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+ - At&T buyout of Cingular

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Questor Thews

on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @07:57PM

Questor Thews writes "AT&T acquired BellSouth and now has complete control over Cingular wireless. It plans to phase out the Cingular brand name. More here."

+ - Another reason to tell the truth

Submitted by

oldwindways

on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @06:30PM

oldwindways writes "According to the BBC, soon just about anyone can carry out their own interrogation with the do-it-yourself lie detector add-on for Skype. Be affraid, very afraid. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6179117.stm"

+ - New Name for Jabber Software Foundation

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mattjive

on Tuesday January 16, 2007 @03:39PM

mattjive writes "The Jabber Software Foundation is now the XMPP Standards Foundation, living at xmpp.org. It's a major milestone for the Jabber community and the protocol. XMPP/Jabber is still the only viable open protocol for instant messaging and is enjoying explosive growth. See the blog entry for more details."