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"Uma-Oprah?" No, "UMA-VoWLAN": "Uma-Oprah?" No, "UMA-VoWLAN"why do we need VoWLAN?Besides the acute shortage of new acronyms, why do we need it? Cell phone coverage is good, and if you really want to access your home PC from the sticks you're better off with a laptop and a GPRS or CDMA modem.Does it...; Tags: Cellular phones, Desktops, Uma-Oprah, UMA-VoWLAN, Cell phone coverage; Discussion threads 2005-06-22

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iCall will let you transfer a cellular call to VoIP on your Apple iPhone: iCall will let you transfer a cellular call to VoIP on your Apple iPhoneI bet AT&T is super excited about thisHow great for them to get your money and not have to carry your traffic.Personally though no I'm not excited, I can't be bothered by a phone with such low...; Tags: Wireless LANs, Telephony, Apple iPhone, T-Mobile, T-Mobile UMA, iCall, VoIP, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-06-20
50 questions asked and answered on Android: At the very end of the Google I/O 2008 conference last week the Android development team hosted a great fireside chat on the new mobile platform. The session was free-form, completely driven by questions from the audience. Although Google was trying to keep mum on a number of issues, several...; Tags: Developer, Google Inc., Application, Google Android, Phone, Device, Permission, Mobile, Platform, Java, OEM, API, Tool, Question, Carrier, Q., A., XMPP, A. Goal, A. Qemu, Thing Cert, Apk, UMA, A. Compatability, A. Distribution, Android Device, Linux, Wireless LANs, Advertising & Promotion, Productivity, Telecom & Utilities, Open Source, Wi-Fi, Operating Systems, Software, Wireless, Marketing, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-06-05
Monetizing social media: Still an uphill climb; Some friends may be worthless: Monetizing social media: Still an uphill climb; Some friends may be worthlessSomething is worth exactllywhat someone else is willing to pay for it.Couldn't be because they stink?Their revenue shortfall and lack of growth could just as likely be traced to their notorious right wing bias. As the neocons fall...; Tags: MySpace, social media, advertiser, social networking, advertisement; Discussion threads 2008-05-08
Our big carbon footprints: A class of MIT students in mechanical engineering has studied the carbon footprints of different lifestyles, from the homeless to multimillionaires. And the results are both fascinating and frightening. According to the study, even the people with the lowest incomes in the U.S. emit twice more carbon than the average...; Tags: U.S., Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Carbon, Carbon Footprint, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-04-29

Turns out it's harder to be green when you have a lot of green: Turns out there's some truth to that phrase "filthy rich," at least when it comes to your environmental footprint. Web site TGDaily reports today about a new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that proves (surprise, surprise) that your typical billionaire like tech titan Bill Gates...; Tags: Footprint, Ton, Carbon Footprint, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Advertising & Promotion, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-04-28
Ever been Oprah'd?: One of the measures of success for a tech website or blog is getting TechCrunched, Dugg or 'slashdotted' â€” the sudden surge of visitors that comes as a result of being highlighted by one of these big-traffic sites, often crashing the target site (it happened to one of...; Tags: Cloud Computing, Oprah Winfrey, Web Site, Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-03-29
Gateway FHD2400 (24-inch): Despite a host of video connections, including HDMI, and HDCP support, the $550 Gateway FHD2400 is not a good multimedia display choice. This 24-inch LCD carries a reasonable $550 price and will suffice for basic productivity and gaming usage. The rich feature set includes an optional $50 speaker bar that...; Tags: Corporate communications, Gateway FHD2400, Gateway Inc., display, OSD; Product reviews 2008-03-25
Fastest-growing sites in February 2008: January 2008 February 2008 Growth Rank Total Audience 184,239 185,017 0 N/A Nascar.com 2,196 5,170 135 200 TaxACT 5,803 9,622 66 101 The Mozilla Organization 9,127 14,992 64 63 123GREETINGS.COM 2,977 4,763 60 222 ...; Tags: WildTangent, NB; Blog posts 2008-03-25
Uh-oh: Oprah's streamed New Earth Event runs short on bandwidth: Uh-oh: Oprah's streamed New Earth Event runs short on bandwidthJust another instance of BAD PLANNINGShame on these guys for not knowing that when you attach the name "oprah" to an event... you get slammed. Just look at obama!242Gb is a lot of bandwidth though.. they should of done streaming...; Tags: Oprah Winfrey, bandwidth, Uh-oh, New Earth Event; Discussion threads 2008-03-04
