Internet-Enabled Phones Used as Airplane Boarding Passes - Delta Airlines finds new use for phones on flights

Internet-Enabled Phones Used as Airplane Boarding Passes - Delta Airlines finds new use for phones on flights Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Delta Airlines is testing out a new boarding pass system which would allow customers to use their cell phones for flight check-in. Internet-enabled phones are capable of downloading an electronic boarding pass directly to the handset. The phone could then be scanned by security and gate check-in so that customers would board their p

Playing WIth New Technology

I got my Novatel Wireless MC950D Wireless GSM/3G modem...it rocks. I've been playing more and more with the NO IT GUY REQUIRED Jazinga box, a combined router, WiFi access point and VoIP service box for the SOHO and SMB market. It really rocks. Alec Saunders and I had a call this morning..from my hotel room on WiFi using only my CounterPath Eyebeam client. The SIP to PSTN service worked flawlessly. I've also been using the services of PhoneFusion. Think of GrandCentral meets PhoneGnome (which

Flock2 Ease

This is what flock2 looks lie with a few extensions/addons loaded: The sameplace IM sidebar is to the right in detached state. The only thing left to configure is the Abbeynet MOzillaVOIP addon to get full VOIP functionality including skype right in the browser, Seesm there is a small collectionof VOIP addons for FirefFox, Flock and THunderbird. Blogged with the Flock Browser

Free Calls to Singapore

As Promised, we are kicking off the free international calls series. Today we are discussing various ways to make free calls to Singapore. As most of you know, I live in singapore. There are huge number of people abroad who make international calls to Singapore. Almost 80% of these users are totally unaware of VOIP Providers who offer free international calls to Singapore. Lets make there life easier. Lets look at VOIP Providers who offers free calls to Singapore: 1) MediaRingTalk: Mediaring

California Asks ISPs to Block Child Porn - With 100 ISPs in the state, agreement on the issue could be difficult

California Asks ISPs to Block Child Porn - With 100 ISPs in the state, agreement on the issue could be difficult Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » It was recently announced that Verizon, Sprint and Time Warner Cable have agreed to begin blocking child porn on websites and online bulletin boards in a deal made with New York s Attorney General. The Attorney General of California, along with Governor Schwarzenegger, has now asked that ISPs under California jurisdiction agree t

Portland Finds No Buyer for Wi-Fi Network - MetroFi starts shutting off citywide wireless services

Portland Finds No Buyer for Wi-Fi Network - MetroFi starts shutting off citywide wireless services Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Citywide wireless network provider MetroFi announced earlier this month that it couldn t afford to continue operating the networks that it had deployed in Portland and other cities in the United States. There was some hope that a buyer would come forth for the Portland network prior to the June 20th deadline issued by MetroFi for network shutt

FCC Seeks Comments on Free Nationwide Broadband Plan - Incumbent carriers are likely to have a lot to say

FCC Seeks Comments on Free Nationwide Broadband Plan - Incumbent carriers are likely to have a lot to say Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » The FCC has been considering a spectrum auction designed to create free nationwide wireless broadband service and has now released information about their plans in order to get feedback about moving forward. The plan involves combining existing unused spectrum and auctioning it off to a bidder who would then build out a network that wou

The future of Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) - Technologies to keep an eye on

I was asked to run the Crystal Ball session at the 2008 Online Dispute Resolution Forum and with Vint Cerf right in front of me, it was an interesting opportunity to go through some of the technologies I felt would change the manner in which ODR systems would be developed and used as well as, more generally, how awareness of ODR would be raised across the world. I called the presentation “Know the Technology” taking from a statement made by a panelist in one of the sessions earlier in the day.

XM/Sirius Merger Approval Expected Within Weeks - After two years, it appears that the merger will move forward

XM/Sirius Merger Approval Expected Within Weeks - After two years, it appears that the merger will move forward Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » The FCC recently leaked information indicating that Kevin Martin has plans to approve the merger of Sirius and XM but no official news has yet been released. The merger has been pending approval for over two years and those following the case are excited to report that it does look like a decision will come soon. The issue is list

House of Commons Dev Log

EQII Stratics has there house of commons Dev log up here. I am not going to post the full thing here just a couple question i found important. Venom - any new information on guild house requirements? Like what it will take to buy them, status requirements, level, etc… Ilucide - Best hint I can give is… start saving your money and status now! For more than that, you’ll need to pester Jindrack & Rothgar at Fan Faire! Gnobrin - And by pester, he means show them a good time. I

Skype mouse cum VoIP phone

Sure, we have seen many weird combo-gizmos, but this one's different from the rest. The Skype mouse is no ordinary 800dpi mouse, its truly a multitasking mouse. The mouse not only allows you to do normal surfing, but also lets you make VoIP phone calls. The sliding cover VoIP mouse connects to the PC using only a single USB cable and boast LCD display with keypad, and no you cannot use it as a calculator. What's more, the mouse also features built-in mic and speaker. [Product Page, Via RedFer

Polycom IP670 First Impressions

Polycom IP670 First Impressions Site Feeds, VoIP, voipsupply.com No Comments » One of the more exciting (that is if you are a hardware nut) product releases in the last few weeks has been from Polycom with their IP 670 IP phone. The Polycom IP 670 is what I call a true “next-Gen” IP phone. Why? The Polycom IP 670 comes jam-packed with C level goodness; Polycom’s HD Voice, a […]

Women in VoIP: All in the Family

Women in VoIP: All in the Family Site Feeds, VoIP, voipsupply.com No Comments » Our next woman in VoIP came to know the industry through a family connection…her husband! Liz and Ari Rabban are a power VoIP couple, deeply involved in the industry since 1997. Liz manages the marketing of Phone.com, handling all the promotion of their virtual office systems as well as VoIP for business and home.

Flightless, Aquatic Mammals in VoIP: Tux the Penguin

Flightless, Aquatic Mammals in VoIP: Tux the Penguin Site Feeds, VoIP, voipsupply.com No Comments » Some readers have suggested we mix it up a bit. This is the first of a series of alternative interviews we’ll be conducting in the coming months. How long have you been in VoIP world? I have been active in the Linux community since around May of 1996. I was actually created by Larry Ewing […]

New Linksys WIP310 Wireless IP Phone: VoIPSupply Exclusive

New Linksys WIP310 Wireless IP Phone: VoIPSupply Exclusive Site Feeds, VoIP, voipsupply.com No Comments » Linksys has a new, improved WiFi SIP Phone set to arrive shortly, and you’ll find it at VoIPSupply first! The WIP310 supports 802.11b/g and SIP, and offers a hi-res color LCD display. The WIP310 is service provider friendly and supports mass provisioning. Linksys promises a user-friendly configuration interface and easy network setup using WiFi […]

New Mobile VoIP service from MediaRing

© ToastyKen Not only do users enjoy unlimited mobile calls between other users when connected to the Internet they can also have low rates for calling any fixed-line or moblie phone. With SIP-enabled phones, that have WiFi capabilities, MediaRing lets users also keep existing mobile phone numbers. Sounds like the best of two worlds: mobility and choice to spend money wisely, all with seemless connectivity through an already existing phonebook. Think this is a huge cost? MediaRing says their

Sliding Mouse Speakerphone Is Cute, But Isn't a Skype Phone

Sliding Mouse Speakerphone Is Cute, But Isn't a Skype Phone This cute 800 DPI optical mouse with a built-in speaker slides out like a mobile phone to reveal a keypad for VoIP calls. It has an LCD display for Caller ID and switches between mouse and phone functions automatically. It also looks much cooler than other combos we've seen. No word on price or availability. [Product page via Red Ferret] Tags: mice peripherals phones skype voip 7:30 AM on Sat Jun 21 2008 by Benn

Friday Open Thread - Say what you've got to say

Friday Open Thread - Say what you've got to say Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » It’s Friday, so take off your shoes, put up your feet, and empty your head into the comment section below…. read comment(s)

iCall for iPhone and iPod Touch to officially allow VoiP calls soon

iCall for iPhone and iPod Touch to officially allow VoiP calls soon Steve Jobs might still be hard headed and not say explicitly that they will allow VoIP calls on the upcoming 3G iPhone, the following news bit almost eliminates all doubts. iCall, which was created for the sole purpose of making calls over Wi-Fi, is going to be launched on the iTunes App Store with the [...]

House Passes Revised FISA Bill - Telecoms granted immunity for warrantless wiretapping

House Passes Revised FISA Bill - Telecoms granted immunity for warrantless wiretapping Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » The revised FISA bill that was under review today was passed through the House without any problems. The revised bill made some changes to the issue of whether or not to give immunity to telecoms that participated in President Bush s warrantless wiretapping in the past but ultimately it does allow for that immunity to be granted. They simply need to prove

CRTC Orders Public Disclosure of Bell Traffic Data - Public's right to know outweighs Bell's privacy concerns

CRTC Orders Public Disclosure of Bell Traffic Data - Public's right to know outweighs Bell's privacy concerns Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Last month the CRTC asked Bell Canada to show proof of the bandwidth congestion that causes them to engage in the practice of throttling. That data was provided in a confidential document which the CRTC has now ordered that Bell must make available to the public. The CRTC has stated that the need for public disclosure outweighs any

It wasn't me - honest!!!

Fridays are the days I take the store van into Bellingham to get supplies. Today when I went in, every place I visited had their internet service down. Wasn't back up until around 4:00PM. Nothing on the news media yet. Fortunately, most credit card machines can process a Debit card as a store-and-forward transaction so I was able to buy the needed supplies. I would hate to be the equipment operator that clipped that fiber optic line. Call before you dig indeed. One place I visited â€" Grizzly

Telcos Invited to Make Use of Tru2Way - Although it's not considered very useful as of yet

Telcos Invited to Make Use of Tru2Way - Although it's not considered very useful as of yet Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Tru2Way is an invention of the cable company which is intended to allow for the integration of set-top box functionality into TVs and other viewing devices. These devices can be used with any cable operator. And the president of CableLabs has also invited the telcos to go ahead and join in as well. “The bottom line here is that tru2way is open, he sa

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MediaRing Introduces Mobile VoIP

MediaRing Introduces Mobile VoIP Posted by Sharla Sikes on Friday, June 20th 2008 Digg it Bookmark it Stumble it Email to friend

VOIP Business Phone

VOIP Business Phone June 20, 2008 Tandberg will soon be making available a new VoIP video phone for the business sector. It is called the Tandberg E20 which delivers what its maker says is “CD quality audio with DVD quality video.”

