Oh This One Had To Hurt

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J.A. Watson today laid the smackdown in the direction of Skype when writing about the new Dell Video Chat application that became available yesterday which was developed by client SightSpeed for the world’s largest computer manufacturer and e-tailing pioneer. With a post like that one has to wonder if Skype is becoming the new Vonage, … Read more

Structure O8

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I spent yesterday at GigaOm’s Structure 08 Conference. It was GREAT. If anyone thinks the conference business is dead, they are DEAD WRONG. The overflow crowd clearly showed that there is lots of interest in Infrastructure. Hats off to the entire team at GigaOm and especially to Surj Patel who guided the conference. Om was … Read more

PhoneGnome for Business Launches

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David Beckemeyer passed me a note about his new PhoneGnome for Business service that launched. For users of PhoneGnome this provides a full new suite of services that may appeal to the small business user.

American Airlines to Block Skype on In Flight WiFi

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This shows how technology illiterate some people at American Airlines must be. Blocking a widely used IM service and comparing it to a cell phone. Ok. If they want to block the voice traffic that’s one thing. But to make the statement that blocking Skype is in keeping with the federal ban on cell phones … Read more

New Logitech WebCam Makes Video On Mac A Focus

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Having experienced both SightSpeed and Skype last week on my Logitech 9000 Pro webcam last week on my lightly used Windows Media Center on a Dual Core 2 Vista platform at the house, I was simply feeling left out on the Mac for what one could consider great video quality. Well now Macintosh users like … Read more

Being Distance Challenged

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Jason Perlow of ZDNet posted his real world experience issue with DSL vs. Cable. That got me thinking about what’s next to come down the pipe. First some perspective. He lives too far away from the CO. I can relate to that. When I first moved to the coast seven years ago I tried to … Read more