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Google's FCC deadline approaches: Will it bid for 700 Mhz wireless spectrum?

Google's filing deadline with the Federal Communications Commission's auction of 700 megahertz wireless spectrum is rapidly approaching, but we won't know the search giant's real intentions until 2008. The FCC's filing deadline is Dec. 3 for the upcoming 700 Mhz spectrum auction. This auction is a big deal for...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Consensus, Verizon Wireless, Spectrum, Auction, Bidders, Federal Government, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-11-28

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Palin the reformer? In fact, a pattern of stonewalling and hiding

The Associated Press takes a hard look at Sarah Palin's spotty – perhaps, hypocritical – record on open government and online transparency. She claims to be a reformer who will bring to Washington the government openness she says she established in Alaska. But the AP's review of her...

Tags: Associated Press, Alaska, Sarah Palin, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-08

Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Icahn on board

Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Icahn on boardIcahnThe cancer of the communications industry. He's almost so big the body can't reject his attacks and soon the it will die along with it's customers, not to mention all the jobs lost. Maybe he will sell it's soul to another country before...

Tags: Corporate governance, board, Icahn, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

Open source lending tinged with racism

Open source lending tinged with racismProfit opportunityIf some non-financial factor is restricting the ability of some people to obtain the loans, then anyone who ignores that factor will be able to charge a higher rate than would otherwise be obtained.If someone's financial profile would justify a 5% rate (just to...

Tags: Financial services, open source, borrower, racism, auction

Discussion threads 2008-07-09

Open source is not a vertical

Open source is not a vertical“Becta’s open-source posturing is exposed as a sham, empty spin ...... covering ‘business as usual’ political sleaze,” WOW typical OSS wacko language. Ole Man, DonnieBoy, fr0thy2, Linux user, etc., I can hear them coming like a band of rabid dogs ready to bite and attack.In...

Tags: open source

Discussion threads 2008-06-16

OXML as Microsoft's swivel point

OXML as Microsoft's swivel pointYes, but...There's always a but isn't there? Correct me if I'm wrong but from what I've observed Microsoft isn't really going to follow what the folk on the ISO committee are going to do to both fix and develop OXML.It is all just a deja vu...

Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, Microsoft Corp., oXML

Discussion threads 2008-04-18

Iona exec: open source unit not for sale, Mule is "not ESB"

Iona may be on the block but it is not looking to spin off and sell off its nine-month-old open source business unit, said one key exec. Larry Alston, vice president and general manager of open source at Iona, acknowledged that the company is exploring strategic options after...

Tags: Iona Technologies, Apache Software Foundation, Mule, Open Source, Enterprise Service Bus, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-04-14

For sale on eBay: Nuclear biological protection gear and other cool stuff

eBay auction. Item: F-14 Antenna. Winning bidder: Mahoud A. For sale: Nuclear biological chemical gear. Contact anon1234@craigslist.org eBay auction. Item: Small arms protective inserts. Winning bidder: Hu J. These are just a few of the items the Government Accountability Office discovered for sale on eBay...

Tags: General Accounting Office, eBay Inc., Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-04-11

Microsoft, Yahoo meet again; Could Microsoft walk?

Update: Reuters has reported that Microsoft is evaluating its bid and could walk away from the deal. Yahoo shares are down 5 percent in afterhours trading. Looks like things are about to get really interesting. Maybe this is just saber rattling, but if you're a Yahoo shareholder...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Jim Goldman, Leadership, Financial Accounting, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-04

WOA may soon eclipse SOA as most impactful business transformation agent

In a recent blog post I questioned whether services oriented architecture SOA was driving substantive transformation inside of enterprise IT. My conclusion is that something is not quite right in SOA-ville. The uptake of general-purpose service enablement is by no means a hockey stick trend line. The...

Tags: Web, Agent, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-04-04

TopCoder: breaking the development cost rules

TopCoder: breaking the development cost rulesThe downside to TopCoderHere's the problem with TopCoder: those guys working on those products-- they're not "top" coders. What they are is the guy who would do the best job for the least money. That said, what's "tops" about it? I...

