts 2005-05-13
- What Qwest *really* means when they tell FCC "sure on VoIP 911"
- Qwest seems to be coming on board with pre-approval of any edict from the FCC requiring them to grant E-911 system access to VoIP providers.There's at least some well-informed supposition that a ruling to that effect will come out of the FCC's next meeting, scheduled for May 19. And, that...
- Blog posts 2005-05-06
- Vonage to FCC: Qwest is playing nice, so SBC should, too
- Our Ben Charny reports today that Qwest has agreed to grant Vonage full access to its 14-state, 911-call infrastructure.When the technology is enabled, Vonage customers in the Qwest service area who dial "911" will find their calls routed directly to emergency dispatchers rather than switching centers.In a Monday letter, Vonage...
- Blog posts 2005-04-20
- Here's some "alarming" news about VoIP
- There's bad people out there. That's why many of us have home alarm systems. Meth addicts or other less-than-solid-citizens break in, alarm triggers, and the local constables are called.Unfortunately, many alarm systems only work with a landline from an incumbent land-line phone company.Now, someone is doing something about it. As...
- Blog posts 2005-04-19
- Google VoIP? Why Ben's wrong, and I'm right (I think)
- This week, colleague Ben Charny posted an item that indicated several Google execs met with several VoIP providers at the Spring 2005 VON Show.Ben seems to think these meetings could be an indication that Google is thinking about offering VoIP services - perhaps as a reseller.Given Google's Gmail initiatives, I...
- Blog posts 2005-03-11
- Will GoIP (Google's VoIP) make the telcos gulp?
- OK, I made "GoIP" up. Before a rumor gets started, there's no such thing as a Voice over IP offering VoIP from Google called GoIP Googlevoice over IP. But that doesn't mean there won't be. This week, while at the Spring 2005 Voice on the Net conference (VON 2005), Google...
- Blog posts 2005-03-09
- The SkypeOut Forum is a chamber of horror stories
- As our own Ben Charny reports today, users of Skype's new PC-to-phone SkypeOut service report multiple customer service problems.I've just come back from a point-and-click sessionon the SkypeOut section of the Skype Forum. You'll find a chamber of horrors... choppy calls, non-connects, mis-credits, non-credits, inexplicable errors.Theseshortcomings mesh with the complaints...
- Blog posts 2005-02-16
- Motorola's Skype deal may tick off cell phone companies
- As my colleague Ben Charny reports, Motorola will be pre-loading Skype software to "a select number" of new Wi-Fi enabled cell phones it is planning.Motorola says to expect initial product sometime before July of this year.I believe this is exciting news. Rather than be forced to opt for a fee-ridden...
- Blog posts 2005-02-15
- Report: healthcare market, broadband provider promotions to boost WiFi-VoIP handset growth
- When you go VoIP, you essentially have three equipment choices: hook up your existing phone to your router and your broadband connection; use a microphone and softphone emulator, ortalk through aVoIP handset.That last alternative is the least used, but one which is finding favor - especially for Wi-Fi VoIP.Wi-Fi Phones...
- Blog posts 2005-02-08
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