Sliding Mouse Speakerphone Is Cute, But Isn't a Skype Phone [Phones]

This cute 800 DPI optical mouse with a built-in speaker slides out like a cellphone to reveal a keypad for VoIP calls. It has an LCD display for Caller ID and switches between mouse and phone functions automatically. It also looks much cooler than other combos we've seen. No word on price or availability. [Product page via Red Ferret] Original Entry Leave Comment

Verizon Business Expands VoIP portfolio

Verizon Business Expands VoIP portfolio Verizon Business is expanding and strengthening its unified communications services to help multinational companies, faced with dramatically rising travel costs, collaborate better and improve their business processes. Unified communications uses Internet protocol networks to integrate various systems, media, devices and applications, allowing for more effective and efficient communications. At the NXTcomm'08 trade show, Verizon Business is announcing

PODCAST: Microsoft Southwest Unified Communications Radio

Some of my coworkers just started a podcast for Microsoft Unified Communications technologies. Think Office Communications Server, Exchange Server, VOIP &Telephony, Unified Messaging, Interactive Voice Response, Microsoft Roundtable, etc. It features the two UC specialists in our geography.  Besides talking about Unified Communications related topics, they have interviews with relevant partners such as an interview with Nortel on one episode, as well as an interview with Polycom on anoth

VoIP Logic Partners With XConnect

VoIP Logic Partners With XConnect XConnect announces that VoIP Logic has joined its XConnect Ready Partner Program. VoIP Logic has deployed XConnect's Local Directory Server at its facilities, enabling its hosted customers to have a local query to the XConnect Registry and route calls based on ENUM to a database of over 800 Million telephone numbers. From VoIP Managed Services to its award-winning Cortex middleware system, VoIP Logic delivers a comprehensive set of on-demand solutions for se

Wireless HDTV Is Coming to a Home Near You ...

  Wireless HDTV will be the next hot product -- after phones, Internet and home networking -- according to ABI Research, which predicted that the number of wireless HD installations will rise more than tenfold worldwide to 1 million by 2012. But ABI added wireless HD has been hampered by a fight between three technologies: 5 GHz, 60 GHz and ultra wideband (UWB).  And why does it seems there are always competing technologies ... ? Take a look at another fine site -- TMC Internet Telephony -

iPhone... iRobot.... iLike

From Gizmodo, via Engadget, to the VoIP Authority blog... This entry highlights the intersection of two of the more exciting areas in technology today (in my view) - mobility and robotics. Apparently a pair of University of South Florida students have teamed up to create a novel iPhone app designed to operate iRobot's Packbot with full streaming POV video. There is a video clip available at Gizmodo here as well as Engadget here. TrackBack (0) | Comments (0) | Tag with del.icio.us | Greg Galit

T-Mobile Gets A Special Sidekick

T-Mobile users have reason to celebrate, as they are recipients of the forthcoming Sidekick LX- Tony Hawk Edition. This new handset puts a personal design on the traditional Sidekick LX by crafting the scheme to look like the top of a skateboard while the bottom cover has a rough texture-like grip-tape and eight simulated screws. The shell will also bear the Tony's Hawk graphic. Aside from the physical, the LX customizations include a video of Tony performing tricks and a Hawk-inspired sc

Skype Mouse Phone

The Skype Mouse Phone proudly touts itself to be the first sliding cover USB VoIP mouse in the world, featuring an integrated microphone and speakers that won't be picking up accolades anytime soon. Sure, they might be adequate for YouTube clips, but anything more than that will betray the lack of quality within. Other features include an LCD display and a keypad so that you will be able to call your family and friends via Skype by dialing the number directly. Permalink | Comment | Uberbarga

Permalink to The Winback Wars, Round Two: Verizon v. NCTA

The Winback Wars, Round Two: Verizon v. NCTA Verizon’s Tom Tauke and NCTA’s Kyle McSlarrow take to fisticuffs in their comments (well worth reading and remarkably… candid) on the Verizon Policy Blog after Tom asked “Will Cable and FCC Thwart Consumer Choice?”  In case you missed it, Verizon has been feuding with cable providers before the FCC about Verizon’s practice of calling customers who ask to cancel their telephone service and offering them incentives to stay with Verizon rather than swit

911 service and Cell Phones in Canada

Ok so after my own personal morning panic, I contacted a 911 person to find out why the hell I couldn't get someone to check on a possible heart attack in progress. This was very disconcerting. Many of us have given away our land-lines, and are only using cellphones now. In fact the cell carriers are promoting cells as the only phone you need. Things you should know about 911 and our cell service. Not every cellphone provider will (or can) give the 911 service the user information (like addre

Response Point SP1 RTM’ed today

Response Point SP1 RTM’ed today When we started RP, our vision was simple: to provide a telephony solution so easy to use that every small business customer can set it up like connecting a printer to the PC. Today, we are moving one step closer to realize our vision by releasing to manufactoring Response Point Service Pack 1. Our OEM partners will bring SP1 to market next month. SP1 not only improved RP 1.0’s performance/quality but also added some very cool features such as VOIP gateway,

Around the FM Dial: Looking for Vacant Frequencies

Love to use the FM transmitter to listen to iPod tunes in the car, but if you use one to pipe music from your MP3 player to your car stereo, nothing beats getting static-free music -- which is not all that easy in the rolling hills of Connecticut. Finding an open FM frequency can be a nasty experience, but we have CNET tip that recently led us to Radio-Locator.com -- an amazing web site that lets you type in your zip code to find vacant frequencies in your area that are best suited for use wit

VoIP conversations vulnerable to evesdropping

VoIP conversations vulnerable to evesdropping Friday, Jun 20, 2008 Compression technique makes them easy to decrypt

VoIP - An Impressive Technology to Connect the World

VoIP is a very innovative system of connecting with others. This method of call making is simplified due to its easy to use technology. The technology has high end features and can work simply with the availability of Internet connection.

Skype prepares to release major update

One of the most popular VoIP service and clients around, Skype, is about to get a major upgrade. A test version of the software has been made available to demonstrate what they are trying to accomplish with Skype 4.0, which is being cited as the biggest update since the software was first released.

VoIP the New Technology For Communication

VoIP or commonly term of phone service over the Internet is the acronym from voice over Internet protocol. Instead of using local telephone company, you can get the service directly over your Internet connection with reasonable quality of calls. The service providers are commonly offering the low rate than conventional phone company, even for long distance and international call. However, some provider does not support the common phone service, such as 911 services

Digital TV foreshadows erosion of Internet rights

Digital TV foreshadows erosion of Internet rights | June 18, 2008 03:00 AM | Tom Yager - Via Ahead of the Curve | Tom Yager | InfoWorld : With regard to the free exchange of information over the Internet, we, the people, have mostly managed to hold our ground. We can thank activists, hacktivists, legislators saying "no, thanks" to money from the entertainment lobbies, and forward-thinking artists and content distributors--I'm proud that writers and publishers took the lead on this--who recogn

Teleblend's terrible terms

In our continuing search for the worst Terms of Service (ToS) on the Internet, we've seen some pretty nasty legalese. Now a reader points out VOIP provider Teleblend's "Customer Opt-In Service Agreement," which certainly has more than its share of customer-unfriendly provisions. But what's really striking is how Teleblend takes the already laughable "contract formation" rules of the typical sneakwrap license to absurd new heights. "I originally signed up with SunRocket, which filed Chapter 7 l

Sweden Adopts Extensive Wiretapping Law - Critics say this makes it the most U.S.-like country in Europe

Sweden Adopts Extensive Wiretapping Law - Critics say this makes it the most U.S.-like country in Europe Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » The Parliament in Sweden has passed an extensive wiretapping law allowing the government to monitor all telephone and email contact that occurs within the country s borders without requiring any sort of warrant. The controversial law raised protests from journalists, lawyers and liberal political parties. Sweden insists that the law, whi

iCall will let you transfer a cellular call to VoIP on your Apple iPhone

iCall will let you transfer a cellular call to VoIP on your Apple iPhone Posted by Matthew Miller @ 8:57 am Categories: Apple, mobile services, VoIP, iPhone Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., iCall, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Matthew Miller In Focus » See more posts on: iPhone I was checking out TUAW this morning and saw that a very cool VoIP application is under development for the Apple iPhone. This is not an application for jailbroken phones, but for iPhones that hav

Report Issued on State-by-State Internet Speeds - Another source says we're falling too far behind the rest of the world

Report Issued on State-by-State Internet Speeds - Another source says we're falling too far behind the rest of the world Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » In speaking about FiOS expansion, the president of Verizon recently said that the United States telecom industry leads the world in mobile and broadband in all the ways that count . A state-by-state report (pdf) on Internet speeds in the United States begs to differ. The report is issued by an organization called SpeedMat

Friday Morning Links -

Friday Morning Links - Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Verizon Quality Issues Have Gone Long Distance TBO.com China Mobile told to get 100 million users for home-grown 3G MarketWatch.com FCC expected to rule Verizon violated privacy laws NewsObserver.com How the iPhone puts a bomb under mobile networks TheRegister.co.uk Microsoft rules out slew of Internet buys including Facebook and the AOL division of Time Warner Reuters.com J.D. Power Ranks Cox, Qwest Tops In

VERSUS

VERSUS See who wins in the news this week… ROUND ONE // Sprint’s iPhone Killer: Instinct VS. Walt Mossberg’s Instinct Critique ROUND TWO // Apple’s Rumored Flash Killer VS. An Unofficial Adobe Response ROUND THREE // Skype Repositions for Video VS. Fixed Mobile Convergence And finally â€" in case you’re still standing â€" guess which one is a spoof… ROUND FOUR // Handsolo Mobile VS. Crazy Finger Phone Image courtesy of and copyright fStop. Add this to digg, del.icio.us, etc. Humor

Revised FISA Bill Goes to Vote Tomorrow - Allows for retroactive telecom immunity in warrantless wiretapping case

Revised FISA Bill Goes to Vote Tomorrow - Allows for retroactive telecom immunity in warrantless wiretapping case Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » While Sweden makes a lot of noise in regards to the approval of warrantless eavesdropping, the United States quietly continues to deal with the same issue from a different front. A revised version of the FISA bill is going up for a vote tomorrow and it contains a controversial clause that allows for telecom immunity to be given

VoIP - Unlimited Call Plan

VoIP is a voice over Internet Protocol, a voice data transmission over Internet access technology. It is also known as the Internet protocol or broadband telephony. By using this technology, people from all over the world able to make call to everyone in every where. Using VoIP will washed away your worries and tiredness of being highly cost of monthly phone bills. Using VoIP, you are not just taking the advantage of Internet technology, but you are also able to save more money. It is a fact that VoIP is the cheapest phone call technology.

Compression exposes encrypted VoIP calls

Dynamic compression techniques could leave encrypted VoIP conversations vulnerable to interception and eavesdropping, and criminals would not even have to decrypt the packets to listen in.

