Archive for May 2010

Parsing fact from fiction with the Bloom Energy box

May 31st, 2010 | By omar shaikh | Category: Green Technologies

Boy, did I pick a lousy week to leave the country for a family vacation.
What did I miss? Well, a company seems to have come out of nowhere, raised loads of money, has retired Gen. Colin Powell on its board, and made some audacious claims about reinventing the energy business. As I dug through last [...]



Bloom Reveals New Fuel Cells

May 31st, 2010 | By omar shaikh | Category: Green Technologies

The up-to-now secretive startup Bloom Energy took the wraps off its technology this week, unveiling a fuel-cell system that the company claims can run on a variety of fuels and pay for itself in three to five years via lower energy bills.

Bloom box: A 100 kilowatt module at eBay’s facility in San Jose, CA.
Credit: Bloom Energy

The [...]



Difference Between Kamailio and freeSWITCH or Asterisk and More with Mierla

May 31st, 2010 | By omar shaikh | Category: VoipToday

VOIP Today magazine (www.voiptoday.org) is privileged to conduct exclusive interview with Kamailio (OpenSER) co-founder and core developer of OpenSER and SER projects Daniel-Constantin Mierla. (Read on and head over to iTunes or DIDX podcasts to listen to Techistan’s Suzanne Bowen interview Mierla in 2009.)
Kamailio (former OpenSER) is an Open Source SIP Server released under GPL, able to [...]



Ask your Provider about China’s New 4001 Tollfree Phone Number Service

May 31st, 2010 | By omar shaikh | Category: Telecom

Toll free 800 service was first introduced in China about 10 years ago, with a history of inter-connectivity issues. As a result, the popularity has declined. In its place stars the new 400 se



Get Rich As An IPhone App Maker

May 31st, 2010 | By Michael Pearson | Category: Mobile applications

Anyone can create an iPhone application, but not everyone knows the secrets to make money with iPhone apps. The process is strategic, intentional, and straight forward. If you have a good application idea, you’re in good shape, but your work isn’t complete.



Popular Mediterranean Resort Company Goes Hybrid VoIP

May 31st, 2010 | By omar shaikh | Category: Featured, Telecom

A French Mediterranean resort hotel was expanding their units and voila, voIP is not dead! A shift in clientele showed increased business traffic: retreats and tiger-team think-tank sessions…



Going Social in India and Pakistan

May 31st, 2010 | By omar shaikh | Category: Various

A pigeon is being kept under armed guard by Indian police on charge of espionage for Pakistan.
The pigeon was found by a local resident in the Indian state of Punjab and was taken to a police station 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Amritsar, media reported on Friday.
The pigeon had a ring around [...]



Egypt Team Vying for $50,000 Prize Money and Mentorship Opportunities

May 31st, 2010 | By omar shaikh | Category: Social Networking

EgyptTeam vies for $50,000 prize money and mentorship opportunities at MIT Business Plan Competition, offering a blood glucose-monitoring solution, social conversation monitoring and analyzing



Rebtel Survey: Expatriates in the USA Cheated on Calling Cards

May 31st, 2010 | By omar shaikh | Category: Featured, Telecom

Not just Nepalese, but note;”fly by night” calling card operators cheat clients especially expatriates who seem to prefer calling cards to..



Why Facebook Ban in Pakistan

May 30th, 2010 | By omar shaikh | Category: facebook

After going though the emails from many many on different forums, I wanted to talk and understand what exactly is going on regarding the Facebook ban in Pakistan.
So I called Awab Alvi, a political writer in Pakistan, Jehan Ara the president of Pakistan Association for software houses( PASHA) and they gave me their part of [...]