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Alabama's Broadband Tide

Alabama's Broadband TideDigital converter boxI got the Radio Shack digital TV converter box.Connect the antenna wires,TV to channel 3,run the update channel scan,and it works.It gets the city's local channels and some cable like stuff,if there's more than one ch4 it numbers them.The TV remote power switch has a type...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, Broadband Tide, converter box, digital television, TV, broadband, cable

Discussion threads 2008-06-18

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About Atom: Intel's big plans for its little chip

One of the bolder goals Intel set at IDF this week is that within a decade it wants ship 1 billion Intel-based mobile computing devices each year. That's a big bet when you consider Intel estimates there will be a total of 163 million notebooks shipped this year. ...

Tags: Mobile, Intel Corp., Chip, Menlow, Moorestown, Advertising & Promotion, Processors, Marketing, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-08-20

American Airlines kicks off in-flight Internet service

The world's largest airline said its passengers on Boeing 767-200 aircraft can get Internet access on nonstop flights between New York and San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Miami. CHICAGO--American Airlines began offering Internet access on long-haul domestic flights on Wednesday, making American the first U.S. airline to offer full...

Tags: Internet Access, American Airlines, Internet, New York, Internet Service, Reuters, air travel, broadband

News items 2008-08-20

What's future proofing worth? Analyzing the Verizon FiOS bet

There's a lot of discussion today about whether Verizon's $23 billion investment in its FiOS network was worth it, but the argument really comes down to this: How much is future-proofing your business worth? The New York Times did an in-depth analysis about Verizon's FiOS rollout and...

Tags: Comcast Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Cable, Network Technology, Internet, TVs, Financial Accounting, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Home Entertainment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-19

Delivering the Olympics: Akamai and Limelight respond

Akamai disputes Limelight Networks' take on its infrastructure and my recent post, Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet. Limelight, however, says its implementation facts are accurate and that it absolutely stands behind its words.Keep in mind that the two companies compete fiercely and have different takes on...

Tags: Olympic Games, Network, Server, Akamai Technologies Inc., Content, Limelight Networks, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Data Centers, Networking, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-18

Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet

Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the InternetWe agree about content providers...But in my fantasy world you would not necessarily need a DVR you could pay extra for a download and you could get a stream anywhere with net access.It didn't melt but I think it got hot. ntntRE:...

Tags: DVR, Digital video, Corporate communications, digital video recorder, Olympic Games, Limelight Networks, video, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-08-17

Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet

I admit it, even I was skeptical. When I received the first demonstration of the Silverlight plugin and the NBCOlympics.com web site back in March of this year at the 2008 Microsoft Technology Summit, where a group of Open Source experts gathered from around the world were asked for feedback...

Tags: Olympic Games, NBC, Network, Internet Service Provider, Video, Akamai Technologies Inc., Limelight Networks, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Corporate Communications, Data Centers, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-17

Wordcamp 2008

In the quiet flats of University of California San Francisco Mission Bay campus, bloggers, thinkers, journalists, developers, and inventors melt together for a full day of lectures and learning. The goal of Wordcamp 2008 is to figure out the future of publishing on the web. ...

Tags: Open Source, Blog, Wordpress, Plug-in, Automattic, Wordcamp, Mullenweg 3:00, BuddyPress, Discovery Channel, Al Upton, ChickSpeak, ScholarPress, Netconcepts, Post Title, Akismet, Virality, Diso, Compliment Spam, Monotone, Prologue, GigaOm Daily, Gigalogue, Comments Screen, Blogging, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-16

U.S. Internet down by law, not market

U.S. Internet down by law, not marketPlease refrain from the BS, Dana[i]ISPs are free to set terms and conditions of service, but if those terms become onorous the consumer can simply change carriers[/i]And we cannot?If I do not like Comcast I can move to Verizon, Cavalier, AOL, ATX, the list...