Sangoma Set to Up the Ante with mtpBoost and Octasic Vocallo DSP

Sangoma Set to Up the Ante with mtpBoost and Octasic Vocallo DSP Site Feeds, VoIP, voipsupply.com No Comments » The Asterisk PCI Hardware War rages on with several vendors in the fray including Digium, Sangoma, Pika Technologies, Rhino and a host of Asia based OEM clones. Canadian DSP manufacturer Octasic could be accused of Asterisk War Profiteering, having signed exclusive deals with many of these vendor combatants to provide DSP chip components for EC (Echo […]

Listen in on encrypted VoIP without decrypting it

Listen in on encrypted VoIP without decrypting it Posted by Cory Doctorow, June 19, 2008 10:34 PM | permalink Researchers at Johns Hopkins have demonstrated an attack against some encrypted Voice-over-IP traffic that uses the size of encrypted packets to make highly accurate guesses at whole words and phrases: That happens because the sampling rate is kept high for long complex sounds like "ow", but cut down for simple consonants like "c". This variable method saves on bandwidth, while

Top 50 Web 2.0 Tools for Job Seekers

Top 50 Web 2.0 Tools for Job Seekers Web 2.0, according to Wikipedia technology and , is a term describing the sexy trend in the use of World Wide Web, web design that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing, and, most notably, collaboration among users. These concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-based communities and hosted services, such as social-networking sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies. We have been talking about Social Networking all month and I though

Eavesdropping encrypted compressed voice

Filed under: news, security hacks A team from Johns Hopkins University has discovered a way to eavesdrop on encrypted voice streams. Voice data like the kind used by Skype for its VoIP service sends encrypted packets of varying sizes for different sounds. The team learned that by simply measureing the size of the packets, they could determine what was being said with a high rate of accuracy. VoIP providers often use a variable bit rate to use bandwidth more efficiently, but it is this compressi

Skype Mouse Phone - auto-detecting device can tell when you want to talk or browse

Skype Mouse Phone - auto-detecting device can tell when you want to talk or browse posted by Nigel in gadgets...! The Skype Mouse Phone is billed as the world’s first sliding cover USB VoIP mouse. Not only does it come with a built in mic and speakers so good that it can ‘play music in your computer’ (!), but it also has handsfree, an LCD screen and keypad and an auto-detection switch that knows when you’re a-clickin’ and when you’re a-dialin’. Or something. The world First Sli

Woot: Linksys Network Optimizer for Gaming & VOIP - $19.99

It was going to be so sweet. We had this idea to hire Mark “Jacko”Jackson to come in and record a video or a podcast or something andplug this Linksys Network Optimizer. We were going to have him go: “theLinksys Network Optimizer! It’ll surprise yer! Oi!” It would have beenawesome. But we never even got to the point of approachinghim, because first we had to run it by the infernal bean-countingbook-balancers who, for some reason, get to tell the rest of us what wecan and can’t do. Those creep

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The long awaited 360 patch... Is OUT!

http://status.kaosstudios.com/?cat=7 Tell us poor PC players what the new VOIP features are like.

SMS Marketing - Effective Way to Reach Target Users

The SMS marketing is one of the direct and efficient technique of reaching wider customer-base, instantly. This method of promoting services, goods and ideas, usually, strengthens the customers relationships.

Making Cheap International Mobile Calls - Easiest Cheap Calling Method Revealed

For a long time now, many people have been led to believe that free or very cheap call rates (especially for mobile calls) are not possible unless it's done using VoIP. Wrong. Free or very cheap mobile calls are very possible and a real without VoIP.

Nortel launches Voice Security Technology Blog

I recently learned that Nortel has launched their “Voice Security Technology Blog“. Their initial post outlines their goals for the blog. They only have two posts up so far but we’ll be interested to watch the blog and see what they do with it. Technorati Tags: voice, voip, nortel, security, voice security, voip security

Mobile Hq Business Opportunity

Mobile Hq Business Opportunity Posted by User Contributed at June 20, 2008 A single name that leaves customers filled with choices, especially, with its wide variety of products ranging from wireless phones, satellite TV & radio, VoIP phones and services to Bluetooth stuff, mobile accessories and virtual TV & radio! Surprised? Well that is what “Mobile Headquarters” has on offer. A leading wireless retail store and franchise, Mobile HQ Inc. provides exceptional assistance to both

Skype for Windows Product Manager to Appear on Squawk Box Friday

iotum's Squawk Box conference call has become a daily staple for many participants and observers in the X 2.0 world. Subjects can ranges from new Voice 2.0 services, the wireless communications world, intellectual property and copyright law through to social networking issues. It's a unique chance to catch up on current developments and discuss them with peers who bring their own special experience and knowledge to the conversation Access was originally for Facebook members via iotum's Free Con

Download Skype 4 Beta for Vista with Full Screen Video Calling, Unified Conversations & Alerts

Download Skype 4 Beta for Vista with Full Screen Video Calling, Unified Conversations & Alerts 20 Jun Posted by Abdul Aziz as Beta, Freeware, Windows, Windows Vista Skype has released version 4.0 beta of their free Voip client for Windows XP and Vista, featuring new features such as full screen video calling and a unified conversations list which brings chat, file transfers, SMS and calls together. Here are the key features of Skype 4.0 Beta for Windows from the changelog: + Calling a

Get Free VoIP: A Comparison Of Your 10 Best Options

Get Free VoIP: A Comparison Of Your 10 Best Options From the very beginning VoIP technology has often been touted as a way to make completely free phone calls. With some planning you can make the vast majority of your calls for free, and all you’ll need to get started is an internet-connected computer and a headset, microphone or compatible phone. Not all calls are free though, even when it comes to VoIP calls. There are two main types of VoIP calls: computer-to-computer and computer-to-compu

How about a Big Screen GPS?

Love this idea! GPS units are great, but not if you have to squint to see them or have trouble seeing the map or the data they so handily have it you can read it! That's where a big screen GPS comes into play ... Handy article in PCMagazine on five units (with reviews) that you might find handy. Read more abou it here. TrackBack (0) | Comments (0) | Tag with del.icio.us | VoIP & Gadgets Blog Home | Permalink: How about a Big Screen GPS? Tags: GPS, PCMagazine Copyright VoIP & Gadgets Blog

What's the Graduation Gadget of Choice This Year?

Many years ago, a camera was a great graduation present, but I don't think that cuts it too much any more. So what did you get for graduation or what did you give? I'm curious to hear if it wasn't a product from a company that's got the same name as the Beatles record company ... And please don't tell us about four-wheel gifts -- don't want to hear it!!! TrackBack (0) | Comments (0) | Tag with del.icio.us | VoIP & Gadgets Blog Home | Permalink: What's the Graduation Gadget of Choice This Yea

MSN Music Not Going Away So Soon

If anybody pays any attention to MSN Music anymore, it still generated plenty of ill will (and bad, bad PR) when Microsoft let users know that it was about to go away (and will all of their music. too). The slightly happy ending was that it's going to be around until 2011 (if anybody, like I said, still cares). Anyway, it's a story with a happy ending, but it could have been much, much more happier. Intrigued? Then read all (and more) about it here. TrackBack (0) | Comments (0) | Tag with del

In re: "Too Late"

SurvivalBlog.com As you may know Mountain House has curtailed all shipment of their freeze dried foods in cans throughout the U.S. until at least October of this year. I repeat, the supply from Mountain House has been cut and I fully believe that when their food in #10 cans is available again, it will be at much higher prices. Yup. There was a good reason for the sense of urgency I felt over the last several months. Here is a letter posted on Survivalblog.com illustrating how and why preparedn

Super Cheap Cell Phone Long Distance Option

Super Cheap Cell Phone Long Distance Option Link2VoIP : VoIP / SIP / SIP Trunking / Asterisk Service Provider I’ve been a Link2Voip customer for a couple of years now and I’m really happy with their services. They have been very reliable and the customer service is excellent. I have super low latency to their SIP servers in Edmonton (

fring releases API and shares mobile-internet freedom

fring releases API and shares mobile-internet freedom Posted on 19 June 2008 by Kim Poh Liaw fring today released the fringAPI, which enables third-party web-developers using XML and JavaScript to bring the fring community new mobile applications and mobile versions of web-based applications, providing access to fring client GUI with web browser extensions and basic phone functions. continued » Tags: fring, mobile voip Comments (0)

Wednesday Links: iCall, Skype 4.0 Beta

Wednesday Links: iCall, Skype 4.0 Beta June 18th, 2008 by S. Caron How do you find Skype 4.0 Beta? VoIP Watch has the scoop. VoIP News of the UK talks about a threat to VoIP security that researchers have discovered. Read about it here. VoIP Weblog talks about iCall, for the iPhone. Read it here. Posted in Eye on the Blogosphere - No Comments »

Choose the Best Business Phone Systems For Your Business

The installation of business phone systems in a business organization has become a must to improve the productivity, no matter how big or small the business organization is. Installing a business phone system helps to maintain a hassle free communication between the organization and all the important individuals, both within the organization as well as outside. A business phone system provides complete customer care solutions too.

Polycom and Jabra Working Together to Bring You “Electronic Hookswitch” Capabilities

Polycom and Jabra Working Together to Bring You “Electronic Hookswitch” Capabilities Site Feeds, VoIP, voipsupply.com No Comments » With the introduction of Polycom’s 3.0.0 SIP firmware, users using cordless DECT or Bluetooth headsets now have the ability to answer and end calls from their Polycom phones with an easy press of a button on the headset itself. No need for a Handset Lifter or corded solution!!!

How VoIP Can Combat Global Climate Change

How VoIP Can Combat Global Climate Change Site Feeds, VoIP, voipsupply.com No Comments » Two words, Gas prices. I won’t comment on those two words, in the interest of keeping this brief. Around here we’re paying roughly $4.25/gallon for the cheap stuff. I also won’t get into the Global Warming debate. A little CO2 never hurt anybody, but hopefully we can all agree that 411,000,000 […]

Palringo IM client now available for BlackBerry devices

Palringo IM client now available for BlackBerry devices Posted by Matthew Miller @ 6:36 am Categories: Windows Mobile, Mobile software, Smartphone, BlackBerry, On the road, mobile services, S60 Tags: IM, Client, RIM BlackBerry, Palringo IM Client, Instant Messaging, Handhelds, Internet, Online Communications, Hardware, Matthew Miller One thing that keeps bringing me back to S60 is the number and quality of 3rd party applications available for the platform, ranging from VoIP clients to gam

CONTACT CENTER CORNER: Aspect Software Gets High Marks

Aspect Software's Unified IP solution received high ratings in a recent survey conducted by DMG Consulting. In the 2008 Hosted Contact Center Infrastructure report, customers gave Aspect Unified IP an overall satisfaction rating of 4.33 on a five point scale, based upon their entire experience with Aspect Software. The company also received the highest scores in hosted solution product satisfaction with a score of 4.67. Aspect Unified IP, a SIP-based VoIP product, unites full-featured automat

Skype 4.0 beta New Look, New Features...

Skype announced Skype 4.0 beta yesterday. I was supposed to be on the briefing conference call, but was tied up with finishing up the Movable Type 4.2 migration. But I wanted to bring information about this major 'point' release to your attention. Better late than never I guess. First, below are three videos provided by Skype. It includes an intro by Skype President Josh Silverman who espouses "integrated communications". Integrated communications, unified communications, what's the difference

fring opens up; Introduces fringAPI!

fring opens up; Introduces fringAPI! Posted by Dusan on Thursday, June 19th, 2008 at 11:05 am under Developer, Announcements fring is opening up its platform by introducing the fringAPI! The idea is expand the functionality of the popular VoIP application/service and allow developers to offer their own web services to the fring community. According to fring, interested developers only need a working knowledge of basic server-side language such as PHP, JSP, ASPX, etc, and XML; and they're r

12 Tools For Kickass Web Meetings

With rising gas prices and cheap airfare getting more difficult to find, companies and individuals are having to find different methods of holding meetings with business partners in other locations. Although Web meeting software has existed for quite some time, there seems to be more now than ever before. We’ve put together a collection of twelve online meeting options for every budget, whether you’re running a small business or a large corporation. These tools will let you do everything from

Making Progress

As infuriating as bad customer service is, when you do finally find someone who is good at their job, the contrast between the incompetence that passes for normal, and how wonderful this person suddenly seems is astounding. Two people, in particular, have been little glimpses of joy in the stress and complications that have arrisen from moving home. Lynn at KW Insurance brokers is a beacon of competence and clarity, who’s taken each of our rather unique requests in stride and responded prompt

Woot: Soyo Freestyler 500 Bluetooth Headset and Bluetooth USB Adapter

“Soyo-” “No, Dongle.” “But Soyo, I thought… you said we’d be together forever… you said it would be Soyo Freestyler 500 with Bluetooth USB Adapter Dongle and nothing would change that.” “Ibelieved that, Dongle. I truly did. I thought we’d never be more than33 feet away from each other for the rest of our lives.” “We still can be, Soyo! The pairing’s still there, the encryption, the authentication, the foam ear covers…” “And what about the cell phone, Dongle? What about that?”

