FON

December 6, 2005

Yet another revolution in the way people use wireless, and this one launched with no organized PR – just word of mouth spread mainly through blogs. Proof once again of the enormous appetite we have to connect real-time, all-the-time and everywhere. FON is an international network of members who operate or want to use wireless […]

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Regulation Good for Telecom Customers?

December 5, 2005

Someone has recently slashdotted a European study that apparently concluded: [I]n countries where regulators had more power to levy fines and punish monopolistic behavior, customers paid less and got more services. … The report, conducted by Jones Day and Strategy and Policy Consultants Network Ltd., showed that investment in telecommunications, which leads to better services […]

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The Communication Wars

December 5, 2005

Jeff Pulver has recently posted on the curent state of the communication wars, and the news is troubling: The battle — once waged between ILECs and CLECs, between cable and LEC, between wireline and wireless, between terrestrial and satellite — has officially morphed into a battle between Internet Access Provider and Internet Application Provider. This […]

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Spear Phishing, Redux

December 4, 2005

The NYT reports on spear phishing, a targeted form of socially engineered spam I blogged in October. It’s a fascintating piece with the usual doses of fear, loathing and gruesome detail. Gist: More recently, however, a hybrid form of phishing, dubbed “spear-phishing,” has emerged and raised alarms among the digital world’s watchdogs. Spear-phishing is a […]

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The Cost of Large IT Project Failures

December 3, 2005

Mary Kirwan has an interesting piece in the Globe that looks behind the scenes of large IT project failures to consider why they occur. Much has been written on this topic, but Mary has some interesting contributions, including an interview with Professor John McDermid, Professor of Software Engineering at the University of York, UK, and […]

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Customer Rebates: A to Z

December 3, 2005

Robert Mitchell has two posts in Computerworld with more detail than you could ever want to know on the hows and whys of the hated customer rebate.

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Reversal of Fortunes – The Technology Advantage

December 2, 2005

Paul Kedrosky writes today (linking to an FT piece on the topic) about what I was hoping would remain our little secret: in many respects technology has reversed the historical enterprise desktop advantage, and turned the table in favour of the little guy. I think the effect is broader than just office v. home and […]

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What is RIM Expecting in the NTP Lawsuit?

December 2, 2005

The Financial Post reports today that RIM has been buying its shares back very aggressively in recent weeks. I can’t find a link to the story online yet, but will post it if I find a live one. The press release announcing the program is here.

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eBay-Skype: What Else is There?

December 2, 2005

I’ve never understood the rationale for the eBay-Skype deal. And had it occurred to me that immediately after the deal was announced the worm would turn on Skype and people would start seeing Skype as mainstream, well, then even more so. (What I said was “At the first sign of fees for Skype to Skype, […]

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After Blackberry?

December 2, 2005

eWeek is running a bizarre story that considers who might step in to the void created if RIM is actually shut down. The ‘experts’ say Microsoft and Nokia, “both of which have been pushing hard to raise their presence in the space, in particular among the business clients that make up the bulk of BlackBerry’s […]

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Podcast Theft

December 2, 2005

The first known case of podcast theft has occurred. Reminiscent of early domain hijacking cases, in this case a podcaster’s feed has been hijacked. Details and some U.S. legal discussion here.

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Inmarsat to Launch Broadband Satellite Service

December 1, 2005

The Globe reports on the imminent launch of Inmarsat’s broadband satellite wireless service: The London-based company says BGAN will provide fast, wireless coverage over 85 per cent of the Earth’s landmass by the middle of next year. Initial coverage includes regions in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa; North American coverage is expected to […]

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