Archive for May, 2008

Shame on Dell

The New York Attorney General’s Office has won a major suit against Dell, with the court ruling that Dell engaged in fraud, false advertising and deceptive business practices. Read more about it here.Now are we going to see any money (Show Me the Money) or is it going to be the typical case (no […]

ezStand Is Just That for Guitar Hero

No more guitars on the floor or the couch!
The ezStand from ezGear supports all gaming guitar controllers - and we love it for Guitar Hero (rock ON!!!)
What’s there not to like? Small and compact, it’s easy to set up with an adjustable neck that fits all size guitars (and it folds for easy storage if […]

Asterisk With Office Communications Server 2007

Asterisk integration with Office Communications Server 2007 is a popular topic in the unified communications community. You wouldn’t think integrating an open source Linux-based solution (Asterisk) with Microsoft’s proprietary OCS 2007 UC platform would be popular, but it is. In fact, I have my ear to both the Microsoft OCS 2007 community and the Asterisk […]

VoIP Acquisitions on the Rise

By Sharla Sikes
When VoIP became a widely accepted form of communication, it was mostly offered by a host of small, independent service providers. As popular adoption of the service grew, the larger…
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Flash-to-SIP Video Calls

Innovative Systems of Communication (ISC, Inc.), a Russian-based company, launched Flashphone.ru, a proof-of-concept Flash-based phone app which I discovered & reviewed back in November. More recently they launched a media server to go along with their Flash softphone application.
Well, ISC dropped me a line to tell me they have implemented video calls that allow Flash-to-SIP […]

Apple hiring GPS and WiMax experts for the iPhone

A pair of recruitment advertisements on Apple’s jobs website hints at some interesting future developments for the iPhone. They suggest Apple will in future offer GPS and WiMax support in its growing family of connected mobile devices.
As reported first by 9 to 5 Mac, Apple is recruiting a senior RF Systems Engineer to […]

CinemaNow Brings Movie Downloads to Windows Media Center

CinemaNow was one of the first to offer downloadable video content on-demand, but has been lost in the shuffle of competitors like Apple, Amazon, and Netflix for their digital movie, music, & TV downloads. And of course you have the big buzz surrounding Netflix’s new Roku set-top box.
Well, today CinemaNow is announcing that its library of over […]

I Could Use a Good Way to Watch the NBA …

… Too bad mobile phone screen sizes are so small. It would be great to see the Celtics-Pistons and Lakers-Spurs NBA East and West finals while going mobile.
Can’t they dream up a way to optimize the network and HD broadcasts so the players aren’t so small?
Well, let’s get ready for tipoff …

Tags: Celtics, HD, […]

Guitar Hero World Tour Is Coming!!

Get ready to rock!
When the house lights go down this fall, a new generation of axe shredders, drummers and fearless frontmen will come together and rock with Guitar Hero World Tour, the latest installment from the #1 best-selling video game 2007 (but not 2008 based on what we know so far).
Guitar Hero World Tour is […]

Looking to Predict Apple’s Future

Predicting the new gadgets that Apple might throw at us is a favorite parlor game of the technology industry, Wall Street and the blogosphere. The latest chatter is that Steve Jobs will reveal at a developer conference beginning June 9 a new version of the iPhone that can surf the Web over fast 3G wireless […]