Tags: Cable, Network technology, broadcaster

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

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

Google tells Congress about DoubleClick cookie

Google is implementing a DoubleClick ad-serving cookie across its content network that will give advertisers new powers to target advertising. The cookie also gives users the ability to opt-out, the company told the House Energy and Commerce Committee in a letter released yesterday. in...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Network, U.S. Congress, DoubleClick Inc., Cookie, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-12

35.3 mln cable and 29.7 mln DSL subscribers in the US in Q2 2008

The 20 largest cable and telephone companies added a net 887,000 high-speed Internet subscribers in Q2 2008, according to Leichtman Research Group. Cable companies now have 35.3 mln broadband customers, compared with 29.7 mln at the phone companies. AT&T remains the country’s largest Internet service provider, with 14.7 mln customers,...

Tags: DSL, Telephone Company, Broadband, Cable, Network Technology, Telecom & Utilities, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, AM

Blog posts 2008-08-12

Cable: Natural born monopoly?

Cable: Natural born monopoly?And if cable is a natural monopoly....... then why have Congress and the FCC been so intent on deregulating it?Answer: the cable industry's lobbying and campaign-finance clout.However, I'm inclined to think cable is not a natural monopoly. Combined with the existing, if nascent, competition, cable appears to...

Tags: Network technology, DTV reception, cable, Natural Born, Natural born monopoly, DSL

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

Cable: Natural born monopoly?

The second quarter results are out and it appears that the cable industry is winning share in broadband, phone and TV connections and handily thwarting encroachment by the likes of Verizon and AT&T. In fact, TV and broadband service is meant to be a monopoly and cable appears to be...

Tags: verizon communications inc., broadband, at&t corp., ma bell, satellite, moffett, broadband growth, cost reduction effort, network technology, cable, broadband internet, telecommunications, networking, personal technology, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-11

Nuclear renaissance has sprung a leak, or several leaks

Nuclear renaissance has sprung a leak, or several leaksWe certainly do know what to do with the waste.The waste from fission reactors can be reprocessed to recover unused fuel, while the rest can be condensed and stored. We have a waste repository waiting in Nevada (you know, the place...

Tags: leak, renaissance, nuclear energy, Nuclear renaissance, Nuclear Waste

Discussion threads 2008-08-10

Is T-Mobile USA prepping a mobile phone application store similar to the iPhone App store?

Is T-Mobile USA prepping a mobile phone application store similar to the iPhone App store?T-mobileI quit Verizon so I could use the Hotspot@home feature. It cost me money to leave early and I had to buy a very cheap flip phone to use it. The system worked every other day...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, mobile, T-Mobile, wireless, SunCom, phone, ATT, mobile phone application, iPhone App Store, TMobile, iPhone App, cell phone, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-08-10

Do it Yourself Mojave

Yup. I'm now a Vista user. As I mentioned in a previous post, circumstances have recently required that I buy a new desktop PC. It's not that I wasn't happy with my old PC -- it was a generic ASUS M2N32 Athlon...

Tags: desktop, microsoft windows xp, operating system, microsoft windows vista, ram, machine, rachel, microsoft windows vista (longhorn), operating systems, microsoft windows, software, jason perlow

Blog posts 2008-08-08

SopCastBundle (zip)

SopCast is a simple, free way to broadcast video and audio or watch the video and listen to radio on the Internet. Adopting P2P (Peer-to-Peer) technology, It is very efficient and easy to use. Let anyone become a broadcaster without the costs of a powerful server and vast bandwidth. Using...

Tags: p2p, video, sopcast team, sopcast, peer to peer (P2P), corporate communications, telecommunications, internet, marketing

Software downloads 2008-08-07

The electric car is here, and your neighbor may be driving it already

ZAP truck courtesy of ZAP. American consumers are bypassing Big Oil and Big Auto, they are going directly to the electric car. They are not waiting for fancy new start=ups to come out with traditional looking cleantech vehicles. How is this happening? By buying golf carts....

Tags: car, vehicle, zap, clean technology, american consumer, sales strategy, sales, harry fuller

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Useful: Cradlepoint PHS300 Personal Hotspot

The Cradlepoint PHS300 (US$179) creates a personal hotspot with a mobile broadband card like the many EV-DO data cards from carriers like Verizon. I recently got a chance to test a PHS300 on a trip to Bonnaroo in Manchester, TN. Several of us were traveling to the...

Tags: Card, HotSpot, Mobile Broadband, Cradlepoint PHS300, Wireless, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-08-06