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S'pore revs up again for F1 night race
News Singapore's F1 track features several alterations this year, but race teams have suited up with new tools to support backend IT systems and communications.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Data Management, Race, SingTel, Storage, AT&T Corp., telephony, team, car, Mobile platforms/communications
The dawn of unified communications
Insight The recession is forcing businesses to search for ways to cut costs--and unified comms is one place many will start, says analyst.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, LANs and WANs, VoIP/IP telephony, Mobile, Web Conferencing, PBX, IP, ThinkGrid, On-demand, IP network
Indian govt delays plans for unrestricted VoIP
News Plans to fully liberalize India's voice over IP market are on hold, and will likely remain in limbo until government finalizes 3G license auction, analysts say.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, VoIP, Regulations, Mobile, India, Telecommunications, IP, phone, telephony, 3G
Report: eBay is building a Frankenskype
News Auction company wants to spin off telephony service it bought over four years ago, but rights to some of its software still remain with company's founders.
Tags: Networking technology, VoIP, Business structures, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Google Inc., IPO, Bloomberg L.P., telephony, founder
EU agency backtracks on Skype crime claims
News Eurojust, the European Union's judicial coordination agency, has revised a statement in which it claimed Skype was being used by organized crime for undetectable communications.
Tags: VoIP, VoIP/IP telephony, Data security, Security Management, Privacy, Skype Technologies S.A., Statement, European Union, IP Telephony, Spokesperson
UK Internet data-retention law comes into force
News From this week, Internet service providers will be obliged to retain details of Internet communications, including e-mail, for 12 months.
Tags: Privacy, Data, Mobile, data retention, e-mail, telephony, U.K., Internet Service Provider, Internet, monitor
How will Sixth Sense redefine your 'privacy'?
Blogs Artificial intelligence is getting more intelligent by the day. And honestly, this is something that scares me. For ...
Linux losing netbook ground
News The open source operating system is losing netbook market share, but could find its niche in smaller, Internet-enabled appliances, says Ovum.
Tags: Development/design, Linux, operating system, telephony, Apple iPod, ISV, Apple iPod Touch, Microsoft Windows, Internet, analyst
How long will our politicians shy away from technology?
Blogs It is election time here in India, and there is not a dull moment on TV-–shoes are being hurled at some politician or th...
Skype to be integrated into Asterisk PBXs
News Small businesses that use the Asterisk open source PBX platform will be able to control Skype calls using such systems.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, VoIP, Business applications, Skype Technologies S.A., Open Source, phone, telephony, Channel Driver, software, blog
Google denies report of Android phone delay
News Internet giant says phones with its Android software are still on track to ship this year, contrary to a report Monday.
Tags: Mobile platforms, Software engineering/development, Operating systems, Open source, Google Inc., Android, Wind River Systems Inc., phone, telephony, software
Nortel buys DiamondWare for voice tech
News The deal will see Nortel add positional, "3D" voice technology to its communications portfolio.
Tags: Acquisitions, VoIP/IP telephony, Nortel Networks Corp., Security, Mobile, 3D, telephony, virtual world, VoIP, multimedia
Mobile to drive 3.8B voice connections
News New study shows mobile will account for 83 percent of voice market in Asia, boosting connections from 2.2 billion this year to 3.8 billion by 2017.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile, India, Voice Connection, Europe, phone, telephony, research company, Emerging Market, research director
Skype tests mobile Java client
News The company has released a test version of a client for Java-enabled mobile devices and plans to make a public release soon.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Java, Skype Technologies S.A., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Mobile, phone, telephony, software, Sweden, Nokia Corp.
Cisco invests in the future
News Cisco has been affected by the economic slowdown, but the company is returning to its old playbook, which includes investing in new markets to spur growth in the future.
Tags: Legal, Earning reports/forecasts, Networking, Cisco Systems Inc., telephony, WebEx Communications Inc., network, Web 2.0, revenue, strategy
