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tHAWT Episode #125: IP applications worth watching

In this episode, Mark joins me over a Skype call. The first thing that we talk about is a report from Insight Research on the outlook for IP application services . Other links we discussed are listed below. FCC seeking comments on D Block auction redo Read More...

Microsoft in the dog house -- again

According to an article in the Seattle Post Intelligencer Microsoft has paid a writer to "review" content on wikipedia and update it. Microsoft Corp. landed in the Wikipedia doghouse Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical Read More...

Dice usted Español? Parlez-vous le Français? Вы Говорите на русском языке?

Networks and computers can be brought to bear to solve a lot of problems that affect people in their everyday lives. Last December, NPR reported on one that, while initially being applied to hospitals, has the potential to scale well outside of that venue. Read More...

Watching Those Applications

Many of the students who grace our classrooms are selling telecommunications services or equipment to companies across the U.S. or around the world. I am often asked questions about how to ensure a network solution provides the appropriate level of performance Read More...

Curious Minds Want to Know About Ms. Dewey

Now I'm a big Google fan. Have been since about Day 1. But this past week, one of my students introduced me to Ms. Dewey . She's a riot. But more than really very cool, she is a great example of a new web application, and interactivity. She can Read More...

tHAWT Episode 35: Do We Need To Lawyer Up?

Well, it's almost the end of the year, so Adam, Andrew, Dave, Paul and Todd got together for a chat about what they consider the coolest technology happenings of 2006 . No thoughts were harmed and very few laws were broken during the recording session. Read More...

tHAWT Episode 34: End of an ERA

In preparation for the holiday party weekend, the Hill Associates folks are gathering in Vermont. In this episode , Paul, Peter, and Adam are joined by Dave Johnston for a lighthearted discussion of the activities of the week. Topics covered include the Read More...

The Device Formerly Known As "The Cell Phone"

The December 4th issue of Business Week has an article on the future of technology that centers on the mobile world in Korea and Japan today with the "Thumb Generation", and coming to your hands tomorrow. The article begins with a look at a Read More...

Unified Messaging - Saving Time And Sanity

I finally had some extra "found time" to record a follow-up to the Web2.0 podcast as part of our series about Emerging IP Applications. Today please take a listen to a short (10 minutes, 4MB) introduction to unified messaging , which has certainly Read More...

Free Domain registration and hosting courtesy Microsoft

As reported in the NY Times , Microsoft will soon being providing free registration of domain names in the .com .net and .org space along with free hosting of web pages. But starting Nov. 15, somebody will offer to pick up the entire bill. You’ll Read More...

tHAWT #27: The Wait Continues....

In this episode , Trevor Hindson and Paul Whalen discuss the continuing saga of the AT&T mergers with recent news that AT&T has filed with the FCC that there are a number of companies vying for the assets that AT&T is required to divest as Read More...

Patent Karma

CNN/Money: IBM has filed two patent infringement lawsuits against Amazon.com for unspecified damages, the company announced Monday. The lawsuits are over five patents that IBM alleges that Amazon has knowingly infringed upon, which it says the online Read More...

A Little Skypenomics

Skype is one of the most recognized brands internationally, and has been gaining ground as a voice provider on the Internet. It's sometimes hard to believe this company of fewer than 500 employees is getting the attention of the major telecommunications Read More...

Disruption - Introducing Web 2.0

Let's try something a little different. I've been blogging for several years now and podcasting for...gosh, about a year and half, so I've been very interested in the practical application of Web 2.0. What is it? I'm glad you asked! Here Read More...

Sir Tim on Net Neutrality

Yesterday the New York Times has a special section on networking (free subscription required). One of the articles is an interview with Sir Tim (Berners-Lee). As is often the case with this topic, I was very frustrated by the article. Here are my main Read More...