November 2006

iotum Economics

November 26, 2006

Hat’s off to Andy Abramson for his piece A Natural Hattrick… not the least for the hockey reference, and we’re hoping Dany Heatley pulls off another tonight when the Sens meet the Lightning.  In any case, Andy pulls together the trio of iotum, Sitofono, and Grand Central, showing how each complements the other.  At this [...]

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Microsoft IP and Linux: what is Microsoft's game?

November 26, 2006

In What if Linux does infringe Microsoft intellectual property, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes asks some pretty fundamental questions about how Microsoft might use the IP it claims Linux infringes.  It is highly likely, given that Microsoft has been developing operating systems for nearly 30 years now, that their claim is true. So, let’s posit that Microsoft, in fact, does have patents [...]

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Cybertip and Project CleanFeed Canada

November 25, 2006

Last thursday, Cybertip.ca and all the major Canadian ISPs announced an agreement to implement a voluntary censorship scheme designed to block access to child pornography. Cybertip maintains a list of sites with illegal (in Canada) content on them, and the ISPs have agreed to simply block access. The announcement has generated quite a bit of debate.  Engtech published [...]

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Port My Phone, Not Just My Number

November 25, 2006

Unlocking cellphones (GSM phones, anyway) has been part of the game of cellphone ownership for some time… at least, outside the US.  Virtually all the cell phones I have are unlocked so that I can purchase cheap prepaid SIMs when travelling.  No point in paying Rogers $3.50 per minute, when a local SIM can be [...]

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Wanted: Accurate Traffic Statistics

November 25, 2006

Calacanis has published instructions on how to game Alexa ratings with as little as three machines. It seems to be easy enough to do, which is the reason why I abandoned Alexa rankings.  The world needs a service which can deliver accurate traffic rankings and statistics.  Not something based on installing a browser plug-in, but rather [...]

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Sitofono: A new way for customers to reach you

November 25, 2006

More than a few bloggers are now sporting a Sitofono logo, courtesy of Luca Filigheddu’s Abbeynet.  Sitofono is a simple tool for adding click-to-call to a website.  Click the Sitofono logo, and Abbeynet will pop up a window offering an option to call using their web-hosted softphone, or your regular handset.  It’s a simple, easy [...]

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Vodafone's $7 billion bet

November 23, 2006

GigaOm’s Katie Fehrenbacher expresses disbelief at Vodafone CEO Arin Sarun’s assertion that mobile applications and social networks will account for 10% of Voda’s revenue in the next 3 to 4 years.  By her calculation, that would be about $7 billion by 2010.  That’s an astounding number. Hypothetically, how might Vodafone accomplish this?  Advertising revenue, and music [...]

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Asterisk, right now, on AsteriskNOW.org

November 22, 2006

Right in front of the American Thanksgiving Weekend, comes Digium’s AsteriskNOW distribution. For my American friends, what can I say?  Now you’ve got something to do this weekend after you’ve gorged yourselves on Turkey.   Available as an ISO, it includes Asterisk 1.4, a custom Linux distribution called rPath, a pretty graphical setup (take that, Trixbox!), and the new Digium [...]

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Looking for good Mac backup software

November 22, 2006

A friend of mine is looking for a firm making good Mac backup software.  He wants to license, buy, or invest.  Drop me a line if you have any candidates.

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Poking Alexa in the eye

November 22, 2006

Om Malik takes a jab at Alexa this morning.  Hear hear!  I long ago gave up Alexa results.  This blog ranks in the top 5000 on Technorati, but is usually around number 110,000 on Alexa.  It makes no sense.  Om says, “…if you are a startup that brings up your Alexa ranking in a meeting with [...]

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