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Vonage-Verizon patent infringement hearing today: but no decision yet: Colleague Anne Broache reports that a federal appeals court weighing the patent case that Verizon filed against Vonage heard arguments earlier today but did not immediately reach a decision.Anne thinks that one hint about what the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit may be thinking...; Tags: Vonage, Verizon, Regulatory, News; Blog posts 2007-06-25
Vonage vs. Verizon: how will the Appeals Court rule tomorrow?: Tomorrow, Vonage will ask an appeals court to extend a freeze of a lower court order that bars it from signing up new customers during the length of an appeals process of a ruling against Vonage in its patent infringement suit against Verizon.Last Tuesday, Vonage put out a statement...; Tags: Vonage, Verizon, Regulatory, General; Blog posts 2007-04-23
EXCLUSIVE: 1995 Newsgroup posting proposing VoIP predates Verizon, Sprint patents: This ones quite a story. I am not a patent attorney, but I would think that this info would be useful to all the players involved in the VoIP patent infringement cases between Vonage and Verizon, and Vonage and Sprint. Dan Connor, who runs the Vonage Forum, has just found...; Tags: patents, Regulatory, General; Blog posts 2007-04-19
Could this 3Com patent be a solution to Vonage's infringement woes?: Fellow blogger Andy Abramson writes that Ken Rutkowski, with whom he co-hosts the World Technology RoundUp has just forwarded him an email from an engineer who is listed as one of the three inventors of a 3Com patent that covers much if not most of the same ground one...; Tags: Vonage, Regulatory, General; Blog posts 2007-04-19
Complete Verizon-Vonage patent analysis Part One: 6,282,574: My interpretation: I agree with Om that the technology described here is so generic that a claim for infringement is highly unlikely. Entitled Method, server and telecommunications system for name translation on a conditional basis and/or to a telephone number, Verizons U.S. Patent 6,282,574 refers to:An enhanced name translation...; Tags: Vonage, Regulatory, General; Blog posts 2007-04-09

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Service integrators = Ed Tech bargain hunters?: I'm not entirely enamored of my ISP right now. Their backbone is dated, downtime too frequent, the email interface they provide is kludgy at best, application support for their web hosting is more limited than what you can get from $1.99 a month hosts, and, well, I'm just not...; Tags: Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Web Hosting, Internet, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-09-05
What the fight against cancer really needs: What the fight against cancer really needsSadly this is where a problem existsCuring cancer would be great on the human level. But it doesn't make good business sense for doctors and pharmaceutical companies that rely on patients to make money. Much like many other diseases, it's more profitable to keep...; Tags: cure, pharmaceutical company, patient, government; Discussion threads 2008-09-05
Wireless Access: What Price Speed: Wireless Access: What Price SpeedQuick Question.....Why do people still stand for "locking-in" a 2 year contract to do anything with Verizon?No contract, free WIFI and same speed.... seem's like a no-brainer to me.RE: Wireless Access: What Price SpeedAt least here in NYC Metro area they have you coming and...; Tags: 3G, INTERNET, Wireless LANs, Fios, boro, Verizon Communications Inc., wireless access, Wi-Fi, wireless; Discussion threads 2008-09-05
News to know: Windows 7; Patch preview; Office 2.0; Dell: Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Critical WMP, MS Office bugs on Patch Tuesday swat list Dancho Danchev:Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack Mary Jo Foley:...; Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Office 2.0, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-09-05
Electronic Retention Policy: The use and importance of e-mail and electronic documents in day-to-day communications between organizations continues to grow. While businesses used to be concerned solely with the retention and disposal of paper records, the management of e-mail and other electronic communication is quickly supplanting those paper documents. While...; Tags: Electronic Document, E-mail, Online Communications; Download resources 2008-09-05
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
Comcast sues FCC over net neutrality ruling: Comcast is suing the Federal Communications Commission over the agency's move to sanction the cable giant over blocking peer-to-peer Internet traffic from BitTorrent. According to the Wall Street Journal, Comcast filed the lawsuit on Thursday. Comcast said it will comply with the FCC order, but is suing...; Tags: FCC, Comcast Corp., Net Neutrality, Federal Government, Government, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Deploying and managing online communities: Who, how and why?: There was an interesting discussion at Office 2.0 that dealt with the topic of online communities. There's a lot of noise on the Web today and it's easy for that to noise to get – for lack of a better phrase – out of control. So should a company try...; Tags: Community, Marketing Research, Sales Strategy, Marketing, Sales, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Comcast challenges FCC authority: I don't have time to review this right now, but I wanted to get it up ASAP. Comcast is appealing the FCC decision on network management, even though it plans to comply. Here's the message I received: In connection with its filing today in the...; Tags: FCC, Commission, Network, Comcast Corp., Network Management, Sales Force Management, Federal Government, Internet, Networking, Sales, Government, Richard Koman; 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: The power of standard protocolsWhile I'm not an expert in IM protocols......I do agree with the basic philosophy (but you'd be surprised if I didn't). On the whole, compatibility is a good thing, even in the computer industry (where incompatibility has been seen as a competitive advantage for as...; Tags: Instant messaging, IM, standard protocol, software; Discussion threads 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
Wireless Access: What Price Speed: Is Verizon missing a trick in its trench warfare with Cablevision? Or has the maverick cable operator found an Achilles heel in the telephone operator's methods of providing TV, phone and particularly Internet access to customers in the New York area – and possibly nationwide? One...; Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Broadband, Wireless Access, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Broadband Internet, Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Ten leading platforms for creating online communities: Ten leading platforms for creating online communitiesTen leading platforms for creating online communitiesJust an editing note: You have Drupal listed as #3, so you have two #3's on the list. Feel free to delete this after correcting.RE: Ten leading platforms for creating online communitiesWhy did you choose not...; Tags: Social networking, Ning.com, leading platform, online community, IBM Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-09-04
News to know: Oracle's Fusion guru quits; Dell; Windows 7 boot times: Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Dennis Howlett: Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: New dual/quad core CPUs enter Intel price list, AMD drops prices ...; Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Portals, Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Software, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-09-04