BitWine Gives Access To Those In The Know

"A company called BitWine launched an interactive search site about three weeks ago. It is much like Ether in that it is a call-an-expert service, except BitWine is integrated with Skype. In fact BitWine will be a...

TWiL – This Week In Law Podcast - In REVIEW

I was excited at the announcement when mentioned at the PPME last September of a new show on the TWiT Network called, This Week in Law or TWiL. Finally a new podcast of the quality found on the TWiT network that would talk about issues with law in technology. Although I...

Help! I Need Some Staff for a Film I Am Producing!

The Project: “Sever” (Working Title)                          Genre: Thriller / Horror Director / Producer: Sebastian Prooth Production Status: In...

Jingle Networks Has Now Raised Over $60 million

"Like Skype, the main attraction of Jingle Networks is to destroy a fat existing market. Skype gave users a way to bypass costly telephone calls by routing them over the internet for free. Jingle Networks, through its 1-800-Free-411 service, is helping to destroy the $8...

The Acquisition Price Guide - No Bubble 2.0 yet says Tristan Louis

"The recent acquisition of YouTube by Google for a stunning $1.65 billion made me wonder whether we were seeing a rise in the price. While the New York Times sees a return to the crazy valuations of the 90s, a look at the acquisition landscape does not seem to support their...

Google Ebay = eBoogle

"Under the click-to-call model, shoppers who click on a link or icon within an advertisement will initiate an Internet voice call to participating eBay merchants or Google advertisers directly from either company's respective sites, the release says. This will be done using...

Fugitive CEO tracked down to Sri Lanka after Skype call

"A hi-tech chief executive turned fugitive has been tracked down in Sri Lanka by a private investigator after 10 days on the lam. Jacob "Kobi" Alexander, 54, faces fraud charges over a stock options scandal...

Boeing Boeing...Gone

"Is it a case of don’t trust the early adopters? Boeing’s Connexion “broadband in the sky” service received rave reviews from most of the early adopters who wrote long paeans about the service, and how...

Skype Founders Take on TV

"Skype co-founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis are at it again. After disrupting the music and voice cartel’s operations, the duo is taking on television. It shouldn’t come as a surprise. I had reported on that as part of the Business 2.0’s June 2006 cover story,...

Skype to be banned too?

"BlogSpot isn’t the only one to fall. According to this article in the Hindu BusinessLine, The ISP Association of India is urging DoT to ban Skype and related voice messengers:"

Watching TV with Skype (Updated)

"What couldn’t harm Skype makes Skype stronger. (It’s not always true; look at the Skype protocol rumored to be hacked). And TV broadcasting, one of the most popular trends of the Internet, via Skype would do nothing but rocket boosting the software popularity right in...

Skype Cracked?

"Can Skype be reverse engineered? That has been the $2.6 billion dollar question Skype watchers often ask themselves. Alec Saunders points to this blog post by Charlie Paglee that claims that a bunch of chinese engineers have done exactly that - cracked Skype."

Money makes the world go 'round or how I deconstruct our constant need for $

Today’s Rocketboom episode was decent. It introduced TikiBar to RB. It was somewhat funny. However, I’m still unsure of JoCo’s talents with reading the news. She still seemed a bit unsure of herself. Hopefully, she will be good next week. In this post, I...

Skype Hacked

"Reports are coming in from Asia that the Skype protocol has been hacked. If accurate, this means that users can access the Skype VOIP network without using the Skype client - calls could be made through third...

Net phone services falling short

 Skype and its cousins are dramatically reshaping the telecom environment - and if you have not discovered the ease and convenience of Internet voice communications from a broadband connection, it's likely...

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