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US Air Power Ports

December 7, 2005

US Air responded to customer complaints by continuing to support the power ports on their Airbus planes allowing laptop users to continue working, long after their batteries have died. I am seeing more and more laptops at hotel restaurants, in lobbies, everywhere. The laptop is becoming part of many of us -- whether we are students, homemakers or business people. I am glad US Air now recognizes this fact and is acting accordingly.

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Paradigm Changing

December 2, 2005

I use this term a lot. Perhaps too much. I saw it today in an article on TMCnet referring to Google as a paradigm changing company. Amazingly many of the things Google is doing now, investors agreed would happen in 1996.

We all expected Yahoo!

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Who’s On First?

December 2, 2005

An interesting take on hard disk wars and market research.

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Web 2.0 Blog

December 1, 2005

If you are interested in Web 2.0 topics check out Pete Cashmore’s Mashable blog. It is well written and gives a great overview what you need to know about next-gen Internet products, services and especially ideas.

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Electromagnetic Fields

November 30, 2005

If I was ever forced to retire and do something new with my life I might just choose a profession where I could help people protect themselves from electromagnetic fields. I would then do my best to stay out of Tom Keating’s blog.

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Blackberry Up To Their Neck

November 30, 2005

Yes indeed Blackberry is up to their neck in, well you know. Their service is in jeopardy of being shut down in the US but few analysts think this will happen. They could be forced to spend a billion dollars to settle the dispute. Ouch.

In my conversation with Jerry Weinberger of Rates Technology earlier this year, he made a point to tell me that Canadian companies aren’t as concerned about US patents as they should be. I am paraphrasing a bit but that was the gist of what I remember.

He seems to be pretty correct. At least at this juncture.

Posted in Broadband, CRM, Conferencing, IMS, IPTV, ITEXPO, JITC, Rates Technology, SIP, Science, Speech Technologies, Technology, VoIP, WiMAX, Wireless

Gartner IT Predictions

November 30, 2005

Here are a few predictions Gartner makes for the future. Gartner’s pretty well-respected and their predictions carry a great deal of weight. My biggest concern is the point that is made in the report suggesting that companies are spending more on regulatory compliance and less on innovation. This is a chilling thought and should be a major concern for anyone concerned about effectively competing with companies from other countries.

If there is a bright side it is that smaller companies with less regulatory burden can still compete effectively as they have less paperwork and more time to be creative.

Here is an excerpt of the full story.

By 2008, 10 percent of companies will require employee-purchased notebooks.

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Get a Free iPod Nano

November 29, 2005

I stopped in the Apple store yesterday and was amazed at how many iPod Nanos they are selling. For the record I was in the Westchester Mall located in White Plains, New York and was tasked with buying a nano as a gift. I stood in line of ten people who almost all purchased Nanos. The devices were stacked neatly under the counter at the checkout of the store.

I reached the counter and said I wanted a Nano. The cashier asked 2 gig or 4 gig.

Posted in Consumer Electronics, IPTV, ITEXPO, JITC, SIP, Technology, VoIP

FCC to Cable: Offer Individual Channels

November 29, 2005

The big FCC news today is a Wall Street Journal story reporting that the commission will soon suggest that cable companies offer their channels individually. A recent FCC report says that consumers could save money if they have the ability to choose which channels they want. The FCC is also pushing for themed tiers of channels allowing a customer for example to opt for a family-friendly tier.

Of course the FCC is not able to impose its will on the cable industry but such suggestions could embolden politicians to follow up on these recommendations with laws.

The cable industry argues that if many viewers were to drop channels aimed for example at children, the cost for these channels would have to rise for other consumers. Furthermore it may be possible that less money is available for the programming of such channels.

The problem here is that the channels with less interest are being subsidized by others that people want.

Posted in Broadband, Consumer Electronics, IPTV, Technology, VoIP, WiMAX

Skype in the Enterprise

November 25, 2005

Two months ago, on September 26, 2005 I wrote an article titled VoIP Killed the PBX Star. This article received a tremendous amount of traffic and from what I am told was posted on quite a few PBX vendor intranets and became required reading at a number of communications companies. In the article I outlined various threats to PBX vendors and came up with ways to fight back.

One of the biggest threats I discussed was the establishment of enterprise Skype-like products. Coincidently, the day my article was posted, a company by the name of BlueNote Networks released what seems to be the first software designed to be like Skype for the enterprise.

Let's think about this for a moment.

Posted in Broadband, Conferencing, ITEXPO, SIP, Technology, VoIP

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