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ZDNet Dictionary Definition
- E911
- (Enhanced 911) Refers to 911 emergency service on cellular and Internet telephone calls VoIP. In 1996, the FCC mandated a two-phase implementation for cellphone carriers to be completed...
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ZDNet Resources
- Police Blotter: E911 rules aid police in tracking cell phones
- Police Blotter: E911 rules aid police in tracking cell phonesLegal ThoughtsIf the cellphone tracking information is good enough to provide as evidence in court, it should require probably cause.Likewise, if it is not good enough to provide as evidence, it should be disallowed. Just that simple.In short, we all...
- Tags: Police Blotter, cell phone, E911, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
- 911 Modernization and Public Safety Act would tie VoIP to 911 backbone
- A bill winding through the U.S. Congress would go along way to making E911 calls over VoIP lines more efficient. I am referring to the 911 Modernization and Public Safety Act. If passed and signed into law, VoIP providers would be able to obtain direct access to...
- Tags: Backbone, Phone, E911, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-10-13
- Why don't you use VoIP?
- Why don't you use VoIP?A couple of reasons*Price. I get all the long distance I want with my wireless phone. Adding VOIP would be an extra expense, especially considering DSL is the only available broadband where I live and it requires a POTS line which I want anyway.*911. There...
- Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INTERNET, E911, VoIP, phone
- Discussion threads 2006-11-06
- Vonage IPO filing describes E911 chamber of horrors
- Vonage IPO filing describes E911 chamber of horrors*Not* a big dealWe have vonage service in my house. If the only issue w/ E911 is I have make sure my current address info is up-to-date, then I really don't see a problem here...In addition, we have 2 cell phones. I expect...
- Tags: GPS, Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, IPO, CALL QUALITY, Vonage Holdings Corp., E911, phone
- Discussion threads 2006-02-10
- Net phone operators reach E911 deadline
- Net phone operators reach E911 deadlineFCC a bunch of idiots, once againThis E911 red herring is pointless and stupid regulation. For instance, I moved from California to Canada a couple months ago. I kept my Vonage VOIP line so that I can have a US phone number. ...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, Internet phone, VoIP, E911, phone, VoIP company
- Discussion threads 2005-11-29
- More alarms over cell phone E911
- More alarms over cell phone E911I might get a new one, ifI could actually find a decent phone. All I find are gadgets with dozens of toys attached. What I NEED is a phone. Not a toy.GPS in phones is NOT for your saftythe gov could care less about 911...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, E911, phone, cell phone
- Discussion threads 2005-07-01
- Readers to VoIP providers: if you want our business, don't charge for E-911
- Readers to VoIP providers: if you want our business, don't charge for E-911It's a dilemma with no easy fix ...On the one hand, people want to be able to surf the internet as anonymously as possible (be it to avoid targeted ads, minimize risk of cyber-stalking, or to not have...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, E911, VoIP, softphone, POTS, VoIP company, phone
- Discussion threads 2005-03-03
Additional Resources
- Rumor Mill: iPhone to get copy, paste and better navi in firmware 2.1
- The most exciting thing around the watercooler today is the rumor that Apple has seeded iPhone firmware 2.1 to developers. MacNN sources tell them that they've found references to cut, copy and paste in the Localizable.strings entry under English.lproj. Woot! According to the story the...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Radio, Apple Inc., Firmware, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- IDA Disassembler on the iPhone? Yep.
- Ilfak Guilfanov has reported that IDA has been ported to the iPhone. Unbelievable? Yes. Is it useful? Who cares! IDA on the iPhone is hot! Don't act like you don't want IDA for your iPhone, you know you do. ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, IDA, Blogging, Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- 10 essential gadgets for students
- I chose these from personal experience, but also from asking many friends from around the world who are involved in technology and study at the same time. Some gadgets come with a recommendation, whereas others don't; things like laptops and cell phones can't be selected for everybody, it'd be ridiculous...
- Tags: Headphone, Phone, Cell Phone, Laptop Computer, Lecture, Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...
- Tags: Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Google's $10M, no, $100M Android Challenge
- Google's $10M, no, $100M Android ChallengeI think that Google also needs to make their own self branded phone.They can not depend on existing manufacturers to do it for them. But, after the Google phone takes off, Google might decide to get out of the market.It will be many years before...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Google's $10M, no, $100M Android Challenge
- So does Google have anything up its sleeve, when it comes to the Android mobile communications platform? It better have. Because expectations keep getting lowered. And Apple keeps raising the ante, at least in getting attention for new mobile applications. According to a Forbes.com...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Google Inc., Phone, Mobile, Android, Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Bausch
- BauschInteresting pairing...and one that seems to make a little more sense than the traditional IT/Accounting duopoly you generally see in the enterprise. Consumer oriented businesses in this day and age should have consumer oriented systems in place. I think the change in attitude should provide immediate dividends. ...
- Tags: Product marketing, Customer relationship management (CRM), Bausch
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Apple looking to hire iPhone hacker
- Apple looking to hire iPhone hackerIt's about revenue , not securitySo Apple is looking for someone who can prevent their phones from being jailbroken, so they have total control over what is on an iPhone, and can realize a revenue stream from every possible use of the device.Good luck to...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Apple iPhone, iPhone Hacker, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC, phone space
- Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC, phone spaceMicrosoft Store in the works...My rep told me Microsoft is looking into significant retail space in higher end upscale shopping malls. In the mock-up of the store, boxes of Vista and Office 2007 were kept under lock and key. Customers will be...
- Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., PC phone, PC, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC, phone space
- Microsoft has long prided itself on its open partner ecosystem and cited it as a key differentiator from Apple, which provides all of the hardware and software for its products. But that equation may be set to change, based on a somewhat cryptic comment from CEO Steve Ballmer. by...
- Tags: Phone, PC, Steve Ballmer, OEM, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Telecom & Utilities, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable
- Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be ReliableWow, you know it is bad when...You know it is bad when one of your most fervent fanboys tells you to stay away from an Apple service![i]The planned iDisk File Sharing featured was delayed[/i]More vaporware from Apple. Sounds like once again, they've...
- Tags: Desktops, Groupware, MobileMe, Mossberg
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Will industry react to new cell phone cancer scare?
- Will industry react to new cell phone cancer scare?hmm...what are we going to do with microwaves, wireless routers and TV & radio stations that emit in a similar spectrum?...Go in the mountains,or... in a cave?What about Bluetooth?So I hear some people saying to use headsets instead, but if they're Bluetooth,...
- Tags: Federal government, Cellular phones, Wi-Fi, industry, cell phone, FCC, Bluetooth, new cell phone cancer, radiation, cell phone cancer, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Apple's coming notebook transition
- Apple is readying a major product transition. We know because they told us so. In the quarterly financial crime call chief financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer referred several times to a "...future product transition which I can't discuss today". That was interesting for two reasons. First, the...
- Tags: Notebook, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Blu-ray, Product Transition, Portable Growth, Desktops, Hardware, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
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