Skype 4.0 to be the subject of tomorrow's Squawk Box...

For those looking to discuss the recent Skype 4.0 beta release, Skype's Product Manager for Skype for Windows, Mike Bartlett, (a.k.a. "the guy in the Skype 4.0 demo videos who likes to play football/soccer") will be the guest on tomorrow's Squawk Box conference call/podcast at 11am Eastern US time. Jim Courtney has the details over on Skype Journal. I have another meeting at that time and don't anticipate being able to participate tomorrow, but it should be an interesting conversation. Given th

VoIP Reliability

One of the great advantages of the technology of VoIP is its reliability technology. VoIP is an Internet phone services that able to carry wherever there is a broadband Internet connection. There are varies of advantage in using this easy-to-carry technology. For example, VoIP internet phone software or softphone is suitable for laptop usage. Some phone adaptors which are small and light are better use for travel. VoIP features also offers reliability, from cheap unlimited phone to unlimited in calling. People can make call from VoIP to local phone call, long distance and also international VoIP unlimited call. Get some features offered by VoIP providers and make the unlimited calling to all over the world, from unlimited U.S. call to unlimited international and long distance call.

Compressed web phone calls are easy to bug

[Quote:] Plans to compress internet (VoIP) phone calls so they use less bandwidth could make them vulnerable to eavesdropping. Most networks are currently safe, but many service providers are due to implement the flawed compression technology. The new compression technique, called variable bitrate compression produces different size packets of data for different sounds. That happens because the sampling rate is kept high for long complex sounds like “ow”, but cut down for simple consonants

NXTcomm08: Sonus continues Multi-Medium Push

NXTcomm08, Las Vegas--Not content with dominance in the wireline world, Sonus Networks continues its efforts in other areas with announcements in the WiMAX and cable worlds. WiMAX operators can get a full solution package that includes Sonus ASX, GSX, PSX, EMS, NBS and Activator, a carrier-grade provisioning operational support system (OSS) solution. Operators gain the ability to turn up and manage Sonus services in a quick, cost-effective and customer friendly-manner. With the WiMAX market e

Software we’ll never see in the App Store

Software we’ll never see in the App Store Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 9:15 am Categories: Software, iPhone, 3G, App Store Tags: Apple iPhone, Application, Scripting Languages, Corporate Law, Telephony, 3G, OpenOffice, VOIP, Software/Web Development, Web Development I recently published lists of my most anticipated iPhone applications and my App Store wishlist. But what about applications that we’ll never see in the App Store? There are certain kinds of applications that Apple will most

Received party pays for mobile in Europe?

Some interesting comments being reported by various media this morning, suggesting that the European Commission might be open to the idea of some mobile operators moving to a "receiver-pays" model - perhaps akin to the US. This would get around some of the complexities emerging around interconnect & call termination fees, as we move towards FMC and various hybrid technologies like femtocells & dual-mode WiFi. Put simply, in the past in Europe there has been a fairly reasonable justific

Skype 4.0 Beta for Windows. Download now!

Skype has recently unveiled the new version of its world famous VoIP software used by more than 300 million users across the globe. Skype 4.0 features a complete new interface with lots of new features, improvements and enhancements. The main focus has been put on the new full-screen interface and a more enrich video calling user experience. Some more noticeable features of Skype 4.0 are: Single click on the Video call button Bigger, better and cleaner User Interface IM Conversation s

xTag Microphone for Apple Released

xTag Microphone for Apple Released June 18th, 2008 by S. Caron Revolabs has released the xTag, a wireless microphone. It’s available at the Apple store. The microphone is for use with Apple computers and connects via USB. According to the company, it has exceptional audio performance for podcasting, VoIP, SKYPE, web conferencing, distance education and speech recognition. “We are pleased that Mac users will now be able to easily purchase the xTag microphone on the Apple store,” said Gregory

How To Wiretap, or Not

Caution: The legalities of wiretapping vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Before you do anything, know your law. Ever wonder what other people have to say about you? Well, now you can find out by having fun with wiretapping! Ever wonder what others know about your private life? Well, now you can keep your peccadilloes to yourself by having fun with beating wiretaps! Great for parties, too! Seriously, wiretapping, or electronic eavesdropping, is a tool and a weapon, according to whos

Palringo gives Blackberry one up on the iPhone

With the rather disappointing list of missing features that arose from Steve Jobs’ intro of iPhone 2.0 last week, Blackberry and its partner developers, like Palringo, are licking their chops. The newest iteration of code from Palringo adds voice chat and picture messaging to Blackberry devices, giving the new iPhone a swift smack on the rump. The new services works with Curve, 8800, and Pearl devices from RIM, and supports just about every well-known I.M. network. Take that, iChat. With an O

Should you try Skype 4.0 Beta ?

Skype just recently the first beta of their new Skype 4.0 client that is currently only available for Windows. The focus of this release is to receive user feedback to work further on the client and provide a release version after the summer. Major changes have been made to the interface which comes completely redesigned and provides fullscreen access to the features. Skype 4.0 is missing several essential features when it is compared to the current release version 3.8 of the VOIP client for W

Click here to read Walt Mossberg Reviews GoGo In-Flight Wi-Fi (Verdict: Fast, But Not Fast Enough)

Walt Mossberg Reviews GoGo In-Flight Wi-Fi (Verdict: Fast, But Not Fast Enough) Uncle Walt just tested GoGo, the in-flight Wi-Fi service, on a bunch of laptops and smartphones during a flight from San Francisco to Denver. The service distributes, via Wi-Fi, a high speed cellphone data signal pointed at airplanes, which Mossy rated at around 600kbps down and 250kbps up. This was quick enough for Walt to browse the web, send e-mails with iPhone rumor attachments, and talk on IM to his ladies, b

Fring Opens its API

Fring, a provider of mobile VOIP and messaging software, is making a play for more web developers by creating an open API with its own dedicated site. Fring bills itself as offering “free mobile calls, live chat & presence” over your WiFi, EDGE, or 3G connection; basically, they take messaging and route it over IP instead of more expensive voice or SMS services. It offers a unified UI for Skype, MSN Messenger, GTalk, AIM, Yahoo, and more at no charge. The main Fring release targets Windows Mob

Skype 4.0 - is Bigger Better?

Today, Skype officially announced the test version of its latest upgrade, Skype 4.0. Quite a few media types and bloggers picked up on this yesterday, but I wasn't one of them. So, if you know where to go, this may not be news, and otherwise, I'm happy to pass on the highlights. I participated in the call and briefing today, and it was made clear from the top this is a Beta version with a long test period. Skype wants to be sure they get this right and are really looking for our input to help.

Nokia Readies Exchange Mail on E-Series Devices

One of my beefs with the N-Series from Nokia has been its rather wimpy pop/smtp client, which is dogged and gets hung up all the time. At one point I was flowing all my mail through Gmail just so I could run the Gmail client on the Nokia N95â€"which is an awesome solution, by the way. The only thing missing? Yep, push mail. Well, that’s no longer a problem for Nokia, at least not for users of the new E71 and E66 devices from Nokia. These phones support MS Exchange out of the box, presumably us

Back to Back User Agents For Telecommunications

SIP Back-to-Back User Agent (B2BUA) Servers are one of the most important and powerful types of SIP Servers used to develop and offer value added features. B2BUA servers are gaining more focus as they become ubiquitous throughout the industry, and are becoming the primary engine for more and more SIP Servers in NGN and IMS networks. This white paper provides managers in the VoIP and real-time multimedia industry an overall understanding of B2BUA servers. Better understanding of B2BUA servers can help managers understand the value, and the tradeoffs, of choosing a B2BUA server as the framework for developing a wide range of SIP applications and SIP services.

U.S. Bill Grants VoIP Providers Full 911 Access

U.S. Bill Grants VoIP Providers Full 911 Access

VoIP Provides Gain 911 Access By Law

VoIP Provides Gain 911 Access By Law Garrett Smith · June 18th, 2008 ·

Nokia's New E66

Nokia has announced its latest offering in their business-oriented E-Series mobile devices - the E66. Featuring a slider that reveals alphanumeric keys, the E66 looks to perform a full suite of mobile e-mail functionality to serve both personal and professional messaging needs. The E66's body is made of stainless steel for strength and simplicity. Worth noting is the personal email application which will allow users to download Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Exchange, and PDF reader. Other fe

Video: Mossberg reviews, likes Aircell's Gogo in-flight WiFi

Video: Mossberg reviews, likes Aircell's Gogo in-flight WiFi by Thomas Ricker, posted Jun 19th 2008 at 4:41AMHis preeminence, oh lordship, oh liege, (uh hem) Walt Mossberg, just returned from a US test flight on a small business jet equipped with Aircell's new Gogo WiFi service. He tested multiple devices including Dell and Apple laptops, a Blackberry, iPhone, and WinMo-based cell and found them to all perform flawlessly, albeit, at speeds ranging from 266Kbps to about 1.4Mbps. Typical speeds cl

VoIP Providers One Step Closer To Proper 911 Access

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Daniel SteinWhile many U.S.-based voice over IP service providers already provide access to 911 service thanks to an FCC ruling requiring them to do so, it comes with a lot of limitations. Most service providers use a third party to do the work of connecting with the various public service answering points (PSAPs) in the various locale. It is also believed that the traditional telephone operators are blocking VoIP providers from accessing these critical services.

