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TMCnet Hits 100 Sponsored Community Milestone

All I can say is thank you to our loyal readers who visit TMCnet frequently and our sponsors who have launched communities and channels in partnership with TMC on TMCnet.

Furthermore, thanks for your loyalty and the nice testimonials many of you have provided -- comments like working with TMC via our community program has been partly responsible for lifting your stock price (Sangoma, Interactive Intelligence).

Due to your tremendous support, TMCnet has now hit the triple-digit mark in live, sponsored communities online.

We launched our first ever online community back in 2000 and over the years we have developed sophisticated and proprietary technology allowing our channels and communities to contain the most appropriate content at all times.

This is probably why some TMCnet communities have more traffic than other competitive media sites.

Sure, trade shows are great and those of you attending ITEXPO know that these shows are doing amazingly well.

We believe that for all other times during the year you need to work with an experienced third-party media company to build content-specific communities in order to give your potential customers the best parts of the trade show experience 24 hours every day.

And once again, as TMCnet communities are content driven -- the high quality news and analysis TMC provides on a specific subject makes them worth bookmarking and visiting often.

Some samples of our community program are Open Source PBX, IPTV, Mobile VoIP, Hosted Communications, HD Voice, Call Recording, IP Telephony, VoIP Services , Business VoIP, and Contact Center Research.

Thanks to the positive reaction from our many community partners, we have been able to provide the absolute best quality content while covering virtually all news of significance.

As always, you have our promise that our commitment to quality and our customer service levels will continue to be first-rate as we expand.

If this is ever not the case, I invite you to e-mail me directly.

We thank you once again for the opportunity to serve you.

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Starface Looks for US IP-PBX Growth

I recently came across a software-based IP-PBX company from Germany that I have never written about before. Vertico Software GmBH makes a product called Starface which comes in a variety of flavors, from software to an appliance or hosted solution.

The company supports SIP trunking and one of the latest news items Vertico Software released in fact is a partnership with Broadvox, one of the leaders in the SIP trunking space.

The communications software company focuses on low-priced, fully-functional solutions which seem like they have all the bells and whistles a growing small to medium needs.

There is extended backup, different music-on-hold based on individual users or groups, an installation GUI for beginners, an XML menu available on SNOM hardware and a client which allows things like screen pops, call deflection, ad-hoc conferencing and more.

There are other advanced features like rules-based call forwarding, LDAP connectivity, virtual conference rooms with PIN-based access, visual conference participant control, presence detection and dissemination, and connectivity with CRM systems.

One thing setting this system apart from many others on the market is support for many languages (6 in total).

The German company is looking to expand in the US so if you are a reseller or small to medium business looking for a flexible and reasonably-priced solution with built-in international support, check out the company's website.

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Mossberg: 3G iPhone in 60 Days

Who am I to doubt Walt Mossberg the Wall Street Journal tech reviewer who gets his hands on gadgets before most others. According to Mossberg, we will have an iPhone capable of 3G speeds in less than 2 months.

This news would potentially confirm the wild rumors which have circulated as a result of these devices being sold out as of late.

This is great news for those who have been waiting for the iPhone to surf at speeds they can tolerate.

Of course one of the reasons this device didn't arrive sooner was due to battery life. One would imagine (and hope) faster and more consolidated processors will help this phone be similar in battery consumption to the model it replaces.

[Gizmodo]

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Men Swindled More Often Online

It is a shame the concept of Internet fraud exists at all but since it does, it seems natural that people would try to figure out who gets taken in by online fraud the most.

Now that the results are in, it seems that men get taken in more often than women -- or at least they seem to report it more often.

Specifically, data compiled from more than 206,000 complaints received last year by the U.S. Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) shows that men lost US$1.67 to every $1lost by women in online fraud.

Some of the explanations for why there is a discrepancy has to do with propensity of men to fall for investment schemes and those having to do with purchasing electronics.

[PC World]

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Browser Wars

I recently downloaded and tested Apple's Safari browser on my Windows-based computer and wow is it fast. Frankly I was the last person I expected to switch to Safari, but I just did. Graphically speaking, it is the nicest browser on the market but it is far from perfect.

There is no Alexa toolbar for Safari yet and no Google toolbar (for the PC version). Still, the browser does have a Google search box located in the upper right hand corner.

What I like most about the Apple-based browser is the speed and the gorgeous design of the the browser software. Firefox too seems to be getting faster but I can't get used to the look of Mozilla's latest creation.

While using Safari on a fast connection, even the most graphically rich sites out there -- CNN, TMCnet, ESPN, etc -- load like lightening.

Our webmaster Robert Hashemian commented that after witnessing Safari, it is obvious that graphically rich sites with less than rapid load times are limited more by the browser than the server. Boy is he right.

The challenge I now face is fascinating. I have some sites I go to which only work with IE. I have other sites that don't work well with anything but FireFox. For my everyday browsing I now prefer Safari.

What this means is I need to have three browsers running at all times.

While I admit I am probably a power browser user, I wonder if this problem won't become more widespread as people begin to discover and use Safari on the PC.

I don't necessarily have an answer to this problem but I do expect major Safari support from most websites in the future. I also think there will be very tight integration between iTunes and Safari meaning the millions of iTunes users will likely consider switching as well.

Interestingly, software like Microsoft's Outlook Web Access (OWA) displays poorly on Safari as compared to IE. So we can expect to see more browser tuning of applications going forward.

One wonders if the browser wars will make life more difficult for the average user in the following way. What is to prevent Apple from negotiating with eBay to ensure eBay works best with Safari? There is potential for life to get more challenging for browser users if this practice starts to become widespread.

I can even see a consortium of companies who compete with Microsoft coming together with Apple and Mozilla to ensure their sites work worst with IE.

Much the same way there are restaurants which take one credit card or another, we are going to be faced with some sites that just work poorly on certain browsers. So we can expect more widespread problems for people who stick with a single type of browsing software.

If the losers are the users, who will be the winner of the browser wars? Certainly the companies who supply memory chips and faster processors.

What's your opinion?

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Deep Packet Inspection Concerns

There are numerous reasons for service providers to engage in deep packet inspection -- the practice of analyzing packets and understanding what type of data is contained therein. One simple reason to do this is to prioritize certain types of traffic that should be of higher priority.

Be that as it may, many are concerned about this practice and furthermore are not fond of having their service providers know everything they do online.

This argument can't easily be separated from that of net neutrality and specifically in a  recent case where Comcast was found to be slowing BitTorrent traffic.

[Washington Post]

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The Bright Side of the R Word

Recession, what recession? If you listen to business TV you will see that more than half the guests who are usually positioned as financial experts say they don't know if we are in one. Even if we are, some say we won't know until much later, when the data is analyzed.

Either way, it is help to know that at least some media outlets have outlined the positives associated with the "R" word.

[Motley Fool]

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