Gizmodo: lotus notes

Apple Event on February 26 Launches iPhone SDK and MacBook Pro?

Jason Chen — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:34:27 EST

9to5 Mac is reporting that Apple will have yet another event on February 26 in order to launch the iPhone and iPod Touch SDK, which will have native apps that reportedly offer Exchange and Lotus Notes support. And the best part is that updated MacBook Pros with Penryn and possibly the MacBook Air trackpad could also debut there.

Apparently the date was finalized after Apple pulled out of the National Association of Broadcasters show, which means they might save the Final Cut Pro server announcement (if there is one) for the Feb 26 event as well. Remember, no one can confirm what Apple's announcing until they announce it, but this is what we know so far. [9to5Mac]

Comcast Kerplowed With Class Action Suit for P2P Blockage

Matt Buchanan — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:40:53 EST

The fat lot of nothing done about Comcast's alleged-but-shiftily denied P2P blockage has been kicked over by a hot plate of lawsuit action. Filed by Comcast customer John Hart in the most consumer-friendly state around, it hits them for "breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and violating the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act." That's all legal speak for "Comcast is a lying liar and they suck a lot for misrepresenting their services."

Comcast maintains it only "delays" traffic and is "not blocking anything," swearing stuff will get to where it's going eventually—traffic shaping, which a lot of ISPs do. But according to the AP and EFF, they're actually forging packets telling both ends of a connection the other side doesn't want to play, killing it like innocent children on a playground.

Hart's seeking class-action status for the suit, disclosure of traffic shaping—or blockage, as it were—in ads and a ban on blocking applications. All reasonable, though if goes class action and prevails, it won't probably won't look so reasonable to Comcast's coffers. [Ars Technica, Flickr]

Comcast Blocking Gnutella and Lotus Notes Traffic?

Jason Chen — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:20:18 EDT

The fact that Comcast was caught by the AP blocking BitTorrent last week wasn't much of a surprise (even if it was a disappointment), but more people have done self-tests and discovered they're possibly blocking even more application traffic. The EFF found that not just Gnutella—another file sharing app—was being blocked, but Lotus Notes, an app businesses use to share calendars, emails and files over the net had its traffic interfered with as well. It's fine to piss off a bunch of file sharers, but when Comcast starts making sure that a CTO can't get the files off his work machine, that's a different story altogether. Net Neutrality, we need you! [EFF via Ars Technica]

More VoIP From Big Players

tgrumet — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:25:06 EST

It may be time for conventional phone service to start hanging up their hats because VoIP is fast becoming a revolution. And to make that point in bold letters, IBM and Siemens have joined forces to offer Internet phone service right from Lotus Notes and Domino business software. So you'll soon be able to launch VoIP phone calls and conferences with one click from your email, Web conferencing or instant messaging sessions. Look for this easy and classic telephony crippling technology around summertime.

Siemens, IBM to team up on Internet telephony [Reuters]