Archive for March 8th, 2007

Jury Awards Verizon $58 Million in Vonage Suit

It what could have wide ranging effects on VOIP providers, a jury ordered Vonage to pay out $58 million dollars to Verizon in its patent case. Vonage was found guilty of infringing on 3 of the 7 patents Verizon originaly sued on. Verizon originally asked for $197 million in damages. The Judge may issue an injunction but that will be decided in the next two weeks. Vonage has announced they will appeal and that thier customers will not see a change in service.

Related Links:

Vonage Press Release

GigaOM

AP Story

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Picasa Undergoes Major Update

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Picasa Web Albums, Google’s online photo sharing tool, underwent a major update today.

The free version of Pacasa Web increased its storage from 250mb to 1 gig (and counting) mirroring its Gmail plan to increase with time. 1 Gig is enough to hold about 4000 standard resolution photos.

Picasa Web also allows users to search for photo’s withing the community. Previously you could only search within your contacts.

Another new feature is better integration with Blogger. You automatically get new albums for your Blogger pics and a refined linking system.

For information check:

Official Google Blog

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