Why VoIP

Toddler dies after VOIP call fails to reach 911. (Canada.com)
A Calgary family is wondering if a delay in getting an ambulance may have played a role in the death of their 18-month-old boy, after the family's phone call to 911 over an Internet-based phone service failed to reach local dispatchers.

WiMax Gets Real (Forbes)
An ambitious joint venture aims to turn WiMax from a dream into reality.

Mom: An Entrepreneur's Secret to Success (BusinessWeek)
Of course a mother's impact extends to business. We asked 10 renowned entrepreneurs, from Richard Branson to Bobbi Brown, to get specific

Cellcrypt touts ultra-secure mobile calls (TechWorld)
J. Edgar Hoover turns in grave. UK 'stealth mode' startup Cellcrypt has started touting a new encryption system that sets out to solve a security problem most companies would rather not think about - insecure mobile phone calls.

Steve Jurvetson: The constant search for disruption (CNET)
The managing director of venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, says he isn't concerned by the economic downturn as long as the diversity of innovation keeps up.

Total Clicks : (ZDNet India)
Bush and Clinton cameo at wireless show COMMUNICATION Former U.S. Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton on Thursday told wireless executives at an industry event here how important their work is in shaping democracies and economies around the world.

Review: Hardy Heron converts an Ubuntu skeptic (NewsForge)
I have to disclose that I have never been a real fan of Ubuntu. I've tried it about every release and had more than my share of issues with it. Ubuntu 8.04 was released last month, and the first reviews mostly spoke of how nice this version was, so I downloaded the i386 version to test. Sigh -- it's rough when you have to change a long-standing opinion.

Dueling approaches to net neutrality clash in US House (BetaNews)
Should the FCC be the final authority deciding just what constitutes "net neutrality," and how ISPs should be punished if they fail to provide it? Or would you rather the matter be resolved in the federal court system?

BT bundles smartphone with home broadband (ZDNet UK)
The company's consumer Total Broadband Anywhere package will come with a choice of two HTC smartphones

Features and Case Studies (ZDNet Australia)
SWsoft president and chief executive Serguei Beloussov discusses what the future holds for his company, its Parallels product, and the virtualisation market as a whole.