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My Bing experiment: Can it be the default search engine?

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has said that it's easy to switch search engines so the company really has no power that should upset regulators. Microsoft has introduced Bing, a search engine that has been well received and could take market share. Where does the truth lie? Somewhere...

Tags: Google Inc., Brand, Search Engine, General Motors Corp., Bing, Allentown, Search, Branding, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-09

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WiMax service rolls out; Who's buying?

WiMax service rolls out; Who's buying?Bring it on! I'll biteIn the Baltimore Washington area we have one maybe two choices for broadband access if you are lucky. The more competition the better. I'll drop Comcast broadband in a heart beat for WiMax. I'll stay if the service is...

Tags: Modems, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, WiMAX, broadband, modem

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

Your flat screen TV could be killing the planet, read all about it

There's a research paper being much-touted in the tech and green press: concludes that nitrogen trifluoride is many times worse for the earth's atmosphere than methane or CO2 or the more popular greenhouse gases. That nitrogen trifluoride, also known as NF3, its chemical formula, is used in making...you got...

Tags: Atmosphere, Carbon Dioxide, TV, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-07-09

Memo to Microsoft: Put up or shut up on patent claims

I was reminded today that it has now been a year since Microsoft made its claim that Linux violates hundreds of its patents. In the year since Microsoft has used this FUD like a bargaining chip. It has sued no one. It has not pressed its patent...

Tags: Patent, Microsoft Corp., Claim, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-21

At This Fast-Growing Hospital System, Patients and Staff Benefit From a Long Relationship With Nortel

Located in eastern Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network LVHHN serves the cities of Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton as well as the surrounding communities. For over a decade, LVHHN has relied on Nortel to diagnose its requirements for data and voice, wired and wireless networking. Since turning up its...

Tags: Patient, Nortel Networks Corp., Benefit, Networking, Wi-Fi, Wireless

Case studies 2007-02-22

Treo productivity podcast

Treo productivity podcastTreo Productivity PodcastMark,That was a great interview. Two points really perked my ears, as I'd love to learn more about them: (1) more detail on how you maintain two databases when syncing your Treo to both PC and Mac (I also have a PC and an iMac,...

Tags: Podcasts, Cellular phones, Time management, Handhelds, Palm Treo, Treo Productivity Podcast, podcast

Discussion threads 2007-02-08

Nortel Network Case Study: Lehigh Valley Hospital - Optical Backbone

Founded in 1899 as Allentown Hospital, today Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network LVHHN is one of the largest and oldest teaching facilities in Pennsylvania. Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network recognizes the wealth of new modalities and technology available to support advancements in patient care including PACS (picture archiving...

Tags: Backbone, Digital Imaging, Hospital, Network, Nortel Networks Corp., Lehigh Valley, Healthcare, Data Centers, Vertical Industries, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2007-01-01

Google Spreadsheets coming June 6

Google Spreadsheets coming June 6re: Google SpreadsheetGoogle strikes me as being a company with a sense of humor. If I'm them, I call the whole thing "2007 Google Office System" (with a capital "S") and sit back and watch the lawyers rip each others faces off. ;)I think John Battelle...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Google Inc., spreadsheet

Discussion threads 2006-06-05

Microsoft and NY Times unveil Times Reader

Microsoft and NY Times unveil Times Readerre: Microsoft and NY Times unveil Times ReaderPerhaps I'm missing something, but exactly how is this different from what I've been doing for the past 5 years with the Times via Newsstand?http://newsstand.com/Dave RakowskiAllentown, PANotice that MS is trying to slowley make the internet...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Web browsers, RSS, Microsoft Corp., Times Reader, Internet, open standard, Microsoft Windows Vista, New York Times Co.

Discussion threads 2006-04-29

A burst of sanity in the schools - chatting students won't go to jail

A school district in Kutztown, Pa., outside of Allentown, had distributed 600 Apple iBooks to students to use for school work. Apparently, the terms of the loan included strict prohibitions against using the computers for anything but school work, including downloading programs or using them for email. Thirteen kids insisted...

Tags: administrator, computer

Blog posts 2005-08-29

Sheriff misusing FBI computer can't be sued

Sheriff misusing FBI computer can't be sued"Qualified Immunity"--"...as a government official he enjoyed "qualified immunity" from lawsuits..."--This is why our elected officials get away with so much. You can't sue them in their official capacity. Nor can you sue the agency. However, there is a loophole the activists missed-you can...

Tags: Federal government, FBI, constitutional right, computer

Discussion threads 2004-08-05