The Economist: The power of voice. Yet innovation in telecoms has not stopped. And it may be telephone services that help struggling telecoms firms to claw their way out of their slump. This time, however, the voice applications that are attracting attention are radically different from those that data networkers dismissed a few years ago. [Tomalak's Realm] 4:52:29 PM ![]() |
France Télécom finds buyer for Dutch cable holdings. Group of private equity firms to buy Casema [InfoWorld: Top News] 4:49:19 PM ![]() |
When not to cooperate. In an essay called Peer and non-peer review, Andrew Odlyzko pooh-poohs the fear that blogging (although he doesn't call it that) will undermine the classical system of scholarly peer review: ... [Jon's Radio] 4:43:43 PM ![]() |
J.P. Morgan Signs $5 Billion Contract With I.B.M.. The massive contract will transfer the bank's computing responsibilities and 4,000 workers to the technology giant. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Business] 4:41:50 PM ![]() |
Economy Intrudes on Dreams of New Services. The coming year, cellphone evangelists say, will be the year of 3G in Europe. Of course, that's what they said about 2002. By The New York Times. [New York Times: Business] 4:38:18 PM ![]() |
Wireless Chips Boost November Sales. Wi-Fi chipsets show the greatest gains with Flash, Digital Signal Processors and DRAM increasing in popularity, according new trade association numbers. [allNetDevices Wireless News] 4:26:21 PM ![]() |
Ocean Gizmo: You Boat Your Life. Boaters and yacht owners have a new, always-on, satellite-based monitoring device that could tell about a problem even before they know it exists. By Paul Bennett. [Wired News] 4:25:45 PM ![]() |
Taiwan flocks to MS Smartphone standard. Is this why Sendo is so cross? [The Register] 4:21:11 PM ![]() |
O'Reilly Network: In-Room Chat as a Social Tool. Clay Shirky. For us, the chat served as a kind of social whiteboard. In this note, I want to detail what worked and why, what the limitations and downsides of in-room chat were, and point out possible future avenues for exploration. [Tomalak's Realm] 4:20:19 PM ![]() |