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ISPs keep their distance from deep packet inspection

ISPs keep their distance from deep packet inspectionIm sure everyone will back away except..Comcast. Anything they can do to line their pockets with more revenue from their "happy" customer-base and make their experience as "COMCASTIC" as possible - they will do. So while Verizon, TWC, and AT&T backaway, Comcast sees...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet Service Provider, packet inspection

Discussion threads 2008-09-26

Broadband monopolists: please don't enact VoIP port-block rules

Broadband monopolists: please don't enact VoIP port-block rulesMunn v. Illinois, 94 U.S. 113 (1877)That case is the first case to really put a point on the police power and their ability to regulate common carriers for hire. Comcast is a common carrier. Cox is a common carrier. ...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Network technology, Cox, Comcast Corp., common carrier, carrier, VoIP, broadband

Discussion threads 2005-08-12

FAQ: What is Brand X really about?

FAQ: What is Brand X really about?Cable COs no longer protected as Common Carrier?Does this also mean that since those cable internet companies no longer wish to operate as a "Common Carrier", then those same businesses can no longer claim the legal defence of "Common Carrier"?While operating as a "Common...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Network technology, Broadband Internet, Common Carrier, cable, common carrier, carrier

Discussion threads 2005-06-27

Additional Resources

Atrivo/Intercage's disconnection briefly disrupts spam levels

After years of operation, California based ISP Atrivo/Intercage, a well known Russian Business Network darling, faced the music and was disconnected from the Internet by its upstream provider at the end of September. What happened according to MessageLabs's latest intelligence report, was a brief decline of spam due to the...

Tags: Internet Service Provider, Atrivo/Intercage, Intercage, Atrivo, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Cyberthreats, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-10-07

With Systinet 3.0, HP broadens SOA governance role to encompass services lifecycle, business processes, IT service management

The movement is to expand SOA governance, but perhaps more importantly, expand governance in general across more of what IT touches. Rules, roles, business context, policy, development-to-deployment lifecycles, operational efficiency, projects and services -- all need to be brought into a contextual whole. Not by a common product set, but...

Tags: Business Process, Registry, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, IT Service Management, SOA, SOA Governance, Systinet Corp., HP SOA Systinet 3.0, HP Software, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-10-06

iPhone sales: 10 million yet?

When it comes to product inventory, there's a clear distinction between what's been manufactured and what's been sold. And sales figures also need to take into consideration other factors, such as returns, exchanges and retail inventory. That's why I'm raising an eyebrow at headlines today that suggest Apple has sold...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Smart Phones, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-06

30% of iPhone 3G buyers switched to AT&T from other carriers

30% of US consumers who purchased Apple iPhone 3G in the summer of 2008 switched from other mobile carriers to join AT&T, the exclusive mobile carrier for the iPhone in the US. 23% of consumers, on average, switched carriers between June and August 2008. 47% of new AT&T iPhone customers...

Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone 3G, Carrier, 3G, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, AM

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Blackberry Storm, 'Application Center' info leaked

Wow, a whole lot of Blackberry-related news surfaced this weekend. First, the user's guide to the highly-anticipated Blackberry Storm was leaked by the ever-intrepid BoyGeniusReport, who posted exclusive images on their website. Second, and more importantly, news of the Blackberry Application Center has emerged....

Tags: Application, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Carrier, App Center, Handhelds, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Welcome to the Data Cloud ?

'The Cloud' is increasingly prevalent in tech conversation these days. Stalwarts of the space such as Amazon and Salesforce go from strength to strength, whilst titans of an earlier model such as Larry Ellison and even Steve Ballmer now seek to appropriate the meme. New blogs like CloudAve play a...

Tags: Web, Data, UKOLN, Channel Management, Internet, Semantic Web, Cloud Computing, Marketing, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Enterprise 2.0 and business collaboration

Update: I hit "publish" before the article was completely finished, so I've added some images and updated some links. I can't pull the post without it leaving a trail behind it, so I may as well just own up now and say, "whoops, sorry". GroupSwim Collaboration, in...

