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cisco unveils star wars-esque hologram communication

Leia Hologram

Cisco has unveiled and demonstrated their new On-Stage TelePresence Holographic Video Conferencing. In layman’s terms, it means that now you can actually do that thing they do in Star Wars when they talk to a Princess Leia hologram, and I have to say, it looks quite convincing.

The video is pretty boring except for the fact…

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May 30th, 2008 comments (14) stumble it! digg it! author: karen m.

filed under: future tech strange + wonderful technology

apple and cisco kiss and make up

Apple and Cisco have been duking it out over the last few months over who rightfully possessed the right to use the moniker “iPhone.”
Tonight, the companies have jointly announced an agreement which will allow both companies to use the iPhone name on their own products.
No financial details were revealed, but all that we…

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February 21st, 2007 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: mobile tech

cisco suing apple over iphone trademark

Cisco and Apple Logos

A few weeks back I told you about Cisco/Linksys’ new line of voice over IP products being marketed under the “iPhone” brand name. Well now that Apple has announced their hot new iPhone, it looks like they never completed the process of working out a deal with Cisco to use the name. Cisco has owned…

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January 10th, 2007 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: gadgets mobile tech