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Microsoft to dispute FCC on vacant TV airwaves

Microsoft to dispute FCC on vacant TV airwavesEven MS may not have enough...money to pull this off. Only telephone companies get what they want from the FCC. Microsoft needs to get AT&T to ask the FCC. Then everything will be OK.Huzzah to Microsoft ; Free Universal...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Federal government, digital television, TV, Microsoft Corp., FCC, broadcast-TV

Discussion threads 2007-08-13

9% want cell phones to play MP3s, 11% want broadcast TV

Fewer than 9% of respondents to an In-Stat early-adopter consumer survey were very or extremely interested in buying a cell phone capable of playing MP3 or other music files, and less than 11% were very or extremely interested in broadcast TV functionality.

Tags: broadcast-TV

Blog posts 2005-06-09

61 mln Americans bought a car in 2004, most of them searched the Internet first

Borrell Associates study reports that most of the estimated 61 mln consumers who bought a new or used car last year began their search on the Internet. The Internet category will grow to nearly $2 bln by 2006, accounting for 6.4% of all dollars spent on auto sales advertising. The...

Tags: broadcast-TV, Internet

Blog posts 2005-03-23

61 mln Americans bought a car in 2004, most of them searched the Internet first

Borrell Associates study reports that most of the estimated 61 mln consumers who bought a new or used car last year began their search on the Internet. The Internet category will grow to nearly $2 bln by 2006, accounting for 6.4% of all dollars spent on auto sales advertising. The...

Tags: broadcast-TV, Internet

Blog posts 2005-03-23

Additional Resources

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

Can XM-Sirius merger stand up to Washington politics?

After well over a year of scrutiny, the proposed merger between the country's two satellite radio providers - XM and Sirius - is finally on the home stretch, set for an approval vote as early as Aug. 1. But wait. This week, one of the FCC commissioners proposed even more...

Tags: Merger, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Satellite, Sirius, Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, Satellite Radio, Advertising & Promotion, Mergers & Acquisitions, Digital Music, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Investment, Finance, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Legg Mason takes Yahoo's side vs. Icahn; Yang takes campaign to home page

Updated: Yahoo's argument that billionaire investor Carl Icahn is a short-timer with no clear plan to run the company has won over a key investor: Legg Mason. In addition, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is taking the company's campaign to its home page. In a broadcast to employees...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Legg Mason Inc., Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-18

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

Microsoft Fiji beta over; final 'TV Pack' due soon

Microsoft Fiji beta over; final 'TV Pack' due soonMedia Center may be best MS appMedia Center is by far the app I use most on my PC. When you're in MC, you don't even realize you're using a computer. Yes, there are some missing features, but it a joy to...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), TVs, Digital media, TV Pack, Fiji, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., TV, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows, Windows Media Center TV Pack

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Microsoft Fiji beta over; final 'TV Pack' due soon

Microsoft is done testing "Fiji," its update to Windows Media Center and is preparing to release the product -- officially known as "Windows Media Center TV Pack 2008 -- via PC makers. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Windows Media, Media Center PC, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Media Center, TV, Beta, Tester, Media Center PCs, Microsoft Windows, Digital Media, Digital Music, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-07-18

From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe

From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeGood PostIn those days i was the Manager of Technical Services and Computer Operations and remember not too fondly the innumerable meetings, courses, seminars required to implement changes. The technique "Structured or Top-down programming" was used to insure data integrity when program...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, mainframe, Y2K, IS-department, data-processing, IBM mainframe, business rule, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Top digital camera vendors partner to develop new wireless transfer technology

Imagine being able to display photos on your TV screen just by touching your digital camera to the TV--no more card readers or cables to fuss with. Today, Sony along with the likes of Canon, Kodak, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Samsung, and eight other big names in consumer electronics announced an...

Tags: Consortium, Digital Camera, Camera, Wireless, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2008-07-17

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

Technology that powers Olympics on Web at center of lawsuit

updated: Could your online video experience with the Summer Olympics games be in jeopardy? Silverlight, Microsoft's rival to Adobe's Flash for Video and the technology powering the online video coverage of the games, is the subject of a lawsuit filed by Gotuit Media, a suburban Boston company...

Tags: Web, Lawsuit, Online Video, Video, Gotuit, Corporate Communications, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-16

Google to protect user identities, but not employees'

Google to protect user identities, but not employees'viacom may want to reign their lawyers inThere is a high potential for Viacom to piss off its customers. Sooner or later one of these DCMA/Copyright lawsuits will go too far and cause a decline in business for the rights holder that...

Tags: Corporate communications, Viacom Inc., user identity, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

DISH Network launches satellite, promises more HD channels

DISH Network launches satellite, promises more HD channelsHow good is Dish's Service/Performance?I'm about ready to leave Cable again. Usability features of their Scientific Atlanta DVR boxes is very, VERY weak.How does Dish's HD DVR stack up to Tivo and the SA Sara-based boxes?RE: DISH Network launches satellite, promises more...

Tags: DVR, Digital video, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Network technology, Dish Network, satellite, network, digital video recorder

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Sony brings better pricing and more digital content from E3 2008

Sony announces a new price for the 80GB Core Pack PS3 for September. The PlayStation store will now deliver TV shows and movies--in standard or high definition--that you can watch on your PS3 or your PSP. 'Gran Turismo' gets its own TV channel, and we get sneak peeks at 'DC...

Tags: Sony Corp., Pricing Strategy, Digital Content, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Game Players, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, News, E3, Sony, Gaming

Videos 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

Did Sally Field break grandma's bone?

Did Sally Field break grandma's bone?They shouldn't be advertised.He's right - the interactions with the body are complicated, and which drugs you take should be discussed with your doctor, not decided by an ad you've seen on TV.You should never be influenced by an ad to take a certain drug,...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, TV, advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

MoeCams (exe)

With our hosting software, broadcast for free your Web cam and be live in minutes. Included in our software is the broadcaster and the viewer. Use our community to connect and chat with users while you view cams from around the world. Completely free, including hosting. This version is the...

Tags: Software, MoeCams, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2008-07-16