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As Cisco looks to extend the reach of its high-definition video conferencing capabilities by buying Tandberg, rival LifeSize Communications is unveiling Passport, a device designed to bring HD video conferencing to small and midsize businesses, teleworkers and mobile employees. The Passport device is sized to fit into a small work environment, and the $2,499 price is designed to attract SMBs. LifeSize is also working with Skype to enable HD audio communications for Skype’s 480 million registered users.
– As Cisco Systems looks to extend the reach of its high-definition video
conferencing capabilities into the midmarket through its proposed purchase
of Tandberg, LifeSize Communications is rolling out an offering aimed at
such sectors as SMBs, home offices and mobile workers.
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Data Week returns!

[Quick aside: If youve just popped along here due to TV Cream Times mention of our Charlie Brooker scangasm, its on the other side of this huge update. In case you dont fancy wearing out your mouses scroll wheel getting past the subsequent graphs, heres a link. Youll be missing out on some top-notch barcharts, though. Meanwhile, a polite nod in the direction of TVCs Steve W: Cheers, Steve. ANYWAY.]

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Less than a year after Verizon Wireless declared the Hub as the landline of the future, the nation’s No. 1 carrier quietly drops the VOIP phone.
– Well, back to the drawing board. Verizon Wireless said Sept. 30 it was discontinuing sales for its Verizon Hub, a VOIP home phone that also served as a Web tablet. In January, Verizon Wireless said it was reinventing the standard home phone with the Hub.

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