Tags: Security, Microsoft SharePoint, Enterprise 2.0, Wiki, Collaboration, Groupware, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Videos: Nokia 5800 touchscreen phone

Videos: Nokia 5800 touchscreen phoneI'm no guru...I'm all for alternatives to the iPhone, but the screen on this thing looks like it's made of cheap plastic. I dunno, maybe my eyes are playing tricks on me.That's awesome how the device has handwriting recognition built in. I never had...

Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, phone, Nokia 5800, touchscreen phone, touch screen, Nokia Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Mac ready for the enterprise?

Larry Dignan makes a spirited argument as to why Apple should be working much harder on getting Mac kit into the enterprise. I know it's a Friday afternoon for me and we've already had one false alarm earlier today that got everyone a-Twitter. Only the other day I managed to...

Tags: Lid, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Computer, Productivity, Keyboards, Desktops, Notebooks, Corporate Governance, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Fake Steve Jobs heart attack story pushes stock price below $100

Fake Steve Jobs heart attack story pushes stock price below $100short-sellersanother reason that shorting-selling a stock should be forbidden all together. this financial crisis shows how awful that is. they short a stock, spread false rumors and make a lot of money. a few people win by manipulating the market...

Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, stock, stock price, Fake Steve Jobs heart attack story, heart attack story, Fake Steve Jobs

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Salesforce.com: Worries emerge

Salesforce.com: Worries emergeWhat does this mean for license holders?From the title someone is worried about Salesforce.com. Who should be worried??? If a company uses Salesforce applications and stores data on Salesforce, should they be worried?The questions above are legitimate questions to ask. I group Salesforce.com in with cloud computing companies...

Tags: Sales force management, Salesforce.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Ballmer previews 'Windows Cloud'

Ballmer previews 'Windows Cloud'Sounds cool! NT.Let me dust off my TerminalSounds like we're going back to the Stone Age. Back in my terminal days, there was a screen and keyboard. The server was in the basement of the building and tons of serial cable connections. This type...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, Microsoft Corp., Pay-Per-Use Taxi, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, server, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Ballmer previews 'Windows Cloud'

Speaking to developers in London, Steve Ballmer says Microsoft will announce a cloud-based operating system within a month--with a catchy new name. Microsoft will launch an operating system for the 'cloud' in four weeks, chief executive Steve Ballmer told delegates at a Microsoft-sponsored developer conference in London....

Tags: Application, Operating System, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software As A Service (SaaS), Software, Emerging Technologies, Ballmer, Microsoft, cloud, developer

News items 2008-10-03

Agree Free DVD Ripper Platinum (exe)

Agree Free DVD Ripper Platinum is a DVD ripping software, with the ability of ripping DVD to almost all video and audio formats, such as AVI, MP4, WMV, VCD, SVCD, DVD, 3GP, iPod, iPhone, Zune, Xbox, PMP, PSP, Apple TV, Pocket PC, FLV, SWF, MOV, MP3, AAC, AC3, AMR, M4A,...

Tags: Video, Agree Software, DVD, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-10-03

Aussie Airports (zip)

Aussie Airports contains information on over 250 airports around Australia. Information includes 11 common frequencies needed when approaching, landing, and taxiing around an airport. Navigation frequencies included are VOR, DME, and NDB frequencies. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Frequency, Airport, AvForce Software, Aussie Airports

Software downloads 2008-10-03

File Checksum (zip)

FileChecksum is a Java 1.4 application to compute common checksums for files: CRC32, MD5, and SHA1. Checksums are small hexadecimal "signatures" for testing whether or not files have been copied correctly, such as over a network. One person sends a file along with the checksum computed on the original computer....

Tags: File, Keith Fenske, Checksum, FileChecksum, MD5, Web Site Development, Productivity, Programming Languages, Open Source, Java, Internet, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2008-10-03

Does Sprint have a Nextel nibble?

The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, is reporting that Sprint Nextel has received interest in its Nextel business from Latin American carrier NII Holdings Inc. and several private-equity firms. But this is far from a done deal. Sprint has been exploring a sale of Nextel but...

Tags: Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Communications, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-02