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Just @#$% it! What are they saying?

Normally, we would include something like this in the newsletter, but we're about to send it out to everyone, so we'll opt to place it on the blog. It's amazing how a little sexual innuendo advertising video can enable visibility for IT sales. Read More...

We Don't Need No Stinkin' OSS

Okay, maybe operational support systems (OSS) are important. So what does IMS have to say about all that? Paul called in Brian, an expert from Sigma-Systems in Toronto, to shed some light on the issue (9 minutes, 3MB). Related links: Sigma-Systems All Read More...

Wallstrip - Where Wall Street Meets Web 2.0

It launched on October 16th, but now after barely three months, Wallstrip seems to be hitting the big time. Viral videos meets serious stock information. If that isn't Web 2.0! Wallstrip claims to have an average of 10,000 views a day, and their success Read More...

It Goes Without Saying - Growth in VoIP in 2006; More in 2007

Everyone knows that VoIP deployment is gaining rapid acceptance and growing accordingly. And as reported in Network World in Dec 2006 , it seems the technology has definitely reached critical mass. Here are some interesting statistics from Keynote Systems Read More...

How Fast Can We Go?

I've discussed the commodization of bandwidth some time ago in a Podcast entitled " The Perfect Storm ." And still we get closer to having even more and faster throughput with the announcement of a new integrated photonic chip set from Infinera, Read More...

May I Have The Envelope, Please

In March 2007, the Federal Government is expected to announce the winner of the first of two major awards as part of the Networx contract updates. The contracts are estimated to be worth upwards of $68 Billion (yup, that's right) over 10 years. Networx Read More...

High-tech Crime Fighting in Canada

You gotta love the Canadians. In November of 2006, British Columbia announced that it is the first province to use a new high-tech crime-fighting technology. It is called the Automatic Licence Plate Recognition, or ALPR, and will be used to specifically Read More...

Will the Wii Help You Trim Those Holiday Pounds?

I was not one of those people that waited in line to get the Wii (or the Xbox 360 or Play Station 3 for that matter.) I am not a gamer. Never have been. (Sorry). I am also not one for spending countless amounts of time ensuring that I have something before Read More...

Curious Minds Want to Know About Ms. Dewey

Now I'm a big Google fan. Have been since about Day 1. But this past week, one of my students introduced me to Ms. Dewey . She's a riot. But more than really very cool, she is a great example of a new web application, and interactivity. She can Read More...

Techie Gadgets Podcast

In this podcast , Peter Southwick, a Hill Associates SMTS, discusses a new use for flash drives. A company called U3 is pre-installing a launch pad on the flash drives that allows applications to run from the drive. These drives store all the personal Read More...

The Device Formerly Known As "The Cell Phone"

The December 4th issue of Business Week has an article on the future of technology that centers on the mobile world in Korea and Japan today with the "Thumb Generation", and coming to your hands tomorrow. The article begins with a look at a Read More...

And I Still Don't Know What Innovation Means

What began as a simple throwaway post about innovation on my connected... blog became a wide-ranging, almost-Homerian epic that kept me up way after my bedtime. So please read it, lest my effort be totally wasted. ntodd Read More...

A View Towards Vista

It seems like only yesterday, but in reality it has been five years since the original release of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. This is an eternity in the technology industry if one believes in Moore's Law. But now, sometime this week, Read More...

VZ-Tube

Neat: YouTube videos will be viewable on cell phones for the first time under a deal with Verizon Wireless, which will also allow users to upload videos shot with their camera phones. The partnership to be announced Tuesday marks the first big distribution Read More...

tHAWT Episode 31: Black Friday Musings

In this episode , Dave and Todd emerge from tryptophan-induced comas and avoid the Black Friday crush by podcasting in relative safety about iPod and IP video, the Library of Congress, and telcos versus the cable companies yet again. Todd even makes a Read More...
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