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- News to know: Google; CTIA; Microsoft; Apple
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: FBI's 'Operation Phish Phry' snares nearly 100 people Sam Diaz:Mobile VoIP services no longer taboo, following AT&T...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Mobile, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, CTIA, Data Centers, Cellular Phones, Web Browsers, Podcasts, Tablets, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
- Rupert Murdoch's grand subscription plan: Much ado over minimal revenue?
- Rupert Murdoch's grand subscription plan: Much ado over minimal revenue?Won't workThe only way News will get their revenue offset is if 'the pipe' is charged; in other words ISPs get charged and pass along the cost to you in the form of an increase surcharge on your broadband account.When a...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Operational accounting, grand subscription plan, minimal revenue, News Corp., Much Ado, subscription plan, Rupert Murdoch, revenue
- Discussion threads 2009-08-06
- News to know: Cisco, Salesforce, iPhone, Seattle P-I, Facebook, Intel
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Cisco launches bid to capture the data center Cisco: Beyond the data center Larry Dignan: Cisco's...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Data Center, Dana Blankenhorn, Cisco Systems Inc., Intel Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-03-17
- Rural Internet proposal captures stimulus woes in a (rather large) nutshell
- Rural Internet proposal captures stimulus woes in a rather large nutshellWhy should the government compete with private business?How would you like it if the government stepped in to compete unfairly since it has virtually unlimited capital with a business you owned -- or one you worked for?The private sector can...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Internet, stimulus woe, broadband, Rural Internet proposal, Rural Internet, tax
- Discussion threads 2009-02-06
- CRM 2.0: The Government, Public Service & A Transformed World
- I KNOW that everyone who reads ZDNET columns loves technology. I get that. I also KNOW that everyone who reads ZDNET blogs loves it when the bloggers dish on technology companies - especially, it seems, Microsoft. I realize that coolness and government don't go together very well - probably something...
- Tags: Institution, Singapore, Public Service, CRM, Stuff Legend, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-01-14
- Obama's push for alternative energy
- Today President-elect Obama was specific in his call for more spending on energy conservation and on production of alternative, not-fossil-fuel-based, energy. Some items on the Obama wish list for his hoped-for stimulus plan: double alternative energy production in three years, construct a smarter electric grid to reduce waste,...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Barack Obama, Obama, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-01-08
- Martin drops porn filtering from broadband proposal
- FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin has dropped plans for porn filtering from his proposal for free broadband Internet, the chairman told Ars Technica writer Matthew Lasar. "I'm saying if this is a problem for people, let's take it away," Martin said. "A lot of public interest advocates...
- Tags: Commission, Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Sales Force Management, Networking, Sales, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-12-30
- WSJ: Google backtracks on Net neutrality; Google says WSJ doesn't understand caching
- Updated: Google has reportedly approached network providers to get a so-called fast lane for its content over the Internet, according to the Wall Street Journal. Google shot the Journal story down and said it was merely looking at co-locating content to speed delivery time--also known as caching. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Wall Street Journal, Net Neutrality, Journal, Internet, Telecommunications, Network Technology, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-15
- Are cheap flash drives a key to reducing paper?
- Are cheap flash drives a key to reducing paper?Well . . ."That way, they won't have to print web pages to paper anymore."Well, truth be known most assignments are typed on a word processor. If an English assignment is printed from a web page, it usually means you've cheated.Thanks for...
- Tags: Flash memory, USB flash drive, Adobe PDF, cheap flash drive
- Discussion threads 2008-12-09
- Martin free wireless plan brings muni WiFi disaster back from the dead
- OK, public spectrum, take 2. Or is it 3? After the infamous D-block auction meltdown, the FCC is set with a new plan to have the private sector deliver free Internet over the airwaves, Reuters reports. And FCC chair Kevin Martin's plan includes another long-held fantasy of policymakers: a...
- Tags: FCC, M2Z Networks, Municipal Wi-Fi, Broadband, Spectrum, Wireless, Martin, Internet, Federal Government, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Government, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Also on Nov. 4, FCC passes White Spaces
- Also on Nov. 4, FCC passes White Spacesbroadband or wireless mics - let's see....I am sure that the fellow from Shure did not intend to sound like a horse's ass but to express concern over the white spaces as it would impact the performance of his company's wireless microphones is...
- Tags: Federal government, microphone, wireless, White Spaces, Also-On, wireless mic, wireless microphone, FCC, Shure
- Discussion threads 2008-11-05
- Free national Wi-Fi? Pardon me not holding my breath.
- In today's Wall Street Journal, reporter Amy Schatz writes that a proposal to create a free, national wireless Internet service got a boost after Federal Communications Commission engineers "concluded that concerns are overblown about such service interfering with other carriers." Which is all well and good, except...
- Tags: FCC, Airwave, Wireless Internet, Federal Government, Wi-Fi, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Government, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- The candidates on tech
- Wired has the obligatory candidates-on-tech piece today. They look at five key tech issues â€" broadband, H1B, green tech, net neutrality and spectrum â€" although TechPresident notes the list is not comprehensive and conceivably is biased towards Obama. Here's the breakdown. Broadband. McCain: D....
- Tags: Broadband, H-1B, Human Resources, John McCain, Labor Relations, Net Neutrality, Obama, Richard Koman, Spectrum, Telecommunications
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- FCC: Free wireless spectrum won't harm T-Mobile
- Back in May, the FCC was to vote on rules for a national free wireless spectrum along the lines of a proposal by M2Z Networks. But rather than handing over 25MHz of spectrum to the Kleiner Perkins-based company, the FCC decided to auction the spectrum off to...
- Tags: FCC, T-Mobile, Spectrum, Federal Government, Wireless, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- Microsoft: It's time to consummate the marriage with Citrix already
- The relationship between Microsoft and Citrix is much like that of a man who has been serially dating the same woman for 15 years, but never seems to be able to consummate the deal. He's afraid of commitment, or perhaps like that old expression goes, why...
- Tags: Citrix MetaFrame, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-13
- Who owns the Internet?
- Who owns the Internet?The internet isn't free of costsIt's necessary to pay for building, maintaining, and operating the internet. Users pay part of the cost, but, appropriately, not all. Those providing content and often making money for what they supply also are responsible for some of the expenses.So...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), UK Government, Internet, market-force, Internet Service Provider
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- News to know Monday
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic' WSJ: New Rejection from Yahoo Sets The Stage for Ugly Fight Dana Blankenhorn: We don't want you to talk, Mr. Ballmer Murdoch says News Corp, Yahoo tie-up very unlikely ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, sdiaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- News to know: iPhone; DNS patch; Online privacy; VMware; Vista
- Notable headlines: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: A Modest Privacy Proposal Richard Koman: Congress looks at next-gen ad networks Techmeme: iPhone reviews Matthew Miller: MSM Apple iPhone reviews are up and may just have saved me some cash ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, DNS, Online Privacy, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., HP iPAQ 910, 3G, Domain Names, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- FCC wants no-porn, free broadband wireless auction
- FCC wants no-porn, free broadband wireless auctionHmmm....Is Porn illegal? If not is this not a governmental nose-snubbing at freedom of speech, making it highly illegal ?Do we really WANT this sort of action by our government?Do we want to become China?I dunno. I'm just askin'...The moral crusaders :)Ok,...
- Tags: Federal government, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Government, WIRELESS, broadband wireless auction, broadband wireless, FCC, broadband
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
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