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Is VoIP a good idea for small business?

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

If you have doubts about the cost and reliability of VoIP phone systems read on says Tristan Degenhardt of Digium Switchvox. Commentary–If you are like most small businesses, you are considering investing in a VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol phone system for your business,…
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AT&T: Internet to hit full capacity by 2010

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Blame it on all that content, especially videos, bring thrown into the pipes. But don’t wish for government intervention, executive says.(By Andrew Donoghue of ZDNet UK)? AT&T to trim workforce ? Comcast, AT&T absent from FCC hearing U.S. telecommunications giant AT&T has claimed that, without investment, the…
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How IT can save us from recession

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

IT staff to the rescue. They have to both identify and solve business needs to lift the country out of a financial downturn, says Gartner analysts. IT innovation will be a key factor in helping the US to get out of recession, said a Gartner analyst on Monday. …
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HBO offers free ‘Treatment’ online

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Trying to “lower potential entry barriers” to its first prime-time drama, the channel will stream the first 15 episodes for free. The doctor is in–five nights a week. In an attempt to generate a following for its new show In Treatment, HBO will stream the first 15 episodes…
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AOL buys online marketing network Buy.at

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

The purchase, AOL’s fifth in 12 months, is part of a strategy to bolster its Internet advertising operations. Time Warner’s AOL said on Tuesday it has purchased Buy.at, an online affiliate marketing network, as part of a strategy to bolster its Internet advertising operations. AOL did not…
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Nokia starts to roll out gaming, networking sites

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Expansion into mobile Web services includes N-Gage gaming service and “Share on Ovi” social-networking site. Nokia , the world’s largest cell phone maker, started to roll out its online gaming service N-Gage on Tuesday as it expands into mobile Internet services. Nokia also opened its social-networking site…
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Week in review: Teaming up against Google

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Microsoft offers to buy struggling Yahoo for $44.6 billion to better compete against Google. Also: Vista’s one-year anniversary. The fight for Internet dominance heated up this week with Microsoft offering to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion in an effort to better compete with chief rival Google. “Today,…
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Russia’s Comstar to build WiMax network in Armenia

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Comstar UTS said it had started to build a mobile broadband network using WiMax technology in Armenia. Russian fixed-line operator Comstar UTS said on Thursday it had started to build a mobile broadband network in Armenia using WiMax technology. “We intend to launch the network this year and,…
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Cisco CEO sees network upgrades lasting a decade

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Chambers also tells Israeli press that network loads at his company are growing as much as 500 percent year-over-year to meet demand for next-gen networks. TEL AVIV–John Chambers, chief executive of network equipment maker Cisco Systems, said on Tuesday service providers will continue to upgrade and build out…
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Waiting for the OpenSocial hammer to drop

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Veteran developer Marc Canter warns industry politics could stymie push to give social-network users more control over data. When Google announced OpenSocial a few months ago, it was welcomed as an effort to standardize the world around the notion of open social networking. But the announcement also was…
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The business end of Cisco

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

It might be trying to win the hearts and minds of consumers, but the company hasn’t forgotten that its biggest customers still pay the bills. Cisco Systems might be trying to win the hearts and minds of consumers, but it hasn’t forgotten that its large business customers still…
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The house that social networking built

Friday, January 25th, 2008

The Open Architecture Network’s Cameron Sinclair talks about harnessing next-generation Web technologies to proliferate affordable housing around the globe.Open-source housing for needy Forget about showy “starchitecture” from the likes of Frank Gehry. Architect Cameron Sinclair sees the future of his field in the slums, where the United Nations…
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Harnessing the power of P2P

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

It may have gotten a bad rap, but peer-to-peer technology is increasingly used as a legitimate distribution tool for high-bandwidth applications like video. Peer-to-peer technology has gotten a bad rap for years, but a group of Internet service providers led by Verizon Communications is working to harness the…
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Business execs snub Facebook

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Social networking Web site Facebook is being snubbed by a jury of CIOs because of the increasing number of “silly applications” and lack of business use. Just one of the 12 IT executives in silicon.com’s weekly CIO Jury IT user poll said they use Facebook for networking or business-related…
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