Mobilog

Monday, September 29, 2003

Emerging technologies grab MIT spotlight [IDG InfoWorld]
12:12:44 PM

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Wireless LAN throughput on the rise [IDG InfoWorld]
12:07:59 PM

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The WiSIP: new voice over WiFi phone. Jeff Pulver's new company, pulverInnovations, has come out with a WiFi phone that can make VoIP phone calls over 802.11b. Right now the WiSIP is mainly meant to be used with Free World Dialup, Jeff's Voice over IP calling network for making free calls to other Free World Dialup users, so it's not rather limited in what you can do with it, but we chatted with Jeff yesterday, and he says they're working with Vonage to make a WiSIP phone that's compatible with Vonage's VoIP service. The big deal about that is that unlike Free World Dialup, users of Vonage's VoIP service can call any phone number anywhere and get a regular ten-digit phone number so they can receive calls just like they would on a landline. Combine that with a WiSIP, and suddenly you have a wireless phone that can make supercheap phone calls from anywhere you can get... [Gizmodo]
12:06:58 PM

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Wired News: IBM Examines How Inventors Invent. On a bright, warm morning at IBM's research center here, seven of Big Blue's scientists gathered around a conference table to consider a nonscientific question: What helps inventors invent things? [Tomalak's Realm]
12:01:43 PM

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NY Times: In Handling Innovation, Patience Is a Virtue. [Tomalak's Realm]
12:01:01 PM

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UPS invests $30M in IT to speed package delivery. At a technology forum held by United Parcel Service, the package carrier detailed a new system to automate how workers at its delivery hubs plan daily routes for drivers and load their trucks. [Computerworld News]
12:00:17 PM

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Netflix Uses Speed to Fend Off Wal-Mart Challenge. Netflix, the DVD rental company run by Reed Hastings, now faces a bruising challenge from Wal-Mart, the $244 billion-a-year retailing monolith. By Nicholas Thompson. [New York Times: Business]
11:58:30 AM

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