While we here trying to get VoIP in to cell phones,(Mobile VoiP) Japan is marching forward in the field of phone design and innovative use of the same phones. We reported that iPhone in Japan was not that big a hit in Japan. Why? Because
The NTT Docomo has been demonstrating a mobile phone at CEATEC JAPAN 2008 with a DLP projector from Texas Instruments embedded. The device is capable of projecting a TV image of about 24 inches to a wall or a screen about same distance away!
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Docomo Phone With A DLP Projector
October 3rd, 2008
Andy Abramson of VoIP Watch is reporting that Virgo Publishing has acquired the VON Assets that we all have been wondering about for some time.
According to the press release, which is also on Andy’s post, Virgo plans to carry out the VON traditions. But I guess we will have to wait and see.
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VON Assets Are In The Hands Of Virgo Publishing.
October 3rd, 2008
On the heels of news about Skype Selling out to Chinese government, I hear that Skype beta 2 has been released. I have not installed or tested yet. But we did test Skype 4.0 beta 1 and it seem to be offering some interesting information. But the reports I hear says that it has improved on the beta one and there much more to be expected in the beta 3.
One of the better mentioned features is that you now can switch to classic view if you do not like modern view of Skype interface.
To alleviate the problem of missed messages, the new beta brings a orange colored indicator on System tray icon for new messages. Also they have returned your ability to drag and drop files to chat window and now you have dynamic groups like who is online, whom you just chatted or whom you have blocked. You also seem to have ability to delete and add these groups.
But we also hear that another beta is on the way. The c|NET has a more extensive report and if you want the skype 4.0 beta 2, you can download it here. And if you have any feedback, that could be submitted here!
But while downloading I will be wondering whom they will sell us out to next! You can also read about Skype President’s response to the last breach of trust by Skype on Skype blog here. All I read that is now the they have hidden the place they upload the files, nothing much!.
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Skype 4.0 Beta 2 For Windows
October 3rd, 2008
Contrary to the statements by Skype, the great telephony provider has screwed some users, specially Chinese users, (not only people from China) according to this report. Skype snubbed users before and I am sure continue to do so in the back ground. I doubt it is only the chat messages. What else Skype?
According to the report published
“Our analysis suggests that the surveillance is not solely keyword-driven. Many of the captured messages contain words that are too common for extensive logging, suggesting that there may be criteria, such as specific usernames, that determine whether messages are captured by the system.”
So the BS about certain keyword monitoring and dropping the messages will not work here. Did you also record the voice as well skype?
In addition to the above, here are some more major findings;
• The full text chat messages of TOM-Skype users, along with Skype users who have
communicated with TOM-Skype users, are regularly scanned for sensitive keywords, and
if present, the resulting data are uploaded and stored on servers in China.
• These text messages, along with millions of records containing personal information, are
stored on insecure publicly-accessible web servers together with the encryption key required to
decrypt the data.
• The captured messages contain specific keywords relating to sensitive political topics such
as Taiwan independence, the Falun Gong, and political opposition to the Communist Party
of China.
But if these are alarming you, you can remove skype, uninstall skype or even if you decided to remain a user, how not to be a supernode could be found on this site. We have been telling these for last three years!
But according to a report here, China might even change wikipeidia! Well what people do for a buck.
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Skype Sells You To China With TOM-SKYPE!
October 2nd, 2008
Gizmo5 is treating all it’s users to a free gift that lasts for next 30 days! Just for being a Gizmo5 user the Gizmo5 team has arranged free access for 30 days to Load2Mobile service. Load2mobile allows you to send songs from your PC’s music collection to your mobile phone. This gives you chance to listen to your favorite tracks while doing IM on any phone through rather funny sounding giz5.com. All this is done without any downloads to your phone.
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Send Songs To Your Mobile Free with load2mobile, Courtesy of Gizmo5.
September 30th, 2008