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My Name is Vint Cerf, I’m a Scientist and I am Voting for Barack Obama

Written by Chanuka Wattegama on October 16, 2008 — 2 Comments

Vint Cerf, who can fairly be described as one of the godfathers of Internet has endorsed Barack Obama in the US presidential race, saying that his decision is swayed by Obama’s stance on net neutrality – the question of whether content providers should be charged more for different content by the “pipe” providers. Extracts: We [...]

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Why the iPhone won’t be in Asia

Written by Abu Saeed Khan on January 21, 2008 — 1 Comment

Robert Clark says: Apple and China Mobile recently broke off talks over selling the device in the mainland after the Chinese carrier rejected Apple’s insistence on a 30% commission. An executive at a non-mainland operator said the company was keen on selling the iPhone, but just couldn’t raise Apple’s interest. Apple doesn’t have a senior executive [...]

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Internet telephony pioneers stumble

Written by Lorraine Salazar on October 3, 2007 — 1 Comment

Last updated 10:01am (Mla time) 10/03/2007, Philippine Daily Inquirer NEW YORK–In spite of its global popularity, Internet telephony (VoIP), which is almost free for users, has not become a gold mine for its pioneers such as Skype and Vonage. Popular online auction firm eBay, which bought Skype two years ago for $2.6 billion, affirmed that [...]

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