Six Things You Need to Know About VoIP

Six Things You Need to Know About VoIP

Think you know VoIP? Think again. There are plenty of myths and misunderstanding out there. We talk to 30 experts who tell you exactly what you need to know.

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BlackBerry, meet China's RedBerry

China United Telecommunications (China Unicom), the country's second-largest mobile operator, has introduced a push e-mail service with a name that closely echoes Research In Motion's (RIM's) popular BlackBerry service.

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Qualcomm chipset could triple cellular data speeds

New Qualcomm chipsets could triple mobile devices' wireless bandwidth next year. Qualcomm has said it will to introduce chipsets based on a technology called EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) Revision B, which is capable of boosting bandwidth on existing CDMA (code division multiple access) networks.

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Prefound.com to wed social networks, search

The company plans to host a Kentucky Derby event it hopes will help build a critical mass of users for its search engine by leveraging popular social networks. The state of Kentucky is not known as a bastion of high-tech innovation. But Lexington-based Prefound.com hopes to use its home state's most popular sporting event to promote what Chief Executive Officer Steve Mansfield thinks is the next evolution of online searching -- the merging of search engines and social networks.

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EBay eyes crossover with MeetUp

EBay Inc. has invested US$2 million in social networking company Meetup Inc., according to a form 8-k eBay filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. Last month Meetup announced that it was receiving investment from several sources -- eBay among them -- but did not specify the amount of the investment. Other investors announced at the time included Omidyar Network, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Esther Dyson and Allen & Co.

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Internet search giant Yahoo launches travel service

United States Internet search engine Yahoo launched a travel service on Wednesday that promised to find the best deals on airfare and hotels, the company said.

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Google to unveil calendar service

Online search engine Google is unveiling a calendar service that allows users to store appointments online, receive reminders about them and share those plans with others.

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Helio inks Yahoo deal for easier mobile Web use

Helio LLC, the mobile venture of SK Telecom and EarthLink Inc., said on Thursday it agreed to put a link to Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news)'s Web search engine directly on its cellphone screens to make it easier to surf the Web on its devices.

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Microsoft's Google Scholar rival set to go Live

Microsoft's Google Scholar rival set to go Live

Microsoft plans to release a new search tool this week that will go head to head with the Google Scholar service, sources familiar with the company's plans say. The new Windows Live Academic Search service, which will be available in beta form sometime in the next several days, will allow users to search academic journals and other scholarly publications, according to information posted on the Liveside.net blog, which isn't affiliated with Microsoft.

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Europe's domain registry hijacked

The registry for the new .eu domain has grown to 1.4 million Web addresses since Friday morning -- but one registrar has accused the group that runs it of inept organization, allowing companies to cheat the system by setting up bogus registrars to work on their behalf.

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Skype to buy voice start-up Sonorit

eBay's Skype unit said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire a San Francisco-based speech-processing start-up for roughly $27 million in stock.eBay will issue 700,000 shares of stock to buy Sonorit and its subsidiary, Camino Networks. Skype said it bought the company for its engineering team, which should help Skype build new voice products for the future.

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Google buys search technology from Australian university
Google Inc. said Tuesday that it has acquired search engine technology from an Australian university that the institution described last year as potentially revolutionary.

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Blogosphere suffers spam explosion

Boing Boing would allow its readers to leave comments and engage in a discussion on the wildly popular blog, if it weren't for spam. The editors of the technology and pop culture blog took down the comment option about two years ago. Back then, they wanted to put an end to abusive comments, personal attacks on the Boing Boing crew and some spam. Today, their reason for not bringing it back is simpler: an explosion in junk comment posts on blogs.

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MySpace.com hires online safety chief

MySpace.com on Tuesday said it had tapped a former federal prosecutor and Microsoft executive to be its online safety chief, the latest move by the social networking site to shore up security. The announcement comes one day after MySpace began running public service ads warning its users about the dangers posed by sexual predators on the Internet.

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Now starring on the internet: YouTube.com

Internet video sensation YouTube.com seems like a startup straight out of Silicon Valley central casting. A year ago, co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen were in between jobs, a pair of twentysomething geeks running up big credit card debts as they tooled around a garage trying to develop an easy way for people to share homemade videos on the Web.