Skype’s Beta: Love it or Hate it

Skype’s Beta: Love it or Hate it June 18th, 2008 by S. Caron There’s buzz all over about Skype’s 4.0 beta release. Some love it. Some hate it. The changes? A new interface. A viewscreen that defaults to large when doing video calling. A real-time advice service, Skype Prime. According to CNET: The spread-out interface of Skype 4.0 beta for Windows will definitely take some getting used to, especially as it abandons the client’s traditionally nimble, IM-styled build. However, it does succeed

Skype 4.0 Beta 1 for Windows

Skype 4.0 Beta 1 for Windows Site Feeds, Skype, VoIP No Comments » Hello! I’m Mike Bartlett, Director of Windows Product Management here at Skype. Four and a bit years ago we changed the way people talked. Free calling is something that brings smiles to people all over the world, every day. We’re very proud of that. Today, we’re announcing the most exciting change to Skype since inception - Skype 4.0 Beta 1 for Windows. Over the years, we’ve added a lot of richness and functionality to Sk

Mossberg reviews Aircell’s in-flight Wi-Fi service, GoGo

We’ve been a huge proponent of Aircell’s GoGo service for months now and we’re tickled pink to learn that GoGo will finally be launching sometime next month with American Air. I’m extremely jealous that Walt got to test out the service before all of us, but that’s just the way these things work out and it makes me sad. Oh well. Anyway, Mossberg took a test flight from San Francisco to Aircell’s home base in Colorado to test out the service. He averaged 500-600Kbps down and 300Kbps up, which

Sprint WiMax to Launch In Baltimore This September - Company claims they're overcoming backhaul issues…

Sprint WiMax to Launch In Baltimore This September - Company claims they're overcoming backhaul issues… Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Sprint Nextel CTO Barry West yesterday stated that their mobile WiMax service is overcoming initial delays caused by a shortage of decent backhaul bandwidth and some glitches in the project’s billing systems. West says that the service will officially launch this September in Baltimore, with DC and Chicago launches coming shortly thereaft

fring Releases Open API to Enable New Mobile VoIP Apps [Israel Media Tour]

Company Name: fring Launched in: 2007 Location: Tel Aviv, Israel Tel-Aviv based fring announced today that they are releasing their API, allowing third-party developers the opportunity to develop new applications called fring Add-ons for the fring community. fring offers peer to peer mobile VOIP and allows users to chat, call, and transfer files from mobile to PC or mobile to mobile, completely free of charge, using the mobile devices’ Wi-Fi connection. The company has a strong managerial

FairPoint Delays Full Takeover of Verizon Networks - September takeover date bumped to November in face of preparation issues…

FairPoint Delays Full Takeover of Verizon Networks - September takeover date bumped to November in face of preparation issues… Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Yesterday I noted that Fairpoint was having a hard time keeping Maine 911 systems operational, something that hasn’t made a good first impression on the New England customers recently acquired from Verizon. The Portland Press Herald now reports that the September date for Fairpoint to take over Verizon systems has b

Consumer Groups Dig Inside NebuAD Technology - And find a slew of controversial (if not illegal) tactics…

Consumer Groups Dig Inside NebuAD Technology - And find a slew of controversial (if not illegal) tactics… Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Consumer groups Free Press and Public Knowledge today issued a report (pdf) on NebuAD behavioral advertising technology. ISPs are paid to install a user tracking device that sits on the ISP network, and aids in the delivery of ads tailored to your browsing habits. Broadband Reports user Robb Topolski, who first discovered Comcast’s upst

Verizon Considers 'Fiber to the Node' FiOS - Hints at more rural markets not getting pure FTTH

Verizon Considers 'Fiber to the Node' FiOS - Hints at more rural markets not getting pure FTTH Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Buried beneath this morning’s announcement of faster speeds was an interesting comment by Verizon Chief Technology Officer Mark Wegleitner to Reuters. According to Wegleitner, Verizon could at some point steer away from fiber to the home (FTTH) and explore fiber to the node (FTTN) to save money in deploying FiOS service to more rural Americans. Co

Skype version 4 enters public trials

Skype has begun the public testing phase of its new VoIP software, with a focus firmly on video calls.

The Advantages of Private Label VoIP

The Private Label VoIP is a very convenient means to connect by making use of VoIP telephony. The services of VoIP can be availed by using the Private Label that entitles its users to access the various connectivity options.

Magic Jack - The Most Affordable Way to Make Local and Long Distance Calls - Ever!

The Magic Jack is much like a flash drive the size of an old Zippo cigarette lighter that you plug into your USB port of your computer. You then plug in any type analog or cordless phone with as many handsets as you want.

VoIP Technology Makes Communication Easier

VoIP is an acronym of Voice-over Internet protocol. VoIP is known as the protocol that optimized for a transmission voice through out the Internet access. The technology of VoIP is viewed as a digital audio system. Using speech data compression techniques, VoIP can reduce the data rate.

Yealink IP Media Phone: Laptop or video phone?

(Credit: Crave Asia) Despite the fact that VoIP has become a popular tool for long-distance communications, its phones have not gained much traction. Perhaps the cost is simply too high for a single-function device as most PCs provide the same voice quality for free. The Yealink IP Media Phone, however, ...

Office Phone System With VoIP Vs PBX

As the owner of a medium or small office, you may find yourself looking around at options for your office phone system. You have almost certainly heard the debate about the advantages of VoIP vs. PBX systems, and you are tying to make the best decision to fit your business telephony needs.

VOIP - An Inexpensive Technique For International Calls

Technology is a way to make the common man's life easier and comfortable. Making frequent international calls were unthinkable some years ago for sheer expense and lack of accessibility. Things have changed greatly today. Voip is the low-priced and high tech answer to make international calls economical and affordable for the common man.

Ergonomic Workstation

Ergo Motions developed the Ergonomic Workstation Phase I prototype with the gamer’s needs in mind and those are: stress injuries and posture issues. This chair sports two 19” digital monitors, 7.1 surround sound system, wireless network capability, Ergonomic keyboard and mouse, video conferencing capability with a built-in camera, VOIP with full telephony features and memory [...]

Tandberg VoIP Video Phone

Tandberg unveils its new VoIP video phone called the Tandberg E20. The Tandberg E20 delivers CD quality audio with DVD quality video. It sports a five-megapixel digital camera positioned at eye-level view as well as a 10.6-inch display screen for a better visual experience on both sides of the call. Other features of the E20 include a 20kHz [...]

VoIP providers to get full 911 access with bill's passage

VoIP providers to get full 911 access with bill's passage VoIP and 911 services haven't quite meshed in recent years. VoIP providers first had to work hard to bring 911 access to their services after gaining popularity, and now the Senate passed a bill that will require the telcos to stop blocking VoIP providers from their 911 networks. June 18, 2008 - 05:10AM CT - by David Chartier

WIDEBAND SOLUTIONS DEBUTS CONFERENCING INTEGRATION KITS AND REVISED PRICE LIST AT INFOCOMM 2008

LAS VEGAS, NV â€" JUNE 18, 2008 â€" WideBand Solutions, a leading provider of high-end audio conferencing technology, debuts its SimphoniX Si-400+ and Si-10+ Integrator Kits along with a TANDBERG Universal Bundle, which is compatible with the company’s best-selling video conferencing system, at InfoComm 2008 (Booth C4540). Wideband streamlined its manufacturing processes, eliminating the need for dealers to order specific parts to connect to specific analog, digital and VoIP telephones.

Oracle Corp. Java/C++ Sip Telephony Development

At the ContactCenter team, you will be part of an innovative group. For this particular position, you will be working on our ContactCenterAnywhere application suite As member of the Contact Center team, you will be participating in design, development and maintenance of our ContactCenterAnywhere application suite. We are looking for highly motivated engineer with strong background in client/server architecture, distributed system and multi-threading and object oriented programming - BS or

Daily TIPs: Genomic Testing, Entertainment Tech Growth, Virtual Companies, VoIP 911, & More

Daily TIPs, Biotech, energy Neil Savage wrote: Should the Law Limit Gene Tests? Personal genomic testing is all the rage among people seeking to trace their ancestry or identify their risk of certain diseases, but last week the California Department of Public Health sent cease-and-desist letters to 13 gene-testing companies, ordering them to halt the practice because it violates state rules. The Wired Science blog offers the top ten reasons California ought to relax its regulations. U.S. Coul

Skype 4 Beta Extends Video VOIP

Skype has made available a beta version of Skype 4.0 which the company siad it has undergone the most dramatic redesign in its short five year history. Joel Silverman, Skype president said, If I were to sum it all up, that is what 4.0 is about: the next leap forward in integrated communications. In version 4, the UI has been redesigned to make it cleaner and easier to use. It places more emphasis on video calling. You can find friends in Skype directory easily. No date has been set for the f

Mark Spencer wants to Kill Bill Gates

Rich Tehrani snapped a picture of Asterisk founder Mark Spencer wearing a Kill Bill T-Shirt at NXTcomm 2008 in Las Vegas. Gotta watch out when Rich is around - he'll snap photos on his phone and they'll be on his blog licketty split thanks to a script I wrote. I have to say, I love the Kill Bill movie series, I mean c'mon, it's got Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica Fox, David Carradine, and its directed by Quentin Tarantin. It's even got a cool name for the assassins - Deadly Viper Assassinati

Skype 4.0 Beta For Windows

Internet telephony service Skype has announced a new version, Skype 4.0 Beta for Windows. The new version focuses on improving video telephony features and offering better usability. Here are a couple of videos that explain the Skype 4.0: Skype 4.0 Beta - Introductory Demo by SkypeConversations Mike Bartlett introduces Skype, and demos the new Skype 4.0 Beta for Windows. Skype 4.0 Beta - Advanced Demo by SkypeConversations Mike Bartlett demonstrates the advanced features of Skype 4.0 Beta

Approaching The Zettabyte Era - Cisco report measures looming bandwidth explosion…

Approaching The Zettabyte Era - Cisco report measures looming bandwidth explosion… Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Cisco yesterday came out with a new report that claims global IP traffic will increase around 46 percent annually between 2007 to 2012, nearly doubling every two years. The result will be an annual bandwidth demand on the world’s IP networks of approximately 522 exabytes (1 billion gigabytes), or more than half a zettabyte (1 trillion gigabytes). In 2012, Cis

Permanent link to Security Briefing: June 18th

Security Briefing: June 18th Author: Dave Lewis June 18, 2008 at 8:47 am · Filed under News Wednesday. That is all. Click here to subscribe to Liquidmatrix Security Digest!. And now, the news… Most Attractive Targets: SaaS | GNUCITIZEN Microsoft patch resolves patching blockage | Heise Instant trojan to worm toolkit sighted | The Register PGP Source Code Book on eBay | Infosecurity dot us Why most WAFs do not block | Jeremiah Grossman VoIP providers to get full 911 access with bill’s

Permalink to More Regulation to Cement 40-Year-Old 911 Service

More Regulation to Cement 40-Year-Old 911 Service Posted by Alex Harris Back in 2005, the FCC gave providers of voice-over-internet service a mandate to, within a very short time frame, link all of their customers to 911 call centers. This in spite of VOIP’s growth even without 911 service. But some VOIP providers had trouble meeting the FCC deadline, because of resistance by the telephone companies that run the government-granted-monopoly 911 service. The telephone companies did not want compe

HughesNet Offers Faster Speeds - New 2Mbps & 3Mbps tiers (plus 500MB daily caps) announced

HughesNet Offers Faster Speeds - New 2Mbps & 3Mbps tiers (plus 500MB daily caps) announced Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » For those unfortunate enough to be outside the range of anything else, HughesNet unveiled two new satellite tiers today. The company is now offering a 2Mbps/300kbps “Elite” tier for $119.99 a month, and a 3Mbps/300kbps “Elite Plus” tier for $189.99 a month. Both of those prices are only if you pay a $300 up-front installation and equipment cha

Free Voip International Calls

VOIP Guide is probably the largest archive of Free international calls. However over last 1 and half year, most of the valuable information regarding Free voip international calls is hidden in the archive. I have seen many new readers asking questions about free call to specific countries. This information is readily availably on VOIP Guide however scattered across multiple VOIP providers. We have been reviewing VOIP providers as and when they are available. We are now launching with a new pro

Apple, AT&T settle iPhone lawsuit (USA)

Apple, AT&T settle iPhone lawsuit (USA) June 18th, 2008 2:04 pm Apple and AT&T have settled claims that the iPhone’s “visual voicemail” technology infringed patents held by Klausner Technologies, an Associated Press report said. Klausner Technologies is a New York-based patent holding company founded by inventor Judah Klausner. The visual voicemail feature lets iPhone users see a list of people who’ve left them phone messages and listen to the messages in any order they choose. The three c

VoIP Predictive Dialer - A Cost Saving Proposition

Call centers are costly operations to maintain. A VoIP predictive dialer can offset the cost by allowing call center agents to make international calls at local call rates. This means that call centers can be located anywhere in the world, irrespective of where the target market is. The VoIP predictive dialer is here to stay. VoIP and predictive dialer technologies are natural partners. VoIP is now the default option employed in all call center operations. The cost savings are too big to ignore.

