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Tom Keating: CTO, VP, Founder TMC Labs; B.S. Computer Engineering, 14 yrs telecom experience, 28 yrs programming, tinkering with & breaking computers. Gadgets & VoIP are favorite topics on this blog

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Big Stage Adds Cool 3D Avatars to Skype

Big Stage today announced that their popular 3D avatars based on pictures of your own face now works on Skype with their new Skype Add-on. It's similar in concept to JibJab, perhaps the most popular site to feature animated... Full Story

Posted on June 25, 2009 3:51 PM

Nortel uses Unreal Engine and Lands Lenovo as a customer of web.alive

Apparently, my skepticism over Nortel web.alive was lost on Lenovo since Nortel and Lenovo today announced the first-ever customer to its web.alive Virtual World Application. Lenovo uses web.alive to let shoppers browse, demo and interact with other shoppers and Lenovo... Full Story

Posted on January 8, 2009 2:59 PM

Anybody Like the New Xbox Live?

The new Xbox Live look is supposed to kick off today so be sure to take a peek.The gaming platform now includes customizable avatars, an iPod-like display and easier viewing of Netflix downloads. It's got to be an improvement over what... Full Story

Posted on November 19, 2008 8:46 AM

More of Us Will Be Living in a 3D Virtual World

An increasing number of industry players will help push 3D virtual worlds into a sustainable industry, reaching 33 million registered users by 2013, according to Virtual Worlds: the Internet of Avatars. This new report from Parks Associates details the evolution... Full Story

Posted on October 14, 2008 1:57 PM

The Downside of Livin' in a Virtual World

Anybody remember the big noise about 3D virtual worlds and how they are going to change our lives forever? Well, that may still be true today, but how about the big time scam -- and big time bucks lost -- with... Full Story

Posted on July 17, 2008 9:26 PM

More on That Second Life Thing

I blogged a bit yesterday about Second Life and now, for those who are interested, have found a very revealing report about how not to make money in that virtual world. Actually, apparently many think there is money to be made,... Full Story

Posted on January 24, 2007 2:10 PM

Today

Tom Keating queued The Blind Side Tom Keating queued The Blind Side Tom Keating queued The Blind Side 2010-02-09T13:30:26Z 2010-02-09T13:30:26Z

Sunday

Tom Keating tweeted, "Where the heck is URL shortening in tweetdeck 4 iPhone? http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/" 2010-02-08T03:16:27Z 2010-02-08T03:16:27Z
Tom Keating tweeted, "Testing Twitterific. http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/" 2010-02-08T02:54:54Z 2010-02-08T02:54:54Z

Sunday

Tom Keating tweeted, "Moving a Data Center: Moving a data center can be fun. Yes, if you enjoy being up from 6am (Friday) to 2am (Satur... http://bit.ly/cX6L0j" 2010-01-31T09:06:10Z 2010-01-31T09:06:10Z
Tom Keating posted Moving a Data Center Tom Keating posted Moving a Data Center Tom Keating posted Moving a Data Center 2010-01-31T06:39:10Z 2010-01-31T06:35:04Z

Friday

Tom Keating tweeted, "Tearing down TMC's entire network infrastructure. My sweet beautiful network! [sniff] [sniff]" 2010-01-29T15:29:02Z 2010-01-29T15:29:02Z

Thursday

Tom Keating tweeted, "why the heck am I still awake when I have an all-nighter tomorrow moving the entire #TMCNet data center? (www.tmcnet.com) fun fun!" 2010-01-29T04:07:47Z 2010-01-29T04:07:47Z
Tom Keating tweeted, "No, Gremlins Didn't Eat TMCNet's Web Servers: Starting tomorrow around 7am, TMC will be shutting down its entire d... http://bit.ly/bS3OOn" 2010-01-29T04:03:22Z 2010-01-29T04:03:22Z

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