Editor Note:   I found this interesting.  According to this source, a satellite communications satellite collided in orbit with a non-functioning Russian satellite.  Ouch.

February 10th , Iridium lost an operational satellite. According to information shared with the company by various U.S. government organizations that monitor satellites and other space objects (such as debris), it appears that the satellite loss is the result of a collision with a non-operational Russian satellite. Although this event has relatively limited impact on Iridium’s service, the company is taking immediate action to address the loss. The Iridium constellation is healthy, and this event is not the result of a failure on the part of Iridium or its technology.

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Online Gadget retailer Firebox is selling what it calls the first 3D webcam int he world and it is available for only £49.95; the Minoru even comes with five pairs of 3D glasses (ed : when will they have stylish 3D glasses?)

The webcam looks like a single legged red-aced alien with arms protruding. Minoru works the trick by combining two USB webcams altogether and adjusting the red and blue levels to create a near perfect 3D video stream.

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So, you didn’t get one, huh? Well, we did. Just goes to show that some folks don’t have much to do other than stand in line for 8 hours to claim what my wife has labeled “another stupid toy.” Yes, the ultimate iToy. Boys and their toys! Apple has had the better part of four years to perfect Mac OS X, and it shows in the iPhone.

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Note:  Om Malik from GigaOm sent over this link about BT possible investing in the free wifi company FON.

FON, the Spanish share-your-Wi-Fi services company, is close to announcing a new round of funding that could total to as much as 10 million Euros (shade over $13 million.)  While some of its existing investors – Index Ventures, Skype and Google - are coming back with more cash, the word from telecom circles in Europe is that British Telecom is going to invest in the wireless router company. It is one of the new strategic investors in the company.

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Note:  Found this little update on Todd Pinkerton's blog about some of the projects he has come across at the conference.

"this week I’m in San Francisco at the O’reilly Emerging Telephony conference, chaired by my good friend Surj Patel. The conference is all about how the old-school world of telephones and phone networks are now merging with the Internet. So now, anyone who can write a web application can create a voice service.  This is part of the inspiration behind Ringfo." 

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Note:  MobileWhack has a nice review of the Linux based Nokia N800.  After reading through it sounds like this  has all the bells and whistles of a portable handheld computer.  Only issues seems to be a recurring one of handwriting recognition/ virtual  keyboard vs.  built in hard keyboard.  Personally  think until they really advance the software in that area, keyboards even if they are small are here to stay.

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The Nokia N800 internet tablet features a large 4.1-inch 800x480 touchscreen display, which displays both text and pictures very clearly. Other features of the tablet include WiFi connectivity, Bluetooth, a mini-USB port, and a 3.5mm headphones jack. It runs off a 320Mhz TI CPU, and 128MB RAM, and includes 256MB of flash storage and two SD slots.

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Note:  I found this article about Gates recently speaking about where all this new technology is headed in the coming future.  It sounds like he does actually "get" where the PBX market is going.  Here is some bits from the article:

"Speaking to a group of business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Bill Gates gave some insight into where he believes technology is heading. During the conference, which played host to several big names in the industry such as YouTube's Chad Hurley and Flickr's Caterina Fake, Gates touched on topics such as the Web 2.0 craze, IPTV, and a possible micropayment model for the web." 

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Note:  I was browsing on Tom Keating site this afternoon while I wait for lunch in between a weekend conference I am attending and I found this little write-up from Rich Tehrani about his time at ITExpo.  Here is a snippet from the post.

"Rich is a man who eats, sleeps, breaths IP communications. In fact, he barely slept this week at ITEXPO since he was so busy meeting with VoIP service providers and VoIP vendors, as well as speaking at the show and walking the show floor." 

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Note: Alec Saunders has posted this informative interview with Bill Miller at ITEXPO. 

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VoIP Planet has posted this review of two different versions of the Asterisk PBX package.  It's a nice review of both offerings.  It does cover one of my favorite bonuses with ABE, the access to Digium's Support.  Here is an excerpt from their review:

" In the first two parts of this sub-series we we looked at how to get the open source, free-of-cost AsteriskNOW, how to install and test it, and how to perform essential system administration tasks such as getting administrator and root passwords in order, keeping the system updated, and how to install and remove software. Today we're going to compare AsteriskNOW to the not-free-of-cost Asterisk Business Edition, and take a look at some of Digium's other shiny new offerings." 

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VoIP-News is running an informative story helping people interested or in the market for a VoIP Gateway.  It is really nice to see more of this helpful content being generated.  Here is an preview of the Article:

"There's no question that a gateway is a crucial component in any business VoIP system. That's because the gateway handles the fundamental task of transferring voice or fax traffic from a PBX to the IP network while supporting service levels equal to or exceeding the performance of traditional telephone technology." 

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I found this interview with Andy Abramson on VoiP News about where enterprise voip is heading in 2007. 

Intro:

"Based in Del Mar, Calif., Andy Abramson is a veteran Internet telephony consultant and one of the Web's most widely read VOIP bloggers. We recently caught up with Andy and asked him for his insight on some key  issues facing enterprise VoIP adopters." 

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Andy wrote a nice article talking about video blogging and how it is helping change journalism in a good way.  Another good point is how the blog search engines are going to take away some of the seo aspects of the blog by focusing more on the date and relevancy of the post rather than some of the more traditional seo elements.  I hope he is right about the bloggers finally getting their due respect for being a valuable and informative information source.  Kudos Andy, we are lucky to have commited bloggers like you and others (Tom, Om, Rich, Ward, Smith, etc...).

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