PoV: SkypePhone - The Eighteenth Day

“Don’t judge a book by its cover.” I have learned once more. Mee andI had been criticising the day we got our hands on it but I havetotally changed my point of view since I used it from 29th January 2008. Atthe beginning, the very next day we signed a contract with 3...

Agreement between Ericsson and Grameen to provide advanced broadband services

"The EDA 1500 is an access solution, a part of Ericsson's Full Service Broadband offering and is based on the GPON standard that has emerged as the key enabling technology to achieve an all-IP network. GPON is fiber-based, provides high bandwidth and accelerates optical and...

Is Hulu The Future of Television?

Slate seems to think that Hulu could be "the future of television" if they are able to bring the right corporate partners on board to help deliver video content through their online service."Hulu is about putting...

Motorola Mitosis: Mobile Giant to Split

As Motorola continues to hemorrhage profits, the mobile giant is splitting into two public companies in order to stop the bleed whilst retaining share prices. (One could also suggest getting away from the Razr...

Czech Far-Right Backs Anti-Quran Film

The Netherlands continues to be a hotbed of secular-religious conflict between the native population and Muslim immigrants. The addition of a far right party from Eastern Europe into the mix promises to shake things up a bit. It is important to note that unlike most of its...

Yahoo, Myspace, Google Join OpenSocial Forces

The shape of things to come..."Yahoo, Google and MySpace said Tuesday that they would create the OpenSocial Foundation to maintain a neutral, community-governed forum for developing applications for social...

Afghanistan to privatise national telephone firm

"Kabul (ANTARA News/AFP) - Afghanistan said Sunday it planned to sell up to 80 percent of its telecommunications arm in one of the most ambitious parts of the country`s ongoing privatisation programme.Bidders must register their interest in purchasing part of Afghan Telecom...

'Jericho' Cancelled After Only 2 Seasons

A loyal and passionate fanbase just doesn't have the same clout as dispassionate mass appeal. ""Jericho," the post-apocalyptic CBS drama whose devoted fans rallied to save it from cancellation, has met its...

Reuters In The Service Of Terrorists…Again

"Reuters In The Service Of Terrorists…Again Posted on March 20, 2008 (Edit Post)Filed Under Israel, Israeli-Muslim Conflict, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Media, Middle East, News, Stupidity Reuters never miss an opportunity to serve the Islamic...

AOL to buy Bebo for just under 1 billion

"NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AOL announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Bebo (http://www.bebo.com), a leading global social media network. Together with its AIM and ICQ personal communications network, the acquisition will give...

AOL Buys Bebo for $850 Million

Paying close to a billion dollars cash, wounded Internet giant AOL (itself owned by Time Warner) has bought Bebo, a popular social networking site.This deal bears out the theory that social networking sites' value...

Rupert Murdoch, not the sharpest tool in the Internet toolbox

This story just proves that you can be the biggest name in the media business, and still not get everything right."Rupert Murdoch got all excited about his new business channel, Fox Business Network, which was...

Record firms seek to ban illegal downloads

"Four major record companies have brought a High Court action to compel broadband service provider, Eircom, to prevent its networks being used for the illegal downloading of music. The case is being taken against Eircom as it is the largest broadband internet service provider...

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