January 2007

Bankruptcy as a badge of honor

January 28, 2007

GigaOm’s Robert Young points to a couple of articles about the acceptance of failure and bankruptcy in the US psyche, and how the “opportunity to fail” fosters an environment of entrepreneurship.  Too true.  The US is a fascinating contrast compared to other countries the world over.  That ability to boldly accept risk is perhaps unique. There have been [...]

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Presenting the "bump-top"

January 27, 2007

If you have an interest in human factors — man machine interfaces, GUI’s and that sort of thing — then this video is well worth a view. The “bump-top” is a physics-enabled pen desktop, built around the metaphor of piles of documents. Like the Apple iPhone, the bump-top has springy components, with the notion of [...]

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I'm blogging…

January 26, 2007

Very funny. Hat tip to Andrew Hansen.

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StreamCast complaint thrown out

January 25, 2007

One of the more lurid stories of the VoIP business has come to a close, as U.S. District Court Judge Florence-Marie Cooper has dismissed the $4.1 billion antitrust lawsuit filed by StreamCast Networks against VoIP service provider Skype, eBay and more than a dozen defendants.  It certainly made for great reading with allegations of racketeering, antitrust [...]

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Extending OpenID to SIP

January 25, 2007

My friend Aswath Rao continues to push forward the idea of using OpenID to assert identity in voice networks.  Many others, including myself, believe that the ability to assert identity is an important step in the evolution of communications networks.  If you have an interest in this, check out what Aswath has written. UPDATE: Minutes after [...]

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Gliomas on the rise due to cell phone usage?

January 25, 2007

From this morning’s paper, a new study suggested that long term cell phone use increases the chance of developing gliomas (central nervous system tumors) by up to 40%.  The study spanned five european countries, and focused on individuals who had used cell phones for 10 years or more.  The study suggests an increased tumor risk, on [...]

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I am not at Internet Telephony

January 25, 2007

A couple of folks mistakenly reported that I was at the Internet Telephony show yesterday.  I’m not, although I would like to be.  The reason they made this assumption was because I wrote (in Digium full court press) that Digium made announcements at Internet Telephony, and that I had “caught up” with Bill Miller before [...]

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Digium full-court press (release)

January 24, 2007

Digium took the opportunity afforded by the Internet Telephony show to make a whack of new announcements this morning: The launch of the TDM800P card (based on VoiceBus technology) and a Carrier Grade, Software-based Echo Canceller. The TDM800P is an 8-port analog telephony interface card. Based on Digium’s patent-pending VoiceBus technology, the TDM800P is a half-length, full-height [...]

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Evil 2.0: Cool and Charismatic

January 24, 2007

Phil Bogle takes a swipe at the Apple iPhone lock-in model.  I can’t say that I disagree.  In a world where we’re rapidly moving away from proprietary solutions, the iPhone is an anachronism.

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Adobe's Peer to Peer Tentacles

January 24, 2007

Om Malik has been digging through the entrails of LinkedIn, looking for insights into Adobe’s peer to peer efforts.  You may already be aware of their voice amibitions, but now those ambitions appear to be extending beyond voice and into all things P2P. Adobe is keeping mum about it, but as I have noted in the past, [...]

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