Google and Yahoo to share web ads10.04.2008 19:46 - source: BBC News Yahoo and Google announce a two-week experiment that will see them share advertising space. Read more… |
NHS migrant rules face legal bid10.04.2008 19:46 - source: BBC News Rules banning some migrants in England from hospital treatment are to be challenged in the High Court. Read more… |
Sean Penn decides against divorce10.04.2008 19:46 - source: BBC News Hollywood star Sean Penn and his actress wife Robin Wright Penn withdraw their petition for a divorce. Read more… |
Computer viruses hit one million10.04.2008 19:46 - source: BBC News The number of malicious programs in circulation has hit the one million mark, says security firm Symantec. Read more… |
Live - Masters 200810.04.2008 19:46 - source: BBC News England's Justin Rose and defending champion Zach Johnson top the Masters leaderboard at Augusta. Read more… |
Hicks calls for Parry resignation10.04.2008 19:46 - source: BBC News Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks calls for chief executive Rick Parry to resign in the latest twist to the ongoing power struggle at Anfield. Read more… |
Objectworld Partners with Grandstream Networks on End-To-End Unified Communications Solution10.04.2008 19:46 - source: www.topix Objectworld Communications Corp . today announced that Grandstream Networks, the recognized leading manufacturer of high quality and affordable IP-PBX ' s, SIP trunking gateways, video and voice IP solutions ... via Business Wire Read more… |
Nortel Unified Communications Let InterContinental San Francisco Get Personal10.04.2008 19:46 - source: www.topix "Our solution helps unify communications to address multiple facets of their guests' needs and provides the hotel a foundation for true competitive differentiation." Billing itself as the most technologically advanced hotel in California, the new InterContinental San Francisco is welcoming its first guests with a personalized travel experience made possible by a hospitality ... via Monitor Today Read more… |
PhoneFromHere.com & Digium Ink 5 Year Deal10.04.2008 19:46 - source: voipgadgets PhoneFromHere.com today announced a 5 year agreement with Digium. They have been working informally in the past. The goal is to improve and commercialize the embedded Java softphone created by Digium engineers. PhoneFromHere.com creates web call me button widgets for use on websites, blogs, social networking sites, etc. that not only enables visitors to call you but it protects your privacy as well. Also, PhoneFromHere has a cool iGoogle 'Phone Home' widget currently in beta. Simply add the PhoneFromHere.com widget to your iGoogle homepage and use your laptop, headset and internet connection to place calls. Interestingly, PhoneFromHere doesn't use SIP - instead they use Nomasystems' IAX2 opensource library. The IAX2 protocol was of course developed by Asterisk guru Mark Spencer from Digium with the goal of being able to traverse firewalls more easily & interconnect multiple Asterisk IP-PBXs in branch offices. But lest I fall into a SIP vs. IAX2 debate let me just share the rest of the news after the jump...Continue reading PhoneFromHere.com & Digium Ink 5 Year Deal... Tags: Asterisk, click to call, Digium, IAX2, Java, Mark Spencer, Nomasystems, PhoneFromHere.com, SIP, softphone, VoIP Related Entries Mexuar Brings Java Click-to-Call to Asterisk - Mar 19, 2008 Switchvox SMB 3.5 and AA60 Switchvox Appliance - Mar 18, 2008 Digium Wins InfoWorld ''Best of Open Source Software'' Award - Sep 18, 2007 Skip2PBX, SIP-to-Skype Gateway, is here! - Aug 31, 2007 Top 10 Reasons Why I love Asterisk - Aug 03, 2007 Digium podcast of Mark Spencer's new role - Jan 30, 2007 C2Call - New browser-based Java VoIP app - Apr 03, 2008 Asterisk USB Hub - Mar 31, 2008 Sangoma Technologies Offers Lifetime Warranty - Mar 18, 2008 Touchmods VoIP App for the Apple iPhone Sparks Controversy - Feb 08, 2008 Read more… |
Blu-ray DVD - Buy 2 Blu-ray DVDs Get 1 Free on Amazon10.04.2008 19:46 - source: voipgadgets Amazon is offering a buy 2 Blu-ray DVDs get 1 Free Blu-ray DVD now that the Blu-ray vs HD DVD war is over. I just got this email now. Funny how Amazon was very diplomatic when they wrote "Now that all major studios have expressed their support for Blu-ray as the ultimate high definition entertainment experience" as opposed to saying "Now that Blu-ray has whooped HD DVD's arse and we now have a single standard." Guess Amazon didn't want to tick off Toshiba, one of the biggest losers after HD DVD's demise. Oh and speaking of The Biggest Loser, I'm down to 169lbs or 29lbs from my original 198lb weight. In any event, if