Rates are slightly higher in Canada and the United Kingdom–$0.055 and $0.023 per minute, respectively–but the service’s rate list reveals relatively competitive pricing. In fact, calls made in the States are cheaper on Voype than those made on Skype. Skype currently charges $0.021 for all calls sent to people in the United States.
Dubbed Voype, Telefonica’s [...]

Miva announced Monday it secured a $10 million credit line, as the digital advertising and media company seeks to expand its brand and introduce a new ad platform amid a troubled economy.

“I believe this credit line will provide the company liquidity at this pivotal time in our growth and development,” Peter Corrao, Miva’s CEO, said [...]

Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems co-founder and chairman
In a discussion with a handful of reporters after his speech, McNealy elaborated on what he meant by making phone companies “destinations.”
Of course, the notion of network service providers creating a portal or destination site for consumers is nothing new. That was AOL’s strategy in the dial-up market. And [...]

See also: Baggage and bits: Overage fees have unintended consequences.

Is leveling bandwidth rates between P2P and non-P2P users fair? ( surveys)
Roberts has no position on the legality of content being transferred over P2P links. “Illegal or legal is not the issue at all.” It’s about fairness, he says: equal [...]

Lauren, the star of Microsoft’s new TV ad, the one who implies that Macs are twice as expensive as PCs, is fresh-faced and excitable.
The Craigslist ad, Microsoft said, sought potential participants in a piece of market research about laptop-purchasing decisions.
Perhaps I am still pining for the Jerry and Bill Roadshow, which I believe was one [...]

These 3G iPhone rumors are par for the course, really. With WWDC just a chip shot away, the gallery is ready for Apple to choose a club for the rest of 2008.
Today’s rumor, courtesy of Daily Tech, actually has a fair amount of detail. According to what it heard from a little birdie, [...]

Samsung and wireless technology provider InterDigital have reached a settlement in their long-running patent dispute involving 3G and 2G technologies, InterDigital announced Monday.

“The agreement is consistent with our long term strategic plan, and reflects well on the strength of our patent portfolio and our ability to design flexible deal structures,” William Merritt, InterDigital CEO, said [...]

In these times you follow your grandparents’ wisdom: Make the best of what you have. That means maximizing utilization of existing infrastructure. I expect open source and Linux, systems management tools, and virtualization technology, all of which allow for better utilization rates of existing infrastructure at a low cost, to do well in this market.
One [...]

My update to version 0.2.152.1 went smoothly–but afterward, the browser couldn’t figure out whether another version was available. Instead, it said “checking for updates…” for a few minutes until I closed the dialog box.

Those who want the newest Chrome versions can install the Google Chrome Channel Chooser software from Google’s Chrome Dev Channel site. The [...]

10 fastest growing social-networking sites for September 2008 Site Sept. 2007 (000) Sept. 2008 (000) YOY growth Twitter.com 533* 2,359 343% Tagged.com 898 3,857 330% Ning 842* 2,955 251% LinkedIn 4,075 11,924 193% Last.fm 850 1,879 121% Facebook 18,090 39,003 116% MyYearbook 1,422 3,056 115% Bebo 1,299 2,418 86% Multiply 592 941 59% Reunion.com [...]