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Tech: Ad Blockers Working To Get Rid Of Annoying Flash Ads. I am so sick and tired of the stupid Vonage ads. Grinning people sliding across my screen like they’re on an airport people-mover won’t get...
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Tech: CNN.com — Uncertainty clouds Voice over Internet’s future — Jul 8, 2004: “‘If you were to look at it in 10 to 15 years time, everyone will be using Voice over Internet Protocol,’ said Mark Main,...
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Tech: The New York Times explains why VoIP wiretapping requires companies to pass the extra costs along to customers. VoIP taps also involve packet sniffing and increased latency for all Internet...
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Dell recalls 4M laptop computer batteries
This article first appeared on my old blog at http://www.bloglines.com/blog/wsodeman?id=46 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060814/ap_on_hi_te/dell_battery_recall “The [Consumer Product Safety Commission]....
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The virtuous cycle
This article appeared in my old blog at http://www.bloglines.com/blog/wsodeman?id=206 http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2006/tc20060208_760555.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5 Peter...
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HawTel claims that system problems are consultants’ fault
According to the Honolulu Advertiser, Hawaiian Telcom CEO Mike Ruley spoke during an investors’ conference call yesterday. He discussed the ongoing issues that have plagued the telephone company’s...
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WiFi phones offer free calls at a price
Today’s New York Times features an article on WiFi telephones. These are mobile devices that can place telephone calls over an 802.11b connection by using VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol). While...
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Skype will charge for calls within Canada and the US
This article first appeared in my old blog at http://www.bloglines.com/blog/wsodeman?id=269 http://www.informationweek.com/industries/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196603857...
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AITP meeting on February 8
I’m a director of the Association of Information Technology Professionals’ (AITP) Honolulu chapter. Last week in my IS 6100-E class, I mentioned that these meetings are great places to meet and network...
View ArticleSkype crashes, eBay forced to eat its own dog food
Skype, the popular peer-to-peer VoIP service owned by eBay, was unavailable yesterday. Long-standing errors in Skype’s client software shut down the company’s supernodes, which took down the entire...
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Did you want a PC on your iPhone?
It is possible to use a Windows personal computer on an iPhone. Of course, the computer isn’t inside the phone. WebEx, a Cisco company that offers remote computing services, now supports iPhone on its...
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Skype loses its hype
Yesterday, Forbes reported on eBay’s continuing problems with Skype. Om Malik also discussed this development yesterday. eBay purchased the VoIP company in 2005. eBay CEO Deb Whitman wanted eBays...
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My office telephone is out, but I’m still working
My university office telephone is out of service, along with all the Internet and telephones in 1166 and 1188 Fort Street Mall. The recent rains and winds have blown our wireless Internet link out of...
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eBay’s new CEO
Meg Whitman, eBay’s CEO, is stepping down after a brutal year for the company. The New York Times reports that John Donahoe will be promoted from president of the Marketplace division, and will assume...
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HawTel replaces CEO with turnaround specialist
Hawaiian Telcom CEO Mike Ruley was dismissed yesterday. His replacement is Stephen Cooper, co-founder or Kroll Zolfo Cooper, a New York City-based interim management firm. Cooper is best known as the...
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Customer lock-in
One strategy that telecommunications companies have adopted is bundling, or selling a combination of services at a reduced price. The goal is customer lock-in, a situation in which the buyer is more or...
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