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Joint Failures Episode 4: Chris and John discuss Google's recent purchase of Gizmo5 and the new Google Dashboard, give you their season wrap review of Mad Men, discuss Left 4 Dead 2 and Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. THEN kick off a discussion about Global Warming, and try to cover the import points of both sides of the debate.

In this video, I talk about the recent acquisition by Google: Gizmo5. Gizmo5 used to be known as "the Gizmo Project" and it was widely known as the #1 competitor to the juggernaut, Skype. Gizmo offered a lot of flexibility in terms of SIP compatibility and free land-line conference call options. Combining this exciting technology with Google's Voice product, and you have a formula for something incredible. Check out the video for more.

Skype Deal Finally Settled Google Buys Gizmo5 Firefox Turns Five SDR News is a Daily (M-F) Technology Podcast with Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit Click Here to Sign Up for the SDR Newsletter Prefer a Direct Download ? (mp3) Download today s show. SDR News Links If a news item has disappeared from the Del.icio.us list above, try the full list here. SEARCH ANY STORY YOU HEAR ON THE PODCAST More Info on Screencasts Online Changing Business Telco by Andrew McCaskey Small Business Telco Definition The definition of small business telephone service is changing, and changing quickly. For sole practitioners, the combination of Google Voice, a cell phone and Skype pretty quickly eliminate the need for a landline connection. Like many entrepreneurs, I use Skype for almost all of my out bound calls. The convenience and quality especially on the MacBookPro beats any speakerphone combo. With colleagues and vendors I often run on Video as well even if they don t have the webcam capability, it speeds the interaction and adds another dimension to the relationship. Even with the addition of partners, a small company can flexibly move forward without Verizon or local telco business line support. And with services like Grasshopper augment their telecom presence on a flexible, month to month basis. It s hard to beat the flexibility of such new offerings with any Verizon package, or the Packet8 Asterisk system. Too much overhead, too much telephone speak. I expect great things from Google. With the purchase of Gizmo5 the SIP client by Google, there is now an end to end solution to the public switched network that can exist totally within GoogleTalk/GoogleVoice/Gizmo. And they did not even have to get a new service name beginning with the letter G.. DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL CONNECTION: http://cmp.ly/0 Contact Us Augmented Reality from Esquire Watch Today s Video Episode Be sure to check out GoToMeeting. Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. To get your free 30-day trial , visit www.gotomeeting.com/techpodcasts. Take 10% off any order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH Take $5 off any $30 order at GoDaddy.com! Code SDR530 .com Domains $6.95 at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH3 More blogs about SlashdotReview and SDRNews

New Jersey Outshines In Solar FaceBook and Twitter Growth Slows Skype Negotiating for Gizmo5 SDR News is a Daily (M-F) Technology Podcast with Tech News Highlights from Slashdot, Digg and Reddit Click Here to Sign Up for the SDR Newsletter Prefer a Direct Download ? (mp3) Download today s show. SDR News Links If a news item has disappeared from the Del.icio.us list above, try the full list here. SEARCH ANY STORY YOU HEAR ON THE PODCAST More Info on Screencasts Online Google Discovers Tom Sawyer by Andrew McCaskey Crowdsourcing is all the rage and Google does it in a reverse Mechanical Turk right out of Tom Sawyer. Mechanical Turk is the Amazon system where people are paid a few fractions of a cent to look at a browser and decide if a page contains automobiles or boats, then hit the button. Today s newly announced Building Maker as a cross between Google Maps and a gigantic bin of building blocks. Basically, you pick a building and construct a model of it using aerial photos and simple 3D shapes – provided by Google. . When you re done, Google takes a look at your model. If it looks right, and if a better model doesn t already exist, we add it to the 3D Buildings layer in Google Earth. You can make a whole building in a few minutes. It s work disguised as a game and as a break for a minute or two, I expect that Google is going to be pretty successful in getting the cooperation and participation of hundreds of thousands worldwide. The only thing that would improve it ? a Leaderboard with the square footage drawn. That would get the biggest buildings quickly built out. Then, harness a team approach of square footage versus number of buildings, to provide weighting favoring the smaller structures. It s a notch above Windows Solitare, and would include bragging rights at no charge. Contact Us Google Building Maker Watch Today s Video Episode Be sure to check out GoToMeeting. Why? Because you can hold meetings right over the Net from anywhere. Plus, you can hold all the meetings you want for one flat rate. To get your free 30-day trial , visit www.gotomeeting.com/techpodcasts. Take 10% off any order at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH Take $5 off any $30 order at GoDaddy.com! Code SDR530 .com Domains $6.95 at GoDaddy.com! Code SLASH3 More blogs about SlashdotReview and SDRNews