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[qi:090] Remember how we complained about Google-owned GrandCentral doing a switcheroo on their promise of one number for life? Well, Skype is doing the same to some Londoners who have SkypeIn mumbers. The company sent an email to some of the “0207″ number owners with this […] Read more »

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[qi:090] The VoIP community, like so many others, got swept up in the Facebook platform euphoria. Not a day passed without some startup or another unveiling their Facebook application amid much fanfare. Well, the party is over, and it has become clear that VoIP apps have […] Read more »

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[qi:090] Skype, the P2P voice service that cost eBay billions of dollars, might be up for sale, according to The Guardian. Currently in favour around London’s webbist community is the rumour that Google has been in negotiations to buy Skype, the web telephony firm, from eBay. […] Read more »

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Tom Keating reports that the owners of Skype Wi-Fi phones and other standalone devices have been experiencing excruciating network problems, and points to the vitriol flowing freely on the Skype forums. [qi:___wifi] This raises the question: Why are these outages happening? And should Skype (EBAY) start […] Read more »

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Jajah, the VoIP callback service provider that shifted from paid to “free” and was dreaming of an initial public offering in 2007, has pushed back its IPO plans until the second or third quarter of 2008, co-founder Roman Scharf told Reuters. The timing seems about right […] Read more »

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[qi:076] Covad to be acquired by Providence Equity Platinum Equity Partners for $1.02 a share in cash, a 59 percent premium to its closing price on Friday. Covad is one of the handful of independent broadband service providers to have survived the telecom bust. Providence, I […] Read more »

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[qi:90] Now that eBay (EBAY) has admitted that it overpaid for Skype, it is time for the company to start trying to recover some of its investment. The best way for them to do that is by milking the Skype brand — like with the so-called […] Read more »

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VUDU, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based movie download device maker, has scored a big one: it has hired former FOX executive Mark Jung as CEO. The set-top box company that hasn’t been able to escape skepticism is betting Jung will be the catalyst that helps it get […] Read more »

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[qi:026] The exodus of senior management from eBay’s Skype division continues. Ten days after co-founder Niklas Zennstrom decided to say sayonara to the P2P telephony company, Michael Jackson, one of its early employees and VP of operations, has left the building. I had wondered why eBay […] Read more »

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[qi:012] eBay (EBAY) is finally jumping with both feet into social networking with its eBay Neighborhoods. It’s clearly arriving at the party at a late hour, but what it’s brought to that party has enough panache that it deserves a good look. eBay will formally lift […] Read more »

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Niklas Zennstrom has resigned as CEO of Skype, but will become non-executive chairman of the company’s board. Michael van Swaaij, eBay’s (EBAY) chief strategy officer, has been appointed interim CEO until a replacement is found. eBay also announced that it has paid EUR 375 million (approximately […] Read more »

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[qi:011] With every new technology, innovation generates excitement, the excitement turns into buzz and the buzz, more often than not, gives way to a buyout in which a buyer overpays for a hot new startup — and triggers a slow deflation in the valuations of the […] Read more »

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It’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day, and with all due respect to the actual seafaring pirates of Somalia and Indonesia, most modern pirates are busy scourging online for intellectual booty. They’re not unfurling topsails, shivering timbers or walking planks, either, but seeding cams on the […] Read more »

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Download Squad featured MySchoolog yesterday and I thought the concept was great. It’s a free, web-based organizer for students at any level of education; yes, I think even The Student Tablet PC folks might find value here. The entire application is PHP-based and uses AJAX to […] Read more »

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All right, I admit I am addicted to finding the perfect case for my gear.  It’s a driving force that I’m helpless to fight, the desire to find the one case in the universe that fits both my gear and my needs exactly.  I recently reviewed […] Read more »

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The whole Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) moniker has been confusing since the launch of the handheld devices, especially since the decision was made somewhere to drop the Origami codename.  Since Ultra Mobile PC is a generic term people have been calling any small handheld a UMPC, […] Read more »

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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that HP will stop reselling iPod. It was a bad idea to begin with, and now its over. HP accounted for about 5% of total iPod sales. HP will still distribute the iTunes software on its computers. It was a […] Read more »

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US telecom companies, big and small, have been wheezing, desperate to get out of a slump that followed the bursting of the bubble. Look at Lucent – a company that nearly invented the industry is now competing with Chinese upstarts. AT&T, gone, part of SBC. Many […] Read more »

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Tony Soprano, move over. For there is no one who can issue threats like the Broadbandit Bernie Ebbers. According to Associated Press, WorldCon’s ex-CEO and bankrupter-in-chief is looking for a reimbursement from the company for his millions of dollars in legal bills. This came to light […] Read more »

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TheLawyer.com reports that working on bankruptcy of the three big broadbandits – WorldCon, Global Double Crossing and Enron has proved to be a windfall for a bunch of law firms. Heading the list is the Weil Gotshal & Manges whose bankruptcy practice now accounts for 20 […] Read more »

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