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- Nextel: 'We can't charge government those termination fees'
- Nextel: 'We can't charge government those termination fees'Termination fees should be charged to nobody.Cell phones is the only industry I know of that charges termination fees - and frankly, the practice should be made illegal. Charging people for quitting a service or switching to a competitor is insane. In addition,...
- Tags: Workforce management, Government, termination, termination fee, Nextel Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-14
- Nextel: 'We can't charge government those termination fees'
- Nextel admitted in internal emails that it could never charge the government the kind of early termination fees it charged consumers, the Associated Press is reporting. In documents unearthed as part of one such lawsuit, employees at Nextel — now part of Sprint Nextel Corp....
- Tags: Nextel Communications Inc., Termination, Termination Fee, Government, Workforce Management, E-mail, Vertical Industries, Human Resources, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-06-13
- Yahoo's Google ad deal: Savior or mistake?
- Yahoo has made it official: It is teaming up with Google on search advertising, but the ripple effects--both short-term and long-term--are just beginning. The two companies have announced a broad agreement where Yahoo uses Google's text advertising, but stops short of completely outsourcing search. Among the key...
- Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Termination Fee, Text Advertising Business, Carl, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-12
- Will VoIP providers' high termination fees ultimately (and irreparably) stovepipe the Internet?
- Will VoIP providers' high termination fees ultimately and irreparably stovepipe the Internet?Obvious answer.Very rarely if ever are you going to get "open and free" from "for profit" companies. There is a strong incentive to build closed, proprietary systems to lock users into thier product offerings.This is not exclusive to...
- Tags: Workforce management, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, termination fee, termination, Internet, VoIP
- Discussion threads 2007-06-19
- Will VoIP providers' high termination fees ultimately (and irreparably) stovepipe the Internet?
- All around us, it seems, there are forces conspiring to stovepipe the Internet. That's where there's no single Internet. But rather, a whole bunch of them. To us of course, it looks like one big Internet with all sorts of devices (computers, PDAs, smartphones, etc.) that can connect to...
- Tags: General, Legal, Mobile, Telephony, Web technology, Wired &, Wireless
- Blog posts 2007-06-18
- Here's why cell-like early termination fees will come to VoIP
- Mark my words. At some point in the non-distant future, when the novelty of VoIP wears off, many if not most VoIP service providers are going to experiment with pricey termination fees similar to what the cell companies do. I'm not talking about a termination fee equal to one month...
- Tags: termination fee
- Blog posts 2005-08-12
- Monday prediction: VoIP will adopt cell's long-term contract, high termination fee model
- Over the weekend, I went to the local computer store and happened by the cell phone section.I saw a new phone I wanted badly, but then I thought of that dang two-year service plan I am on with my current provider. In my fevered brain, I started "ka-chinging" the relative...
- Tags: termination fee, VoIP
- Blog posts 2005-07-18
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- Livin' La Vida Linux
- Encoding my CDs in a lossless, patent-fee, DRM-free format gives me the freedom to do what I want with the music I've already bought. The RIAA would probably call me a criminal. by Jeremy Allison
- Tags: Jeremy Allison, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Device, CD, Music, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- Live Webcast: The Privileged Account Management Debate
- There has been a furor of debate following the recent issues with the City of San Francisco and its administrator not divulging administrative passwords. Much of that debate has centered on whether other admins would perform similarly malicious acts following an employment termination. Some reports have this percentage...
- Tags: Password, Webcast, Account Management, Admin Password, Quest Software Inc., Sales Channel, Sales Force Management, Sales
- Webcasts 2008-10-15
- News to know: Wimax; Tech economy; Microsoft's big brains; Apple
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason Hiner: Beyond mobile broadband, WiMAX is about blowing up the wireless business model Larry Dignan: Gartner's CIO pep talk: Make a difference or be automated (or...
- Tags: NVidia Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- eBay ProLine Calculator (ods)
- eBay ProLine Calculator allows you to manage up to 13 auctions at one time. Being more than just managing, you have advanced planning tools directly before you to help you get the correct starting price and other planning. You then have advanced and comprehensive tools to help you through every...
- Tags: Percentage, eBay Inc., Tool, Downtown Shukel, eBay ProLine Calculator, Productivity
- Software downloads 2008-10-12
- My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS services
- My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS servicesAbout damn timeSince the carriers don't give us any way to shut off the COD messaging, laying a minefield for SMS senders is the only practical way to shut off the flood of spim that I have to pay for.They're starting...
- Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular phones, text fee, Verizon Communications Inc., SMS Service, SMS
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS services
- Verizon Wireless dropped a bomb today on companies that send content over SMS text messaging systems. Techmeme Effective Nov. 1, companies that send messages and other notifications to Verizon Wireless customers via SMS text message - that's everyone from Google to Twitter to startups like alerts.com - could be forced...
- Tags: Fee, Verizon Communications Inc., Text Messaging, Messaging, SMS, Verizon Wireless, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Garmin Nuvi 265WT
- The Garmin Nuvi family of portable navigation devices PNDs is growing constantly, and the GPS manufacturer has added a new line called the Nuvi 2x5 series that focuses on providing high-end features for an affordable price. The flagship model of this line is the Garmin Nuvi 265WT, and it offers...
- Tags: Keyboards, GPS, Network technology, POI database, Garmin Nuvi, Garmin Ltd., Garmin Nuvi 265WT
- Product reviews 2008-10-09
- Mac OS X Patch Day: 40 security flaws fixed
- Apple has shipped another whopper of a patch to cover a total of 40 documented vulnerabilities affecting the Mac OS X ecosystem. The Security Update 2008-007, available for Tiger and Leopard, covers a range of third-party components and Mac OS X flaws that could users at risk...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Vulnerability, Arbitrary Code Execution, Application Termination, Apple Mac OS X, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Palin the reformer? In fact, a pattern of stonewalling and hiding
- The Associated Press takes a hard look at Sarah Palin's spotty – perhaps, hypocritical – record on open government and online transparency. She claims to be a reformer who will bring to Washington the government openness she says she established in Alaska. But the AP's review of her...
- Tags: Associated Press, Alaska, Sarah Palin, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- $236m judgment against spammer couple
- $236m judgment against spammer coupleSadly, it's pointlessSadly, in reality such a judgment is pointless.Let them pay it in jail time$236m is a fair bill to run up. I say let them paying it back in jail time.Let's even be generous and say 1 day in jail will reduce the bill...
- Tags: Spam, Email Ads, e-mail, spammer, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- The IT role in the mortgage meltdown
- The IT role in the mortgage meltdownNobody likes a WhisleblowerYou got blacklisted for publicly Whistle-blowing at a company meeting. For your trouble you lost a job, faced economic hardship, and had to explain at interviews why this employer would not give you a reference. You did not follow...
- Tags: Leadership, information technology, mortgage meltdown, IT role, U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Zune 3.0
- Photo gallery:Zune 3.0 softwareIn order for Microsoft's Zune MP3 player to compete against Apple's iPod, Microsoft not only had to create a great MP3 player; it also had to create a solid software client to compete against iTunes. In doing so,it's created an attractive, full-featured digital-media jukebox that some users...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Zune
- Product reviews 2008-10-07
- Forrester fuels the SAP maintenance price hike debate
- The last few days I've been exchanging email with R 'Ray' Wang, VP and principal analyst at Forrester about the kerfuffle over SAP's unilateral decision to apply a price hike to its maintenance and support fees. Ray specializes in the enterprise market and has special experience of SAP going back...
- Tags: Customer, SAP AG, Forrester Research Inc., Ray, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Investment, Business Structures, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
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