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- Big Telco wants to ream you with "deep packet inspection"
- Big Telco wants to ream you with "deep packet inspection"You just don't get itWhat's good for AT&T is good for America. Internet traffic isn't the only potential gold mine, by the way: monitoring your telephone calls has vast potential for revolutionary new services.For instance, if you call an auto...
- Tags: Government, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Eternal Vigilance, Big Telco, deep packet inspection, packet inspection, telecommunications company, MSE
- Discussion threads 2007-12-06
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- ChromeOS says tear down this network regulation wall
- Costs"What is holding back network capacity is politics."What's holding back network capacity is huge costs.Yep, very important to push the ISPs to free up the bits. They would love to continue selling bandwidth through an eyedropper at very high prices. They need a push.Oh, and Microsoft will not like this...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Network technology, ChromeOS, netbook, fiber
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- More evidence of the coming collision between home broadband and the smart grid
- Collision?Not the word I would have used.In any event, I think this is a positive and necessary direction to go. In order to manage more diversified, less dependable/consistent sources of energy, the demand side HAS TO be managed. Without it, we are just setting ourselves up for a lot of...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, collision, home broadband, grid, smart grid
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- Cisco unveils collaboration, e-mail and social tools for the enterprise
- ChoiceIt's exciting to see more choice coming to the market for cloud email. I see this marketing evolving like the telco market, where there will be a number of big providers (e.g., 5 or so) and then small regional / vertical vendors. It should be interesting to watch....
- Tags: tool, collaboration, Cisco Systems Inc., e-mail
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- MSFT versus GOOG - there's a big gap
- Countering Google[i]At the current rate of Google?s revenue growth, 7 per cent, it would take it more than 3 years to reach Microsoft?s current quarterly revenue.[/i]The above is true if you assume MS will have no growth over the next 3 years. I don't think that will be the case....
- Tags: Web browsers, Operational accounting, Strategy, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- 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
- Will the Palm Pre come to Verizon? Analysts debate
- Do any of you realize that analysts get paid to GUESS about things?So here we have a bunch of idiot analysts GUESSING what might, or might not, happen regarding Verizon and the Palm Pre. Give me a break.It's like the report I heard in Bloomberg TV the other morning. The...
- Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Federal government, WebOS, Verizon Communications Inc., Pre, Palm Inc., Palm Pre, phone
- Discussion threads 2009-09-25
- AT&T consumer perception drops during summer '09
- Unhappiness with the iPhone being blamed on AT&TToo bad for AT&T that their image has been tarnished so badly by their association with Apple. :(Happy with AT&T here - I have bothVerizon is not the best.Neither is AT&T.Nor T-MobileNeither SprintAT&T is the best of the worst.RE: AT&T consumer perception drops...
- Tags: 3G, Smart phones, Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, AT&T Corp., AT&T consumer perception, AT&T Consumer, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- Wireless: Examining the race to the bottom
- Interesting perspective, but you left out some things.The cable companies still enjoy monopoly positions in many locales. In places where there are two forms of service available, growth is higher but profits are under pressure by discounts and competitive offers. So, if there were comparatively as many competitors, the situation...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Cellular phones, Vertical industries, wireless, TracFone
- Discussion threads 2009-08-24
- DOJ gives blessing to Oracle-Sun, awaiting EC approval
- Yeah but...Sure wish they'd fire McNealy & Schwartz, then it would make it all worthwhile.Michael Murdock, CEOWell I never liked Oracle anyway......good way for Oracle to shoot itself in the foot. :)Did you know that large snakes can misjudge prey and try to eat something too big? Then they literally...
- Tags: Linux, Processors, UNIX, Operating systems, Microsoft development tools, U.S. Department of Justice, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
- Telecoms don't want broadband bucks with strings attached
- 4.7 Million? Million with an "m"?Seems to me, that wouldn't be enough money to get Verizon's trucks out of the parking lot. Are you sure it's not 4.7 BILLION?Right...Bill Cosby, your a very funny guy!It?s time for telecoms to accept net neutrality, and it?s time for the FCC...
- Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Vertical industries, Verizon Communications Inc., telecommunications, broadband, government
- Discussion threads 2009-08-15
- Apple removes Google Voice-based apps from the App Store
- Apple removes Google Voice-based apps from the App StoreIt's time to embrace SIP/VoIP, stupid Apple/AT&T! :)Besides, paying 20 cents a minute for a GoPhone is too pricey!Any surprises here? No.As long as Apple and AT&T exercise anti-competitive and capricious control over iTunes and the App Store, the iPhone is dead...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, HTC Hero, Apple Inc., Google Inc., AT&T Corp., App Store
- Discussion threads 2009-07-27
- If everyone bets on Android does anyone get an advantage?
- If everyone bets on Android does anyone get an advantage?The ones who will have the best advantagewill be the ones who contribute the most and the best software. You reap what you sow in the F/OSS world.HTC already has a pretty big head start, and has already has learned a...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, OPEN SOURCE, Smart phones, Android Market
- Discussion threads 2009-07-07
- What should SAP do with its $5bn war chest?
- A number of recent conversations with the financial analyst community about the ongoing tussle between Oracle and SAP have proved extremely interesting. There is speculation whether SAP will hit the numbers it has internally set itself for Q2 although nothing I hear or see suggests the company has been blown...
- Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., SAP AG, SoftwareAG, OpenText, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- Having forced one Irish ISP to adopt three strikes rules, labels sue to force others to match policy
- The RIAA recording industry is determined to rip Internet access away from illegal downloaders and it continued its campaign with legal action in Ireland. Check this one out, it's really jaw-dropping. The Irish Times reports reports that the Big Four are suing telco BT Ireland and cable company UPC Ireland...
- Tags: RIAA, British Telecommunications, Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-22
- Five ways to keep the dust bunnies out of a PC
- Five ways to keep the dust bunnies out of a PCTypo?When you mentioned environments where stuff is bound to get dirty anyway, did you mean to say "these tips are [b]not[/b] for them" ?Aside from that, good article!RE: Five ways to keep the dust bunnies out of a PCIronically (to...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Desktops, Telecom & Utilities, dust bunny, bunny, Five-Way, PC, tube, environment, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-06-05
- StrongWebmail CEO's mail account hacked via XSS
- StrongWebmail CEO's mail account hacked via XSSXSS is one way to do it.. But the telephone authentication is still a flawed 2-factor authentication method.Well, I was really hoping I'd get to it before Lance did, my hat's off to you brother. I would have just attacked it form the phone...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, XSS, StrongWebMail
- Discussion threads 2009-06-04
- The coming wireline business implosion (and how you'll wind up paying for it)
- The coming wireline business implosion (and how you'll wind up paying for it)King Canute Must DieI am persuaded by the ideas generally found in OPLAN discussions:1. The 5 major industrial revolutions in the last 200 years have all followed the same pattern: the previous incumbents have been swept away having...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, wireline business implosion, business implosion, Verizon Communications Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-18
- The coming wireline business implosion (and how you'll wind up paying for it)
- Is the wired telecom business just as doomed as beleaguered automakers like GM and Chrysler and the newspaper industry? It's quite possible a few years down the line. And this wireline fallout will have ramifications well beyond the usual suspects such as AT&T and Verizon. Simply put, cutting the...
- Tags: Bailout, Business, Craig Moffett, Finance, Financial Planning, Free Trade, Larry Dignan, Network, Networking, Personal Finance, Phone, Taxes, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Telecommunications Company, Telephony, Verizon Communications Inc., Wireline
- Blog posts 2009-05-18
- Why the London Olympics is closed source
- Why the London Olympics is closed sourceHeaven ForbidFrom the article quoted:[i]BT will be responsible for providing all communications services including those for the workforce, venues, athletes, national Olympic committees and the media. It will also manage voice and data networks.[/i]Amazing, they have awarded the telecoms contract to a telco. Whatever...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, OPEN SOURCE, Telecom & Utilities, British Telecommunications, London Olympics, voice
- Discussion threads 2009-05-07
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