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- What I'd change about Gizmo Project's Login screen
- Martin Geddes of the independently-run Skype Journal is not what you would call a huge fan of the Gizmo Project Login screen.While I love and use Gizmo, I tend to agree with Martins assertions that the screen layout can be confusing, with what he calls a "high cognitive...
- Tags: Gizmo
- Blog posts 2006-10-22
- Users: Gizmo Project Linux version is buggy
- Update: Several hours after making this post, I was notified by Gizmo Project representatives that this problem was spotted last night and the latest release is now available that fixes the problem. Visit http://www.gizmoproject.com/download-linux.html to get the latest Linux version. Gizmo Project is SIPphone's open source softphone.Gizmo has released...
- Tags: Gizmo
- Blog posts 2005-12-02
- Gizmo vs. Skype: Robertson sees how they run
- Entrepreneur Michael Robertson, whose SIPPhone, Inc VoIP open standards initiative has released what some people call the "Skype-killer" Gizmo Project softphone, has been running both Gizmo Project and Skype's softphone on his PC.Last night, he emailed me with some results and overview."I just checked memory usage on an XP box...
- Tags: Gizmo, Skype Technologies S.A.
- Blog posts 2005-07-26
- What users are saying about Project Gizmo
- In my last post, I gave you some background info on the Gizmo Project softphone, and its spearheader, veteran entrepreneur and MP3.com founder Michael Robertson.As I mentioned, Michael has sent me a few emails last night and this morning.In one of those emails, he draws perspective from comments the Gizmo...
- Tags: Gizmo, SIPphone Gizmo Project
- Blog posts 2005-07-26
- Gizmo Project's Robertson: 'Skype has a lead, but...'
- Last night and early this morning, I received three emails from Gizmo Project spearheader Michael Robertson. Before I share some of what he had to say to me, a little background is in order.Already known for MP3.com, entrepreneur Michael Robertson launched SIPphone, Inc. in April, 2003 to build a VoIP...
- Tags: Gizmo, SIPphone Gizmo Project
- Blog posts 2005-07-26
- Skype vs. Gizmo UI? Hah! No comparison
- OK, now I am on record as saying that Skype has cheaper calling plans than the Gizmo Project. But what about the user experience? Or, as we geeks call it, the UI? User Interface.On this count, any objective observer would have to say that the Gizmo Project rules.Let us first...
- Tags: Gizmo, Skype Technologies S.A., SIPphone Gizmo Project
- Blog posts 2005-07-25
- I compare Skype, Gizmo Project's calling rates
- In this series of posts, I am comparing the much-ballyhooed Gizmo Project to Skype.For this post, I compared the plans you will need to make each softphone make and receive calls. I analyzed the:Outbound calling rates of SkypeOut to Gizmo Project's CallOut;Inbound line rates of SkypeIn to Gizmo CallIn.And here...
- Tags: Gizmo, Skype Technologies S.A.
- Blog posts 2005-07-25
- Gizmo Project A "Skype-Killer?" I set out to find out
- Lately, the hype machine has gone into overdrive about the Gizmo Project. As you may know, the Gizmo Project is an open-standards initiative from the folks who built SIPphone VoIP platform- one which enables building of free VoIP services.So OK, let us give the Gizmo Project credit for being on...
- Tags: Gizmo, SIPphone Gizmo Project
- Blog posts 2005-07-25
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- Cablevision blankets Long Island with Wi-Fi
- Cablevision Systems, one of the biggest cable providers in the New York City metro area, announced that it's completed the first stage of a massive Wi-Fi network project called Optimum WiFi that will eventually cover the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state area. The company says that its wireless networking equipment now...
- Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Red Hat draws its line in the virtual sand with Qumranet
- The caves of Qumran, located in in the highly disputed region of the West Bank that sits between Israel and Jordan and is populated by both Palestinians and Jews, is where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. The scrolls are said by many Judaic scholars...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Virtual Desktop, Qumranet, Open Source KVM, Virtualization, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Google's Top 10 Cloud Computing List
- Dontcha just love Top 10 lists? At the Office 2.0 conference in San Francisco today, Matthew Glotzbach, who leads the Enterprise Products team at Google, offered a "Top 10 Things I Can Do in the Cloud That I Couldn't Do A Year Ago." No surprises that many of the tasks...
- Tags: Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Mobile, E-mail, Productivity, Web Browsers, Advertising & Promotion, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Internet, Marketing, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- The power of standard protocols
- I've spent the past few months as the primary developer at a very small company. An important technology to this company is Instant Messaging, as it plays an essential part in our approach to unified messaging. This has meant that I have had to build, in-house, our...
- Tags: IM, Jabber, Protocol, XMPP, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Red Hat acquires Qumranet
- I just received a press release telling me that one of my clients, Qumranet, has been acquired by Red Hat.This was not entirely unexpected. Here's what the release said Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., Qumranet Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Ten key differences between Linux and Windows
- Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Before debating the relative merits and shortcomings of Linux and Windows, it helps to understand the real distinctions between them. Here are the key differences distilled into one list....
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Jack Wallen. TechRepublic, Jack Wallen. ZDNet.co.uk, Windows, Microsoft, GNU Public License
- News items 2008-09-04
- Something in the air: Several random wind energy updates
- It's been so still here in northern New Jersey for the past week that I can't imagine using the technology that I'm going to mention in this post. And yet the wind has been known to bend the trees in my yard, like kelp responding to a tidal surge. So,...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, mW, Wind Energy, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Dell and Salesforce.com: So cozy they could merge (someday)
- Dell and Salesforce.com have quite a partnership going on. Dell is developing its internal and some of its external application on Salesforce.com's force.com platform. Salesforce.com is moving its data centers to Dell hardware. And the two are teaming up on marketing pitches. Meanwhile, the relationship appears to be much more...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Five reasons Chrome will take over the world
- Five reasons Chrome will take over the worldFive reasons Chrome will take over the worldYou know what ZDNet needs? More articles about Chrome! 12 over the last 24 hours just isn't enough so why not add to that number.Chrome isn't taking over anything because its terribly broken. It doesn't render...
- Tags: Development tools, Web browsers, chrome, Chrome, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Google Chrome ... the day after
- Google Chrome ... the day afterGoogle Chrome ... the day afterGoogle Chrome had its initial spike from people trying it then realizing how broken it is. So they went back to their default browsers leaving Google out in the cold. The countdown begins now for them to cut...
- Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, countdown, FF3, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome, IE8
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Windows 7: Can Microsoft get boot time to under 15 seconds?
- Windows 7: Can Microsoft get boot time to under 15 seconds?Where has this been?Oh, hello, MS, is that you? Did you remember that little OS side-project that you've had going on for a couple decades now? I'm so glad to see a renewed interest, please stick around to...
- Tags: Operating systems, Boot-time, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Mozilla CEO: No worries about Google Chrome
- Mozilla CEO: No worries about Google ChromeLike it!I like Chrome and IŽll keep using treehoo.com (the Google-based site that plants trees) as my default hoempage!With more competition, the market share for alternative browsers will gonowhere but up, and as more and more are exposed to and become knowledgeable about alternative...
- Tags: Web browsers, Lilly, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Google Inc., Mozilla Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
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