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Harris Interactive study has plenty of VoIP marketing lessons

Harris Interactive study has plenty of VoIP marketing lessons"Through your computer"You aren't even talking *through* your computer. As a matter of fact, you don't need a compter at all. You just need an internet connection and an adapter.Using the PC>>You are talking thru your computer.

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Telephony, VoIP marketing, VoIP, computer, Harris Interactive, hardware, marketing

Discussion threads 2006-04-16

More proof VoIP marketing is confusing consumers

More proof VoIP marketing is confusing consumersSkype vs VonageA quick look at the number of searches for Skype vs. Vonage suggests that Ebay got a good deal when they got the most sought after brand in VoIP and/or Vonage is worth almost as much as Skype! Eveyone is happy!

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Vonage Holdings Corp., Skype Technologies S.A., VoIP marketing, VoIP, Eveyone, marketing

Discussion threads 2005-12-06

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Are the Microsoft layoffs over now?

I hope soI hate seeing "SoandSo killing X amount of jobs" in the news =/Ballmer should be the first to get laid offHis reklessness to ignore the FOSS and cling to the proprietary model drove M$ into the ground.Q1 revenues of $13Bn generating $3.5Bn in net profit ...... would tend...

Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, accounting, Creative accounting, Microsoft Corp., layoff

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

News to know: AT&T; Apple; Google; Verizon; Microsoft

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Dancho Danchev: Weak passwords dominate statistics for Hotmail's phishing scheme leak Larry Dignan: The Android army: Verizon Wireless, Google...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Wireless, Wireless Coverage Data, Microsoft Windows, Mobile Operating Systems, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Wireless And Mobility, Handhelds, Wi-Fi, Mobile Applications, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-07

A Different Kind of Phone Service

Ari Rabban and I go way back - like five minutes. The president of Phone.com (wouldn't you like that domain name) has agreed to meet me at the Short Hills Hilton to talk about his newest venture. Rabban is a long time hand in the VoIP space having worked at...

Tags: Marketing, Phone, Phone.com, Virtual Office, Tagging, Rabban, Telecom & Utilities, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-10-05

News to know: Dell; Xerox, Android, NewEgg, Win7, Windows Mobile,

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: Dell Latitude Z 16" thin-and-light revealed; Lamborghini angles hide boardroom muscle Gallery: Hands on with the Dell...

Tags: Xerox Corp., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Storage, Andrew Nusca, Newegg.com, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Dell Latitude, EC, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-09-29

Jobs responds to iPod touch video snub

More BS from Wonder Boy.If the price of the Nano DIDN'T increase with the addition of the video camera, FM radio, Pedometer, etc., then Stevie Boy is full of it when he says he needs to keep the price of the Touch down.RE: Jobs responds to iPod touch video snubSteve...

Tags: Digital music, Corporate communications, job, Apple iPod, camera, Apple iPod Touch, Apple Inc., video

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

FCC to vote on wireless industry competition inquiry; Watch out Verizon and AT&T

How does the current setup stiffle innovation?Is the fcc indicating that they feel phones are not as advanced as they should be, or that wireless networks are not as innovative as they chould be?The current setup prevents consumers from ....1. Choosing the device they want2. Using it with...

Tags: 3G, Federal government, Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, Asian Governments, bureaucrat, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., FCC, phone

Discussion threads 2009-08-21

News to know: Apple security; Windows 7 bug?; Cisco; HP

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Apple warns of Mac attack risk via image files About the Mac OS X v10.5.8 Update ...

Tags: Security, Apple Macintosh, Hewlett-Packard Co., T-Mobile, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Camera, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, 3G, Operating Systems, Software, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-06

Frugal Friday: Optimum Ultra and DOCSIS 3.0, Crapware, When to replace a PC, Engine Yard and Ruby on Rails

Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss my adventures in Optimum Ultra 100Mbps cable broadband service (and experience the hilarity of early adoption when my VOIP cuts out 3 times during the broadcast) the bane of crapware, the decision of when to replace a small...

