The PBX: Not quite dead

The role of the PBX is changing in importance, but it’s still too early to issue a death certificate, according to Infonetics.

PBXs took a big hit when the economy faltered two years ago — sales dropped 25% in 2009 — and they have been struggling to rebound, says Matthias Machowinski, an analyst with Infonetics, but they are far from out, as Microsoft suggested last week with its announcement of its latest unified communications platform Lync 2010, a renaming of its Office Communications Server line — via redwolf.newsvine.com

S&S Cycles

S&S Cycles

The bike is owned by Pat McGowan of Northern NJ. I was going to try and build a bike myself, he says. I started getting parts together and went to Dodge of Bling’s Cycles to order a frame and other stuff of his I liked. But after talking with him, I decided I would be better off letting him build it — via Bike EXIF

Dive Master 500 / Victorinox

Swiss Army Victorinox Dive Master 500 Mechanical Watch Review

It all starts with the logo. The little Swiss flag made into a strong looking shield. It is a slight modification of the logo of the actual Swiss Military. A not so subtle reminder of the value of the Swiss watch industry, and the strength of the brand — via A Blog to Read

SC Johnson and Son Administration Building / Frank Lloyd Wright

SC Johnson and Son Administration Building / Frank Lloyd Wright

Located in Racine, Wisconsin, the SC Johnson and Son Administration Building is one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most important statements about the nature of office buildings. HF Johnson Jr commissioned Wright to design a worldwide headquarters administration building for the family company and in 1936 Wright’s drawings were approved and the building officially opened in April of 1939 — via ArchDaily

Social Housing Poljane / Bevk Perovic arhitekti

Social Housing Poljane / Bevk Perovic arhitekti

Social housing settlement Poljane is located near a busy crossroads on the outskirts of Maribor. It consists of four buildings (2 slabs + 2 towers), a total of 130 social apartments. Project – limited with the existing rigid urban plan of the area, which had to be followed to a dot – replaces the missing exterior public spaces with collective areas inside the buildings — via ArchDaily

Lifestyle Company Tries Rad New Approach To Extreme BitTorrent

When BitTorrent trackers get emails from content producers it’s usually an indication that relationships are about to break down in a big way. But when lifestyle and clothing company Voleurz saw their videos being made available on the ExtremeBits BitTorrent tracker they didn’t send the usual cease and desist. Instead, they asked the site to spread more of their videos while using their torrent stats in sponsorship proposals — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Kramer House / LP Architektur

Kramer House / LP Architektur

A contemporary residential passive house that correlates with the region was the basic request of the owner. The themes of this architecture are the linear design, logical arrangement of the floor plans and the application of wood as a building material — via ArchDaily

House In Sao Paulo / GrupoSP

House In Sao Paulo / GrupoSP

The fact that a large portion of land lies three meters below street level and the typical conformation of this urban batch 10X40m enabled a large open space that is straightforward and transparent. This space is defined in one side by the north face structure, a parallel free wall which houses a library containing 7,500 volumes and on the other side by a parallel block, an all closed space – a block with three stories that contains all the services, equipment and dormitories — via ArchDaily