•Vonage! Get Your Vonage Here!:
Vonage has struck a deal with Circuit City to sell Vonage phones and service in 600 of Circuit City's stores, as well as online. Vonage starter kits will go for $99, which will cover equipment, two months of free service and waives the normal activation fee.

•Making Incompatible Compatible:
Fresh from the people that brought you ethernet and the mouse comes a device that lets new users securely sign on to a wireless LAN in less than five minutes, as well as a way for otherwise incompatible digital consumer devices to exchange data.

•Capitol Wireless:
Any portable computer user with wireless local-area network 802.11b or 802.11a capability can now surf the Web or collect e-mails in the House and Senate areas of the Arizona capitol, as well as other public areas. The service was turned on last month, and access is free to the public.

•Come out, Come out, Where ever you are:
Melbourne-based network services company Network Box has added a tool to its managed security services to get rid of password-protected ZIP files that contain viruses or worms. The new tool, called Crack'n'Zip, has been released today.

•Beyond TiVO:
SnapStream's Beyond TV 3 feature rich software may be giving the TiVO a run for its money. It includes a free programming guide, ability to run on nearly any PC running Windows, lets you stream programs over the Internet for viewing on another computer, and more.

•BC Broadband
Allstream, Canada's largest alternative communication solutions provider, today
announced the launch of its first wireless High Speed Internet Access service
for business customers in Richmond, British Columbia.

•Comrade Nokia:
Nokia has signed a contract with Moscow City Telephone Network, MGTS, one of the largest telecommunications operators in Russia and Europe. The agreement covers the supply of broadband DSL solutions and related services for the MGTS broadband network in Moscow. Deliveries have already begun and network implementation is now underway.

•Utah Fires First Spyware Salvo:
Utah apparently became the first state to pass a law regulating spyware and other advertising software, although the bill has yet to be signed by the governor. Lawmakers in Iowa and California also have introduced their own spyware control proposals in the past several weeks.

Other TidBits:
•Critical flaw has been found in Adobe Reader
•Call centers going extinct?
•AOL/ICQ enters social networking fray.
•MS records your life.
•MS/SCO smoking gun?