Apple is testing a new web chat support service for iMac customers that’s available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Eligible iMac owners include those who purchased their iMac less than 90 days ago, or those who have purchased an AppleCare Protection Plan for […] Read more »
Charter Communications, the nation’s third biggest cable television system operator, is having a tough time coming out of a nosedive. The company says its fourth-quarter was $340 million, and co-chief financial officer, Derek Chang is quitting. Charter, has been so badly mismanaged that one wonders what’s […] Read more »
The most…interesting iPod accessory yet. Also goes great with those iSoundz. Read more »
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OpenOffice keeps getting better and better and is becoming a serious contender in the office suite segment. A preview version of the next major version 2.0 is available for download and has a big list of new goodies for the serious user. A complete list of […] Read more »
I have often talked about desperate need for a massputer – a cheap computing device that does all normal PC tasks for less than $300. Indian hardware maker HCL has introduced a PC which costs about $350 or so including the monitor. Not sure how much […] Read more »
Business 2.0 :: Triple play” is the new buzzword in telecom circles. Most analysts believe that bundling voice, video, and Internet services over a single pipe — copper or fiber — is the only way phone companies can survive the cable gauntlet. The multibillion-dollar upgrade plans […] Read more »
CEO types from the telecom sector are going to appear at a Capitol Hill hearing tomorrow to discuss the current round of consolidation taking place in the United States. Those on the dance card will include most of the usual suspects. David Dorman of AT&T, Michael Capellas […] Read more »
Towerstream, one of the companies I have written about in the past has jumped into the already frothy VoIP waters. It has launched a beta version of consumer VoIP service which allows folks to make VoIP calls from WiFi hot spots, which are then back-hauled over […] Read more »
Towerstream, one of the companies I have written about in the past has jumped into the already frothy VoIP waters. It has launched a beta version of consumer VoIP service which allows folks to make VoIP calls from WiFi hot spots, which are then back-hauled over […] Read more »
No, I’m not switching to a Mac but Michael Hyatt of Working Smart recently has and is writing about the process involved in the switch. In this article he has some interesting observations of the differences between MS Office 2003 and Office 2004 on the Mac. […] Read more »
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USAToday reports that VoIP users who think they have the same 911 service that landline customers have should double-check their service agreements. A Vonage customer in Houston discovered the hard way during an armed robbery in the family home that the 911 service did not work […] Read more »
Vodafone says it has added another 500,000 songs to its Live! 3G service in Europe in a bid to supercharge its mobile music download service. ‘Vodafone also announces that, since it first launched full track music downloads across an extensive range of new 3G handsets in […] Read more »
At first blush there are remarkable similarities in what ace coder Jeremy Allaire’s new start-up, Bright Cove is trying to do and what others such as TiVo and Akimbo plan to achieve. They are all trying to become the platform to publish video content over the […] Read more »
At first blush there are remarkable similarities in what ace coder Jeremy Allaire’s new start-up, Bright Cove is trying to do and what others such as TiVo and Akimbo plan to achieve. They are all trying to become the platform to publish video content over the […] Read more »
Qwest says it will show nearly 15 billion in savings and cut 15,000 jobs if its deal with MCI goes through. Reuters says that the job cuts would mean slicing nearly 15 percent to 18 percent of the combined company’s work force. Which ever way you […] Read more »
Bernie Ebbers, the deposed autocrat who ran WorldCon like his private fiefdom says he was so dumb and stupid that he did not know anything about all the shenanigans being pulled by his underlings including Scott Sullivan. Some choice comments from his testimony. “I know what […] Read more »
Skype fails the “mom test”, meaning that it is too difficult for my mom to figure out. Hell, it is too difficult for a relatively technically adept person like me to figure out. I have spent at least an hour on the forums trying to find […] Read more »
Buffalo, MN (located 40 miles north of Minneapolis) is the latest city to join the likes of Las Vegas, NV, Cocoa Beach, FL, Garland, TX and Medford, OR in deploying a mesh-based metro area network. The new network will offer high-speed access to police and other […] Read more »
One of India’s oldest PC companies, HCL has just launched a sub-$300 computer that is while skimpy is good starter machines for most Indians who want to get a computer for the home. The PC is called EzeeBee Pride, and will be available on a $9 […] Read more »
There is a big debate going on about whether cities should get into the business of providing broadband to its citizens, especially if incumbents don’t act always in their (citizens’) best interests. More than a dozen states have come-up with bills to outlaw municipal and city […] Read more »
