Report: sales of carrier-grade routers and switches up 16% in 2007That's the carrier-strength Cisco 12000 Series Router and its configuration.Suitable intro to a new report from Infonetics Research that says that worldwide sales of service provider routers and switches totaled $11.February 26, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Cisco
Elton John to Larry King: I don't have a computer or a mobile phone During last night's Larry King show, Larry asked Elton John for the Web address of the Elton John AIDS Foundation. BTW, a noble cause- a benefit for which Elton played after the Academy Awards Sunday night.February 26, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Mobility
Ubuntu Mobile: who cares? Sorry, mostly coders and open source reality distortionists for nowThe folks behind the open source community-developed operating system Ubuntu are alll excited about Ubuntu Mobile. They view this as a technology that can turn Mobile Internet Devices (their CAPS) into a "new class of computers.February 25, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Open Source
Have you had difficulty understanding offshored Vonage support reps?Before I present the issue, I feel compelled to state a hard and fast ground rule.I do not want to see any bigoted comments.February 25, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Enterprise Software
Get this: in tech hub Seattle, School Board still uses dinosaur VAX!For those of you who have been around the silicon-based world for awhile, the mere mention of VAX computers might spark a memory or two.That pic might jog your memory.February 25, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Legal
Google Talk's new chatback badge: is there a privacy issue here?Now here's something I am trying to figure out.First, I go to the (non-Google) Google Operating System blog, and their new entry about how to chat with your site's visitors using Google Talk.February 25, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Enterprise Software
Skype appoints new CEO: "I want to learn." Well, duhFormer Evite co-founder (well, I guess he will always be a co-founder), and eBay marketing exec and current Shopping.com CEO Josh Silverman has just been named the new CEO of Skype.February 25, 2008 by Russell Shaw in CXO
"They" could be listening to your VoIP calls: here's what to do about itPaul Ogle at VoIP-News alerts me to a newly posted article on their site. The article is entitled, Is Someone Listening To Your VoIP Calls?February 24, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Networking
Technology for "stretchable" cellphones now on exhibitAt the On the website of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Nokia is displaying Morph, a nanotechnology based mobile phone concept that could lead to stretchable and flexible cell phones oh, say, seven years from now.Morph is being shown as part of MOMA's "Design and the Elastic Mind" exhibit.February 24, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Innovation
Study: talk on your cell four hours a day and your sperm count may sufferSeems as though Ashok Agarwal, director of the andrology lab at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, is working on a study that indicates that prolonged exposure to cellphone radiofrequency electromagnetic waves can lower a man's sperm count.And when that happens, fertility can be adverselely affected.February 24, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Mobility
Oscars emcee Jon Stewart plays with his iPhone, Wii too!Seems like Academy Awards emcee Jon Stewart managed to include iPhone and Wii-related compedy bits in last night's Oscar telecasts.Engadget has posted a grab from one of those moments.February 24, 2008 by Russell Shaw in iPhone
New "GiFi" wireless chip unveiled: 5 gigs per second up to 10 meters!They are very excited at the University of Melbourne today.I mean, wouldn't you be if today was the day you were formally announcing and demonstrating a chip that could transmit five gigabits per second of data over a wireless connection, for a distance of up to 10 meters (abour 32 feet)The website of Melbourne, Australia's The Age newspaper has the story.February 22, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Hardware
New YouTube video shows man drinking beer from his iPhoneHey, on this relatively light news Friday, I see a YouTube video has just gone up in which mit9901 shows someone (maybe him) in the act of drinking beer out of his iPhone.Of course this isn't really possible, but why not go along with the suspension of disbelief meme here?February 21, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Social Media
If you had to choose: high speed Internet via cable/telecom or wireless broadband?On Slashdot bright and early this a.m., Soulskill puts up a post from mklickman that draws attention to a conundrum many laptop Internet users face:Use a wireless router or subscribe to wireless broadband?February 21, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Hardware
T-Mobile Talk Forever VoIP? Too early to tellI've been trying to wrap my head around the uptake possibilities for T-Mobile's new Talk Forever VoIP-type service.It's now live in Seattle and Dallas.February 21, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Networking