Google Voice (or is it Google Data?)
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a general term for a family of technologies that enable voice communications over the Internet (and corporate intranets). Strong double-digit growth has placed VoIP into everyday life for many millions of people. In the early days I used Packet8. Then a VoIP system was created by entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström, […]
IBM Happenings: July 2009
The month of July was another busy one at IBM with a flurry of announcements in hardware, software, services, acquisitions, and strategic alliances. The complete index of IBM Happenings (by year and month) is here. In addition to the major focus on a “smarter planet“, IBM is investing in society. The company’s social performance is […]
One Summer Night Doo Wop
The day started out with a jet ski ride up the lake followed by a motorcycle ride to search for a geocache whose location had stymied me for the last few attempts. I had not read carefully enough that the latitude and longitude in the geocache description were for the parking area at the the […]
Paper Thin
Three of America’s great business magazines have been around for a long time — Forbes since 1917, BusinessWeek since 1929, and Fortune since 1930. I started reading them in 1967 when I completed engineering school and joined IBM. I stopped reading Forbes and Fortune regularly some years ago but have remained faithful to BusinessWeek for […]
Recycling
Most of us have old computers or electronic devices in our basements. Among my “collection” was a huge CRT computer display. Not a flat panel — a huge old-fashioned monitor. My back hurt for days from lifting it. Not only did it weigh 100 pounds or so but it cost a small fortune in electricity […]