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What should be your Plan B if Vonage locks you out or goes away?

In light of todays U.S. District Court ruling that Vonage will not be able to add any new customers until some form of final resolution is reached in the issue of infringement of three of Verizons patents, many, including colleague Larry Dignan are wondering about such issues as: ...

Tags: yahoo, Vonage, Skype, News, Gizmo Project, General, AOL

Blog posts 2007-04-06

USA Weekend bites at Jajah p.r. pitch

To read the puff piece by Reed Tucker in yesterdays USA Weekend Sunday newspaper supplement, youd think there were only two Internet phone services- Vonage and Jajah.Well, give Jajah credit for another p.r. coup. Were talking about a publication stuffed into more than 23,400,000 individual Sunday newspaper copies. "Unlike...

Tags: Vonage, Skype, General

Blog posts 2007-04-02

Alexa mashup site alexaholic lets you compare VoIP provider site traffic over time

Ive been having a little fun with alexaholic, a type of Alexa mash-up that lets you compare estimated page view totals and traffic patterns for several websites over specific lengths of time.Lets compare relative page view rankings for Skype, Vonage, Packet 8, Gizmo Project and SunRocket site views over a...

Tags: Web site development, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, Alexa Internet Inc., mashup

Blog posts 2006-11-17

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iPod touch gets VoIP, steals some iPhone thunder

The 'funnest' iPod ever has kicked it up a notch. Bam! Thanks to a microphone adapter and some free software called Truphone, the second-generation iPod touch is now capable of courting consumers as a VoIP mobile phone, in the most literal of senses (just...

Tags: Apple iPhone, VoIP, Apple iPod, Call, Apple iPod Touch, Truphone, Truphone Application, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-04

IPod shortage for the holidays?

Now now. There's no need to panic. And we certainly don't want any shopping mall stampedes. But, just between us, word is that there may be a shortage of iPods this holiday season - not that anyone out there is trying to fuel a buying frenzy to ensure that little...

Tags: Apple iPod, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Almost every Windows PC contains at least one insecure program

Almost every Windows PC contains at least one insecure programI Think Obviously Not Windows-OnlyWell, I hope it was a case of the surveyors or researchers appropriately delimiting their sample. As to the ZDNet headline writers, perhaps, here, we meet our Dr. Pavlov.I was facilitating a skype roll-out at the office...

Tags: Operating systems, PC, insecure program, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Windows PC

Discussion threads 2008-12-03

Hospitals may want to upgrade their WiFi

Hospitals may want to upgrade their WiFiGood hospitals are learningWhen my wife was diagnosed with acute leukemia and sent directly to the hospital for 28 days of treatment WiFi couldn't reach her room at the end of the hall. I bought a better antennae for hospital IT to install...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, hospital, Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2008-12-03

Nokia's N97: Is this your future netbook?

Nokia's N97: Is this your future netbook?Nokia’s N97: Is this your future netbook?No - the Nokia E90 already is. With the exception of a touch screen largely an overrated capability in any phone IMHO and totally irrelevant megapixels in the camera, it's pretty much an equivalent spec, with a...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Keyboards, Cellular phones, N-Series, Nokia N97, Nokia Corp., phone

Discussion threads 2008-12-02

Google Chrome and the extension conundrum

Google appears to be on the extension bandwagon for its Chrome browser, but that also opens a Pandora's box. In an extensions document via Stephen Shankland and Aaron Boodman Google outlines its plan to build extensions for Chrome. Extensions are the most requested feature for Chrome. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Chrome, Extension, Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Joost arrives for iPhone

Back in April 2007 when I first wrote about Joost it was an invitation-only video streaming service from the wunderkind responsible for Skype and Kazaa. Back then it required you to download a proprietary client, then in October 2008 it morphed into a Web-based service. In its...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Joost, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Video, Marketing, Internet, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)?