you're looking for a free Blu-ray DVD, check out this Amazon.com promotion: Blu-ray DVDs: Buy 2, Get 1 Free Event Dear Amazon Associate, The Associates program is excited to announce a special Buy 2 Get 1 Free promotion on select Blu-ray titles through April 18. Now that all major studios have expressed their support for Blu-ray as the ultimate high definition entertainment experience, this is a fantastic opportunity for your customers to start building their Blu-ray libraries with Amazon’s great selection of titles, including “300”, “The Fifth Element”, and “Bladerunner (Five-Disc Complete Collector's Edition).” In addition, Amazon.com is currently offering an exclusive bundle of the hit movies “National Treasure” and “National Treasure 2 – Book of Secrets” on Blu-ray, now available for pre-order ($39.99). Check out our Blu-ray store to explore the hundreds of titles available on Blu-ray, all at least 30% off. To link directly to the Buy 2 Get 1 Free promotion page and earn referral fees on the subsequent qualifying purchases, use the following link format, substituting your Associates ID: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000214241&tag=YOUR_ID_HERE-20 Sincerely, The Amazon Associates Team Tags: Amazon, Amazon.com, Blu-Ray, DVD, National Treasure, National Treasure 2 - Book of Secrets Related Entries R2-D2 Home Theater System DLP projector - Dec 11, 2007 Star Trek Season One Boxed Set on HD DVD - Nov 21, 2007 TiVo's new Buy on TV for Amazon Unbox - Jul 10, 2007 DRM-Free MP3 songs - You're joking, right? - May 16, 2007 Netflix Gets into Movie Downloads (Finally!) - Jan 16, 2007 Do We See a White Flag in the DVD Format Wars? - Jan 04, 2007 The Next Gen DVD Format War Is Over (Maybe, Maybe Not) - Sep 27, 2006 Another HD-DVD Format! - Aug 31, 2006 Amazon, Google, Yahoo, eBay fight net neutrality with letter to Congress - Jul 13, 2006 A Unified HD-DVD Format (Or at Least a Player)? - Jul 18, 2006 Read more… |
Packet8 Virtual Office Adds Salesforce.com VoIP Plugin10.04.2008 19:46 - source: voipgadgets 
Packet8 has always been at the leading edge of cool VoIP applications and products. Packet8 was the first to offer a videophone for their residential VoIP customers (see my review of the Packet8 Videophone) They're had several other firsts to their name along with several patents to boot. Packet8 is like the dark horse when it comes to VoIP. While they don't have their name in lights like big bad Vonage, Packet8 has been slowly growing their customer base while adding cool new features. One advantage Packet8 has over Vonage and other VoIP broadband players is that Packet8 has gone after both the residential and business phone market simultaneously. These are vastly different markets, and would seem to many that Packet8 is biting off more than they can chew. But again, they keep steadily adding more customers. You know what they say - slow and steady wins the race. Well, today I learned about another interesting VoIP application that Packet8 is offering - namely integration with Salesforce.com. You can call any of your Salesforce.com contacts to your Packet8 Virtual Office extension with the new salesforce.com plug-in application, which is available free to Virtual Office subscribers. Simply click the link next to a contact in the Salesforce.com browser window and you can instantly call your contacts. Just as nifty, incoming calls are displayed with pop-up screens based on the user's Salesforce contacts (using CallerID info). Packet8 Virtual Office and salesforce.com partnered together to offer small businesses an integrated CRM telephony solution that lets subscribers place calls over the Packet8 Virtual Office service directly from their Salesforce application by either clicking the contact's phone number or using the dialpad on the Packet8 interface window. The Packet8 Virtual Office Interface for Salesforce is currently supported by Internet Explorer 6.0 or later on Windows XP or Vista - sorry Mac fans. It also won't run on other browsers such as Opera, Firefox, or Opera. Limited browser support aside, Packet8 continues to add interesting VoIP applications that make VoIP a much more compelling argument to switch from PSTN other than simply cheaper voice minutes. Well done Packet8. Tags: CRM, Packet8, Salesforce.com, VoIP Related Entries ITEXPO VoIP Conference Testimonials - Feb 14, 2008 8x8's Packet8 Posts Steady Growth - Jan 30, 2008 Ribbit Launches - Dec 17, 2007 Packet8 MobileTalk Launches - Nov 19, 2007 Viseon, Vonage Video Phone Manufacturer, Bites the Dust - Nov 14, 2007 Minimizing network load when routing to Ported Mobile Phone Numbers - Oct 17, 2007 Another VoIP Provider Bites the Dust - Sep 26, 2007 Web-based GUI comes to Frontrange HEAT - Sep 18, 2007 SunRocket 10 Day Countdown - Jul 27, 2007 Packet8 Outage Sunday - Jul 26, 2007 Read more… |
