Cisco has apparently purchased Five Across, Inc. a Social Networking company. It’ll be interesting to see? how John Chambers moves forward with the acquisition. CNET.com has a interesting take in their podcast.
The Feds are rethinking their decision last year to force certain voice over IP providers. The taxes forced on VOIP providers would require consumers to pay an extra couple of bucks every month. The money goes into the Universal Slush fund for something or other. The money is supposed to get spent on telephone service in rural and poor areas that probably already use VOIP to save on their long distance bills anyway.
According to a CNET report, PC retailers are seeing spikes in sales and they’re attributing them to the Vista release. There’s also a few patches you should know about for XP.
From the top of the Hilton Rainbow Tower with Diamond Head for a backdrop, this is Brent Norris for the World Organization of Webmasters and the Wow Technology Minute.
Additional Resources
Cisco Announces Agreement to Acquire Five Across
http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2007/corp_020807.html?CMP=ILC-001
Five Across, Inc.
http://www.5across.com/index.html
Federal appeals court weighs Internet phone taxes – CNET.com
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6158048.html
Yesterday’s taxes stalk tomorrow’s telephones – CNET.com
http://news.com.com/2038-12_3-0-topic.html?id=6190&name=VoIP+and+IP+telephony&tag=st.topic
Tax us whatever you want. – Comment at CNET.com
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