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Wi-Fi Alliance takes on wireless IP telephony
In a possible attempt to keep new technologies such as WiMax femtocells out of the home and to encourage VoIP, the Wi-Fi Alliance will be certifying wireless products based on the quality of voice communications they provide. Read more...

Avaya, Cisco and Nortel face VoIP vulnerabilities

T-Mobile launches $10 home phone nationwide

FCC, defying Martin, cracks down on Verizon marketing

Microsoft, Nortel offer hosted unified communications

Skype trots out beta of major redesign

Compression lets attackers tap VoIP calls

Enterprises baffled by unified communications, survey finds

Presidio launches managed network services

Senate passes VoIP emergency-dialing bill

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Opinion: Unified communications with ROI in mind
Discovering value in UC comes from understanding its potential to fundamentally change the way we communicate, collaborate and get work done.

Opinion: Cable karma and Comcast
Why can't customers who lose a certain percentage of their cable service each month deduct that percentage from their monthly bills?

Elgan: Hyperconnectivity: Friend or foe?
There's no question that we're all getting hyperconnected, but is that good or bad?

Opinion: A surfeit of network-neutrality legislation
A look at two network-neutrality bills that have been introduced in Congress, which wouldn't be necessary if there were real broadband competition in the U.S.

Opinion: It's not your father's wireless anymore
Four major challenges face IT execs as more data services are used, bandwidth gets broader and wireless/wireline integration moves forward.

The 10 most important technologies you never think about
You may not spend much time considering Unicode, XML and digital signal processing, but you couldn't get through your day without them.

OPINION: Avaya's small business phone ploy
Unified Communications strategy doesn't include products never seen before, but they are newly bundled, newly organized and now cost less.

Opinion: Telephony: creeping disconnection
The iPhone and its competitors highlight a growing trend of users forsaking land lines for mobile phones, which they use more and more just like a regular computer.

OPINION: Get business VoIP and sleep the night
RingCentral offers features that go far beyond adding a second line for business with your current phone company, as well as advanced business-specific abilities you won't generally find with home VoIP offerings.

Turn PCs Into Antennas
Mark Hall learns about a polymer that turns PC cases into antennas.

All it takes is a couple hours and about $125 to breathe new life into an old laptop. Here's how.
Is Microsoft's Golden Age over? What are Gates' most memorable quotes? Find out in Computerworld's complete coverage of the end of the Bill Gates era at Microsoft.
There are some things your CIO definitely doesn't want to hear. Also don't miss the flipside, Five things you should always tell your boss.
With its latest version, Mozilla's browser continues to raise the bar for what Web browsers should be.
Reviews, analyses, how-tos, visual tours, hot issues and predictions about Microsoft's new OS.
Four years from now, the IT field will be a vastly different place. Will you be ready?
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