It looks like the evil geniuses who love to bait unsuspecting users have found ways around the Skype security platform and are now affecting users of Skype according to CNET’s NEWS.com. I’ve decided to call it SKUUM for SKYPE UNWANTED/UNAPPROVED MESSAGING Now what we need from Skype is some UNSKUUM to prevent it.
Meet Damon. He produces the Smart Show, a cool show about life and technology. I’m going to be on an upcoming episode.
In what has to be a blow to the homeland favorite, SPIRIT DSP, Norwegian codec king GIPS grabbed the voice communications crown in Russia, winning the contract to supply a voice engine to Mail.ru reports VoIP-News out of the UK. GIPS, which is best known as the creators and inventors of iLBC, and as the … Read more
If this is a glimpse at what T-Mobile in the USA will be doing, we have lots of data options ahead. T-Mobile basically has created a no-contract necessary rate with their new pricing of 20 pounds a month, or 2 pounds a day, 10 pounds a week. You buy a T-Mobile broadband data stick and … Read more
If you’re flying into London’s newest airport terminal at Heathrow, aptly named “Terminal 5” you’ll be happy to know that you can be working there while you wait for your baggage or are waiting to fly. T-Mobiile Hotspot service is available there now.
Pat’s post about his horror story with Vodafone reminded me about a post I wanted to write about AT&T. It’s one that may spare many business people who are customers frustration and be a benefit to them. The same applies to Verizon here in the USA. Qualify to be a business customers as soon as … Read more
SMS Text News’ Mobile Industry Review has a very responsible public service post about the dangers of your personal details being shared without your knowledge. Check out what they saw in London and think next time you give out yours who may be seeing all that gets inputted into the computer. I recently expressed a … Read more
We’re at the Courtyard by Marriott, just outside the Philadelphia city limits and the broadband is fine and dandy. How fine? Just a tad under 3 megs in both upload and download speeds. Granted it’s a weekend, but still, that tells me this iBahn locations needs to be Working Anywhere Approved so far. We’re here … Read more
Denver has this “ad supported” WiFi service. Some content gets blocked. Speeds are inconsistent and most of all the lag time is horrendously slow. Sure I got about 800 k down and 1.5 up, but the ping time to a local server was 183 milliseconds. I’ll compare that to my SureWest connection in Sacramento to … Read more
