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- More evidence of the coming collision between home broadband and the smart grid
- Collision?Not the word I would have used.In any event, I think this is a positive and necessary direction to go. In order to manage more diversified, less dependable/consistent sources of energy, the demand side HAS TO be managed. Without it, we are just setting ourselves up for a lot of...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, collision, home broadband, grid, smart grid
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- FCC's Net neutrality push: Is wireless access different?
- Stop coddling wireless companiesThey are no longer fledgling upstarts but the new normal. It is simply mind-boggling why they get away with a much looser regulatory framework than landlines. Why is it, for instance, that you do not have a choice of carrier for international calls the way you do...
- Tags: NETWORKING, INTERNET, Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, VOIP, FCC, wireless access, network, wireless, Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2009-09-22
- Court lifts FCC limits on cable ownership
- Here come even HIGHER prices ....and thousands of channels of mediocrity.Look at satellite radio - unlimited channels of the same old same old !Satellite RadioActually when it first started and there was competing services ala XM and Sirius satellite radio was cheap, $9.99XM and $12.99 Sirius - both worked out...
- Tags: Network technology, Satellite radio, cable, satellite, cable ownership, FCC
- Discussion threads 2009-08-31
- PocketPlanter Annuals A 2.4d (Mobile)
- PocketPlanter: over a thousand plants in your pocket! ...and on your desktop.Three plant databases available: annual and perennial flowers, and shrubs. Includes free Windows companion version. Download the software here, free of charge. What you pay for are database registration codes to continue using it after the trial period expires....
- Tags: Mobile, Arkansoft, Handhelds, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2009-07-08
- Confronting Congressional hypocrisy
- We all know that members of Congress live sheltered lives. Secure dining areas. Federally-paid staff with plenty of job benefits. Great health insurance and access to perks and junkets on "official" business. Now some anti-coal groups are going to bring home the hypocrisy of both political...
- Tags: Coal, U.S. Congress, Hypocrisy, Cable, Benefits, Healthcare, Insurance, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-02-25
- Hardware 2.0 “Very Best Kit List” for Mar/Apr 09
- Hardware 2.0 “Very Best Kit List” for Mar/Apr 09Enthusiastic about overclocking.The person for whom you're identifying this hardware plays games which can benefit from overclocking?Suggesting that it's appropriate to describe for whom you're making these recommendations. And perhaps to add choices for people with different plans for what they'll...
- Tags: HD 4850, card number, Seagate Technology LLC, card, NVidia Corp., motherboard, Mar/Apr 09, Hardware 2.0, hardware, PCI, PCI Slot, overclocking
- Discussion threads 2009-02-24
- How I'd spend the Title I stimulus money
- First there was education money, then there wasn't, then there was a little bit. Now it looks as though some number of billions of dollars details remain sketchy will be flowing to schools via the federal Title I program as a result of the Economic Recovery Act (aka, the...
- Tags: School, Student, Training, Computer, Title, Workforce Management, Productivity, Training And Certification, Human Resources, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-02-11
- NASA craft may ride on Pentagon rockets
- NASA craft may ride on Pentagon rocketsObama's More Economical waysThese types of moves are probably Obama's economical ways to explore to space. http://www.seochampion.comhttp://www.universityloveconnection.comI'm for anything that gets NASA producing more results for less $$ ntntRE: NASA craft may ride on Pentagon rocketsI am sure there are not to many on...
- Tags: NASA, Ares, Pentagon, rocket, Obama
- Discussion threads 2009-01-02
- Delivering High-Speed Wireless Commercial Services With Canopy Cable
- Wireless commercial services present tremendous opportunities for cable operators to increase revenues while building long-term bonds with business customers. Cable operators often face the fundamental challenge of offering broadband services to commercial customers when plant construction costs make the Return-On-Investment ROI unattractive. Construction costs to access the potential customer across...
