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Apple Broadband Tuner (dmg)

The Broadband Tuner allows you to take full advantage of very high speed FiOS based Internet connections that have a high latency. The installer tweaks some system parameters. There is an optional uninstaller that can be used to restore the settings that were in effect at the time just before...

Tags: Latency, Broadband, Buffer, Apple Inc., Broadband Tuner, Installer, System Parameter, Modems, Tcp/Ip, Networking, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2007-11-28

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DIRECTV: Well HERE's Your Problem, Ma'am...

Shortly after I posted my diatribe on my problems with my DIRECTV HD receivers and the company's horrible customer service, I was contacted by Stuart Sweet, a moderator on a popular Satellite TV forums site, DBSTalk. Apparently, my post had created quite a stir  and I was asked to register...

Tags: Digital Video Recorder, DirecTV, Satellite, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-19

NebuAd: Galileo or pariah?

So, it would seem we have found the outer limits of user tracking and ad-serving. At a House hearing yesterday, NebuAd ran into universal condemnation for its plans to monitor broadband customers' web visits and deliver targeting advertising, reports News.com's Declan McCullagh. Contemptible. Goes against everything...

Tags: Web, Advertisement, Cable Company, Internet Service Provider, Notice, NebuAd, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Cable, Channel Management, Network Technology, Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Podcast: Diary of a dial-up user (part 4 - final)

This is the final installment of this soap-style, badly written diary of my broadband woes, fights and mishaps. It's been nearly two weeks without broadband at my new house, battling my way online through the means of dial-up Internet. It still hasn't been fully resolved as of...

Tags: Diary, Podcasts, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Internet, Networking, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-17

The edge-centric Internet

Why isn't the edge of the network the center? More computes and storage gets shipped to consumers than to Internet data centers, so consumers should help power the Internet. And get paid for it. P2P vs Internet data centers A new project, spearheaded by National ICT...

Tags: Consumer, Internet Data Center, Data Center, Internet, Data Centers, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-07-16

Panasonic DMR-EA18K

In preparation from the upcoming analog-to-digital DTV transition, any device manufactured since 2007 and equipped with a standard analog NTSC tuner has been federally mandated to also include a digital ATSC tuner. For manufacturers of DVD recorders, that leaves two options: include a digital tuner, which increases the price a...

Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, tuner, Panasonic DMR-EA18K, Direct Navigator, recorder, Panasonic

Product reviews 2008-07-16

Voting For A McCain

SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons So, poor John McCain. At the start of the year, he gets bounced around because he is "not well versed" in economics. In summer, he gets beat up again, because he says he is "illiterate" about technology (and the way he expresses...

Tags: Innovation, Network, John McCain, Obama, Taxes, Free Trade, Internet, Leadership, Financial Planning, Finance, Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-16

Research Shows iPhone Penetration to Grow by 164 Percent

Research Shows iPhone Penetration to Grow by 164 PercentiPhone- leading way to true broadbandIf iPhone can deliver security and management required by IT, then it will be a contender against both Windows Mobile and RIM in enterprise. But there's more in this story.http://blog.tmcnet.com/the-hyperconnected-enterprise/mobility/iphone-leads-way-to-true-broadband-experience.asp

Tags: Operating systems, Research Shows iPhone Penetration, Research Shows

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Sony's Centrino 2 laptop lineup

Details of Sony's new laptops have been trickling out for several weeks, but Sony held off on an official announcement to coincide with Intel's Centrino 2 launch this week. Sony introduced four new VAIO lines ranging from the 3-pound Z-series ultraportable with a 13.1-inch display to the...

Tags: Sony Corp., IBM zSeries, Hard Drive, Sony Vaio, Intel Centrino, Memory, Microsoft Windows Vista, Intel Core 2 Duo, Series, Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., SP1, SR Series, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-07-16

The (un)Biased Parties Explain Online Ad Biz to Capitol Hill

Just so we understand each other, the Internet is like a series of tubes, kind of like tunnels. And large amounts of data get moved through those tunnels, like in the back of a truck, you see. And inside those tunnels, there are advertisements - sort of like the billboards...

