Archive for July, 2004

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Do we really need 10-GigE?

Om Malik, Monday, July 26, 2004 at 12:56 PM PT Comments (2)

With one-gigabit/sec NIC cards becoming standard on most computers, it is only a matter of time before we see the rise of the 10 GigE. Some day! A long time ago, I had written a piece on Ethernet as a business model, and argued that with this standard it is all right to waste bandwidth [...]

How to get ZyXEL working with Vonage

Om Malik, Monday, July 26, 2004 at 12:37 PM PT Comments (4)

A lot of people had problems with pairing their Vonage accounts with the ZyXEL WiFi phone. Even Andy had some issues with it, and had a tough time configuring it. Well I am adding two images to help with the set-up.

In (partial) praise of IPaq 6315

Om Malik, Monday, July 26, 2004 at 12:00 PM PT Comments (9)

For the longest time I have often wondered when someone will get the whole handheld game right. I mean so far most of the personal digital assistants either had WiFi, Bluetooth or cellular connections but not all of them together. With the release of IPaq 6315, I think HP is finally onto something. The new [...]

There is god, and its not Google!

Om Malik, Monday, July 26, 2004 at 11:24 AM PT Comments (1)

Google is down/sporadic! Makes me believe in god - the outage has happened on the very day they arrogantly announced their intentions to raise as much as $3.3 billion in an IPO that values the company at as much as $36 billion…Google will sell 24.6 million shares for between $108 and $135 a share, according [...]

Cisco’s Spam BreakThrough?

Om Malik, Monday, July 26, 2004 at 1:52 AM PT Comments (0)

The Inquirer is reporting that Cisco has come-up with some sort of a special anti-spam technology which can be embedded into the routers and well control spam. “While there’s no comment from Cisco on product plans, what we do know is that Michael Thomas, a Cisco employee, and Jim Fenton have co-authored “draft-fenton-indentified-mail-00″. That’s available [...]

Should Tellabs call off its deal with AFC?

Om Malik, Monday, July 26, 2004 at 1:17 AM PT Comments (0)

Not in the distant past, Tellabs made and rescinded a bid for a company called Ciena. In hindsight it proved to be a prudent move, and perhaps it is time for the company to reconsider its bid for AFC, for things are not going as planned. Aman Kapoor who is the principal behind boutique research [...]

Future of IM Part II

Om Malik, Sunday, July 25, 2004 at 11:55 AM PT Comments (0)

Ever since I wrote “Incredible importance of IM clients” I have been meaning to do a follow-up piece on how this technology which seems so simple on a day to day basis, is going to become even more vital to our interconnected lives. Well, Bill Burnham, beat me to the punch. Here is an excerpt [...]

Vonage’s WiFi phone coming?

Om Malik, Sunday, July 25, 2004 at 10:37 AM PT Comments (3)

Engadget guys got a chance to play around with a prototype of Vonage’s Voice over WiFi phone yesterday afternoon. Someone actually dialed the wrong number on the phone during the demo. In addition, they are coming out with with a softphone VoIP client that’ll work on the new Treo 610/Treo Ace and other Palm handhelds [...]

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