Nominum Provides Penn State with Resilient VoIP Network Connectivity10.04.2008 19:46 - source: Voipmonitornet 
Nominum Provides Penn State with Resilient VoIP Network ConnectivityNominum announces that The Pennsylvania State University achieved 100 percent DHCP network service uptime for the fourth year in a row. Read more… |
Paltalk Launched Its Newest10.04.2008 19:45 - source: Voipmonitornet Paltalk Launched Its NewestPaltalk launched its newest version of its video chat platform, PaltalkScene. Read more… |
VoIP Logic Announces Knowledge Base for Self-Service VoIP Issue Resolution10.04.2008 19:45 - source: Voipmonitornet VoIP Logic Announces Knowledge Base for Self-Service VoIP Issue ResolutionVoIP Logic announces the availability of its Support Portal Knowledge Base. Read more… |
10 Tips for Preparing Wireless Requests for Proposal (RFPs)10.04.2008 19:45 - source: Asterisk 10 questions to ask before your next wireless deployment. Wireless networks have come of age. With the advent of the latest 802.11n class of products, wireless devices now boast the same throughput and performance as their wired counterparts. But before... Read more… |
Polycom Releases SoundStation IP 7000 and IP 6000 Conference Phone10.04.2008 19:45 - source: Asterisk Polycom announced the release of the new SoundStation IP 7000 and IP 6000 IP conference phones. Polycom features including Polycom HD Voice technology and a sleek new design. The SoundStation IP7000 is an ideal upgrade for executive offices, conference... Read more… |
Zaptel 1.2.25 and 1.4.10 released10.04.2008 19:45 - source: Asterisk The Asterisk.org development team has announced the release of Zaptel versions 1.2.25 and 1.4.10. These releases contain many bug fixes as well as performance enhancements.A couple of the more major changes include: modifications to the wctdm24xxp and wcte12xp drivers to... Read more… |
Vyke announces 226% increase in customers09.04.2008 10:04 - source: voip-news.co.uk VoIP company, Vyke Communications Plc London, recorded a 34% increase in paid Vyke IP based customer accounts to 1,742,508 in Q1 2008, from 1,302,828 at the end of Q4 2007 - an increase of 226% compared with Q1 2007. During Q1, the number of weekly call minutes increased from 4.15m to 8.5m, and the total [...] Read more… |
Planned native VoIP application for Apple iPhone09.04.2008 10:04 - source: voip-news.co.uk 
JAJAH, a global company based in California, is building on its current Apple iPhone call-back offering by participating in the iPhone Developer Program to create possibly the first native global VoIP application. The new global VoIP application is expected to be available this summer, close to the iPhone 2.0 software release. Since the launch of [...] Read more… |
Thousands of posts flood Starbucks site (AP)09.04.2008 10:04 - source: Yahoo tech AP - Hundreds of coffee-obsessed consumers chimed in moments after Starbucks Corp. launched a Web site asking customers to pitch changes the company should make to revive its struggling U.S. business. Read more… |
TomTom blames price pressures in warning (AP)09.04.2008 10:04 - source: Yahoo tech AP - Personal navigation device maker TomTom NV shocked the market with a profit warning on Tuesday, blaming weak pricing power and European retailers for stocking fewer of its products. Read more… |
Study: Editor-reader gap in news sites (AP)09.04.2008 10:04 - source: Yahoo tech AP - Newspaper readers agree with editors on the basics of what makes good journalism, but they are more apt to want looser rules for online conversations, a new study on news credibility has found. Read more… |
Chertoff pushes cybersecurity goals (AP)09.04.2008 10:04 - source: Yahoo tech AP - Federal cybersecurity officials are trying to develop an early warning system that alerts authorities to incoming computer attacks targeting critical U.S. infrastructure, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Tuesday. Read more… |
Adobe Rolls out Media Player, Video Content (PC World)09.04.2008 10:04 - source: Yahoo tech PC World - Adobe Systems debuted a new media playing software, Adobe Media Player 1.0 (AMP) along with online programming instruction... Read more… |
General Data, MobileFrame To Develop Enterprise Apps (TechWeb)09.04.2008 10:04 - source: Yahoo tech TechWeb - The partnership positions the two companies to serve a mobile enterprise app market, which is growing at 30% annually. Read more… |