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- IT Dreamscape: Did Om Malik just enter Bill Gates' nightmare?
- IT Dreamscape: Did Om Malik just enter Bill Gates' nightmare?I think the "2.0" guys can keep dreamingIt's more of a dream that web applications will replace everything than a nightmare for the rich application developers.Not sure where the tipping point is, but there are many advantages toonline applications. Consumers HATE...
- Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, Scripting languages, Bill Gates, information technology, advertisement, online app, Microsoft Windows, Mozilla Firefox, bandwidth bill, Om Malik
- Discussion threads 2006-10-23
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- No more servers? Rackspace says IT workers are tired of them
- And, as servers move to the cloud, fewer and fewer will be Windows servers.When you deploy thousands, you can pay millions in licensing for Windows, and, then Windows is less stable and less secure.RE: No more servers? Rackspace says IT workers are tired of themI wonder how well those outsourced...
- Tags: Servers, server, information technology, Rackspace
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- In recession, VoIP makes strong case for cutting your home landline
- Tempting, but I will passI've considered VoIP several times over the years, but it usually just takes a few phone calls with a friend or relative who is using VoIP before I change my mind! Not infrequently, the conversation becomes a warbling mess. Then there are times we...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, phone, recession
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Net neutrality: a faster Internet for all
- If I pay my ISP for fast speeds, I should get it.If I pay my ISP for fast speeds, I should get it.I do [b]not[/b] want my internet to slow down just because some person on the [b]other[/b] end didn't pay for priority traffic.Net Neutrality had to happen in the...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet Service Provider, Net Neutrality, faster Internet, Toll-Free, population density, Internet
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Verizon Droid ad attacks iPhone on features
- I'm really interested in this phone. I hear it won't drop 30% of its callsThe ad is pure genius and truly highlights how terrible the iPhone is. The iPhone also has the dubious distinction of being the only modern cell phone to drop 30% of its calls, as admitted by...
- Tags: Smart phones, advertisement, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Are you a mobile broadband hog? Should that be your problem?
- Well, if I am a light user, I DO NOT want to pay for the hogs that drive upcosts for the carriers. I want a dirt cheap plan, that will immediately throttle me if I start hogging, or, possibly give me the option to pay more if I want to...
- Tags: Smart phones, Wireless and Mobility, Network technology, Apple iPhone, mobile broadband, AT&T Corp., broadband, mobile, UNLIMITED
- Discussion threads 2009-10-07
- Are you a mobile broadband hog? Should that be your problem?
- Should mobile broadband be preserved, much the same way people are interested in conserving energy and saving the environment? During a keynote speech at CTIA, AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega spoke about the state of the wireless industry and the trends that we're seeing in...
- Tags: Mobile, Broadband, AT&T Corp., Mobile Broadband, Advertising & Promotion, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- AT&T prepares for iPhone MMS day tomorrow
- Wow...Cool New Feature there Apple. Way to be inventive. Now Picture Mail, along with cut and paste are 2 innovations that keep iPhone hip and cool...even if every other smartphone has had those features since 1999 or so.Prediction: EPIC FAILWatch the network crash.RE: AT&T prepares for iPhone MMS day...
- Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Smart phones, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., MMS, iPhone MMS day, iPhone MMS
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- Republicans rail against FCC's new net rules
- How They RollThis is just how the GOP rolls. When Bill Clinton left office we were number one or two in broadband. Now we're down around 17 behind some Eastern European countries. The GOP keeps saying they're about competition, but they keep passing bills to stifle real competition. Sort of...
- Tags: Federal government, FCC, GOP, U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- FCC lays out Net neutrality framework: Transparency of network management eyed
- Thank GoodnessIf left to the ISPs and Computer Industry, within 5, years you would be paying outrageous fees for limited Internet access and bandwidth, and your ISP would dictate what applications you used, where you went and when you went there. Imagine if Apple, with its controlling, narrow mindedness,...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Federal government, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, Internet Service Provider, Internet, cable, network management, content provider, FCC, network, Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2009-09-21
- Sprint lures two from Verizon; new 'unlimited' plan seals deal
- Gone to Sprint!As a 21 year VZW customer and my wife as a 16 year VZW customer, our bills with data on our phones and 400 minutes for me and unlimited and text for hers, our bills were $270/month combined (mine with a 6% discount on a business plan). ...