Uh-oh: Oprah's streamed New Earth Event runs short on bandwidth: Last night's inaugural, Skype co-sponsoredÂ webcast of Oprah Winfrey's Oprah.com New Earth Event scored 500,000 simultaneous log-ins. That would be all well and good, but the gathering multitudes resulted in 242 Gbps of information moving over the 'net at the same time. ...; Tags: Bandwidth, Webcast, Statement, Oprah Winfrey, Podcasts, Digital Media, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-03-04
In the mind's eye, it's now Marissa versus Monkeyboy: Funny how the mind works. Sometimes it just makes associations whether you want it to or not. And now that I've read the feature article on Google's Marissa Mayer in San Francisco magazine, the images from that profile are etched into my mind whenever I think of...; Tags: Google Inc., Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Image, Cat, Ray, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-02-29
Purchase, setup and initial usage of T-Mobile's HotSpot @Home Talk Forever home phone service: I posted about the release of T-Mobile`s HotSpot @Home Talk Forever service yesterday and found the service quite compelling for my needs so I visited a local Seattle store and grilled the store manager with my list of questions. They did a great job in answering my questions and the...; Tags: SIM Card, Phone, T-Mobile HotSpot, Router, T-Mobile, Voicemail, Service, Telecom & Utilities, Routers & Switches, Cellular Phones, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-02-22
T-Mobile Talk Forever VoIP? Too early to tell: T-Mobile Talk Forever VoIP? Too early to tellYes to allI am completely and totally impressed with the Hotspot @ Home service. I had canceled T-Mobile about a year ago. When the WIFI equipped Blackberry 8320 came out I jumped on it right away. The connections are pretty flawless. A...; Tags: Fax, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, T-Mobile, voicemail; Discussion threads 2008-02-21
The+2008+Election+and+Outsourcing...+have+your+say: The+2008+Election+and+Outsourcing...+have+your+sayworst: senator from Punjab & McCainThe two likely to be worst are the self-proclaimed senator from Punjab and the multi-faceted McCain, followed by that militaristic Irish fellow from the deep south, Barracks O'Bama, and that baseball playing scarecrow guy from the marshes, Mitt Romney.There was no "scrollbar to the left",...; Tags: Punjab & McCain; Discussion threads 2008-02-04
MacBook Air DiaryÃ¢Â€Â“Day 5: The packaging: MacBook Air DiaryÃ¢Â€Â“Day 5: The packagingNicely done sire! nt.MacBook Air Diary–Day 30: The buyers remorse[i]"Bored of the MBA now. Fed up with having to put my DVD's into another machine just to burn / read them. Wireless is a bit shoddy. Oh I wish I had an Ethernet port. The...; Tags: Blogging, Notebooks, wireless, blog entry, MacBook Air, MacBook Air Diaryâ€, Day 5, MBA, Apple MacBook, blog; Discussion threads 2008-02-04
Best Practices for At-Home Agents: What is your mental image of a work-at-home agent? Is it of a smiling, professional agent diligently serving customers? Or do you see a pajama-clad loafer muting "Oprah!" to take an occasional call? Are you envisioning a progressive, cost-saving contact center strategy? Or does the very idea conjure up fears...; Tags: Agent, Best Practice, Real Estate, Business Operations; White papers 2008-02-01
And the scariest prediction about enterprise VoIP security in 2008 is...: VoIP security solutions provider Â Sipera Systems has posted their list of what their Sipera VIPER Labs sees as the five top VoIP Security Threats for 2008. Before I offer this list, two caveats: First, when a company with technological solutions posts their predictions,...; Tags: Attack, VoIP Security, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Security, Networking, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-01-19
U.K. teachers: Web plagiarism a serious problem: U.K. teachers: Web plagiarism a serious problemPlagiarism is good ..."I think the majority of students who engage in plagiarism do it more out of ignorance than the desire to cheat. They really want to succeed on their own merit."Here's the issue: you go through school being told that plagiarism is...; Tags: Channel management, Strategy, Plagiarism, plagiarism, Web; Discussion threads 2008-01-19
Suspense grows over XM-Sirius antitrust review: Suspense grows over XM-Sirius antitrust reviewThe only satellite monopoly govt supportsis it's own, and no one will take them to court or review over their own.I don't think I'll approve the deal.Can't we just allow consumers more programming choices for satellite radio? *sigh* :(I'd really advise FCC to make a...; Tags: Satellite radio, Federal government, Network technology, satellite, Sirius, XM Satellite Radio Inc., suspense, Oprah Winfrey, FCC, antitrust; Discussion threads 2008-01-04