A different model for delivering WiFi

13th Floor contemplates the death of Philadelphia's municipal WiFi service and wonders if there might be a better way to deliver the same thing. Sipping my coffee and tapping out e-mails at Powell's Books, I couldn't help thinking about a proposal made last month by Esme Vos, the Wi-Fi evangelist who founded the MuniWireless blog. A few weeks back, she looked into a cup of cappuccino at a San Francisco coffee shop and saw a way that city could have gone about creating wide-reaching Wi-Fi net

Spectrumrights vs Copyrights

p2pnet news | P2P:- “Since this resume’s last update I wrote a complete VoIP/videoconferencing application (iglance.com), joined/grew/sold a P2P startup (Red Swoosh), and - that’s right - got fired from Akamai for declining to give up all future rights to free speech while falsely confessing to a non-existent policy violation,” writes software engineer David Barrett. And while he waits for his destiny to continue to unfold, “I’m fascinated by the notion of software defined radios,” he blogs,

Ooma Hub the VoIP Telephony box you plug and forget

So just what is the ooma Hub? Well it is a VoIP Internet telephony box that when plugged into your broadband line will allow for cheaper and free phone calls. The Oona Hub also incorporates a built in answer phone and a user can retain their existing phone number if they keep their old phone service ticking over using a low cost plan. The Oona Hub box will set a user back $249.00, and there is also a premier service available that offers features such as three-way conferencing and call screeni

Skype 4.0 Beta Rolls Out to the General Public

Skype 4.0 Beta has breathed its first air and it looks to be shaking things up a bit. Most noticeable to veteran users will be that it is sporting a completely different look. The old Skype GUI was great for voice calls, but once you start adding other stuff like video conferencing to the mix, things got hard to find. The Skype 4.0 screen is a whole lot bigger. It is designed for video from the ground up, not as an afterthought and that is refreshing. I remember the very first time I made a

New VOIP as you are video

My good friend Bob who works over in the Unified Communications team at corp. sent me the link to this VOIP as you are video (link to the older video of PBX’s chatting to each other is here by the way…). It’s a 15 minute long video available here about the Legend of Dan Wilson and how hard he tries to prevent the installers taking the PBX switch away and replacing it with a new one. So he takes up residence on top of the PBX and tries to talk to the installers about using Unified Communi

Skype v4 is Calling

Skype v4 is Calling Posted by Zealot on 06/18/08 in Streaming Video, VoIP

Hmmmm

Testing, anyone? This is NOT an official server yet. Still needs some kinks ironed out (most likely), testing, and I'm going to guess that VoIP is buggered.

VoIP Requirements List - Why VoIP?

Would you like to stay connected with your family members and friends easily and without paying much? Read this article to find out how you can do it.

Skipe 4.0 beta for windows - briefing

Skipe 4.0 beta for windows - briefing “Josh Silverman and Mike Bartlett from Skype give a briefing on the features of Skype 4.0 Beta for Windows” Skype 4.0 Beta for Windows - Briefing by SkypeConversations Condividi Tags: skipe, voip ¶ Posted 18 Giugno 2008 † Maffucci § News ‡

Skype PR failed

Skype PR failed If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I join Alec in his thanks to the Skype PR team. I don’t have time to waste, so I feel better now that I know I can avoid joining today’s conference call to learn more about “the future of [...]

Mediaring Mobile VoIP, Why They Didn’t Get It

Mediaring Mobile VoIP, Why They Didn’t Get It Mediaring, a Singapore-based company which is popular for being one of the pioneers of VoIP (founded in 1993), announced the availability of their Mobile VoIP solution. Flipping through their web pages, I immediately realized that they didn’t get it. They arrive late to the party, in a very crowded market where players already understood what is good [...]’

TANDBERG debuts 1080p telepresence system

TANDBERG debuts 1080p telepresence system TANDBERG's first telepresence system to incorporate 1080p resolution features a slim-line 65" custom LCD screen, high quality stereo sound and a PrecisionHD 1080p camera designed to enhance direct eye contact. Timetranslator delivers world times to your mobile phone Clarity's C420 amplified telephone C2Call: browser-based VOIP phone calls The world's fastest and cheapest internet connectivity Merging home and mobile phone: XLink Bluetooth Gateway

BroadSoft Bulks Up Ecosystem

NXTCOMM 2008, Las Vegas--BroadSoft has announced a couple of new enterprise voice mashups, more than 300 hundred developers, and a channel partner program. New BroadSoft's Web 2.0 apps include the GotVoice voicemail-to-text service and MobileMax's Enterprise Edition Mobile Client. The voicemail-to-text service is pretty self-explanatory; users can receive all of their voice mail as text and digital audio via email and within a personal GotVoice.Com account. MobileMax is a fixed-mobile conver

LG Secret Travels the Globe to Asia Pacific

LG Secret Travels the Globe to Asia Pacific June 18th, 2008 Singapore - LG Electronics, a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications, announced the launch of LG Secret (Model: LG-KF750) in Asia Pacific at CommunicAsia 2008 on June 17th, 2008. Read the rest of this entry » Tags: lg kf750, secret Posted in LG Electronics, Press releases | No Comments » Views: 22 « Older Entries 64 Users Online Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner RSS Feed

links for 2008-06-18

Summer 2008 television advertisement for the Oklahoma Heritage Association Our family makes several cameos in this new 30 second advertisement running on Oklahoma public television. (We happened to be visiting the OHA the day they were shooting this video and agreed to be included.) (tags: oklahoma history oha marketing video webvideo) 10 Video Tutorials for Learning Basic Web Design Skills | Mashable! - The Social Networking Blog Collection of screencasts for webpage authoring, editing and

DIT cultivates young tech inventors

[18.06.2008 first posted on silicon republic] With the DIT Inventors Competition 2008, the institute’s incubation programme Hot house took inspiration from the words of famed computer scientist Alan Kay: “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” Staff and students alike were invited to submit their original inventions to the competition which is in its third year, as long as they could answer three questions: ‘So what?’, ‘Who cares?’, and ‘Why would anyone pay for it?’ The best

Sony PSP 4.0 Firmware Update To Support Google Search Feature

Sony PSP's upcoming 4.0 firmware update will bring Google search functionality to the portable gaming console, in an official post at Playstation blog Eric Lempel, Director of PlayStation Network Operations posted: This new upgrade replicates the Google Internet search experience, delivering the same search results that you’d get at www.google.com. And with a search history recall of 20 items, Web searches couldn’t be easier. After you download and install the firmware on your PSP, click o

VoIP Reseller - A Means to Connect Internationally at Low Cost

The VoIP reseller programs make it possible for customers to avail VoIP network from any part of the world. The resellers terminate calls with the aid of the wholesalers. They lease services from higher tiers and make the calls at a very competitive price.

Get to know Skype 4.0 beta

It's been a while since a major Skype release, and on Wednesday, the eBay-owned VoIP communication service will issue the first of several planned version 4.0 beta builds for Windows that are anticipated to drop over the next few months. (Stay tuned for the link; we'll also ...

B. Mann Consulting

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VoIP Phone Service - Convenient Facilities With Broadband Service

The VoIP technology has made it evident that one can make use of the Voice Over internet telephony to make long distant calls. This system of telephony has led to the emergence of a new era where telephony has become so simple a procedure with so many features at such low cost rate.

Avaya executive-go-round

Avaya appointed former Motorola channel executive Jeremy Butt to be its worldwide channel chief today. The appointment is the latest in a series of executive changes at the company in recent months. Butt most recently served as vice president of worldwide channels for Motorola’s enterprise mobility business, and he is credited with greatly expanding the division’s channel reach globally. (more…)

Talkdynamics To Be Used By Space Agencies

Talkdynamics To Be Used By Space Agencies June 17th, 2008 by S. Caron Systems Engineering Support Services is going to use Talkdynamics Technologies Inc.’s Evoke, a VoIP conferencing and intercom system, at the European Space Agency (ESA) for International Space Station Operations. Evoke offers secured and encrypted multi conference communication using Internet Protocol (IP).  It will link the Canadian Space Agency in Montreal, Canada, and the Columbus Control Centre in Munich, Germany. “We

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SmoothWall Express 3.0 Released 22nd August 2007 Note: This is the i386 version = smoothwall-express-3.0-i386.iso Smoothwall Express is an internet firewall, which allows you to protect your network, as well as providing NAT functionality. It is ease to use and configurable via a web-based GUI. This open source firewall distribution requires absolutely no knowledge of Linux to install or use. Smoothwall can be used on any Pentium-class PC and it comes pre-configured to stop all incomi

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SmoothWall Express 3.0 Released 22nd August 2007 Note: This is the x86 64 bit version. For use with: Intel Core 2, EM64T, AMD Athlon 64 etc = smoothwall-express-3.0-x86_64.iso Smoothwall Express is an internet firewall, which allows you to protect your network, as well as providing NAT functionality. It is ease to use and configurable via a web-based GUI. This open source firewall distribution requires absolutely no knowledge of Linux to install or use. Smoothwall can be used on any P

Broadcasting the Summer Islaamic Courses

Tuesday, 17 June 2008   During this year’s summer courses with Moosaa Richardson, we are introducing live webcasts and presentations. Registered students will be able to access a private webpage and be able to listen to and view the live feed from Toronto. In addition, we will be able to share notes and documentation live and in real-time. What is HearMe?       click above to view larger image   HearMe is a professional solution for webcasts and presentations. It is a sister-compan

Association of Virtual Worlds - Rumors and Boards

Association of Virtual Worlds - Rumors and Boards Posted in 3D Social Networks, Future Shock, Lifestyle Evolution, Second Life, Virtual Markets, Virtual Reality, Virtual Worlds, VoIP Fanatics by wayne.porter on June 17th, 2008 Some quick bullets, and a slide show, from Cory Ondrejka , so this post has *some* substance. I agree that Second Life has done quite a bit to further the advancement of Virtual Worlds. As technology advances (Moore’s Law anyone?) I imagine we are going to see innovatio

Skype 4.0 seriously disrupts the Skype UI - is this a good thing?

