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Telcos staring into the VoIP chasm
News Modernising their networks also opened the door for selling digital cable, high-definition TV, digital video recording and, of course, voice. The cable operators' voice business is starting to blossom.
[March 4, 2005, 10:55]
Nuggets: WebCam a gogo gets memory boost
News Oh, and just in case that's not enough to get your blood pumping, the darn thing supports voice annotations too, so you'll always remember someone's name the next morning. You can also record a few seconds of mini-video action in 16.7m colours...
[July 31, 2000, 17:12]
HP's latest iPAQs review
Reviews Eschewing number-based nomenclature for the first time, the two devices are simply called the iPAQ Data Messenger and the iPAQ Voice Messenger. Without an operator contract, the Voice Messenger will cost £333 (inc.
[October 22, 2008, 12:56]
New Xscale powers 'Xbox in a phone'
News The whole system will run with the same battery life as existing voice-only phones, according to Intel, with the SpeedStep management providing up to 50 percent extra life without any need for changes in existing software.
[September 18, 2003, 14:50]
Palm Tungsten C review
Reviews These include: Acrobat Reader for Palm OS; PrintBoy, which is designed to allow printing over wired and wireless connections; WorldMate, a world clock and data conversion tool for travellers; the PowerOne advanced calculator; VoiceMemo for...
[May 9, 2003, 8:27]
Cisco wants to be watching you
News In addition, it makes sense for businesses that have already embarked on consolidating their networks to decide to carry all of their corporate data and voice traffic over an IP network. The networking giant is paying $51m (£29m) in cash and...
[March 7, 2006, 9:15]
Microsoft releases Office 2010 technical preview
News PowerPoint picks up video editing features as well as the ability to create a video of one's presentation, including voice annotations. The next version of Office moved a step closer to reality on Monday as Microsoft released an invitation-only...
[July 13, 2009, 13:15]
What has broadband done for us?
News Applications such as BT's Datasure online backup or Voice over IP phone services would not have survived without broadband, Kitchener claims. Ovum argues that software downloads, music downloads, video on demand, online learning, live concert...
[March 31, 2004, 12:15]
Israel brings Gaza airstrikes to the web
News We wanted to outreach to the young generation, who does not read the conventional media, but is still interested in events in the Middle East, so we thought this is a good way to be an official voice for the questions people are asking," Saranga...
[January 2, 2009, 10:15]
IM gets a brand-new face - and it's yours
News Incoming messages are converted to audio by Microsoft's text-to-speech engine, and facial movements are synchronised with the voice. Unlike bandwidth-intensive video streaming techniques, IMpersona uses the power of the PC to animate a realistic 3D...
[October 3, 2001, 10:25]
More woe for 3G, says research
News Forrester estimates that revenues generated by 3G will fail to offset a marked decline in the amount of money received from traditional income streams, such as voice, SMS and data. By 2005, the amount earned by network operators from these...
[January 5, 2001, 13:52]
Q&A: Bell Labs eyes broadband's future
News Copper is great for voice. That raises the question: Will VOIP be the only way that telcos deliver a voice call, rendering the copper networks that they've spent 125 years building moot? But it could provide a way to deliver voice services such as...
[June 13, 2003, 13:24]
UK-wide mobile WiMax rollout unlikely, says backer
News The fire service has very good voice communications with Airwave, but Airwave doesn't have the capacity to deliver video and 3G isn't suitable for the [video] quality. As fire trucks raced through the town on their way to the incident, they...
[July 22, 2009, 11:00]
Sendo aims smartphone at Asian market
News Built around Symbian and Nokia's Series 60 software platform, the Sendo X has a VGA resolution still/motion camera with flash, a 65k colour 176x220 pixel screen, 64-voice polyphonic ring tones, and a suite of graphics, audio and video software all...
[November 18, 2003, 10:35]
Alternate Realities: The future of marketing?
News What Stewart has done is give this young genre its most distinctive voice: literate, infused with a noirish poetry, and rich in the character typically lost in conventional video games. Elan Lee, a former.For more, click here.video game producer...
[December 16, 2005, 13:55]
RIM chief cautious about unlimited wireless data plans
News Wireless operators have spent billions of dollars over the past several years upgrading their networks to 3G networks so they can handle more voice calls and advanced data services. But Lazaridis warned that as wireless data usage becomes more...
[June 6, 2006, 9:05]
Matrox G550 adds lip sync to 3D models
News With the use of Voice Over IP (VoIP) packages increasing dramatically, Matrox, Digimask and LIPSinc are all hoping that people will want to add a visual element to low-bandwidth connections where video conferencing simply isn't possible.
[June 20, 2001, 13:29]
UK school curriculum goes online
News The system will allow uses to search the Net for learning materials using voice recognition. The interactive TV service will give pupils access to video clips and interactive quizzes as well as linking up schools across the country.
[April 2, 2001, 9:00]
Tablet PC productivity tips review
Reviews In the Codec drop-down menu, select 'Windows Media Audio 9 Voice' -- the 'Windows Media Audio 9.1 Professional' option is overkill, unless you have a professional-grade external microphone. But only Microsoft's £79.99 OneNote lets you record and...
[December 8, 2005, 12:00]
Cisco IP Telephony (training) review
Reviews CallManager operating system, database and supporting applications; CallManager deployment options; establishing a call; Cisco telephony endpoints; CallManager configuration; configuring Catalyst switches to handle voice; configuring Cisco IP...
[October 30, 2007, 7:28]
