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- Should free broadband be neutral?
- A lot of politicians are bandying about the idea of licensing unused or underutilized radio frequencies to create a free, nationwide broadband network. As the US gets repeatedly dinged for a lack of broadband penetration, especially in the inner city and rural areas, an initiative like this would have...
- Tags: Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- The next generation will deal with global warming, we promise
- That's the bottom line out of the G8 Summit in Japan where the world's eight biggest economies are meeting. They have pledged to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. By then all the current leaders and this humble scrivener will be long gone. Our children will probably...
- Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Agreement, Global Warming, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- G8 and climate change
- Is much expected from the G8 summit in Japan? Not according to the Aussies. The Canadian government doesn't foresee anhy progress on an agreement either. India's not a member of the G8 but as a major developing nation with a huge population it is at least politely allowed...
- Tags: Japan, Nation, Agreement, Indian Government, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Icahn, Ballmer pair up, talk Microhoo; Push to boot Yang and Yahoo's board
- Updated: Activist investor Carl Icahn and Microsoft are now in cahoots to toss Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and the company's board of directors. Icahn says in a letter that he has been chatting up Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer along with other key executives about how the two...
- Tags: Transaction, Steve Ballmer, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Icahn, Steve, Search, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popular idea
- Click on any image to see the whole picture. These are just three of the images from our local Fourth of July Parade today. We happen to live in a state which does not produce much...
- Tags: Subsidy, Denmark, Natural Gas, Taxes, Free Trade, Telecom & Utilities, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-07-04
- TechForward advocates the cause of temporary ownership
- I have been MEANING to write about the Los Angeles-based start-up TechForward for weeks now, but felt like I didn't have enough time to write the truly thoughtful post that it deserved. Now, I'm forcing myself to get off my butt, strangely enough, because I'm having a moral dilemma over...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Electronics, TechForward, Lebovitz, Retail, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-04
- EIC podcast: Search wars; Viacom vs. YouTube (and its users)
- EIC podcast: Search wars; Viacom vs. YouTube and its usersViacom's Data DragnetIt seems to me that their is no justification for allowing this data dragnet.Whether dynamic or static, IP addresses can be traced back to many of the original users through data from Internet service providers. The Whitter article cited...
- Tags: Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc., IP address
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- On deck from MS: Four 'important' patches but nothing for IE
- Next Tuesday, Microsoft plans to ship four security updates for multiple flaws affecting Windows, Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Exchange Server but the absence of fixes for publicly known Internet Explorer issues is causing raised eyebrows among security professionals. According to the company's advance notice for July's...
- Tags: Patch Management, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Flaw, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Security, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- YouTube vs. Viacom: Google's IP wins; Users lose
- Updated: The latest battle in Google's ongoing court battle with Viacom over YouTube copyright infringement is a glass half full or half empty situation. In the half full department, Google scored a legal victory as a judge shot down Viacom requests for the search giant's search code and other critical...
- Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., IP, Video, Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Dishing It Out
- There may soon be just one satellite radio company. Now, the stars seem to be aligning for there to be just one satellite TV company, as well. First, in radio. The FCC is close to making a decision that will let Sirius Satellite Radio Inc acquire arch-rival...
- Tags: AT&T Corp., DirecTV, Satellite, Satellite Television, Liberty Media Corp., John Malone, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Satellite TV, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Microsoft Equipt: good deal, lousy name
- Microsoft Equipt: good deal, lousy nameJust what is "Equipt"?This name certainly does not contain any hint as to why someone would want it. Product names should be at least somewhat related to the purpose of the product.I also dont like software subscriptions. It seems that they are simply another way...
- Tags: Microsoft Equipt, Microsoft Corp., lousy name, good deal, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- So about that Microsoft licensing
- So about that Microsoft licensingpenny wise and pound foolishIts not about giving $20K to Redmond. Its about users/teachers being productive and getting the work done so that they have more time to focus on the students.Saving $100 for a licence over the life of the software is nothing. Office is...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., software
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- New Microsoft program to make volume licenses 'evergreen'
- New Microsoft program to make volume licenses 'evergreen'NowIf we can just get rid of WGA and activation process for stand-alone users, we'll be in business.Microsoft volume licenses 'evergreen'"However as always with Microsoft licensing, the devil is in the details."Never were truer words spoken - you can bet the farm...
- Tags: volume-license, New Microsoft program, New Microsoft, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- A world ruled by Apple
- Tributes to Bill Gates littered the blogosphere on Friday for obvious reason, as it was Bill Gates' last day as a full-time employee at the company he co-founded. This, predictably, rubbed certain people the wrong way, as the success of Bill Gates represents to some the "failure" of their preferred...
- Tags: Software, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Bill Gates, Hardware, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Tele Atlas, Google in map pact
- Tele Atlas, a Netherlands-based digital map provider, said Monday that Google has signed a five year licensing agreement to broaden the search giant's map services. Specifically, Google gets Tele Atlas' content in more than 200 countries. The deal covers Google's "current and future map-based services and navigation...
- Tags: Google Inc., Tele Atlas, Service Management, GPS, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- LG Dare (Verizon Wireless)
- One of the most notable fallouts of the Apple iPhone launch last year is the ever growing trend of touch-screen phones. LG was one of the first manufacturers out the gate with phones such as the LG Voyager and the LG Vu dazzling us with features that we couldn't get...
- Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, display, Verizon Wireless, LG Dare, LG Electronics Inc., phone, touch-screen phone, touch screen
- Product reviews 2008-06-27
- Bill Gates bids farewell
- Bill Gates bids farewellHe brought a lot to the computer world!Yeah, vicious predation, greed, and arrogance.iMiss BilliWill miss Bill. He brought a lot to the computer world!Bill Gates bids farewellA fine speech from a magnificent man! He had visions, he had missions, he had it all! The IT...
- Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Windows NT, Bill Gates, Abramoff, Preston Gates, vision, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- T-Mobile @Home
- When T-Mobile introduced its HotSpot @Home service last year, we praised it for finally freeing us from the tyranny of the landline. The service lets you make and receive calls via Wi-Fi as long as you have a compatible cell phone in addition to the regular cell...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Telecom & Utilities, Network technology, NETWORKING, Cellular phones, phone, router, T-Mobile, SIM card, @Home
- Product reviews 2008-06-26
- Hyper-V: It's here
- As reported by ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley yesterday, Microsoft released its Hyper-V bare metal hypervisor platform (Updated: 4:20PM EST)for Windows Server 2008 today, in a virtual shot across competitor and market leader VMWare's bow, which currently holds over an 80 percent market share in x86 virtualization. We...
- Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows Server, Intel X86, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Service Pack, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, SMP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, Servers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
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