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to dine in and making recommendations based on that and on location. Magitti will be tested in Tokyo in spring of 2008.

Are you being watched right now while you read this? Pretty soon, you might be. AT&T is now offering a Remote Monitor program where business owners of small- and medium-sized businesses can monitor employees via the Internet. Adjustable cameras and door sensors are just some of the options business owners have that would allow them to check in on not only employees but on customers, as well. Users even have the option of controlling room lighting and tracking equipment temperatures. All goings on are recorded on digital video and can be viewed for up to 30 days after the fact.

The newest handsets can also switch between a land line and VOIP calls so high long distance fees become a thing of the past. Can your wireless handset do that?

Devicom will be able to offer international wireless broadband access to more than thirty-five thousand WeRoam WiFi hotspots in over 60 countries. AT&T’s acquisition of Dobson Communications has been approved by the U.S. Department of Justice. Federal anti-trust laws were an issue while AT&T was seeking approval due to fears that once AT&T acquired control of

President Bush has signed a law that has extended a ban on Internet-access taxes being levied by state and local governments for the next seven years. The original law went into place in 1998 but has nothing to do with Internet shopping taxes. The ban will help keep service costs from increasing.

Time Warner has announced that President and COO Jeff Bewkes will be taking over for current CEO Richard Parsons effective as of January 1, 2008. Parsons will continue serving as a board chairman.

ISCO International, a provider of radio-frequency management and interference-control systems, and Clarity Communications have signed a definitive merger agreement. “From my positions as the CEO of Clarity and a Director at ISCO I can see the potential that is unleashed by merging the companies,” said Jim Fuentes. “I believe that Clarity’s unique product offerings in Push-to-Talk and Location Services will benefit from the multiplication of sales, marketing, and customer support resources that will result by combining these teams.”

WeRoam, a leading wholesale aggregator of Public WLAN Roaming, has won Swedish company Devicom as a customer for WeRoam’s open WLAN Roaming platform.