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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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Comcast conducting tests on free Wi-Fi for its subscribers

Following in the footsteps of Cablevision's Wi-Fi trials in Long Island, cable giant Comcast is now testing a free Wi-Fi service for its broadband customers in northern New Jersey, putting equipment in approximately 100 New Jersey Transit stations. According to a report by The Associated Press, Comcast...

Tags: Comcast Corp., Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-01-31

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

MacPhobia vs. PCPhobia

There is apparently, still, a lot of phobia out there about changing over from one computer operating system to another. Even after nearly a quarter century where the main camps have been largely the same (Windows on the PC side and Macintosh for the...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, PC, Desktops, Hardware, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-06-23

News to know: Firefox 3.0 flaw; Windows 7; IT failures; HP

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Code execution vulnerability found in Firefox 3.0 Dancho Danchev: A security company wants you to DDoS its servers Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Alabama's Broadband Tide Mary Jo Foley: Will Google deliver its own dynamic language runtime?...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows, Flaw, Web Browsers, Data Centers, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-19

Alabama's Broadband Tide

BROADBAND INITIATIVE â€" If you really want anywhere access to the Internet, you understand the value and you’ll pay for it. A DirecWay dish on an RV at Gulf State Park, on the so-called “Redneck Riviera,” at Orange Beach, Alabama. ORANGE BEACH, Ala. â€" No more...

Tags: Initiative, Broadband, Alabama, DirecWay, RV, Johnson, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, TVs, Telecommunications, Tv & Home Theater, Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-06-18

OLPC is the PC you can't ever criticize

OLPC is the PC you can't ever criticizePlease, this is all about your bruised ego - Give it a break move on -NT!NTHaven't you learned yet?George I would have thought that you would have learned by now that certain subjects just cannot be criticised, OLPC, Apple, Peter Gutmann etc :)This...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, PC, One Laptop Per Child project, Microsoft Corp., Third World, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2007-10-09

Apple and AT&T playing "good cop, bad cop" over iPhone unlocking

Apple and AT&T playing "good cop, bad cop" over iPhone unlockingLong shot of that jumping signI don't dispute the underlying facts. I question whether you actually show collusive behavior where AT&T is mean and Apple is sympathetic and empathetic and offers a "safer" path to the hackers and the potential...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Travellers, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2007-08-30

Congress wants to cut college funding over illegal downloads

Siding with the the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America, politicians are putting pressure on universities to do more to prevent students from illegally downloading music and other copyrighted files on campus networks, reports CNET News.Focusing on how to stem the tide of file...

Tags: Congress

Blog posts 2007-06-06

PS3 and Japanese nail-biting

PS3 and Japanese nail-bitingStraying from success..I'm not picking on Sony here, just remarking that they are not the first company to stumble by making too large a leap from currently sucessful products. Moving to the Cell, including Blue-Ray, have driving the cost and complexity up by several fold and...

Tags: Games, Sales strategy, DVD, Consumer electronics, Game players, Cell Broadband Engine, Blu-ray/HD-DVD, Sony Corp., game, Sony PlayStation 3

Discussion threads 2006-10-06

Cities join Intel's Wi-Fi program

Cities join Intel's Wi-Fi programCentrino zones !!!I hear that TURDion laptops are not able to connect - not compatible with 802.11C Centrino !Me thinks the Telco's are in trouble...Hmmm, wireless everywhere, why do I need a POTS line???Greatest thing since sliced bread? Think again.Ones initial reaction to free(?) or...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, telecommunications company, Wi-Fi, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-08-18

Nextel to test '4G' broadband service

Nextel to test '4G' broadband serviceYeah I'llsecond that emotion. - just talking.1.5 meg down means about 100kb a secondIf you are lucky, but then again the internet is very, very over-rated...InterestingThis all sounds very interesting but the question remains. Is this going to do the average user any good? I...

Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, 4G, broadband service, NASCAR, Nextel Communications Inc., NASCAR Fans, broadband

Discussion threads 2004-02-06