Will Skype's new Skype 4.0 user interface simplify the experience and brings in masses of new users? Or will it annoy and alienate the longtime (and often paying) users of Skype? As a Mac user perpetually left behind in Skype's development process, I can't personally report on the new 4.0 beta which is Windows-only and apparently due out tomorrow, but reports are starting to come out... TechCrunch says "Skype 4.0 Beta: It's All About Video" and Andy Abramson discusses how this might allow futur

Video Makes Skype 4.0 Grow Bigger, Wider

Skype, the peer-to-peer VoIP provider and a division of eBay, wants to grow up ??? both as a company and as a communications utility. To that end, it is launching the beta version of its latest Skype client software. Josh Silverman, the company’s new CEO, acknowledged that from a usability standpoint, things hadn’t changed much, even as Skype kept adding more features such as embedding third-party plug-ins. Skype needed a better, easier and cleaner client â€" and Skype 4.0 beta, likely to be ava

Firefox Launch: A Reminder of the Days of Browser Wars

With Firefox 3 launching today -- and trying for a Guinness Book of Records mention -- I've harkened back a bit (actually more than a bit) when browsers really did matter. Does anybody remember when Netscape ruled and Microsoft was trying to get anybody to use Internet Explorer? Or even better, when Compuserve battled Prodigy for king of the Internet hill? And AOL was right in there fighting? This really seems like a long, long time (almost in another galaxy, far far away) ... TrackBack (0)

We Are Willing To Pay for Music Downloads

A new UK survey of people aged 14 to 24 finds that kids still love their music and are willing to pay for it â€" but only on their own terms. Sponsored by British Music Rights (which represents songwriters and music publishers) and conducted by the University of Hertfordshire, is billed as the "largest UK academic survey of its kind." The results aren't particularly surprising in most cases, but what the respondents appear to want is an unlimited download service free of DRM that could be legal

Social network for language learners launches Video and Skype

I know today the buzz has been all about the new Skype that’s coming and bringing a bigger slant on video. That’s interesting, but I can’t afford the early adopter madness that I’ve been reading about today. It’s clearly not ready for prime time. This news release hit my mailbox yesterday, and I like this a lot. And it’s ready to roll. What a great use of a technology like Skype to mashup the pleasure of social networking with learning a new language. Social network for language learners lau

Verizon Business' IP Networking Powers Thing5 SaaS Offering

Verizon Business' IP Networking Powers Thing5 SaaS Offering Thing5 is leveraging Verizon Business' industry-leading VoIP and hosting services to offer voice and messaging services for hotel employees and guests. Under an agreement with Verizon Business, Thing5 is providing its hosted platform via a software-as-a-service model to approximately 1,300 hotels, covering more than 275,000 phones. Hospitality chains such as Extended Stay Hotels, La Quinta and the luxury boutique hotel collection LXR

Vishing Scams

Vishing Scams June 15th, 2008 @ 6:30 PM Vishing, or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phising, scams are on the rise since 2006 according to Security Pro News.  Some VoIP providers allow their users to input anything as Caller ID, so scammers can even use “White House” as their CIDs. Make sure not to give out ANY personal information over the phone unless you called them first. Tags: internet, phish, phone, scam, technology, voip X Bookmarks

MediaRing Launches New Global Mobile VoIP Service

MediaRing Launches New Global Mobile VoIP Service MediaRing introduces its new MediaRing MobileVoIP, a service that offers free unlimited mobile calls amongst its users when connected to the Internet through a WiFi network. MobileVoIP users also enjoy very attractive low rates when calling any fixed-line, mobile contacts not enrolled with the service and/or connected to Internet. The service leverages on MediaRing’s extensive and highly robust Global IP Network. MediaRing MobileVoIP is avail

NDS Tapped to Develop New Interactive User Interface for Cox

â€"Company Opens New Indian Office, Prevails in DISH Litigation â€"Integrates Jungo Middleware with TI’s Puma 5 Chipsets News Corp.-owned conditional access and interactive TV technology provider, NDS, has been tapped by the US’s third-largest cable MSO, Cox Communications, to design a new interactive user-interface for its legacy and next-generation set-top boxes. According to NDS, the new UI, which will replace the operator’s existing Aptiv guide, is compatible with “many of” Cox’s exis

Verizon Offers Wireless/Broadband Bundle Discount - Unveils new 'Flex Double Play' promotion….

Verizon Offers Wireless/Broadband Bundle Discount - Unveils new 'Flex Double Play' promotion…. Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » As had been expected, Verizon today unveiled their “Flex Double Play” wireless and broadband bundle. Verizon users who bundle a national Verizon Wireless calling plan of 450 minutes or greater, and a FiOS or DSL (3Mbps only) connection can save up to $14. Of course the amount saved depends on what services you’re signed up for, your location, and

Fairpoint Continues To Struggle With 911 Service - First impression in Maine is not a particularly good one…

Fairpoint Continues To Struggle With 911 Service - First impression in Maine is not a particularly good one… Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Fairpoint Communications is trying to make friends in the states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont after buying Verizon’s DSL and landline networks. Unfortunately, they’re not making a very good impression, since 911 outages have been plaguing the Fairpoint network the past few months. Problems continue in Maine, with a series of m

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SmoothWall Express 3.0 Released 22nd August 2007 Note: This is the i386 version Smoothwall Express is an internet firewall, which allows you to protect your network, as well as providing NAT functionality. It is ease to use and configurable via a web-based GUI. This open source firewall distribution requires absolutely no knowledge of Linux to install or use. Smoothwall can be used on any Pentium-class PC and it comes pre-configured to stop all incoming traffic that is not the result

Supernova: The Publius Project, The Internet's Constitutional Moments

I'm at my favorite conference today, Supernova. At the first one we were inspired to found Socialtext. Instead of going to the VC or consumer web panels, I thought I'd learn a bit about a Berkman project. Here's an impressionary transcript. Panel Abstract: As established governing bodies of various sorts attempt to impose rules and restrictions on the Internet, the Net continues to have its own "constitutional moments," including many that are bottom up. The Berkman Center's recently launch

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SmoothWall Express 3.0 Released 22nd August 2007 Note: This is the x86 64 bit version. For use with: Intel Core 2, EM64T, AMD Athlon 64 etc Smoothwall Express is an internet firewall, which allows you to protect your network, as well as providing NAT functionality. It is ease to use and configurable via a web-based GUI. This open source firewall distribution requires absolutely no knowledge of Linux to install or use. Smoothwall can be used on any Pentium-class PC and it comes pre-co

Firefox 3 Lands Today - Company tries to break software download record

Firefox 3 Lands Today - Company tries to break software download record Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » You may have heard that today is “download day” for the Firefox 3 browser, with the official launch occurring at 10:00AM PDT (1PM Eastern). The Firefox developers are attempting to break the Guinness World Record for most software downloaded in 24 hours (and get oodles of extra press in the process). As always, tips and impressions can be found in our Mozilla Software f

Free Press: FCC Has Authority To Police Comcast - Despite what Comcast lawyers may claim….

Free Press: FCC Has Authority To Police Comcast - Despite what Comcast lawyers may claim…. Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Comcast has been working overtime to get the FCC off their back for the company’s throttling of P2P traffic. They first argued that the throttling was perfectly reasonable â€" as per the definition of reasonable in the FCC’s network neutrality policy statement. That involved using the word reasonable a lot in a new terms of service, and issuing an 80 pa

Tandberg announces video VoIP business phone

Tandberg has made it known it will soon be making available a new VoIP video phone for the business sector. It is called the Tandberg E20 - no specific pricing information was made available. The Tandberg E20 delivers what its maker says is “CD quality audio with DVD quality video.” It sports a five-megapixel digital camera positioned at eye-level view as well as a 10.6-inch display screen for a better visual experience on both sides of the call (assuming you have another E20 on the other en

Long Distance Calls With VoIP

VoIP or voice over Internet protocol is a technology where the voice data is being transmitted over the Internet connection. It is a phone call technology using the connection or access of Internet. This technology is being growth rapidly these days. It is because of VoIP unlimited services that can reach the unlimited call. VoIP is also known as the IP telephony or VoIP broadband phone service. VoIP unlimited service offers the unlimited calls that can reach to the world wide access. By using your high speed Internet connection, you can save your time and money with making unlimited calls with VoIP. This technology also can reach you to the long distance calling.

Verizon: Offering FiOS In AT&T Turf 'Logical' - 'I wouldn't call this a major attack on AT&T or anything like that…'

Verizon: Offering FiOS In AT&T Turf 'Logical' - 'I wouldn't call this a major attack on AT&T or anything like that…' Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » Last week I noted that for the first time ever, Verizon would be competing directly with AT&T by deploying FiOS into a portion of Texas already wired with U-Verse. The Dallas Morning News has more detail. “This is a logical thing for us,” Verizon spokesman Eric Rabe says of installing FiOS in 60,000 homes

YMax’s MagicJack Catches Sales Tailwind

YMax Corp. isn’t a well known name when it comes to telecommunications in the United States. And MagicJack sounds like the product in an infomercial that helps you change a tire. But the two names may become synonymous with cheap broadband calling. MagicJack is a device about the size of a matchbox that plugs into a PC. A regular phone can then be plugged into MagicJack so the user can make and receive calls much like using a regular landline. And it is cheap. This miracle of technology costs

How Social Media Can Work

How Social Media Can Work Posted in Attention, Blogging, P2P, Skype, Social Networks, Twitter, VoIP Fanatics, Web 2.0 by wayne.porter on June 17th, 2008 How “Social Media” Can Work

Hotels and Asterisk

Hotels and Asterisk Site Feeds, VoIP, voipsupply.com No Comments » Matthew Nickasch of NetworkWorld.com has written an interesting article about VoIP in the hotel industry. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/28706

VOIP Cell Phone For Bandwidth on the Move

If you want to connect away from home, the usual answer to the ring that you want is through a cell phone. However, there is now more than one option that can be used in order to connect over a distance. Not only can you use the regular options of cell phone service, but can also dial into VoIP cell phone options.