- Tags: GPS, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Verizon Communications Inc., VZW, Sprint Communications
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- AMD's Charlie Boswell: With cloud computing, 'follow the money' [interview]
- Andrew, thanks for doing a real interviewThese days, when most bloggers just link to a PR wire story for their source, ZDNet surprises us with an actual interview. An interesting interview to boot! There is still hope for online journalism. Thanks Andrew.RE: AMD's Charlie Boswell: With cloud computing, 'follow the...
- Tags: Data centers, Virtualization, INTERNET, cloud computing, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- AT&T's "problem" customers get the blame
- Fortune Magazine swallows the AT&T pitch hook, line and sinker in a story titled "Bandwidth hogs â€" iPhones and other smartphones." Writer Jon Fortt dishes up a steaming dish of bull shoveled straight out of AT&T PR: Now the wireless providers hawking those Internet-enabled mobile devices...
- Tags: AT&T Corp., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- RIAA: "All your music are belong to us"
- RIAA: "All your music are belong to us"typo:" take getting mangled in the car stereo" -> tape getting mangled.Luv, ur friendly spelling NaziThe proper name is "Scumbags"As in: "Scumbags: All your music are belong to us"Completely Obsurd...I've been saying for years now that there needs to be a "Bill...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, RIAA, digital-rights management, music, Apple iPod, Apple iTunes
- Discussion threads 2009-07-31
- Dumb wireless pipe wars: Google Voice coming to BlackBerry, Android
- Dumb wireless pipe wars: Google Voice coming to BlackBerry, AndroidTelcos are traditional 'divide and conquer' enterprisesJust make out that the separate services are actually intrinsically different, and charge accordingly.Worked fine when there were separate wires, but digital exchanges in the 1970s were naturally integrating the actual data paths.Now it is...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Wireless LANs, Handhelds, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NOW IT, Google Inc., wireless pipe war, phone, RIM BlackBerry
- Discussion threads 2009-07-15
- Microsoft, hoist by a Chrome petard
- Microsoft, hoist by a Chrome petardAlready in the works...Been in research for going on 4 years.RE: Microsoft, hoist by a Chrome petardI wouldn't want to think Chrome browser adoption has been great. Same way, though the idea is a nice one of no frills, kind of web only OS (are...
- Tags: Operating systems, Linux, UNIX, Web browsers, Moonlight 2.0, Chrome, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-07-08
- Washington digs in on text message pricing; asks about carrier exclusivity
- Washington digs in on text message pricing; asks about carrier exclusivityGimme? No, its socialism in actionWhy do you figure the government has any right to dictate what phones are available through what carriers? I don't happen to like the iPhone - but I know a lot of people...
- Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, text message pricing, carrier exclusivity, phone, text messaging
- Discussion threads 2009-06-17
- Opera 'reinvents the Web'; Will anyone notice?
- Opera 'reinvents the Web'; Will anyone notice?Agreed and what about security?Thats avery interesting point. I checked in a couple of other places. They are indeed going to put a lite web server inside the browser.This will not go down well with the ISPs.Apart from ISP TOS another thing I am...
- Tags: Opera Software ASA, Opera Unite, server, Web, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2009-06-16
- 10 things you still have to worry about until cloud computing becomes reality
- 10 things you still have to worry about until cloud computing becomes realitySomeone is going to have to worry about those thingsMaybe I don't get cloud computing, but ultimately you applications are running in a process somewhere, and communicating with a process somewhere else. If that's the case, all...
- Tags: Data centers, Storage, Virtualization, data center, cloud computing, bank
- Discussion threads 2009-05-26
- Femtocells: your very own home cell network
- Femtocells: your very own home cell networkStupidest "technology" imaginable ntntRE: Femtocells: your very own home cell networkI personally use a Femtocell here due to poor signal from my carrier at home. They do work as advertised with some limitations. The biggest drawback is the lack of support for EVDO speeds....
- Tags: Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, Femtocell, home cell network, cell company, network, cell
- Discussion threads 2009-05-17
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