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Grandstream today announced the release of their new GXV3140 “Multimedia” Phone. The GXV3140 has a 4.3” digital color LCD display, an adjustable 1.3 megapixel CMOS camera with privacy shutter, dual ethernet ports, rich auxiliary interfaces (such as SD, USB, stereo headset, audio/video output, etc), advanced video compression standard H.264/H.263/H.263+, and a full-duplex speakerphone. From today’s [...]

Back in 2004, the state of Virginia convicted Jeremy Jaynes under a then tough new anti-spam law, sentencing him to nine years in prison for spamming. Jaynes appealed the conviction, arguing that the law, as written, violated his Constitutional free speech rights. Last fall the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that Jaynes was correct — and [...]

The arranged marriage between voice and video got another nod today as the product formally known as Microsoft RoundTable has come back around as the Polycom CX5000. The CX5000 is a video collaboration device for Microsoft Live Meeting or Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) 2007. With the Polycom CX5000 users get a 360° view of [...]

The wait is finally over It’s looks like your wait for a native Skype client for the iPhone will be over tomorrow. The folks at Cnet are reporting that the native Skype for iPhone application will be officially announced at CITA 2009 on Tuesday. The native Skype client has been in demand from users since [...]

According to the Maryland Daily Record (via Telecompetitor), Comcast is suing a Gambrills, Maryland-based ISP for stealing service and then reselling it to others. Last week, the cable giant filed suit against Frank Clark and his company, OceanNet, which advertises itself on their website as specializing in wireless broadband for condo buildings and other multi-dwelling [...]

Like Google, Microsoft has a vested interested in broader broadband availability, because it means expanding the reach of their software (and advertising) to more users. To that end, they’re the latest to file their thoughts on how broadband stimulus money should be spent. Their recommendation primarily focuses on the obvious need to ensure connectivity for [...]

Earlier DOCSIS cable networks can only support transmissions within a single downstream 6 MHz radio frequency (RF) channel, limiting maximum throughput to around 40Mbps (shared). DOCSIS 3.0 upgrades will allow tuning into multiple 6 MHz channels through channel bonding technology, offering shared downstream data rates of 160 Mbps or higher and upstream data rates of [...]

Confirming reports from last week, CNET reports that Skype will be arriving at the iPhone application store sometime on Tuesday. Of course calls on Skype for iPhone only work if you’re in range of a Wi-Fi network, a result of AT&T (justly) fearing that VoIP applications could erode traditional wireless minutes revenue (it may just [...]

Microsoft: broadband stimulus should help schools, hospitals arstechnica.com Cable’s Bad Web Habits multichannel.com AT&T, Verizon Make Different Calls wsj.com BT looks to ‘I-Plate’ filter to increase broadband speed telegraph.co.uk WildBlue Completes Agreement to Lease Ka-band Capacity From EchoStar foxbusiness.com Millions Set to Cut Back or Terminate Wireless Service Plans seekingalpha.com The Netbook Is This Decade’s [...]