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FCC starts Comcast cover-up on net neutrality

The Bush FCC has launched an "inquiry" which will likely kill net neutrality complaints by deeming throttling of BitTorrent traffic "reasonable." Having watched the FCC of Kevin Martin, and other Bush Administration agencies, transform Internet access from a highly competitive marketplace into a cable-Bell duopoly, I'm more than...

Tags: FCC, BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., Net Neutrality, Cable, News, Bush FCC, Federal Government, Internet, Government, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-16

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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, Municipal Wi-Fi, Broadband, Spectrum, Wireless, Martin, Internet, Federal Government, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Government, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-12-03

News to know: Mac malware, Windows 7, Netbooks, Google

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adam O'Donnell: Despite what blogs and Apple say, Macs will eventually have malware Ed Bott: Windows 7 Beta 1 to arrive January 13? Andrew...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Data Center, Microsoft Windows 7, Malware, Data Centers, Storage, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Oh, and BTW: 'Intellectually Bankrupt' FCC Chief To Be Around Until Mid-2009

There's little love lost between the nation's largest cable operator, Comcast, and the country's top industry watchdog, Kevin Martin, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin During his tenure, Martin has pushed repeatedly to usher in...

Tags: FCC, Comcast Corp., Chairman, Federal Government, Government, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-12-02

News to know: Apple and anti-virus; Vista SP2; Kumo; Palm; Linux

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)? Ryan Naraine: Apple: Mac users should run multiple anti-virus Breaking...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Nokia Corp., Antivirus, Service Pack 2, Palm Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Security, Viruses And Worms, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Has technology evolved our language beyond recognition?

You pick up your Blackberry in the morning because your notebook has a virus. You connect to your cloud storage and retrieve a few documents to store on your drive, and grab yourself a cup of Java. I get emails every day, mostly ordinary commentary from like-minded...

Tags: Legend, RIM BlackBerry, Virus, Computer, Internet, E-mail, Productivity, Cyberthreats, Notebooks, Handhelds, Online Communications, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Will Detroit run out of road?

In the next two weeks we'll see what chance there is for any of those on the waiting list to get their plug-in Chevy Volt, or whether there'll be a Chrysler 2010 model. On December 2, the automakers are to deliver their own plans for salvation to the Congress....

Tags: Automobile Company, Bush Adminisitration, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-30

Netgear readying Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9000 media-streaming device

One of Netgear's new products that it may announce at CES in January has leaked online, and it adds another networked media-streaming device to an already crowded field. The Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9000 has already reached the FCC for testing and approval, which Engadget was able to sniff...

Tags: Hard Drive, NetGear, Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9000, Home Networking, Ethernet, Networking, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-11-30

... But Digital TV Transition Can Get Action

The Bush Administration and Congress seem ready to bag it on the economic policy front. Witness the stock market reaction to its inaction this week on the auto industry and financial institutions' continued stresses. But they can take time to fix the hard-stop to analog TV...

Tags: Stock, Digital Television, Stock Market, Investment, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Finance, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Detroit automakers have little to be thankful for

But they do have a little time to pull their drumsticks out of the oven. Today the Democrats in Congress gave the U.S. auto industry until December 2nd to come up with a proposal acceptable to Congress and the current White House occupant. You gotta ask...

Tags: Detroit, U.S. Congress, Merry Chiristmas, Branding, Manufacturing, Government, Leadership, Recruitment & Selection, Marketing, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-20

Please, give me a few billion, pretty please

The chances are dimming for any loans to the automakers this year. There's a stall, a back-up, a traffic jam in Congress according to the blogosphere. The Detroit Big Three were in Washington today with their over-sized begging bowls out. They got some support, some raspberries. ...

Tags: White House, Loan, Banking, Financial Services, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-19

'Fish' = 'Sex'? iPhone can't understand British accent

The new voice-recognition search tool for the iPhone has problems understanding British accents, leading to some bizarre answers to spoken queries, according to a report by Agence France Presse. The free application, which allows iPhone owners to use the Google search engine with their voice, mistook the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Web Site, Accent, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Telecommunications, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Yang out: Justice scrutiny paved the way

Some things are clear. If Jerry Yang had merely been doing a lousy job at running Yahoo, there would have been no "mutual" decision that he should step down as CEO. (NYT: "Jerry and the board have had an ongoing dialogue about succession timing, and we...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Corporate Law, Portals, Investment, Recruitment & Selection, Business Operations, Internet, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-18

More tidbits about electronics recycling and e-waste

Goodness, they did it. As debate continues over nasty e-recycling behavior and the role of the government, businesses and the average U.S. citizen in fixing the situation, Massachusetts asset disposition company Converge has delivered on its promise to expand its international network with responsible partners. The company says it has...

Tags: Asset, Recycling, Electronics, E-waste, TV, Alberta Recycling, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Collision course for American-owned car makers

America's auto makers were very handy in protecting themselves against having tougher fuel efficiency standards. Just this past year as fuel prices spiralled ever upward the feds finally increased the fuel efficiency standards after thirty years of stasis. So now those auto makers in America and elsewhere are...

Tags: U.S., Car, Automobile Company, Detroit, U.S. Congress, General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Who will lead Obama-era FCC?

Monday morning may continue the speculation that Hillary Clinton will be named Secretary of State, but in more technical climes the wagers are on what will happen with the Federal Communications Commission. Ars Technica talked to telecom attorney Andrew Lipman, who expects Obama to move fast. Why? The issues the...

Tags: FCC, Job, Broadband, Federal Government, Telecommunications, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-16

Obama faces BlackBerry withdrawal

Despite being a class-A CrackBerry addict, Barack Obama will likely be forced to go cold turkey from email when he takes office, The Times' Jeff Zeleney reports. In addition to concerns about e-mail security, he faces the Presidential Records Act, which puts his correspondence in the official...

Tags: President, RIM BlackBerry, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-15

Net neutrality battle will restart in January

The battle over net neutrality is back on. Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) will introduce a bill in January to preserve neutrality, Reuters reports. Dorgan feels legislation is "definitely necessary," said Frannie Wellings, telecom counsel to Dorgan. But others think the matter could be effectively handled by the FCC. The...

Tags: Byron Dorgan, Net Neutrality, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-14

A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?

A micro nuclear reactor in your garden?Neato technology, but...I was a nuclear engineer in a former life, so I can make a pretty good guess as to what the technology in these mini-nukes is. Its all very clever, as one could imagine from a product coming out of LANL.However,...

Tags: reactor, micro nuclear reactor, nuclear reactor, garden, nuclear energy

Discussion threads 2008-11-10

Are you being gouged on your cable bill?

Are you being gouged on your cable bill?cableI was receiving the standard package about 50 channels, costing about 29.99 - in 8 months with no changes the cost escallated to 80.00, they lost a customer, there is no explaination for the cost increase, there is no one checking them either.COX...

Tags: Network technology, DirectTV, cable, cable company, Cox Cable

Discussion threads 2008-11-10