Ojo Phone Lives!13.03.2008 03:09 - source: voipgadgets 
After Worldgate's problems that resulted in customer's being without their cool Ojo videophones, it appears Worldgate is back! Just last night Ojo phones started working again. Worldgate proudly displays this splash screen on their home page: They also try to make amends with their customers when they write, "In appreciation for your patience during this difficult period, we're going to provide free service to all our customers until June 1, 2008." Rejoice my Ojo friends! Now it's time for me to hook up my other Ojo in the labs. I've got two of these bad boys. Lucky me! Tags: Ojo, Ojo phone, video, video conferencing, VoIP, Worldgate Related Entries SightSpeed offers High Quality Video Conferencing for the SMB - Oct 30, 2007 SightSpeed Light Flash Video Conferencing & Chat - Jan 07, 2008 Skype High Quality Video Review - Nov 30, 2007 Sat3Play Satellite Triple Play - cool stuff! - Nov 09, 2007 BabelTV integrates VoIP, YouTube, TV, iPod, Video, and more - Oct 26, 2007 Red Hat Targets Carrier-Grade Telecom - Jun 19, 2007 Vonage freefall video in 60 seconds - Mar 14, 2007 Skype Prime Allows Users to Charge for Calls - Mar 12, 2007 FCC adopts video franchise rules and overrules states that allow rural phone companies to block VoIP - Mar 05, 2007 Verizon FIOS will have set-top delivery of ALL Internet videos - Sep 28, 2006 Read more… |
WYDE Voice Launches Asterisk-based Conferencing Appliances13.03.2008 03:09 - source: voipgadgets WYDE Voice, a new startup venture backed by FreeConferenceCall.com founder and CEO David Erickson, today launched voice conferencing appliances that support wideband 16-bit, 16 kHz voice quality. The VM1000/3000 uses the iSAC codecs to deliver wideband audio that is better that traditional phone due to the wider audio spectrum used. The appliance actually uses the Asterisk platform, and can deliver 500 – 7000 concurrent G.711 calls or up to 3000 iSAC calls per chassis. The number of participants in a conference and number of conferences is limited only by the number of available ports. This scalability gives conferencing service providers and enterprise organizations the capability to deliver high-quality, high-capacity audio conferencing. VoIP protocols supported include SIP, H.323, IAX, and MGCP. It also supports SDP, RTP, and Secure RTP. The two new appliances, available now, are the VM1000 model (starting at $160/port) and the VM3000 model (starting at $140/port). WYDE Voice claims this is a fraction of the cost of competitive bridges - no doubt leveraging the free open source Asterisk platform played a role. Preset modes such as reservation-less conferencing are installed on each appliance and can be customized to meet business needs including specialized call flow or advanced features such as real-time conference control. There is a 500 port entry level system in a 2U chassis and a 3000 port system installed within a single Compact PCI chassis. The appliances are built using Asterisk and WYDE's custom DSP-based media processing module. Some nice features include: Instantaneous active speaker update, real-time conference control via SIP, and Web service API for integration with 3rd party applications or sites. What can't you do with Asterisk? Tags: Asterisk, audio conferencing, conferencing, IAX, MGCP, SIP, VM1000, VM3000 Related Entries Asterisk Termination and ENUM - Jun 13, 2007 Touchmods VoIP App for the Apple iPhone Sparks Controversy - Feb 08, 2008 Dell VoIP Products Analysis - Jan 23, 2008 University of Cambridge claims largest IP telephony system - Jan 14, 2008 Microsoft OCS 2007 Review - Oct 16, 2007 Skip2PBX, SIP-to-Skype Gateway, is here! - Aug 31, 2007 pbxnsip IP-PBX Review - Feb 21, 2007 Voiceroute Druid Open Source Edition Launches offering New Open Source Asterisk GUI Front End - Mar 12, 2008 SippySkype SIP-to-Skype Gateway - Mar 07, 2008 Asterisk 1.6.0 beta5 - Mar 06, 2008 Read more… |
My Sister Has Attempted Poisoning with Visine & Makes the News13.03.2008 03:09 - source: voipgadgets 
