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- Open Source VoIP: Asterisk or FreeSwitch?
- Open Source VoIP: Asterisk or FreeSwitch?FreeSWITCH is a great choiceBrian's experience is not an isolated one. FS is starting to gain momentum as people realize just how much it can do and how well it can do it. Prior to the 1.0.0 release we saw a trickle of new users,...
- Tags: Telephony, VOIP, open source, Asterisk, FreeSwitch
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- At Netroots, relations warming with Obama
- At Netroots, relations warming with Obama"Democracy cannot exist without strong differences"I disagree. Seems to me that democracy works in a consensus environment just fine. What it does require, though, is toleration for differences in opinion and the ability of citizens to say what they think without fear of...
- Tags: Obama, Netroots Nation, Netroots
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- Microsoft Fiji beta over; final 'TV Pack' due soon
- Microsoft Fiji beta over; final 'TV Pack' due soonMedia Center may be best MS appMedia Center is by far the app I use most on my PC. When you're in MC, you don't even realize you're using a computer. Yes, there are some missing features, but it a joy to...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), TVs, Digital media, TV Pack, Fiji, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., TV, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows, Windows Media Center TV Pack
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Fiji government official tells Microsoft: 'Fiji' is not for sale
- Fiji government official tells Microsoft: 'Fiji' is not for saleUmm... so, it was wrong to use Chicago, Cairo...and also, Intel should not use rivers in Oregon; and maybe Apple should not use MacIntosh a type of Apple...RE: Fiji government official tells Microsoft: 'Fiji' is not for saleFiji government is a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Fiji
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- A visit to the Microsoft Newseum
- A visit to the Microsoft NewseumI AgreeWe all remember the Mac story!MS is all about packaging and marketing.Come on Paul...Microsoft has completely changed the landscape of IT FOREVER. I am in a constant upgrade cycle here. I have MCSEs and MCSDs working 365 days a year on upgrades. Our CFO...
- Tags: Operating systems, ROI/TCO, Microsoft Corp., Unix, Microsoft Newseum
- Discussion threads 2008-06-18
- Apple's <i>Grand Central</i> threat to Microsoft
- Apple's Grand Central threat to MicrosoftNecessary motivationIt could go something like this ...1. Software company APPLE realises it will get good press and follow-on sales by harnessing computing power in existing multi-core CPU's. If only they had better integration with the hardware ...2. GPU Hardware companies (ATI, NVIDIA) realise they...
- Tags: BTW Windows, Apple Inc., multi-core, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-17
- UK prisoners to train for career in IT
- UK prisoners to train for career in ITuhhh...what?That, without a doubt, is the stupidest thing I've heard all day.You’re taking convicted criminals, who have already been proven to have a “bendable” view on moral right and wrong, and teaching them how to commit potentially huge crimes from relative safety….or go...
- Tags: Professional development, prisoner, information technology, career
- Discussion threads 2008-06-13
- Intel plays show and tell: Environment, visual computing (multi)core themes
- Intel CTO Justin Rattner and his merry band of researchers played show and tell with projects from the chipmaker's lab focused on visual computing and how to leverage multiple cores. Rattner outlined Intel's research projects Wednesday--roughly 70 of them--and noted that these experiments will turn into products...
- Tags: Environment, Computing, Intel Corp., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-11
- Red Hat settles patent suit
- Red Hat settles patent suitI need clarification[i]Essentially, all that have innovated to create, or that will innovate with, software distributed under Red Hat brands are protected, as are Red Hat customers.[/i]That sounds like a Novell-M$ pact!The only way to be compatible to GPL3 is to buy the patent and release...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Red Hat Inc., DataTern/Amphion
- Discussion threads 2008-06-11
- Two small countries thinking big, and green
- Two small nations on opposite sides of the globe are building world class renewable energy proejcts. In Portugal they're constructing what will become, temporarily at least, the largest solar generating plant on earth. It's going into eastern Portugal near the town of Moura. This photovoltaic farm is...
- Tags: Turbine, U.K., Portugal, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-08
- Wikia gives the little guy image control
- The new features added to Wikia Search give everyone the power that until now only big companies have had, the ability to control what people learn first about you. It's very likely you have even more power than Microsoft in this regard, because everyone can theoretically edit every...
- Tags: Google Inc., Wikia Inc., Wiki, Blogging, AJAX, Online Communications, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- PaaS and the patent trolls
- Many of the emerging Platform as a Service offerings encourage business users or specialist business solution providers to create their own custom applications. From Coghead to Iceberg, Quickbase to Rollbase and Longjump to Zoho, the message is one of unlimited freedom to custom-build your own business process automation. ...
- Tags: Patent, Patent Troll, PaaS, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Is it RIP for my aged Apple laptop?
- OK. I may just have found a very relevant reason to go out and buy a new computer: I think I have officially killed my four-year-old Apple notebook. And, yes, I will lose data if I can't recover the hard drive. And, yes, I am traveling as this discovery is...
- Tags: Thin Client, Apple Inc., Laptop Computer, IGEL, Thin Clients, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Telecom transforms downtown Los Angeles
- As noted last week, I'm in the midst of scrambling to complete work before I head across the Atlantic to London, and soon thereafter, Africa. That means I am having to do a few things I don't do in the normal course of a programming day. ...
- Tags: Network Solutions Inc., Telecommunications, Sales Strategy, Servers, Sales, Hardware, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Microsoft's quarter, outlook mixed; Client revenue misses; Xbox shines
- Microsoft's quarter, outlook mixed; Client revenue misses; Xbox shinesFor reference:This quarter was the one year anniversary of all those Vista coupons being cashed and the profits recorded. That's a reason the numbers were lower this year.Vista SP 1 was not released in time to produce a level of new...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Taxes, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-24
- Microsoft Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance test
- Microsoft Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance testYes Microsoft said this months agoThey have not yet changed Office to keep up with spec changes negotiated during the ISO standardization process. They have long ago made announcements regarding this and their plans for bringing it into compliance.I can't decide which was more...
- Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Microsoft Office, ISO, software, Microsoft Office 2007
- Discussion threads 2008-04-21
- Psystar: Apple's terms violate U.S. monopoly laws
- Psystar: Apple's terms violate U.S. monopoly lawsPar for the courseLet someone else do all the work and try to make a buck off it.... Isn't that textbook moderm American business?I agreeIt would be quite shameful if Apple tried to make a buck off of Psystar's hard work.Then is Psystar technically...
- Tags: Operating systems, Digital media, Digital music, Psystar, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-15
- Iona exec: open source unit not for sale, Mule is "not ESB"
- Iona may be on the block but it is not looking to spin off and sell off its nine-month-old open source business unit, said one key exec. Larry Alston, vice president and general manager of open source at Iona, acknowledged that the company is exploring strategic options after...
- Tags: Iona Technologies, Apache Software Foundation, Mule, Open Source, Enterprise Service Bus, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-04-14
- Will telcos accept an open source switch?
- Will telcos accept an open source switch?Yeswhen they can call it their own, make loads of money off of it, patent what they can to make their part future payment secure, and piggyback the rest like a free ride.RE: Will telcos accept an open source switch?How does this this product...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, FS developer, Asterisk PBX, open source, telecommunications company, FreeSwitch
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
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