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Što je zajedničko HP-u, Ciscu ili Oracleu? Domari… :-)

SAN JOSE, CA (KGO) — Thousands of janitors working at the biggest Silicon Valley companies are on strike Tuesday; demanding the tech leaders take action to help the janitors make a livable wage.

The janitors who clean some of the signature buildings in the Silicon Valley and the Bay Area are on the picket lines. An estimated 6,000 union workers voted to strike after rejecting the latest offer from their companies.

At this time, we were told that janitors are walking out of Hewlet Packard and Oracle buildings. There are no new negotiations at this time, and Teamsters refused to cross the lines in order to pick up the trash at Cisco.

Janitors who would normally start work at 5 a.m. inside the Cisco building in San Jose reported to the picket lines instead. Janitors began a strike Tuesday against some of the most well known names in the tech industry. Elsa Guich, who immigrated from Peru, says a janitors make just $23,000 a year, which is not enough to live on in the Bay Area.

Možda su i oni shvatili da nešto baš i nije u redu sa plaćama i rasponima plaća… možda.

UK considers Big Brother database for phone and web users

UK considers Big Brother database for phone and web users

It has emerged this week that the UK government is mulling plans to build a monster database capable of holding the details of all phone calls, emails and internet sessions initiated by UK citizens.

The proposals appear to be an extension of 2006′s EU Data Retention Directive (DRD), which requires all ‘access providers’ to store call records and ‘event logs’ for a period of not less than six months and not longer than two years

8 odličnih razloga zašto je glupo kupovati proizvod koji tek dolazi na tržište.

8 reasons why you should never buy v1.0
from All News Feeds by Rob Mead
On Monday 9 June Apple CEO Steve Jobs will walk on to the stage at the World Wide Developer Conference and reveal a new version of the iPhone that will totally blow the first away.
It’ll probably have 3G, more storage, support for Bluetooth stereo headphones and a much better digital camera and even video call support. And if current rumours are to be believed, O2 will make it absolutely, totally 100 per cent free. Sorry, how much did you pay for the iPhone again?

Panasonic DMR-HS1 HDD / DVD recorder
Sony NW-MS70D Network Walkman
Fujitsu Plasmavision 42-inch plasma display
Microsoft Windows Vista
Apple Mac OS X 10.1
Panasonic DMP-BD10 Blu-ray player
Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP)
Apple iPhone

Da, i ja sam nekad znao potrčati i kupiti nešto friško i tek izašlo iz nekog R&D labosa ali… uh… nikad više, nikad. Nema boljeg načina da kupiš nešto po paprenoj cijeni, nedovršeno i da se već nakon par mjeseci tučeš po glavi što nisi pričekao jer slijedeća verzija ima 3 puta više mogućnosti za samo pola cijene.

Nedavno sam komentirao statističke podatke DZS-a o količini minuta u fiksnoj i mobilnoj telefoniji i poprilično dobro predvidio kakvi će biti komentari novinara na tu temu, predvidljivo i odavno naučeno "mobilna telefonija potiskuje fiksnu". Naravno, nitko nije u obzir uzeo samo podatke koji se zbrjaju u te mobilne minute u kojekakvim besplatnim i/ili VPN paketima i slično ali nikome na pamet nije palo da se ljudi sve više koriste VoIP-om i pri tome odlaze i od mobilnog telefoniranja kao i od fiksnog. E da, ali nisam sam… :-)

Last week a study revealed that US consumers are dropping their traditional phone service for mobile phones. A new study, however, says that plenty of other consumers are switching to VoIP services in record numbers. In both cases, it’s bad news for incumbent telcos.
The new results show just how bad the damage is. This graph, which we’ll refer to as "the crocodile," is one that you never want to see if you’re the industry that makes up the lower half of the croc’s jaw.

In a study released today, TeleGeography reports that VoIP usage in the US reached 16.3 million subscribers in Q1 2008. That’s 13.8 percent of all US households and 27 percent of all broadband customers. Not too shabby.

Ali ako ćemo iskreno VoIP je isto tako fiksna linija samo što se ne radi o telefoniji nego uglavnom o ADSL-u, jedino je malo teško prebrojati sve te minute koje se naprave preko VoIP-a mada ima i za to podataka ali… koga briga koliko minuta priča netko tko koristi čisti IP2IP i ne naplačuje mu se niti jedna sekunda niti uspostava poziva niti … ma ništa osim internt prometa.

Ali ima i hrpa ljudi kojima je SMS recimo baš super stvar mada košta više nego komunikacija između zemlje u Hubblea… e da… i to su izračunali. Ja sam jednom računao koliko bi koštalo po SMS tarifi slanje 1GB prometa…. :-))) astronomija čista. Ali nisu se VoIP-eri baš proslavili i nije istina da provideri fiksne baš tako gube korisnike. Oni pametni uvode TriplePlay i jako dobro se snalaze sa VoIP-om… ;-)

But it’s not standalone VoIP firms that are enticing all these customers away from the phone companies, unless they can find a way to offer more services. Over 80 percent of new VoIP subscribers take advantage of the "triple play" offerings from companies that bundle TV, Internet, and now VoIP services. This includes cable operators, obviously, but also the hugely-popular FiOS fiber optic connection from Verizon.

A onom idiotu koji je izmislio mobilni broadbadn i onda mudro zaključio da se možeš spojiti preko mobitela i da je mobilni broadband nešto super i fenomenalno bi trebalo odrezati jajca. Eto mene peti dan kombiniram famozni W’n'W i 56K  i ne mogu se načuditi sporosti i jednog i drugog. U stvari jedina osjetna razlika između 56K i tog mobilnog interneta je što mobilni često prekine i onda voli pobrljaviti sessione pa pogubiš sve što radiš online, a nisi i spremio lokalno… idiotski totalno. Fakat nekog treba kazniti za izgubljene živce zbog loše usluge koju nazivaju "veza na internet", bolji posao bi obavljali golubovi pismonoše.