JK OntheRun compares AT&T’s iPhone, T-Mobile’s G1 and Verizon’s Storm.

How do they compare? That’s not really a fair question because at the basest level they are totally different phones that should appeal to different users. What I find the most interesting about this comparison is that all three phones are smartphones that are [...]

NPR’s On The Media has an interesting story on Bloomberg News and how the organization may target regional business stories for newspapers, almost like an outside contractor:

SETH MNOOKIN: Well, right now, Bloomberg News has more editorial employees than The New York Times and The Washington Post combined which, when I found out, astounded me because [...]

As America’s newspapers shrink and shed staff, and broadcast news outlets sink in the ratings, a new kind of Web-based news operation has arisen in several cities, reports the NY Times.

Here it is VoiceofSanDiego.org, offering a brand of serious, original reporting by professional journalists — the province of the traditional media, but at a much [...]

RCR Wireless News reports the ongoing battle between Sprint Nextel and its CDMA affiliate is set for a breather as iPCS withdrew its most recent injunction looking to stop Sprint Nextel’s WiMAX joint venture with Clearwire.
Clearwire owns licenses primarily in mid-sized and small markets, some of which overlap with iPCS’s networks. One of the biggest [...]

Comcast today announced it is offering DOCSIS 3.0 in Oregon and Southwest Washington. In December, Comcast’s new cable modem services will be available to residential homes and businesses throughout the communities that Comcast serves.
Comcast will offer a range of services including the Extreme 50 tier with download speeds of up to 50 Mbps. Comcast [...]

Voip sends your phone call through the Internet
A Voip router is a very small device that is used by the majority of Voip users to make calls over the Internet. One of the main differences between traditional telephones and Voip is that traditional phone signals are analogue and are sent physically through wires. Voice over IP sends a digital signal and sends it as packet data through the Internet. Therefore, for a person to continue to use the same phone that they have always used for voice over IP calls, they need a device to convert their analogue signal to a digital signal. This is what the Voip router is designed to do.

Voip technology is advancing rapidly
Digital phones allow Voip users to plug directly into their Internet connection or their computer to make telephone calls, thus eliminating the need for a router. Furthermore, it will only be a matter of time before our homes are fully networked for Internet access in every room, thus making IP calls easier and the delivery of other services that will soon be provided through the Internet.

Make your move to Voip as soon as possible
Voip is the telephony of the future. This is indicated by how the large traditional phone companies have all converted over to this technology. What you can expect with a switch to Voip is much lower telephone bills and the closest communication with long-distance family members and loved ones than you have ever known. When they say that the world is getting smaller, it can now truly be seen.

Voip is easy
Although many people fear new technologies or are slow to convert over to a new way of doing things because they are so comfortable with the old, IP calls is something that you should switch over to without hesitation. Of course, the voice over IP company that you choose to work with is your decision. Just understand that any switch to Voip is better than not switching. For those that hate new devices and new gadgets, a Voip router makes everything so simple and easy to use. Basically, a voice over IP router will have a socket for you to plug your phone into and another socket for you to plug your internet connection in to. Once you plug in those two things, you will never have to think about your VoIP router again. Now, that is simplicity!

Jim Francisto

Digital Angel, a leader in animal RFID and emergency identification solutions, announced today that it has entered into a set of agreements to sell its approximately 45% stake in VeriChip for about $1.57 million in cash.
Digital Angel sold all of its VeriChip stock, approximately 5.4 million shares, to R&R Consulting Partners, a company controlled [...]

While Clearwire still isn’t revealing the details of its WiMAX rollout plan, reports Telephony Magazine, CEO of New Clearwire, Ben Wolff, said that will come after the Sprint deal closes. That will probably be after the stockholder meeting on November 20th.

Clearwire’s trial in Portland—its first planned market launch—is now hosting 200 friendly users. In [...]

Security researchers say they’ve developed a way to partially crack Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption, reports PC World.
The attack, described as the first practical attack on WPA, will be discussed at the PacSec conference in Tokyo next week. There, researcher Erik Tews will show how he was able to crack WPA encryption, in order to [...]

Globalstar, the LEO-based satphone service, today announced that the U.S. FCC has issued an Order and Authorization modifying Globalstar’s authority to offer Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) services in the United States. This modification permits Globalstar’s spectrum to be used to deploy wireless WiMAX services to over 500 rural American communities that currently do not have [...]