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Plixer Scrutinizer Network Traffic Analyzer Preview
I’ve been testing Plixer Scrutinizer, a network traffic analyzer product for several weeks now. It’s a great product that supports NetFlow used by popular routers and switches, including the popular Cisco ASA series of firewall/security routers, Checkp…
Netflix Temporarily Offline? On Movie Night? Ahhhh!
Oh joy – was checking my Netflix DVD queue to see if any interesting movies to stream as well as which ones arrived in the mail and I got this lovely error message:
Watch as many TV episodes and movies as you want for one low price! One month FREE…
Telefonica Launches Skype Competitor Tu Me
Telefónica today launched a new mobile app called Tu Me, which essentially takes the approach if you can’t beat Skype, join em’. Tu Me features texts, voice calls, messages, and location and photo sharing – all free of charge, with the caveat t…
Viber Announces BlackBerry Beta and Windows Phone 7 Beta
Viber today announced the availability of Viber for BlackBerry Beta and Windows Phone 7 Beta.Both Viber for BlackBerry Beta and Viber for Windows Phone 7 Beta initially offer Viber Messaging, allowing users to exchange text and high-quality photo m…
Nokia City Lens Augmented Reality Launches on Lumia Phones
Nokia today released its City Lens app for Windows Phone, an app that is an augmented reality browser. Users open the app, and depending on the phone’s angle (landscape [facing away from you], 45 degrees, or parallel to ground) it automatically c…
Ooma Telo Review
Back in 2007 I wrote an article “Ooma goes Booma” because Ooma’s claim-to-fame feature was that it worked by ‘sharing’ your PSTN analog phone line with other Ooma users. I was right that this PSTN sharing feature and business model wouldn’t work, so ce…
Skype Aware of IP Security Flaw Back in 2010
Some more interesting information has come to light regarding the IP revealing security flaw in Skype. Researchers from Inria, a research institute in France, and the Polytechnic Institute of New York University discovered the flaw. Stevens Le Blond, o…
Skype Responds to IP Address Privacy Vulnerability
Yesterday it was reported that a simple script could expose any Skype user’s IP address. A Microsoft representative saw my article and gave me this official response, which they also provided to other media outlets:
“We are investigating reports …
Does HTML5 Rock Your Mobile World?
We’ve heard the hype surrounding HTML5, but does it live up to its promise? If TMC’s recently completed DevCon5 show in Santa Clara, California is any indication, HTML5 will soon rock your mobile world!At DevCon5, an international community of HTML5 de…
New Skype for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch Sports Ability to Move Video Preview
Some new features in the latest release of Skype for Apple iOS, including the ability to move your own video preview, app auto-restart if it crashes, improved accessibility, improved stability, some UI improvements and more. See full release notes in s…