- Tags: Broadband Service, Cable Company, Canopy Cable, Cable, Roi/Tco, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Networking
- White papers 2008-12-16
- Media used by cable to create Google scandal
- Media used by cable to create Google scandalclarification?"bandwidth is not limited"Can you explain that?And allowing media consolidation......would be good for what reason?They already charge customers to access internet, and now......they want to charge internet to get to customers. We need net neutrality to be a law.So why aren't you doing...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, bandwidth, Google Inc., media consolidation, cable
- Discussion threads 2008-12-15
- Google makes waves and may have solved the data center conundrum
- Google makes waves and may have solved the data center conundrumEasy Terrorism Target?As we rely more and more on the Net, who will defend these floating farms in a no jurisdiction, no taxes, etc, area?Any protection from pirates and terrorist?Firstly, I think this google 'solution' is cool. However as my...
- Tags: Data centers, Storage, Google Makes, Google Inc., data center
- Discussion threads 2008-09-08
- Qwest CTO on FTTP, bandwidth caps and integrated services
- Qwest plans to roll out integrated home services where it ties its services in with those from its partners such as MSN and DirecTV in a move enabled by a thin layer of software, according to Qwest CTO Pieter Poll. Poll right talked about Qwest's broadband strategy...
- Tags: Bandwidth, Qwest Communications Inc., Service, West, Cable, Network Technology, Fiber Optics, Broadband Internet, Optical Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- Why computers fail
- Why computers failA good UPS...will decrease failure rates tremendously. I use Belkin AVR UPS's and the only systems I've had go down in the last year were ones installed by my predecessor without UPS's. There is no doubt in my mind that bad power is a PC's worst enemy....
- Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, chip, failure rate, hardware, software, United Parcel Service of America Inc., redundancy, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Cable Management Practices for Active Ethernet Architectures
- Industry trends indicate that an active ethernet approach to Fiber-To-The-Home FTTH deployment is rapidly gaining popularity. There are several contributing factors, but one obvious reason is the desire for additional bandwidth to provide more features to the end customer. While there can be additional costs associated with this architecture, typically...
- Tags: ADC Telecommunications Inc., FTTH, Ethernet, Cable, Network Technology, Fiber Optics, Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology
- White papers 2008-07-01
- IBM wins supercomputing bakeoff; Playstation chips rule; Intel dominates HPC
- Supercomputers are like muscle cars for IT: Few of us have one, but boy they are fun to look at. IBM on Tuesday touted that its supercomputer built for the National Nuclear Security Administration's Los Alamos National Lab is the most powerful system in the world. It...
- Tags: Supercomputer, Blade, Sony Playstation, Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Chip, Supercomputing, NNSA Supercomputer, Roadrunner, Roadrunner System, Intel Quad-core Blade System, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Processors, Servers, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- Hacking SCADA for terrorism and destruction
- Hacking SCADA for terrorism and destructionSCADA vulnerabilityAs an Engineer who has spent the past 20 years working on SCADA systems for water and wastewater plants, I have some comments on this article. And yes we are a user of CitectSCADA First, where I work, we NEVER connect our...
- Tags: Enterprise software, NETWORKING, hacking, terrorism, SCADA, network
- Discussion threads 2008-06-12
- HP Blackbird 002 to hit retail stores this summer - get some hands-on time before you buy!
- HP has announced that the award-winning Blackbird 002 gaming system will be available in an exclusive configuration at Amazon.com, Newegg.com and select Best Buy, Circuit City, J&R and Micro Center retail stores and online shops this summer. This is the first time HP Blackbird 002 will be...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Hewlett-Packard Co., Retail Company, Games, Retail, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- Linux's biggest victory so far - Splashtop to ship on ASUS motherboards
- Linux's biggest victory so far - Splashtop to ship on ASUS motherboardsI want one! But....How often is this BIOS replacement going to be updated? A normal BIOS gets a few updates flashes and then stays the same. That's no problem; it poses no security risks.But a BIOS replacement like this,...
- Tags: BIOS, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Cable, Splashtop, ASUS, Linux, Asus Motherboard, motherboard
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- Creative GigaWorks T40 - PC multimedia speakers
- Creative offers an impressively wide range of PC, iPod, and multimedia speakers--at least 20, by our count. But we were drawn to the company's GigaWorks T40, a set of unusually tall (12.5 inches) stereo PC speakers that retail for less than $150. The slender but deep desktop speakers boast a...
- Tags: DVD, PC, headphone jack, speaker grille, GigaWorks T40, speaker
- Product reviews 2008-03-14
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