Digium Wins Three More Industry Awards

17.04.2008 18:42 - source: Voipmonitornet

Digium Wins Three More Industry AwardsDigium the recent receipt of three prestigious industry awards. Acknowledgement of the strength of Digium’s products from TechTarget’s SearchNetworking. Read more…


Russia wants all WiFi devices to be registered

17.04.2008 18:42 - source: Asterisk

The folks at the Rossvyazokhrankultura (Russian Mass Media, Communications and Cultural Protection Service) have decided that every device with Wi-Fi inside requires registration for use by an individual user without a transferrable license, according to The Other Russia, which picked... Read more…


Gradwell demos integrated OCS platform

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: voip-news.co.uk

Gradwell Dot Com Limited, which specialises in providing flexible internet solutions which are independent of an Internet provider, has announced a VoIP demo of an integrated Microsoft OCS 2008 platform. Microsoft’s Office Communication Server 2008 provides Unified Messaging and Voice Communications. It enables the integration of telephony with existing Exchange, Outlook and MS CRM environments. [...] Read more…


MySpace launches in SKorea, saying it learned from others (AP)

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: Yahoo tech

AP - The co-founder of MySpace said he believes the popular online hangout is poised to succeed in South Korea after closely scrutinizing U.S. Internet services that have faced challenges making inroads here. Read more…


Rising satisfaction with banking online (AP)

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: Yahoo tech

AP - Banks have been disappointing customers many ways lately ?— tightening mortgage lending standards, paring back home-equity and credit-card lines and lowering savings interest rates ?— but they're receiving higher marks for at least one thing: their Web sites. Read more…


Cubans line up for cell phone service (AP)

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: Yahoo tech

AP - Lines stretched for blocks outside phone stores Monday as ordinary Cubans were allowed to sign up for cellular phone service for the first time. Read more…


Users fight to save Windows XP (AP)

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: Yahoo tech

AP - Microsoft Corp.'s operating systems run most personal computers around the globe and are a cash cow for the world's largest software maker. But you'd never confuse a Windows user with the passionate fans of Mac OS X or even the free Linux operating system. Unless it's someone running Windows XP, a version Microsoft wants to retire. Read more…


Ericsson deals with China worth $1.44B (AP)

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: Yahoo tech

AP - LM Ericsson AB signed contracts with Chinese mobile operators China Mobile and China Unicom worth a total of $1.44 billion, the wireless equipment maker said Monday. Read more…


Agreement by Mobile Giants Brings Fast LTE Closer (NewsFactor)

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: Yahoo tech

NewsFactor - Long-Term Evolution (LTE) has taken another step toward long-term stability. Seven major telecommunications companies announced Monday that they have reached an agreement on a mutual framework for licensing intellectual-property rights relating to 3GPP LTE, the next step after 3G in the evolution of mobile-phone technology. Read more…


Nokia launches new phone with electronic wallet (Reuters)

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: Yahoo tech

Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's top cellphone maker, said on Tuesday it would start selling a new handset, the 6212 Classic, with integrated Near Field Communication (NFC). Read more…


Mandriva Tailors Linux For Budget PC Market (TechWeb)

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: Yahoo tech

TechWeb - The 2008 Spring distribution includes Elisa multimedia center with drag-and-drop tools for storing and managing digital content such as photos, music, and videos. Read more…


Motley Crue to release single on Rock Band game (Reuters)

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: Yahoo tech

Reuters - In a nod to the ascendancy of video games, rock 'n' roll bad boys Motley Crue will become the first group to release a new single through Rock Band, the developer of the wildly popular game said on Monday. Read more…


Pope "Deeply Ashamed" Of Clergy Sex Abuse

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: CBS

Pope Benedict XVI said he was "deeply ashamed" of the clergy sexual abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church and will work to make sure pedophiles don't become priests. Read more…


Accused Ohio Murderer Found Dead In Jail

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: CBS

A man accused of stabbing his wife to death and killing his four children in a house fire hanged himself in his jail cell, officials said. Read more…


Polygamy Sect Moms Told To Leave Children

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: CBS

Texas officials who took 416 children from a polygamist retreat into state custody have sent many of their mothers away, as a judge and lawyers struggled with a legal and logistical morass in one of the biggest child-custody cases in U.S. history. Read more…


Blasts Break Recent Calm In Iraq

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: CBS

Iraqi police say car bombs in two major cities have killed at least 50 people and wounded scores of others. Read more…


Oil Prices Reach New High

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: CBS

Oil prices set yet another intraday trading record, surging close to $114 a barrel as the U.S. dollar fell and crude oil shipments along one U.S. pipeline were said to be moving below capacity. Read more…


Brain Decides Faster Than You Think

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: CBS

The brain makes decisions up to 10 seconds before those decisions bubble into conscious thought, European experts report. Read more…


Marilyn Monroe Sex Film Is "Graphic"

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: CBS

Someone who's seen the film -- which just sold for $1.5 million -- described it, and addressed speculation that the man in it was a Kennedy, on The Early Show. Read more…


U.S. Home Foreclosures Soar In March

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: CBS

The onslaught of homes facing foreclosures has yet to ebb, a research report showed, with bank repossessions skyrocketing last month as more troubled homeowners mailed in their keys and walked away. Read more…


Help Wanted: Mexican Gang Seeks Hitmen

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: CBS

Hitmen tied to Mexico's Gulf cartel appear to be boldly seeking recruits by posting help-wanted signs in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, including a giant banner hung across a thoroughfare. Read more…


Suicides Shut VA Psychiatric Ward

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: CBS

A fourth suicide among mentally ill patients treated at the Dallas VA Medical Center this year has led the hosptial to close its psychiatric ward. Investigators are expected to assess safety there. Read more…


France Closer To Adopting Body Image Bill

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: CBS

France's lower house of parliament adopted a groundbreaking bill that would make it illegal for anyone - including fashion magazines, advertisers and Web sites - to incite extreme thinness. Read more…


School Principal Bans Tag From Playground

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: CBS

The principal of a Virginia elementary school says the tradtional schoolyard game is causing too many injuries. Some parents disagree. Read more…


Study: Fruits, veggies could reduce heart attacks, strokes

15.04.2008 16:57 - source: USATODAY.com

A large study offers the strongest evidence yet that a diet the government recommends for lowering blood pressure can save people ... Read more…