Notebaert: Qwest Won't Block VOIP Traffic
Qwest Communications CEO Richard Notebaert tells his VON Spring 2006 audience that his company will never block network traffic as a way to maintain a competitive edge. But listeners question whether this represents a real commitment to "net neutrality."
The Bright Side of Dark Fiber Optics
With a bold IT staff and plenty of networking experience, Bank of America takes the dark-fiber plunge.
Hey! Who's Talking About You on Twitter? Find Out
Twitter has updated its "reply" function to let you view all mentions of your Twitter handle, not just those that appear at the beginning of a Tweet.
RealNetworks Preemptively Sues Studios Over RealDVD
According to RealNetworks, threats have been made against the company regarding its recently-released DVD ripping program, RealDVD. So the company is suing Hollywood, preemptively.
Wolverine, Archos Ship New Media Players
On Tuesday, Wolverine Data announced that it is now shipping its 160-Gbyte ESP 5160 portable media player. Archos also shipped an upgrade version of its personal media player, complete with camcorder.
Embed Fonts for Easier Editing
When transferring a presentation to another computer to edit it, make sure to embed the fonts inside the presentation so they will be available when you make changes.
Excel 2007 Contains Serious Multiplication Bug
Over the weekend a member of the microsoft.public.excel newsgroup revealed that Excel 2007 thinks that 850*77.1 is 100,000. And there are other errors, too.
Computerized Pillow Designed to Stop Snorers
A German scientist has come up with a solution for snoring -- a computerized pillow that shifts the head's sleeping position until the noise stops.
Al Gore's Current TV Collects Interactive Emmy
Six months after grabbing Oscar glory for his eco-documentary "An Inconvenient Truth," former Vice President Al Gore collected an Emmy Award on Sunday for his fledgling youth-oriented cable network, Current TV.
Dell to Add Linux-Certified Desktops, Laptops
CIOs can expect to see SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 as an option on Dell's OptiPlex desktops, Latitude notebooks and Precision workstations soon. (DesktopLinux.com)
