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FW: PhoneFree changed their business model

PhoneFree http://www.phonefree.com has changed their business model and will no longer support PC-to-Phone traffic. Current users have received notice; once the allotted time, that was purchased, has been used up service will be terminated. They had almost 4,000,000...

Topanga Café Tonight 7:30 PM in Vancouver

Sorry for the 60% of you not in Vancouver.. I’m in a hurry. And it’s my frickin’ list! Anyone who wants to have Mexican with us @ the Topanga Café on 4th & McDonald in Vancouver please RSVP to me by 4PM. -Ian.

Google Does .PDF!

Okay, PDF rocks. But it kinda sucked for a while because if you made a PDF and threw it up on the web, nobody would really be able to find it unless you wrote a really good description of it in HTML. Old bits, but I read this in the Industry Standard last night on a...

Qwest..

This is only worthy of FOIBing because PUD’s comment made me laugh out loud. >From fuckedcompany.com: Plug n’ prey Rumor has it 50 people were laid off from Qwest’s “Cyber Solutions” division (oh god). “Cyber” huh. 1988...

Airlines To Offer ‘Net Access

This should take a long time to reach peons like us, and it’ll take forever to convince the FAA that this is a good thing. But, it’s cool. I’d be happy if they’d just provide @%#$ AC power. -Ian.

ADIR buys Netspeak

The final nail in Netspeak’s coffin.. -Ian. >From VentureWire: VoIP Software Firm ADIR Buys NetSpeak for More Than $46M   NEWARK, N.J. (VENTUREWIRE) — After spinning out of Net2Phone earlier this week, ADIR VoIP Technologies, which provides voice-over-IP...

iBeam in Trouble..

>From FuckedCompany: Hi beam Rumor has it hyped-up iBEAM will run out of cash sometime in July. When: 6/13/2001 Company: iBEAM Severity: 80 Points: 179 -Ian.

Every OS Sucks..

“Back in my day, computers were only good for two things: go to the moon or play pong.” http://cramsession.brainbuzz.com/video/everyossucks/default.asp?OSsucks=Open -Ian.

Palm & Handspring Should Merge

http://www.forbes.com/2001/06/08/0608palm.html?partner=www.ianbell.com Management & Trends Palm, Handspring Should Merge Lisa DiCarlo, Forbes.com, 06.08.01, 1:30 PM ET NEW YORK – If Palm and Handspring have any hopes of maintaining the handheld...