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VoIP confirmed!!! — Amazing news, guys! I have no words! We all knew it will come. — So here it is: — eok did manage to make the Nintendo DS-based SIP app from Samuel running on the iPod Touch!! — Samuel's page here: svsip.free.fr — His SW does use pjsip from pjsip.org.
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Breaking: VOIP on iPod touch — Remember Marian, the guy who's building a preamped mic [mike] for the iPod touch? Today he writes that touch hacker eok has ported Samuel's SvSIP to the iPod. SvSIP uses the SIP protocol to connect to other participants and to allow you to talk over WiFi.


In Test, Canadian ISP Splices Itself Into Google Homepage — A screen shot posted to the web over the weekend seems to show that Canada's largest provider of high-speed internet access is exploring a controversial data substitution technique that lets it add its own content to the webpages customers visit.
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Google Hijacked — Major ISP to Intercept and Modify Web Pages

Jaxtr Racks Up Over 5 Million Users In Under 5 Months — Social communications startup Jaxtr has been experiencing some pretty amazing growth. They've attracted over 5 million users in under 5 months (140 days). It's a ten fold increase in users since they reported 500,000 users in July.
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Alternative phone company Jaxtr says it has grown to 5 million users — This is a pretty fast growth rate and it suggests that people are willing to learn a new way to make phone calls in order to get around long-distance fees, as with Skype. — Jaxtr Grows 10-Fold to 5 Million Registered Members in 140 Days

Ask.com Launches AskEraser Giving Searches Ability To Search Anonymously — Ask.com has launched AskEraser, giving searchers the ability to search anonymously. Ask.com told us about this tool back in July, and six months later, it's now live for all searchers to use.
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Ask.com Puts a Bet on Privacy — Will privacy sell? — Ask.com is betting it will. The fourth-largest search engine company will begin a service today called AskEraser, which allows users to make their searches more private. — Ask.com and other major search engines like Google …
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YouTube Partner Program Opens to All; Chocolate Rain Guy Gets Ad Deal — Tay Zonday, the young man behind the Chocolate Rain song and megameme, is among 100 YouTube power users selected to be added to the YouTube Partners program - the site's ad revenue sharing plan for high quality, original content.
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Are You a Video Sensation? YouTube Wants to Give You Money
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"Cloudbook" UMPC to run Googlish Linux — Everex has confirmed plans to ship a UMPC (ultra-mobile PC) with a 7-inch screen, similar to competitor Asus's EEE PC. A source close to the company revealed that the device — codenamed "Cloudbook" — will ship with the Google Apps-oriented "gOS" Linux distribution early next year.
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Vudu to Offer HD Movies Online — Vudu Video Company to Offer HD Movies Online Same Day They're Released in DVD — SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — In a major shift in movie distribution, a high-definition version of the hit "The Bourne Ultimatum" will be released through Vudu Inc.'s online service Tuesday — the same day the DVD comes out.
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Apple Confirms iPhone Sales Limit Raised from Two to Five — The rumor late last week was that Apple had quietly bumped up the sales limit on iPhones from two to five both here in the U.S. and U.K. — After much speculation over the weekend, an Apple representative told EPICENTER on Monday morning that this is indeed the case.

Dutch government threatens to sideline Microsoft — Proposed legislation that would mandate the use of the Open Document Format (ODF) across the entire Dutch government has infuriated Microsoft. A group promoting open standards sees no threat, however, and has invited Microsoft to join its ranks.

MIcrosoft Launches Ads On MSN Mobile — When mobile users visit Microsoft's MSN Mobile Web page on their cell phone and smartphone browsers, they'll see banner and text ads. — Microsoft on Monday began displaying mobile advertising to MSN Mobile customers for the first time …
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Dell Latitude XT tablet hands-on — We spent a few minutes with the brand new Dell Latitude XT and we have to say, as far as tablets (and especially Dells) go, this thing is top-tier. Some thoughts: — The whole machine's decked in a ThinkPad-esque soft touch finish …


Symantec posts new Norton AntiVirus version for Leopard — Symantec today announced an update to Norton AntiVirus for the Mac that brings a new "Vulnerability Protection" feature, improved performance, and a redesigned UI that only a blind kindergartner could love.


Microsoft (MSFT) To Serve Ads For CNBC.com — One tiny victory for Microsoft in the online ad wars. It's replaced DoubleClick (soon to be Google's DoubleClick, of course) as CNBC.com's ad partner. NBC U and Microsoft, of course, have deep ties: they are 50-50 venture partners in MSNBC.com …
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Scheme to Destroy Your Competition with RivalMap — In December 2006, we reviewed a product called Competitious that helps businesses keep track of competitors by aggregating website traffic data and blog posts about them. Today, the same company behind Competitious has released …