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America Online is one step closer in its bid to transform itself from a dial-up ISP into a content powerhouse. The company has just announced MyAOL (it must be 1999, Yahoo people are thinking.) The most exciting part of the news is that they are taking RSS mainstream. Yup - right out of the elites [...]

Business 2.0: How do you get people to pay for a Web browser? Opera Software CEO Jon von Tetzchner found the answer by diving into wireless. I interviewed him, and asked him how come he can charge for a product that is available for free. “But when we asked people why they’ve chosen to pay, [...]

Just like cell phone companies trying to lure you with free phones, now VoIP providers are offering free hardware with their service package. Chris has tips on how to use it with the Gizmo Project SJ softphone.

Apparently, Teleo-software is no longer available for downloads. Did Microsoft swallow them so quickly? Repeated requests for clarification on Microsoft-buying-them have elicited no response thus far from the company! (thanks Rick)

Thomas Hirsch send me this link which apparently says that Vocaltec, which has been in bit of trouble laid off 70 of its 100 employees. The VoIP pioneer has fallen on hard times, and still waiting for its white knight. There was some talk of Vonage-Vocaltec deal. If you can read hebrew, then perhaps be [...]

Okay that is not true, but Netcraft reports that the wildly popular World of Warcraft online game is having a big of a meltdown, (what in real world would be a heat wave in the Eastern US), and the site was offline for most of
Tuesday. The official reason - maintenance. There are 3.5 million gamers [...]