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Cisco Locks Arms With SBC..

This is a watershed event for Cisco — since the quote here is from Roland Acra that tells us that this deal is largely voice-based. SBC is probably putting together an IP-Centrex service using Cisco gear. -Ian. —- http://news.com.com/2100-1033-978126.html...

NYTimes On IP Telephony..

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/16/technology/16TELE.html Web Calling Roils the Telecom World By SIMON ROMERO Will the price of international telephone calls continue to decline? And will more people choose wireless technology over land lines? The answers lie in...

US Media Fanning The Flames of War..

——- http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/ 0,7792,861126,00.html Cairo dispatch: The papers that cried wolf Brian Whitaker looks at how the American media are softening up public attitudes to war with Iraq Monday December 16, 2002 Last week...

Hikikomori: Japan’s Missing Million

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/correspondent/2334893.stm Sunday, 20 October, 2002, 19:50 GMT 20:50 UK Japan: The Missing Million By Phil Rees Reporting from Japan for Correspondent Teenage boys in Japan’s cities are turning into modern hermits –...

Fast Food War in Mesopotamia…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,859133,00.html Fast food in the cradle of civilisation We need to understand what we will really be fighting for in Iraq Jonathan Glancey Friday December 13, 2002 The Guardian And it’s one, two, three What are we...