CommPartners (et al) Files For Bankruptcy

A familiar telecom group has filed for bankruptcy protection, but hopes to stay open for business.
From Las Vegas Review-Journal:
CommPartners Holding Corp. and three affiliated companies petitioned for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, reporting $8.5 million in assets and $6.3 million in liabilities.
The companies offer Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, services that use the Internet [...]

VolumeDrive.com Accuses Me of Stalking and Fraud

This morning I received a certified letter from my friendly USPS Carrier.
It seems volumedrive.com feels threatened by the fact that I have taken steps to recover losses I have incurred since they deleted my data.
In part the letter reads as follows:
On Monday, December 14th, 2009, you were informed by FORMAL NOTICE, to CEASE and DESIST [...]

Your Google AdWords Account Has Been Disabled

Like countless others, I have been publishing content on the internet, specifically with two primary intentions:
1) To provide helpful, valuable content to the reader
2) Generate some sort of revenue by selling ad space
With the new FTC guidelines, I am sure various businesses are scrambling to ensure their operations are in compliance. Lets hope [...]

H.323 Version 7 Approved

The ITU has approved H.323 Version 7.

ITU-T SG16 completed work on H.323 version 7 in November 2009. As indicated previously, changes to the base specifications H.323, H.225.0, and H.245 were intentionally kept to a minimum. Nonetheless, a number of new important features were introduced. Additionally, the ITU continued to evolve the world’s most widely-used multimedia [...]

Digium Acquires SwitchVox

Digium has acquired San Diego based, Four Loop Technologies, the makers of SwitchVox, a powerful Asterisk-based PBX platform for small to medium sized enterprises. With over 1400 installations in more than 20 countries, SwitchVox will benefit from the exposure and continued development assistance that Digium can provide.
“It will be business as usual for SwitchVox” [...]