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More on Pretexting
September 8, 2006
With all the talk of pretexting lately I thought it make sense to point you to an article on the topic from Internet Telephony Magazine from July of this year. There is lots of great analysis here and you will learn why the major carriers oppose pretexting regulation from the FCC.
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This Education Will Be Computerized
September 8, 2006
I remember my days at the University of Connecticut where we learned about the latest in technology in buildings that were fit for prisoners. That may be a bit harsh but before I left a new engineering was built – UTEB for United technologies Engineering Building. It was amazing equipped with state of the art SUN workstations instead of a decades old mainframe. It even had air conditioning – which was a big step up from most of the other buildings I had classes in.By the way -- the UCONN campus is beautiful now – it looks like a country club compared to what us old-timers saw.
But even UCONN can’t hold a candle to the school of the future – 750 lucky Philadelphia students are able to take advantage of a state of the art facility with a MERU Networks wireless LAN and even self-flushing toilets.
Microsoft partnered with the 278 school District of Philadelphia to make this a reality. Hats off to MSFT and the forward looking Philly educational district.
I sincerely hope this school generates tremendous buzz and other schools are built that are even more advanced.
It is time for the US educational system to be the best in the world and a nation that invests in its schools shows the next generation of students how important education is and just as importantly how import technology is to this country’s future.
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Busy Day
September 8, 2006
It has been a pretty hectic day with meetings and everything else going on around TMC. Don't get me wrong --I am having a fun time -- I just didn't get a chance to finish up any thoughts -- at least not to the point where I would have something bloggable or article-worthy.
So I thought instead I would link you to articles of interest I have seen today. Some are IP communications related and some are not. Enjoy:
To start off with you should read Tracey Schelmetic's Vishing, Phishing And Wishing Scammers Would Be Crushed By Meteors which is educational and funny. If you remember the optical boom and JDS Uniphase in particular you remember how fast these stocks rose and how much money investors made and lost because of this stock in particular. Well now JDSU has some new capabilities for its DTS-330. The SimulSource IP Video Generation Application is a software tool to enable network equipment manufacturers to verify equipment for IPTV (News - Alert) and triple-play deployment.
Before I go, I would like to point you to Tom Keating's blog where he discusses the Firefox VoIP extension and he also points out that the New York Times (Tom's favorite paper?? And I thought he was a conservative) is now available on mobile phones. Here are the details. Oh and by the way I tested the site just now and I like the service. It downloads quickly and even has small graphics. They even snuck in an ad -- which I appreciate because us media companies need to make money you know. ;)
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