Sprint customer: Dad on our calling plan just died. Sprint: prove itJust when you thought that Sprint- they of the $14,062.27 phone bill-couldn't get any dumber, now comes news that this same booboo-plagued "organization" initially had refused to humanely cancel the account of a subscriber who had just passed away.January 5, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Mobility
WashPo gets RIAA CD rip story wrong on Dec. 30; I got it right on Dec. 11When I first became aware of that clueless December 30 Washington Post article in which Mark Fisher erroneously claimed the RIAA was maintaining that ripping CDs was illegal, wanna know what I thought to myself?Well, h-e-l-l-o!!January 4, 2008 by Russell Shaw in CXO
Beware Yahoo Personals' deceptive billing policyYou might be wondering what a post like this is doing on a blog largely about VoIP, but bear with me. To some extent, this post is about VoIP.January 3, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Social Media
Cellphones an in-flight hazard? "Probably not," says pilot, but...For that less-than-conclusive conclusion, we should credit Patrick Smith.A technology enthusiast as well as a working airline pilot, Patrick writes the weekly Ask The Pilot column on Salon.January 3, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Hardware
Om, you know what you have to doOm Malik, as much of a thought leader as any blogger I know, suffered a heart attack last week.This is not the time and place for any lengthy lectures about Om's need to stop the cigarettes, the Scotch, the fatty foods, and the considerable amounts of caffeine.January 3, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Enterprise Software
Skype coming to PSPTony Smith of The Register notes that Sony is heralding what sounds like the imminent availability of Skype on PSP (PlayStation Portable)."Call friends, talk trash to fellow gamers or catch up with acquaintances via Skype for PSP," the PlayStation Portable site says.January 3, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Hardware
Here's why Netflix set-top box will only be a modest successThe blogosphere is all abuzz about Netflix's announcement that they are developing a set-top box with LG Electronics that will let Netflix subscribers watch movies streamed from the Web to their TVs.I am sorry, but I don't see a huge behavioral shift here.January 3, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Mobility
Secure ripping from "episodic DVDs" described in just-published Microsoft patent appA major new Microsoft Patent application entitled DVD identification and managed copy authorization describes and illustrates a secure manner in which DVDs could be enabled for "ripping" of selected sections of media.In other words, and as Paragraph 44 of this app describes:For example, the use of Chapter Information enables specific television programming episodes from an episodic DVD to be identified and then copied using a managed copy process.January 3, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Hardware
A $37 mic, a little soldering, and you've got VoIP on your iPod!rob.tc walks us through all the necessary microphone modification and installation steps for the SIP/VOIP Application for the iPod touch.January 2, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Apple
Vonage user: our dog had non-working Vonage number on collar and escaped today!(via k911.biz)Oh, the tales of woe you can pick up by lurking on some user forums.January 2, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Tech Industry
Vonage infringement settlements could unleash patent trolls Over the now-and admit it, so totally over Holiday weekend, Vonage settled patent disputes with AT&T and then Nortel.The agreement with AT&T was announced on December 21.January 2, 2008 by Russell Shaw in Enterprise Software
Our most-commented on post of year: a clueless flight attendant and iPhone's aircraft modeWell, as we clear our throats to sing Auld Lang Syne, can't let this year pass without paying homage to that so totally Digged post of ours, Clueless flight attendant to passenger: Turn off that iPhone movie NOW!This post captured dual honors as our most Commented upon, and most read post of 2007.December 31, 2007 by Russell Shaw in iPhone
First VoIP call completed on iPod Touch-here's what it looks like As we get to roll in the new year we see that eok, marion and samuel from touchmods have rigged up a way to make a VoIP call over an iPod Touch.Not an iPhone, mind you, but an iPod Touch.December 30, 2007 by Russell Shaw in Hardware
Our most-read post of the year: according to one flight attendant, airplanes and iPhones don't mixSometimes when I fly, it just drives me nuts when flight attendants make an announcement about turning on your "Palm Pilots."Well, they don't make them anymore.December 30, 2007 by Russell Shaw in iPhone
Woman receives Sprint wireless broadband bill for $14,062.27 This fall, a Sprint customer named Krystyl signed up for Sprint's $59.99 a month unlimited broadband service.December 30, 2007 by Russell Shaw in Mobile Carriers