Keith Shaw’s Cool Tools Alert
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Dis-Advantage
HTC’s Advantage 7501 promises lots of bells, whistles and mobile office features. But can it stand up to the glare of the iPhone spotlight?
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Speech-to-text the answer to voice mail
The Vonage Visual Voicemail transcription service and its voice mail offering automatically transcribes voice mail messages into text, and then delivers the transcribed messages to either an e-mail address or text message to a cell phone (via SMS). Up to five e-mail addresses and five cell phones via text messaging can receive these messages. The transcription service is powered by Simulscribe, which automatically converts the voice message into a text file. In addition to the transcribed text, the service attaches a WAV file, so if you still need or want to listen to the voice message, you can.
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Oven doors can’t get ESPN
Jason and Keith discuss the ‘perfect storm’ scenario that knocked out Skype, how Google wants to rule (or at least categorize) the universe, and how to tell the difference between a flat-screen TV and an oven door.
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SOX at 5: Benefits and Headaches
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 turned five on July 31. Compliance with this federal law, designed to regulate the accounting and reporting practices of public companies, has become a top concern for executives, legal teams and the IT departments that support them. While the law has helped companies run tighter ships and secure themselves against threats, compliance has cost companies significant time, money and headaches. Many are wondering whether all the work is worth it. James Sayles, chief compliance advisor at Ecora Software and an expert in security, risk management and auditing, discusses the pros and cons of SOX with Cara Garretson.