My sister Kellie Steeves owns and operates the Oxford Academy of Hair Design in Oxford, Connecticut where she is an instructor teaching and certifying beauticians. It's one of the best hairdressing schools in Connecticut I might add, but I'm biased - she is family after all. Anyway, she informed me late last night that someone nearly poisoned her with Visine, which could have made my sister very sick, put her in a coma, or even death. She writes: So It looks like I won’t have much trouble getting traffic to my website now. I am in the Boston Globe, Ny Papers, all the CT papers, all the CT newstations and now people are creating blogs about this!! This is Insane! I guess she's famous now. Actually, her school has been featured on TV a few times. They even wanted to make a reality show based on her beauty school. After all, beauty schools are the perfect place for gossip, drama, drama queens, etc. Mr T. was involved but I believe it fell through. Too bad - can you imagine if the reality crew caught the Visine poisoning attempt on camera? Talk about ratings! My sis' points me to this Google link featuring the Visine discussion on the Web: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=oxford+academy%2C+visine Also, according to the Connecticut Post: Seymour police say a student at a beauty school has been accused of putting Visine eye drops in the water bottle of an instructor. Twenty-two-year-old Olga Louniakova of East Haven has been charged with reckless endangerment, threatening and criminal attempt to commit an assault. Seymour police say Louniakova allegedly put the drops in the water bottle of an instructor who teaches at the Oxford Academy for Hair Design. Investigators say Louniakova had a problem with another student at the school and had intended to put the solution in that person's bottle. Police say the eye drop solution can lower body temperatures to dangerous levels, make breathing difficult, and bring on nausea, vomiting, blurred vision, seizures and even coma. What does Yahoo Answers! say about ingesting Visine? The active ingredient in Visine eye drops is Tetrahydrozoline HCl 0.05%. Swallowing this substance can result in a number of nasty effects, including: * Lowering body temperature to dangerous levels * Making breathing difficult, or even halting it entirely * Blurring vision * Causing nausea and vomiting * Elevating and then dropping blood pressure * Causing seizures or tremors * Sending the ingester into a coma Yikes! Even a small amount can be dangerous. Apparently, the intended prank was inspired by the movie "Wedding Crashers" where Owen Wilson puts Visine in the glass to give diarrhea. Well sis, I'm just glad you're OK. Here's some pics of my sister and her school: My Sister Kellie to the far left in front of her Oxford Academy of Hair Design business. Apparently the guy in the middle is some famous guy - David Guliano from Sexy Hair. My sister (left) with some of her hairdressing students I believe. Tags: Kellie Steeves, Owen Wilson, Oxford Academy of Hair Design, poisoning, Tetrahydrozoline HCl, Visine, Wedding Crashers Related Entries Read more… |
SureWest Communications Launches Combined VoIP, TV, and HD DVR13.03.2008 03:09 - source: voipgadgets Interesting news from SureWest where they debuted VoIP service combined with a high-definition digital video recorder (DVR) product for watching recorded and live TV. I'm assuming this is a combined set-top box that does video (TV) and voice over IP. If they really want to get crazy with combining stuff, they should stick a camera in there which will add video over IP (videoconferencing) capabilities. I'll see if I can get a photo of the set-top box. In the meantime, here's the news from the Sacramento Business Journal: SureWest Communications has launched Digital Phone, the telecommunication company's new Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service and a high-definition digital video recorder product. SureWest already offers VoIP for business customers, but Digital Phone extends the service to residential customers. SureWest (Nasdaq: SURW) has been testing the high-definition DVR in region since December. Customer response to the product far exceeded SureWest's expectations, Steve Oldham, SureWest's president and chief executive officer, said in a news release. Also, SureWest has expanded to 50 high-definition channels, up from 17 a year ago. Tags: HD DVR, SureWest Communications, VoIP Related Entries Ojo Phone Lives! - Mar 12, 2008 Voiceroute Druid Open Source Edition Launches offering New Open Source Asterisk GUI Front End - Mar 12, 2008 VoIP on Apple iPhone a No Go unless over WiFi - Mar 11, 2008 SippySkype SIP-to-Skype Gateway - Mar 07, 2008 Yahoo Messenger for Vista Adds VoIP - Mar 07, 2008 Asterisk 1.6.0 beta5 - Mar 06, 2008 Sony PS3 Gets In-Game VoIP - Mar 04, 2008 PBXtra 4.0 Released - Mar 04, 2008 Talkonaut 4.0 native Symbian S60 edition released - Feb 28, 2008 Junction Networks Adds Inbound Bridge to onSIP Hosted PBX - Feb 28, 2008 Read more… |