Tags: Programming languages, C/C++, Benefits, Development tools, Topcoder

Discussion threads 2008-03-26

FCC: Verizon Wireless a big 700 Mhz auction winner; Now what?

FCC: Verizon Wireless a big 700 Mhz auction winner; Now what?time to open your wallet and pay respectsince the spectrum is sold, you have to bow and pay the usage fee to the MAN.RE: FCC: Verizon Wireless a big 700 Mhz auction winner; Now what?[i]Google didn't win any licenses.[/i]ROTFLMAO!! I...

Tags: Federal government, Broadband Internet, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Mhz auction winner, Now-What, Verizon Communications Inc., MHz Auction, Verizon Wireless, spectrum, FCC, usage fee, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-03-20

FCC: Verizon Wireless a big 700 Mhz auction winner; Now what?

Updated: Verizon Wireless was the biggest winner in the Federal Communication Commission's 700 Mhz auction. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin revealed Verizon Wireless as the biggest winner of spectrum. Martin made the comments at a press conference at FCC headquarters. Here's Martin's statement (also see...

Tags: FCC, AT&T Corp., Verizon Wireless, Spectrum, Auction, Federal Government, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-20

Digg: Better off with Microsoft or Google?

Digg is reportedly for sale with the leading bidders being Microsoft, Google and two media companies. The big question: What's best for Digg and its community? TechCrunch is reporting that Google and Microsoft are in a bidding war for Digg with a price tag in the $200...

Tags: Google Inc., TechCrunch, Digg, Microsoft Corp., Times, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-07

RIA wars heat up with arrival of Adobe's AIR and Flex

In the world of Rich Internet Applications RIAs, the battle for hearts and minds -- not to mention eyeballs and desktops -- heated up this week when Adobe Systems took the wraps off its Adobe Integrated Runtime AIR. Adobe AIR, according to the buzz on the...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Application, Adobe AIR, Rich Internet Application, Workday, Flex 3.0, Human Resource Management (HRM), Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-02-27

Microhoo: The end game

It's no longer about whether Microsoft and Yahoo could be a loving and profitable union once they get over their hostilities. At this point it's just about the money. But then, it's always been about money. Yahoo has a few pieces left on the board, but the...

Tags: Game, Stock, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Investment, Finance, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-02-10

Black oil, white bears and the color of money

Map of polar bear populations, courtesy USGS and IFAW. [Click image to enlarge.] The auction's over and the feds may rake in nearly three billion dollars for leases on land nobody will ever see. Land in the new oil and gas leases is far...

Tags: Oil, Bear, Government, Blogging, Internet, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-02-07

With Google likely out, who's new bidder for spectrum?

Some spectrum watchers are now saying that Google has bowed out of the so-called C block auction for the nationwide 700MHz spectrum. But there are still two active bidders in that auction, presumably Verizon and AT&T. As I mentioned yesterday, what had looked like the winning bid...

Tags: Google Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., PC World, AT&T Corp., Spectrum, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-02-07

Magic Easy Sniper (exe)

If you are looking for the easiest eBay sniper ever then this tool is for you. Easy Sniper automates the process of placing your bid in the last seconds of any eBay auction, this tool will dramatically increase your chance of win. Now you too can use the tools that...

Tags: eBay Inc., Tool, Auction, Productivity

Software downloads 2008-02-05

Budget Constrained Bidding in Keyword Auctions and Online Knapsack Problems

This paper considers the budget-constrained bidding optimization problem for sponsored search auctions, and models it as an online (multiple-choice) knapsack problem. They design both deterministic and randomized algorithms for the online (multiple-choice) knapsack problems achieving a provably optimal competitive ratio. This translates back to fully automatic bidding strategies maximizing either...

Tags: Algorithm, Auction, Engineering, Strategy, Management

White papers 2008-02-05