Is MagicJack the new Sunrocket- June 22, 2008 For those of you that missed that mess, Sunrocket was a VoIP service that promised unlimited domestic and long distance calls in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico for $200year or less, depending on the promotion. Sometimes you even got a $50 cordless phone just for signing up. The service was provided through a black box, you could either plug it into your home network router, or you could plug your broadband connection into it and use it as a one-port router. I was one of the lucky ones: the...http://www.pedrovera.com/2008/06/is-magicjack-new-sunrocket.html Drivereplacementoctomy- June 21, 2008 I have completed my very first Drivereplacementoctomy, that is, I replaced the DVD drive in an Xbox 360. This doesn't sound like that big of a deal, but it is. For starters, the DVD drive has an encryption key that matches it to one particular Xbox 360. This means that if you buy the exact replacement unit needed by your machine, it will not work. How to fix this The hard way: figure out a way of pulling out the key from the old drive, then upgrade the firmware of the new drive with the...http://www.pedrovera.com/2008/06/drivereplacementoctomy.html 3 more Yahoo execs reportedly jumping ship- June 20, 2008 Yahoo Inc.'s management ranks are rapidly thinning as the Internet pioneer fends off a shareholder mutiny threatening to culminate in the firing of Chief Executive Jerry Yang. Three more executives have decided to jump ship, according to reports published Thursday by two blogs - AllThingsD and Techcrunch - and The New York Times. The reports were based on unnamed people with knowledge of the departures.From 3 more Yahoo execs reportedly jumping ship This is the nice thing about being...http://www.pedrovera.com/2008/06/3-more-yahoo-execs-reportedly-jumping.html How the iPhone puts a bomb under mobile networks The Register- June 20, 2008 Amazingly good analysis of the new push notifications service for iPhone 2.0: If you think everything that could have been written about the iPhone already has been written, prepare to be surprised. One vital aspect of Apple's strategy has been overlooked - with multi-billion consequences for complacent network operators. Over at Telco 2.0, the blog of analysts STL Partners, we learn that networks who partner with Apple must install Apple gear at the data centre to support its services -..http://www.pedrovera.com/2008/06/how-iphone-puts-bomb-under-mobile.html |