Fourteen VoIP providers from Europe and SIPphone.com of US have set up an international peering network which allows them to interconnect with each other without spending any termination fees. Those in the “network” include little known names such as Callme.se (Sweden), e-fon.ch (Switzerland), Magrathea Telecommunications (Great […] Read more »
Europeans are spending more on enterprise VoIP gear, while US spending is down according to Synergy Research Group’s Q4 2004 reports. The EMEA Enterprise IP Telephony market increased 28.1 % sequentially and 88.8% year over year while its U.S. counterpart dipped 3.5%– the first decrease ever […] Read more »
This article at CNN Money makes note of unnamed music labels planning to up the cost of digital music from the current 65 cents/song. As the article mentions, The Steve ain’t happy about this. The Record Labels are said to be comparing the higher cost of […] Read more »
MedVisor | dental is a patient education system for dentists that is based on the Motion Tablet PC. The company sells the software and hardware to dental offices to demonstrate dental procedures and diagnoses. They are also very instrumental for dentists to explain treatment plans in […] Read more »
A company in New Jersey, EtherTouch, has recently made technology available to OEMs to produce 3D touch screens for mobile devices. The EtherTouch screen has all electronics embedded in the screen by design so nothing is added to the appearance of the screen, which can be […] Read more »
Mini hard drive manufacturers Seagate and Hitachi have both announced the production of one inch drives with a 6 GB capacity. The new drives will no doubt start appearing soon in MP3 players like the iPod mini and Creative Zen Micro. Read more »
Qwest is in news for chasing MCI and well its original founder and board member, Phil Anschutz is making headlines as well. The Denver billionaire had financed the movie about singer Ray Charles’ life. The movie, Ray won six nominations and earned Jamie Fox his first […] Read more »
Blinkx has inked a deal with movie download service Movielink, and will create a channel is being added to http://www.blinkx.tv. – when you search Movielink through blinkx for a film title, you will see two windows pop up – one is the trailer for the film […] Read more »
The Broadband Blog: Recently launched VoIP Security Alliance has been set-up with a grand goal of making VoIP more secure. A centralised security forum specifically for Voice over IP to work on a unified approach to vulnerability research is not just good for those in Security, […] Read more »
Steve Castellano. thinks that chances of Qwest winning MCI are remote because “Qwest has too much debt. Verizon will raise its bid, if it has to, and move on. MCI will never pair with a weak partner and see its shareholder value desolve.” “Qwest has submitted […] Read more »
Bernie Ebbers, the milkman-turned-telecom tycoon is likely to take a stand today in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan. He is on trial on charges of conspiracy, securities fraud and making false filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission related to WorldCom, now known as MCI […] Read more »
Business Week is reporting that Vonage will one of the handful of companies hitting the IPO markets in coming months. Several VCs say the company is going to hit the public markets sometime this year. Among others on the IPO dance card include TellMe Networks. TellMe […] Read more »
The first Tablet PC Show is out of post production and ready for download on The Podcast Network. I’m really excited to be doing this podcast and promise you some exciting guests will be appearing on The Tablet PC Show and we’ll share a lot of […] Read more »
Update: Upon re-reading the story, I have corrections. They are blocking incoming ftp and IRC connections, and they are no explicitly blocking Bit Torrent and other P2P traffic, though they can. As Mike points out, they are letting you set up an FTP, email or IRC […] Read more »
US News & World Report says that Vonage is adding 10,000 new customers every week, and has a total of 450,000 customers. I guess, the big question is how many of them actually bail from the service, and how they are sliced and diced – i.e. […] Read more »
Steve Richards has Adult Onset Stills Disease (AOSD), a chronic and debilitating disease similar to arthritis that intrudes on every aspect of the afflicted’s life. An IT professional, Steve is in the fortunate position that allows him to work from home and still function in a […] Read more »
Reuters has a well reported, if slightly off target story on WiMAX. Even though tons of phone companies including Sprint and Qwest are trialing the emerging fixed wireless technologies, it is clear that the high cost of deployment and entrenched duopoly of cable and DSL service […] Read more »
Paris Hilton, the hacked socialite is getting some love – this time from Wall Street Journal and The New York Times – who have published remarkably similar stories in their Friday and Sunday editions. Gina Hoffman, Hilton’s spokeswoman told The Times: “She feels terrible that her […] Read more »
Apple Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer was interviewed recently by MacWorld and outlined his views on the personal media center market and video players in particular. Oppenheimer admitted that while some consumers are interested in seeing Apple produce a personal video player there will be no […] Read more »
Chris de Herrera over at Tablet PC Talk has published a review of the Sahara i213 Tablet PC that covers the whole enchilada right down to the rubber bumpers. I particularly like the simple stand for holding the Sahara (or any other Tablet PC if you […] Read more »
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