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Microsoft Releases Three Windows Patches

Microsoft Corp. released three critical patches Tuesday for its Windows operating system, including one to fix an Internet Explorer browser flaw that had already been exploited in some Internet attacks. The critical patches — deemed by Microsoft to address the highest threats — fix flaws that could allow an attacker to take control of another person's computer without permission.

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Pump-and-dump Spam Works

Pump-and-dump Spam Works

Pump-and-dump stock spam works, a pair of German researchers said Thursday as they presented findings at a security conference taking place in Vancouver, Canada.

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Oracle Server flaw sparks warning

A software security expert warned users of Oracle Server that a software flaw could allow any user to read, modify, and delete data used by Oracle applications; he also says that Oracle may have unwittingly shown hackers how to exploit the previously unknown hole.

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Google exploring new search technique

Google has launched a new search project with an Australian university student, designed to let people view more information per search result without having to click open every link.

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MSNBC.com to test ad-supported mobile service

MSNBC.com will test an ad-subsidized news service for cell phones in a bid to gain a wider audience, the news Web site said Wednesday.

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United Online to buy MyPoints.com from UAL

Low-cost Internet provider United Online Inc. said on Monday it agreed to buy MyPoints Inc., the travel and consumer rewards program owned by United Airlines parent UAL Corp., for about $56 million in cash.

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Beijing Email User Sues Shanghai Spammer

Upset about the endless spam coming into her email inbox, a Beijing woman surnamed Wang is suing the spammer in the first Beijing court case about unsolicited commercial email.

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Email Accounts In China Will Reach 500 Million In 2010

A newly-released research report shows that China's total free and paid email accounts reached 270 million in 2005, an increase of 29% over the previous year.

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14 Chinese Websites Advocate Civilized Online BehaviorFourteen websites in China have together put forward proposals regarding the healthy management of their online domains. The 14 Chinese website companies are Qianlong.com, Sohu.com, Sina.com, Netease, Tom.com, China.com, Baidu.com, Ynet, Zhongsou.com, Xilu.com, Xici.net, Yahoo, Hexun and Daqi.com.

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Newspapers sign on to syndicated blog service

Newspapers sign on to syndicated blog service

A syndication service that delivers commentary from 600 bloggers for use by newspaper publishers is set to launch on Tuesday, further blurring the lines that divide blogs and mainstream media.

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Cell Phone Industry Steps Closer to VoIP

Wojtek Felendzer held a mobile phone to his ear as he walked across the room, the call automatically switching behind the scenes from a Wi-Fi wireless hotspot to the regular cellular network.

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Now Starring on the Internet: YouTube.com
Internet video sensation YouTube.com seems like a startup straight out of Silicon Valley central casting. A year ago, co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen were in between jobs, a pair of twentysomething geeks running up big credit card debts as they tooled around a garage trying to develop an easy way for people to share homemade videos on the Web.

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-read full story from Yahoo! News, April 9 2006


Business Objects unveils new Web-delivered software

Business Objects SA will introduce a Web-based version of its database marketing software on Monday, the latest company to push into the fast-growing market for applications delivered over the Internet.

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Microsoft readies searches to rival Google

Microsoft confirmed through its public relations firm Friday that it is readying two new searches -- Windows Live Product Search and Windows Live Academic Search.

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Is Microsoft playing well with others?

At last year's LinuxWorld, Microsoft executive Bill Hilf stalked the stage dressed as a "Star Wars" storm trooper. This time, he tried a friendlier tack to charm the Linux faithful.

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Sendmail may turn tools over to open source

Sendmail, whose products are built on the software that delivers many e-mail messages, may release some substantial new technology as open source.

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Google wins SF wireless gig

Google has won the contract to operate San Francisco's municipal wireless network, in conjunction with Earthlink. San Francisco's mayor Gavin Newsom has described Wi-Fi as "a basic human right" - sort of like gay marriage, but for nerds.

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-read full story from The Register, April 6 2006