Monthly Archives: December 2005

Who's Rates Technology Inc.?

By Mark Evans | Published: December 28, 2005
In Canada, we've become super-sensitive to litigious patent holders given how NTP Inc. has being making life difficult for Research in Motion for the past four years. So, it's fascinating to see Rates Technology Inc. jump into the spotlight by suing Google for infringing on its VOIP patents. (Here's the lawsuit.)Like NTP, RTI is nothing [...]
Posted in Google, Main Page, VOIP Services, Competition | 4 Comments

And the #1 Spam for '05 is…..

By Mark Evans | Published: December 28, 2005
Spam is still very much alive and well. AOL said today it has been blocking an average of 1.5 billion (yes, that's billion) of spam message a day in 2005. That's impressive but it still means more than 150 billion spam message still weaseled their way into AOL e-mail boxes. A big trend this year, [...]
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Accurate Blog Stat Packages (Part II)

By Mark Evans | Published: December 28, 2005
A couple weeks ago, I did a post on the hunt for accurate blog statistics. Given the slow news flow over the holidays, I figure it's time for a bit of an update. In terms of raw numbers, there has been consistency among Measure Map, Blogbeat, Google Analytics and StatCounter. The range of unique visitors [...]
Posted in Blog Services | 1 Comment

Some Surprises – Good & Bad – in 2005

By Mark Evans | Published: December 28, 2005
My weekly column in today's Financial Post looks at some of the most pleasant and troubling high-tech surprises in 2005. The highlights include the rise of Firefox (10% market share and counting) and the reinvigoration of the browser market – even if Flock stumbled out of the gate with a  not ready for prime-time beta. Another positive was [...]
Posted in Browsers/Firefox, Main Page, Nortel Networks | 1 Comment

Nortel Buys a Router Maker

By Mark Evans | Published: December 27, 2005
Well, what do you know? Nortel has made an acquisition. In fact, it has bought a company that actually makes telecom equipment as opposed to a second-tier system integrator (PEC Solutions) that caters to a single vertical – the U.S. government. Nope, not this time. Nortel is spending $99.5-million for Tasman Networks, which makes IP routers for corporate customers. Without providing instant-analysis [...]
Posted in M&A, Main Page, Nortel Networks, Telecom Equipment Makers, Venture Capital | Leave a comment

The Mystery of Telecommuting

By Mark Evans | Published: December 27, 2005
There was an interesting article in today's NYT about the mediocre success of telecommuting. In theory, the idea of working from home is appealing to employees, who can toil away from the comfort of their homes without the hassle of commuting, while employers get to save money by using less space and other costs. The only problem is that only [...]
Posted in ILEC News, Analysis, Main Page | 5 Comments
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