Tags: Cable Broadband, PC, Small Business, Ruby, DOCSIS, Ruby On Rails, Cable, Broadband Internet, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-04

Lenovo debuts ThinkPad T400s business thin-and-light laptop; 0.83 in. thick, under 4 lbs.

Lenovo today announced the new ThinkPad T400s laptop, a thin-and-light notebook for business users that features solid state drive storage and falls between the featherweight ThinkPad X300 and its T400 predecessor. The ThinkPad T400s sports a super-slim profile, just 0.83-in. thick at its...

Tags: IBM ThinkPad, Lenovo Group Ltd., Laptop Computer, ThinkPad T400s, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-22

What's Cloud Computing and What's Not?

What's Cloud Computing and What's Not?Cloud Computing Definition in 4 wordsOther people's virtual serversWhat is the Cloud? What....is computing? These two terms are definitive. We don't need someone trying to define something that is defined already by its terms.Cloud computing is accessing your IT resources through the cloud. The term...

Tags: Virtualization, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-05-29

VOIP reaches end of its proprietary era

VOIP reaches end of its proprietary eraVoIP was never proprietary, Skype IS.VoIP is not and has not been proprietary since almost the beginning. It is Skype's implementation of VoIP that is proprietary. Both their signaling protocol and their Codecs.Most VoIP systems started out using H.323 standards and then migrated...

Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VioP, VoIP, SIP, Skype Technologies S.A., Asterisk

Discussion threads 2009-05-21

Time's 10 biggest tech failures of the decade

Time's 10 biggest tech failures of the decadeIf the Zune is a failure..then so is every other mp3 player besides an iPod. After so many years and at 2-3% world marketshare it would be obvious to say Macs are failures as well.I see Time left their own failures off...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Desktops, tech failure, Microsoft Windows Vista, YouTube Inc., Apple Macintosh, Linux, Apple Mac OS X, Time Warner Cable Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

Palm Pre has a date: June 6; Price: $199.99; A 'crossover' device?

Palm Pre has a date: June 6; Price: $199.99; A 'crossover' device?Good luck, they'll need it...It ain't no iPhone, and never will be an iPhone. No AppStore, iTunes or iPod and limited to what it comes with. Why would I buy one of these when I can buy an iPhone...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Digital music, Apple iPhone, Palm Pre, Palm Inc., Pre

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

IBM rolls out the 'Smart Cube' with app market: Think enterprise iPod-iTunes combo

IBM on Tuesday will announce a pact with Intuit for an integrated server that's designed to be a small to midsized businesses IT department in a box. The appliance, dubbed the Smart Cube, is designed to offer email, calendaring, security, finance and other enterprise apps out of the box.  ...

Tags: IBM Corp., Smart Cube, Smb/Sme, Tools & Techniques, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-19

Five things I'd like to see from my broadband provider

Five things I'd like to see from my broadband providerYou can already have these!Large file download caps / VoIP & gaming bandwidth allocation could both be achieved by getting a better router with support for QoS. Then you could set quotas for each user in the house to make sure...

Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Network technology, broadband

Discussion threads 2009-04-08

Five things I'd like to see from my broadband provider

Tom Steinert-Threlkeld posted yesterday five things he would like to see change about his cable operator. As cable is practically a thing of the past over here in the UK, with satellite and Freeview free digital channels hitting most television sets, I thought long and hard about where the next...

Tags: House, Bandwidth, VoIP, P2P, Broadband, Peer To Peer (P2P), Telecommunications, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-04-08

Apple's $500 or Microsofts's 81% tax?

Apple's $500 or Microsofts's 81% tax?Just my opinion . . .I'm not going to compare Apples to MS based products, but I would rather pay 81% gross margin and save $500. Also, even if I have to buy AV software for the Microsoft device, at $40 a year, for 5...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Taxes, Personal finance, PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Inc., network speed, tax

Discussion threads 2009-03-31

Windows 7 and the netbook

Windows 7 and the netbookYes, you were missed.I hope the interruption was not too painful.What you said about change. Change will happen. It will catch everyone unawares. Both proprietary and Open Source will find new opportunities and pitfalls. The spoils will go to the most agile.Design...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, ARM

Discussion threads 2009-01-22