Have you got a good story? What do you want to talk about?13.03.2008 03:09 - source: BBC News Are there topics you want to get the world to talk about? What do you want to comment on or find out what others think about? Set the agenda for global conversations and have your say. Read more… |
Britney to guest star in sitcom13.03.2008 03:09 - source: BBC News Britney Spears will guest star in a forthcoming episode of US sitcom How I Met Your Mother, TV bosses confirm. Read more… |
Open Rights Group questions Phorm13.03.2008 03:09 - source: BBC News Campaign body the Open Rights Group (ORG) calls for further detail on the workings of ad system Phorm. Read more… |
Japan marvels at its Moon movies13.03.2008 03:09 - source: BBC News Stunning high-definition movies of the Moon's surface are returned by Japan's Selene probe. Read more… |
Euro tops $1.55 for first time13.03.2008 03:09 - source: BBC News The euro sets a new record against the dollar as doubt remains whether the Federal Reserve's plans will work. Read more… |
Airstrike kills Afghan civilians13.03.2008 03:09 - source: BBC News Four Afghan civilians are killed in an airstrike by British forces, the Ministry of Defence confirms. Read more… |
Sri Lankan journalists detained13.03.2008 03:09 - source: BBC News The arrest of five Sri Lankan journalists by anti-terrorist police alarms media rights campaigners. Read more… |
Iran accuses MP over TV spot13.03.2008 03:09 - source: BBC News Iran's intelligence minister accuses a leading reformist MP of treason, for talking to a US-funded television station. Read more… |
Second SocGen employee detained13.03.2008 03:09 - source: BBC News A second employee at Societe Generale is arrested as part of an investigation into huge losses at the bank. Read more… |
Ousted Thai PM appears in court13.03.2008 03:09 - source: BBC News Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra pleads not guilty to corruption charges in a Bangkok court. Read more… |
Beijing rebuffs Olympics critics13.03.2008 03:09 - source: BBC News Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi accuses "anti-China forces" of trying to politicise the Beijing Olympics. Read more… |
Estonia, Latvia sign US visa deal13.03.2008 03:09 - source: BBC News Two more European countries sign accords with the US on visa-free travel, causing potential problems with the EU. Read more… |
E Guinea exile wins asylum right13.03.2008 03:09 - source: BBC News A Spanish court restores asylum status to exiled Equatorial Guinea opposition leader Severo Moto. Read more… |
Wall Street flags as hopes fade13.03.2008 03:09 - source: BBC News New York shares close lower as optimism about central bank measures to ease the credit crunch fade. Read more… |
HK schools close amid flu fears13.03.2008 03:09 - source: BBC News Kindergartens and primary schools close in Hong Kong, amid fears of a flu-like epidemic. Read more… |
Violence rife in S Africa schools13.03.2008 03:09 - source: BBC News A report from South Africa's Human Rights Commission says that over a fifth of sexual assaults on children occur in schools. Read more… |
UK puts up car and drink tax13.03.2008 03:09 - source: BBC News Chancellor Alistair Darling unveils big increases in tax on alcohol and high polluting cars in his first Budget. Read more… |
Open heart first for Afghanistan13.03.2008 03:09 - source: BBC News An Afghan doctor has become the first ever medic in his war-torn country to qualify as an open-heart surgeon. Read more… |
Peru meteorite may rewrite rules13.03.2008 03:09 - source: BBC News A meteorite that ploughed into Peru challenges conventional theories about space impacts. Read more… |
Clinton aide quits over race row13.03.2008 03:09 - source: BBC News A Clinton adviser resigns over comments that Barack Obama is leading the Democratic race because he is black. Read more… |
Israelis kill four in West Bank13.03.2008 03:09 - source: BBC News Israeli undercover commandos shoot dead four Palestinian militants in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Read more… |