At well over 300 talkbacks and counting, plenty of folks took my challenge (and my reader's challenge) to sort out just what it would take to switch from Windows to desktop Linux. Obviously, there was plenty of the standard Windows vs. Linux bickering, but there were also a lot...

Tags: Desktop, Americans With Disabilities Act, Desktop Linux, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Remote Access, Software, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Hi Def Voice: Cool Sounding, But Do You Care?

Hi Def Voice: Cool Sounding, But Do You Care?We have been suffering so long with poor quality voice, that we are used toit. It almost does not seem like a phone call when the quality is good. But, talking so someone with high quality voice IS really nice. Of course...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone

Discussion threads 2008-12-01

Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 1)?

Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 1)?Can answer these ...[i]Know how to access Windows shares on the network[/i]Well that's pretty easy in Nautilus using smb:// , but a simple link with an icon should suffice.[i]Have a rudimentary understanding of the file system to ensure that...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Printers, desktop Linux, KDE, GNOME, user interface, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, desktop, printer, Microsoft Windows, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-11-30

The ultimate student handheld: something for Christmas?

I've taken many months looking for the ultimate student device; something fairly cheap and not too expensive especially in this current credit climate, something that'll last for a while, something which which can be multi-purpose; none of this "buy a camera, a phone and a sat-nav" when you can have...

Tags: Phone, Handheld, Video Call, Video, Camera, E61, E71, Multimedia Having Fun, Telecom & Utilities, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Microsoft kills Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription services

Microsoft kills Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription servicesFREE anti-virus anti-physing s/w for windows usersThat's what licensed windows users need! It will also encourage people to use license copies.RE: Microsoft kills Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription servicesThis is very strange..it makes MS look indecisive and incapable, especially as...

Tags: Equipt, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft kills Windows Live OneCare, Microsoft Kills, Equipt subscription service, subscription service

Discussion threads 2008-11-18

(Gallery: Best Buy-designed HP and Toshiba notebooks)

(Gallery: Best Buy-designed HP and Toshiba notebooks)Pretty Decent Specs!For 1,099 it´s a winner!Can you tell me why?-WHY nobody has ever put a cellphone, a VOICE, into a laptop, or netbook ?!? Is it because I claim a patent royality rights to this potentially hugely lucrative idea?Just, "call my laptop" !...

Tags: Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, notebook, laptop computer, phone, cell phone, Toshiba Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

First laptops "designed by" Best Buy look like winners

First laptops "designed by" Best Buy look like winnersgreat specsThey put what I would consider almost perfect specs in a nice mobile platform. They are obviously listening to consumers in these rigs. It's not the prettiest thing, but I'm not buying for looks.RE: First laptopsIt doesn't seem like...

Tags: Notebooks, Best Buy Co. Inc., First Laptop, laptop computer, Integrated Graphics, cell phone

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

Qualcomm floats 'PC alternative' 3G device

Qualcomm floats 'PC alternative' 3G deviceYou left tou the most importand thing: what operating system will it use?We can rule out Vista, Win7, XP, as it is not x86.RE: Qualcomm floats 'PC alternative' 3G deviceThe device I'd like to buy is an unblocked iPhone with Skype.Hardly "most important"At this point...

Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, Qualcomm Inc., 3G, PC

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

Gmail expands to include voice and video

Gmail expands to include voice and videoYou can't blame them for trying.A Question.Exactly, Precisely , What is this Plug??Yet another spy gadget for google?AaronAt the same timeI don't think I will use it. I use Skype for IM and A/V calls. I haven't used Gmail Chat more than...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Corporate communications, Web browsers, Google Gmail, video

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

Gmail expands to include voice and video

Sometimes, that back-and-forth typing of an IM chat just isn't working for you in a way that a voice conversation or face-to-face meeting might. Today, Google launched video and voice chat for Gmail - not necessarily a ground-breaking feature but somewhat different from other models because the...

Tags: Video Chat, Google Gmail, Voice, Video, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Corporate Communications, Internet, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-11