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Key VoIP patent to be re-examined
February 8, 2010
 A longstanding patent on ▲VoIP technology is to be re-examined by the US Patent and Trademark Office following a complaint by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a patent that essentially claims to be where the PSTN gateway was invented.
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Radvision buys Aethra's HD video conferencing business
February 5, 2010
 Radvision is to buy certain assets from Aethra, including intellectual property and technology for HD ▲videoconferencing endpoint systems, subject to conditions and authorities approvals.
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Fugitive VoIP hacker admits 10 million minute spree
February 3, 2010
 A Miami hacker has admitted he pocketed more than $1M by selling millions of minutes of ▲VoIP calls and surreptitiously routing them through the networks of telecommunications companies.
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VoIP Still Threatens Legacy Carriers
February 2, 2010
 "The first phase of ▲VoIP providers thought they were going to be disruptive," says Robert Poe, analyst-at-large for Heavy Reading and author of the VoIP report. "But they weren't innovative in terms of business models. They used VoIP to essentially emulate what the telcos were already doing."
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Amazon Web Services Lowers Data Transfer Prices
February 2, 2010
 Working hard to remain the leader in cloud computing infrastructure as a service (IaaS), Amazon took another step at reducing prices for customers. This is just one step of many that Amazon has taken “to drive [their] costs down and become more operationally efficient.”
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China Unicom warns of 50% profit dive
February 1, 2010
 High 3G roll out costs are partly to blame for China Unicom's latest warning that its earnings could fall by more than half.
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Windows Azure finally ready for customers
February 1, 2010
 Microsoft's Windows Azure ▲cloud computing service became generally available on Monday with very little flourish. And that might be because this first wave of Azure offerings is frankly a bit odd.
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Apple iPad Challenges Google's Chrome Cloud Computing Designs
January 30, 2010
 Apple stands to challenge Google in the ▲cloud computing war with the new iPad. The iPad is geared to provide the most compelling mobile Internet experience users have seen to date, with Apple CEO Steve Jobs proclaiming that holding the tablet was like "holding the Internet in your hand." But Google later this year is expected to bring its own vision for mobile Web consumption in the form of netbooks based on its Chrome Operating System.
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Why cloud exchanges won't work
January 22, 2010
 As ▲cloud computing in its various forms increasingly happens rather than just being talked about, there is talk of a cloud-computing exchange floating around. There are certainly things to like about the concept but, but this author does not see it playing out in pure form anytime soon.
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Microsoft Calls for Cloud Computing Transparency
January 20, 2010
Arguing for industry self-regulation, Microsoft says that "it should not be enough for service providers simply to say that their services are private and secure. There needs to be some transparency about why this is the case."
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| Other News |
- Analysts predict bold growth for Google Android - January 25, 2010
- Ericsson to trim 1,500 jobs - January 25, 2010
- Does the Fourth Amendment cover 'the cloud'? - January 17, 2010
- Network flaw causes scary Web error - January 15, 2010
- Microsoft Said to Plan Debut of New Mobile Windows in February - January 15, 2010
- IBM grabs largest enterprise cloud deployment - January 13, 2010
- HP and Microsoft Simplify Technology Environments With Cloud Solutions - January 13, 2010
- VMware To Buy Zimbra From Yahoo In Cloud Computing Play - January 12, 2010
- Microsoft LifeCam Cinema certified interoperable with Mirial Softphone - January 7, 2010
- Is Compliance in the Cloud Possible - January 6, 2010
- Windows Azure: Microsoft's Big Bet - January 6, 2010
- Cisco brings telepresence home - January 6, 2010
- Google Announces the Nexus One - January 5, 2010
- FTC set to examine cloud computing - January 4, 2010
- Cloud computing still raises security, reliability concerns - January 4, 2010
- Apple to buy Quattro Wireless for $275 million - January 4, 2010
- Google wants to build 'white spaces' database - January 4, 2010
- An application war is brewing in the cloud - December 30, 2009
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Avaya unveiled its vision for the future of communications and a roadmap that integrates products and services from the recently acquired Nortel Enterprise Solutions (NES) to create a new standard for business communications.
The company behind the magicJack, the cheap Internet phone gadget that's been heavily promoted on TV, has made a new version of the device that allows free calls from cell phones in the home, in a fashion that's sure to draw protest from cellular carriers.
Skype is embedding its service on a bevy of HDTVs, the company said, adding that it is supporting high-definition video calls in the 720p HD format on PCs.
Cisco announced the release of an interoperability protocol that it believes will enable vendors and suppliers in the 
Juniper Networks and Polycom have teamed on a joint 
IBM has added online meeting functionality and expanded audio and video integration to its Lotus Sametime 8.5 
Sales of cell phones around the world rebounded in the fourth quarter, indicating that the recession may be over for the beleaguered mobile handset market.
Motorola turned a profit of $143 million, compared with a loss of $3.7 billion in the same quarter of 2008. The 2008 quarterly loss was largely attributed to nonrecurring charges that Motorola was forced to take. Still, sales were a disappointment.
AT&T posted a 25.6% increase in fourth-quarter earnings as its wireless and new TV businesses continued to grow.