Qosmos and Allot Create Integrated Solution

Qosmos and Allot Create Integrated Solution June 16th, 2008 by S. Caron Allot Communications Ltd. and Qosmos have developed an integrated solutions that optimizes VoIP services by capturing business-critical information and implements Quality of Service policies in real time. The solution combines Allot DPI devices and Qosmos Information Extraction appliances. “The partnership with Qosmos is a great example of the expansion of services provided by Allot Service Gateway solutions,” said Azi Ro

ErgoMotions Workstation: dentist-style ergonomics

ErgoMotions Workstation: dentist-style ergonomics Tuesday, Jun 17th 2008 by Chris Davies Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for ergonomics but I do wonder whether ErgoMotions‘ new Workstation design might remind potential buyers a little too much of a dentist’s chair to make them entirely comfortable. Featuring an industrial rack-mounted PC, twin 19-inch monitors on a custom, speaker-studded retractable arm, VoIP and fully adjustable chair with memory presets, the Phase 1 prototype is intended to m

Sonus Tops in Total VoIP Media Gateway Sector for Q1

Sonus Tops in Total VoIP Media Gateway Sector for Q1 June 16th, 2008 by S. Caron According to data from Synergy Research Group, Sonus Networks was tops in the global media gateway market in Q1 2008. “As Sonus enters its second decade in the IP-voice market, this industry leader continues to expand its market position and leadership,” said Stephane Teral, principal analyst, service provider next generation voice and mobile core with Infonetics Research. “The carrier IP-voice equipment market r

Cheap PC gadget for Internet calls selling well

What’s the fastest-growing fixed-line phone company in the United States? It’s not Verizon Communications Inc. or AT&T Inc. ??? they’re losing lines. What about cable company Comcast Corp., which is raking in subscribers for its phone service? Even that company is being beaten by a small Palm Beach, Fla., company called YMax Corp., judging by its own figures. You may never have heard of YMax, but you may have noticed the TV ads for its product, the MagicJack, which works with a broadband conn

Strange Voicemail Capsules

Ok so I have a VoIP phone. I moved to a new provider from Vonage about 8 months ago. In the process of porting my number over I ended up with two phone numbers. The one I ported is my real number, but the VoIP account came with an original number that I never used. We started getting really strange calls on that unused number almost immediately. At first, I was forwarding it on to random restaurants (By random I mean local Pappa John’s) mostly because I was annoyed at the constant calls in th

trixbox Live! Sells Out, Event Expanded, Registration Reopened for Limited Time

Free Gathering for trixbox Community Happens July 15th in Los Angeles LOS ANGELESâ€"(BUSINESS WIRE)â€"Fonality®, the leading provider of open source business communications systems, announced today that it is has expanded the July 15th trixbox Live! event, a free gathering for the trixbox community being held at the Westin LAX in Los Angeles. trixbox Live! sold out on the first day of registration and has now been expanded to accommodate all trixbox community members. Designed as a free networking

Carolyn Schuk is Royally Pissed Off!

Carolyn Schuk, a great writer who wrote for San Jose Business Journal, Voxilla [and others] is stinking mad tonight. Her comments on a recent article “Women Poised to Buy 3G iPhone, But True Cost Still Unknown”, leaves little to the imagination. What else could women possibly want besides a pink phone? A man who will love them in the morning? Excuse…f**king…me. Read the entire article for yourself (**not for the faint of heart) Carolyn is obviously not happy, understandably. I am going to

Show who’s calling

Show who’s calling Site Feeds, Skype, VoIP No Comments » Your mobile rings, you take the phone out and it says Unknown or a weird combination of numbers - and so you don’t pick up the call. Sounds familiar? This might have been someone calling your phone with Skype because only people that had bought online numbers could set them to show on their friends’ phones when calling. Up until last week, anyway. Now anyone with a mobile phone can set its number to show when calling a landline or mobil

Who Went To the Non-VON In Amsterdam?

I hear through the grapevine that some people actually showed up in Amsterdam for VON earlier this month. Either they were living under a rock in the VoIP and Telcom world or they wanted a free trip on their company's dime.

UPDATED: VFNZ Clarifies ## ISPs still trying to strangle VoIP - Vodafone, I'm looking at you.

Thanks to Paul Brislen for clarifying Vodafones position: [quote]PaulBrislen: There's no mystery here - we say in our terms and conditions that we don't support VoIP because we don't. We can't guarantee throughput, we can't guarantee quality... (more in the full post)

ISPs still trying to strangle VoIP - Vodafone, I'm looking at you.

Vodafone have just released their up-to-10MB capped-at-$1-a-day casual data rate on Prepay. Its really good value, and has made a big dent in the (over)price of mobile data in this country - I believe this is the beginning of really reasonable pricin... (more in the full post)

Microsoft stops Windows Live VOIP services from July

Last year Microsoft announced that the existing VOIP partnership with Verizon would be terminating in 2008. Currently this service allows Windows Live Messenger users to call friends and family using regular landlines and mobile phones, but this functionality is set to expire over the next few months. According to a Microsoft spokesperson, this ser...

I was sent here to annoy you

Last week I RickRolled Scaramouch and he was none too pleased. Then one of our readers, Aynesse, pointed me to Prank Dialer. Turns out RickRoll has now gone VOIP. God help us, and annoy us, all. Oh, and whatever you do do not, or no never, click this link. Leave a comment on this story.

Online Collaboration Tools And Resources: Kolabora Picks n.108

Online Collaboration Tools And Resources: Kolabora Picks n.108 Photo credit: Clix DabbleBoard: Invite as many people as you want to whiteboard online PersonalGrid: Free 2GB of storage space where you can upload and share files Barablu: Mobile VoIP client lets you make free calls to PCs to multiple networks Evermotion Communicator: Free multi-protocol instant messenger for Windows

Lingo Phone Service - Is it a Good Choice?

Lingo phone service is currently offering a fantastic promotion. Get 1 month free, with free activation and free equipment. Lingo's Chatterbox plan is also one of the cheapest plans around...Especially for what they are offering. For roughly $20 a month, you can get unlimited calling nationwide, and unlimited calling to Europe and 22 other countries at no extra charge!

Survey: WiMax may have enterprise mojo; Unified communications interest (and confusion) abounds

Survey: WiMax may have enterprise mojo; Unified communications interest (and confusion) abounds Posted by Larry Dignan @ 7:43 am Categories: General, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure, Wired & Wireless, Microsoft, IP Telephony, VOIP, Cisco, Telecommunications Tags: WiMAX, Unified Communications, Survey, Larry Dignan There’s interest among CIOs and technology executives to deploy WiMax and 57 percent of those surveyed are evaluating or piloting unified communications technology, but f

Enea Rolls Out Accelerator Platform 2.0

Enea (Nordic Exchange/Small Cap/ENEA), a world leading provider of network software and services, announced version 2.0 of the Enea Accelerator Platform, the industry's most comprehensive software platform for delivering high-quality, always-on, IP-based services like broadband access, VoIP, IPTV, gaming, and streaming video. This carrier class platform, available out-of-the-box for Kontron ATCA systems, is the first application-ready platform to integrate a carrier class Linux operating system

'Anti-Spyware' Bill Brings Back UCITA - Software companies could legally shut down your PC, connectivity….

'Anti-Spyware' Bill Brings Back UCITA - Software companies could legally shut down your PC, connectivity…. Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » User uid://1376598 writes in: “In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the commercial software industry pushed for states to adopt a “Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act“. UCITA was mostly defeated by 2002 - largely because of controversial provisions that would have legalized post-sale “click wrap” contracts, and remote disabling

Baggage and bits: Overage fees have unintended consequences

Baggage and bits: Overage fees have unintended consequences By Rafe Needleman â€" June 16, 2008, 11:34 AM PDT 4 Comments There's a dangerous trend afoot: U.S. wired broadband providers are looking at setting up tiers of service, not based on bandwidth (speed), which many already have, but rather based on amount of data received or transmitted in a given time period. Some Internet service providers are running experiments right now; see Comcast targets bandwidth hogs in test. It's

Verizon Clarifies Newsgroup Changes - Will only offer 'big eight' groups starting June 24

Verizon Clarifies Newsgroup Changes - Will only offer 'big eight' groups starting June 24 Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » As part of last week’s anti-child-porn agreement with New York’s Attorney General, Time Warner Cable and Verizon agreed to take aim at newsgroups. While Time Warner Cable confirmed to me they’ve eliminated newsgroup access entirely, Verizon says they’re simply limiting the newsgroups offered. According to the company’s policy blog, starting June 24, th

White House Keeps Pushing For Telecom Immunity - Latest proposal gives 'get out of jail free card' on White House letterhead…

White House Keeps Pushing For Telecom Immunity - Latest proposal gives 'get out of jail free card' on White House letterhead… Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » It appears the Bush administration is still doing its best to deliver legal immunity to Verizon, AT&T and Sprint for their role in handing over consumer voice and Internet data to the NSA without a court order. The latest effort, according to Reuters, would permit court dismissal of some 40 lawsuits â€" if carriers

HSDPA-iPhone: Still No Tethering - Well, not official support for tethering, anyway….

HSDPA-iPhone: Still No Tethering - Well, not official support for tethering, anyway…. Site Feeds, VoIP, broadbandreports.com No Comments » While second generation iPhone users will be able to leave EDGE behind, they still won’t be able to use the iPhone as a tethered HSDPA modem, according to iPhone Atlas. While AT&T offers such functionality for other smart phones in their in their repertoire (aka their $65 phone as modem (PAM) plans), the iPhone won’t be coming along for the ride. The o

Baba O’Reilly takes on Greenslade

Here we go. Greenslade blogs: In many ways the O’Brien saga is a distraction from the stark reality facing a company that has put its faith in the longevity of newsprint and averted its gaze from the digital future. It has invested online, of course, but it is way behind many other newspaper companies. The consequence of playing the digital ostrich is that INM is hurt more by the newsprint advertising downturn than those publishers who have been chasing online revenues fo several years. Not

Motorola WiMAX Accelerates the Delivery of Personal Media Experiences at WiMAX Forum Global Congress 2008

Broad ecosystem of WiMAX devices enables live real-world experiences AMSTERDAM â€" WiMAX Forum Global Congress â€" 16 June 2008 - Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) will demonstrate its global WiMAX leadership with a showcase of its wi4 WiMAX portfolio and compelling WiMAX-enabled experiences at stand 3.37 during the WiMAX Forum Global Congress 2008, in Amsterdam, 17-18 June. “For service providers, WiMAX is primed to deliver an economical wireless broadband network that will enable service providers to

Raketu Web Application with VoIP and Communications Services for iPhone Users

Raketu debuts its social networking integrated communications web application optimized for the iPhone. The new web-based application allows iPhone users to participate and share with their friends, family and business colleagues, both inside and outside of the Raketu network. Users can add and participate in blogs, bulletins, comments, groups, friends through conventional social networking and through Raketu's real-time communications. Users can also store and share their media, making it easy

Pingo Reduces Rates on International Calling

Pingo announces rate reductions on fixed-line and mobile phone international calling to 70 countries by as much as 59 percent. The sweeping discounts are made possible by the scale efficiencies of iBasis, one of the top three carriers of international phone calls in the world. This enables Pingo to provide substantial savings on consumer and small business phone service to the more than 100 countries reached by iBasis. Unlike traditional calling plans, prepaid calling cards, international

AT&T U-verse Voice Launched in Cleveland, Akron and Columbus

AT&T announced the availability of AT&T U-verse Voice in parts of Cleveland, Akron, Columbus and other northeastern Ohio communities, bringing consumers a next-generation digital voice service delivered over the AT&T U-verse IP network. U-verse Voice brings together your AT&T wireline and wireless voice, broadband and TV services all on one bill with unique features that provide a new level of integration, convenience and control. AT&T U-verse Voice completes the compan

Inbound PSTN calls getting dropped using SPA3102

I am using SPA 3102 with PSTN and VOIP enabled. While VOIP calls are being placed fine, inbound PSTN calls are getting dropped some times. Most callers have to call multiple times. Usually after 2nd or 3rd call connection is sustaining. For the first call, phone rings, but as soon as it is picked up, it is disconnecting the line and the caller will hear a continuous beep, beep.... Please help yo fix this prob. Thanks Luri

Tanberg releases E20 IP Desktop Video Phone

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