Tags: Google Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Online Advertising, Search, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-15

ZT Affinity 7225Xi-35

The $750 ZT Affinity 7225Xi-35 is a fairly ambitious lower-midrange PC. This fixed configuration includes a lower-end quad-core chip, 4GB of memory, and a discrete graphics card. The result is solid everyday performance, and if you need a basic, capable desktop, this system will serve. Its lack of 64-bit Windows...

Tags: Desktops, Processors, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Network technology, ZT Affinity 7225Xi-35, Velocity Micro Vector

Product reviews 2008-07-14

Microsoft as the gate keeper of video analytics

Microsoft as the gate keeper of video analyticsNBC Olympics and TVTonic[b]Wavexpress to Provide Internet Video Download Service for NBC’s Coverage of the Beijing Olympic Games[/b]Free Service to Allow Media Center Users the Ability to Download Content During NBC’s Coverage of the Beijing Olympics, August 8-24, 2008http://www.tvtonic.com/news/?p=133NEW YORK - June 23,...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Corporate communications, Microsoft Corp., analytics, video, NBC, Wavexpress, NBC Olympic

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

Moving house: diary of a dial-up user (part 3)

Moving house: diary of a dial-up user (part 3)Moving house: diary of a dial-up user (part 3)I don't know about the UK but refusing to give someone their mail in the US is actually a fairly serious offense. I think you had some good reasons to do what you did...

Tags: diary, mailbox

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

Moving house: diary of a dial-up user (part 3)

I'm continuing my diary of the troubles I'm having with getting broadband into my new house. I never thought it would be this difficult, but indeed these posts prove it really can be. Monday 14th July 2008 - Today The morning post came with something for...

Tags: Diary, Broadband, Professional Development, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Career, Networking, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-14

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

AT&T's 3G coverage discrepancies (updated 3x)

Like a lot of people I purchase an iPhone 3G yesterday, and couldn't wait to begin accessing the Internet at 3G speeds from my phone. Before I purchased mine, I dutifully checked AT&T's coverage viewer Web page (www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/) to see if I had coverage at my home. ...

Tags: Phone, AT&T Corp., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-12

Moving house: diary of a dial-up user (part 2)

Moving house: diary of a dial-up user (part 2)feel the painI can relate to your struggles in two ways. I had a similar bureaucratic nightmare trying to get my local telecom to come out and fix a faulty phone line, which had the disturbing effect of disconnecting the internet once...

Tags: INTERNET, Telecom & Utilities, Processors, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, diary

Discussion threads 2008-07-11

Moving house: diary of a dial-up user (part 2)

As you know from my previous post, it has been an absolute battle to try and get broadband connectivity to my new house in Canterbury. All the other seemingly complicated "hardware based" products like electricity, gas and water supplies have been easy to set up and continue flowing. So why...

Tags: Broadband, Broadband Internet, Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-11

Open Discussion: Software firewalls

Open Discussion: Software firewallsRE: Open Discussion: Software firewallsI use both Windows Firewall in Vista and the built in hardware firewall in my router. I just don't see the need for a resource hungry, third party solution any more when the built in firewall in Windows does an admirable job.Fire ...

Tags: Firewalls, Network security, SECURITY, software, firewall, Network Address Translation, NAT Router, Microsoft Windows Firewall

Discussion threads 2008-07-11

Moving house: diary of a dial-up user (part 1)

Here at ZDNet, we all get on most of the time and I'm lucky to be working with some absolutely lovely people. Behind the scenes, we have a discussion group, and I've been bitching about my lack of Internet the last week or so. My editor-in-chief, Larry, asked me a...

Tags: House, Phone, Broadband, Phone Line, British Telecommunications, Cable, Tiscali, Telecom & Utilities, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-10