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MSN8 launched today. AOL 8.0 shipped the other week. That makes three broadband-oriented pieces of desktop software shipping from ISPs. Guess which one isn't mentioned in the press. [*]

12:43:54 PM # Google It!

The Adverse Effects of Bundling

Internet telephony revisited: The bottom-line savings on long-distance charges are of course the reason why most folks might be willing to ditch their POTS line for this solution. But I'm equally intrigued by the upside: applications that intercept and work with SIP signalling and digitized voice, integrate phone presence with IM, forward call metadata to Web services, and all the other CTI (computer-telephone integration) fantasies that may finally start to come true.
[Jon's Radio]

On the contrary, maybe you can't ditch your POTS line in favor of DSL. This is likely not attributable to devious forethought, but to billing systems that cannot differentiate between a DSL customer and a POTS customer. But what's the alternative? Go cable?

9:32:03 AM # Google It!
categories: Industry

Metaphorically Speaking

"We have caught the sniper like a duck in a noose.". So of course, we've all done Google searches, just to see.
[The One True b!X]

b!X makes a leap that I didn't think of: doing a Google search to find out the meaning of that simile. Did law enforcement think to do the same? Some literary analysis of the story found is in order.

[Rabbit] quickly fastened his noose around the neck of the closest duck. Startled, the duck began to struggle to get away and finally took off on his wings and dragged the Rabbit out of the water after him.

Rabbit captures the duck, but finds himself in a bit of a predicament.

8:35:16 AM # Google It!

Meeting Expectations

"Frankly, I'm kinda pissed."

7:48:09 AM # Google It!
categories: Low-Hanging Fruit