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Japanese satellite shows US reliance on private sector is hot air: I listened into the beginning of today's FCC hearing on Comcast's "network management" practices and I heard a lot about the importance of business models that allows operators to recoup their investments. Commissioner Robert McDowell said something along these lines: If companies can't repay their investors they won't build out...; Tags: Japan, Wired Inc., Network, Satellite, Kizuna, Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-02-25
iPods vs. everything else: An audio quality arms race? More like a fashion arms race: According to a story in Technology Review by John Borland who used to work with me here at ZDNet, Sony is apparently hopeful that noise cancelling technology will give the company some advantage in the portable audio market against rivals like the iPod which happens to control 70 percent of...; Tags: audio quality, Apple Computer Inc., Apple iPod; Blog posts 2006-10-23
Jobs iPod Hi-Fi: Home stereo reinvented? Or load of HorseCRAP?: Please don't say I didn't warn you. Regarding Apple's recently introduced iPod Hi-Fi, the first story I read was written by News.com's John Borland. In it, Borland wrote "Jobs and Apple are pitching the iPod Hi-Fi as a replacement for the home stereo system." My hunt began...; Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Crap; Blog posts 2006-03-01
''Scuse me -- while I kiss - uh, CLICK, this link: Colleague John Borland writes today about Wolfgang's Vault, a website with thousands of rare live performance cuts from the 1960s and 1970s, man.We're talking streaming media, and we're talking free to the people, man.Jimi Hendrix, Janis, and so much more man.Right now I am listening to a live cut...; Tags: Vault, far-out, broadband, Wolfgang; Blog posts 2006-02-17
Fair housing group sues Craigslist for 'no minorities' listings: A Chicago fair housing group, the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, has filed federal suit against Craigslist over housing listings that say "no minorities," in violation of federal fair-housing regulations, News.com's John Borland reports. Attorney Stephen Libowsky, who's handling the case for...; Tags: Craigslist; Blog posts 2006-02-09

The QWERTY syndrome: An article posted today by ZDNet's John Borland caught my interest. That is, news of a new proposal to replace the QWERTY keyboard with a more logical layout. Since we depend on our typing skills more than ever to get things done (at least, until voice-based, pen-based and gesture-activated...; Tags: business process, QWERTY, SOA; Blog posts 2005-12-22
Look out Skype AND Google- here comes Microsoft: It appears certain that Microsoft is planning to make a move into VoIP-like services. As my colleague John Borland reports, Microsoft will do this through purchase of an Internet calling start-up named Teleo, and subsequent integration of Teleo's PC to PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network capability into a new...; Tags: Google Inc., Teleo, IM, PC-to-PSTN; Blog posts 2005-08-30
Windows Vista: Hollywood's bodyguard in a digital world?: News.com's John Borland has a report (see Hollywood, Microsoft align on new Windows) that talks about the great lengths to which Microsoft and Vista will go to make sure that Hollywood's movies don't get pirated as easily as they are today. Says the report: For the...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista; Blog posts 2005-08-30
Intel-backed venture another feather in cap of Microsoft media juggernaut: News.com's John Borland has reported that Intel is forming a joint venture with Revelations Entertainment (actor Morgan Freeman's movie production company) called ClickStar. The purpose of the joint venture will be to distribute, via download, first run movies over the Internet. The story focuses mainly on the impact...; Tags: Microsoft Corp.; Blog posts 2005-07-08
Homeland Security flunks cybersecurity prep test: Homeland Security flunks cybersecurity prep testWhat!?!? How can this be?But I thought they were practicing on Bit TorrentFeds shut down BitTorrent hubBy John Borland, CNET News.com Published on ZDNet News: May 25, 2005, 3:10 PM PTHomeland security agents from several divisions served search warrants on 10 people around the...; Tags: liberty, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, security, homeland security; Discussion threads 2005-05-26
'DVD Jon' reopens iTunes back door: 'DVD Jon' reopens iTunes back doorThis is what I hear from the hackers...BOO HOO HOO, we are tired of Apple being the dominate force in the portable music industry. We want Dell and Sony to win. BOO HOO HOO, we want Real Player to play AAC format. BOO HOO HOO!...; Tags: Linux, Consumer electronics, Digital media, Digital music, UNIX, arguement, Boo-hoo-hoo, DVD, DVD-Jon, Apple iTunes; Discussion threads 2005-03-22
Microsoft + Verizon: Most underrated victory?: In a news story written by News.com's John Borland, Gartner analyst Michael King has what could so far be the understatement of the year. In reference to Verizon Wireless' decision to use Microsoft's Windows Media technology as part of the foundation of its new cell phone streaming video...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Verizon Communications Inc.; Blog posts 2005-01-28
Planning to dump IE? Think again: News.com's John Borland lays out the issues with shelving Microsoft's insecure Internet Explorer with a non-MS brower, such as Firefox...The problem is that many Web developers create their sites so they work best with Internet Explorer IE, but not to work as well with browser software used by relatively tiny...; Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer; Blog posts 2004-09-30