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White House hates Martin's free Net plan

Bad week for FCC chairman Kevin Martin. First he has to suffer through a 110-page litany of his management failures and now, the Wall Street Journal reports, the White House is hard-set against his plan for free Internet. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez sent this letter to Martin...

Tags: FCC, White House, High-speed Internet, Federal Government, Internet, Broadband Internet, Wireless, Government, Telecommunications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-12-11

If you had to choose: high speed Internet via cable/telecom or wireless broadband?

If you had to choose: high speed Internet via cable/telecom or wireless broadband?Puting cable and telcom in the same...category is a mistake. With 90 broadband connections to branch offices, the cable services are the only ones I have had issues with. DSL has proven to be MUCH more reliable than...

Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, Wi-Fi, DSL, cable, wireless broadband, wireless, broadband, High-speed Internet, telecommunications

Discussion threads 2008-02-22

If you had to choose: high speed Internet via cable/telecom or wireless broadband?

On Slashdot bright and early this a.m., Soulskill puts up a post from mklickman that draws attention to a conundrum many laptop Internet users face: Use a wireless router or subscribe to wireless broadband? Here's what mklickman had to say: I've been hearing...

Tags: High-speed Internet, Broadband, Cable, Wireless Broadband, Broadband Internet, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-22

With Clearwire pact, satellite tv FINALLY sheds broadband commitmentphobia

Over the years, satellite-delivered television services DIRECTV (not shouting, they sp. all-caps) and EchoStar (a.k.a. "The Dish") have sent out conflicting signals about high-speed Internet offerings bundled with their service.Sometimes, these companies have seemed to indicate they understood high-speed Internet service is a necessary service component for them to...

Tags: News, Predictions and Observations

Blog posts 2007-06-15

Online Live TV (exe)

You can watch in regular or full-screen mode, visit live content not available anywhere else with no subscription required. This software comes with automatic TV station updates so it will never be out of date. If you are interested in alternative programming, learning languages, foreign cultures, entertainment or news, this...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Internet connection, PC-TV, TV, High-speed Internet, Internet, programming, software, video

Software downloads 2006-06-06

The next generation of Web components

The next generation of Web componentsGrowing TrendI keep reading about this on ZDNET. Isn't about time to start reading about some companies or products that are actually making money with Mashups? It is hard to understand how so much press can be devoted to something that appears to produce so...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Scripting languages, High-speed Internet, Ajaz, AJAX, JavaScript, mashup, Web, WWW

Discussion threads 2006-04-06

Beyond High-Speed Internet (HSI): Re-inventing the BRAS

In a new report from Heavy Reading, Beyond High-Speed Internet HSI: Re-inventing the BRAS, Rick Thompson, Heavy Reading articulates the key infrastructure requirements for new IPTV applications, and how the network is shifting from a centralized model -- purpose built for HSI services -- to a distributed model optimized for...

Tags: High-speed Internet, Alcatel, Broadband Internet, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

White papers 2006-02-15

Tele-Cap Professional (zip)

Tele-Cap video streaming software captures your home television signal of a TV-tuner card, compresses it, and delivers over high speed Internet for secure password-protected access by you, your family members, or colleagues anywhere in the world. Easy-to-use interface controls enable you to channel surf, adjust color and resolution, and watch...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, TV, streaming video, High-speed Internet, password, video, software

Software downloads 2004-08-12

24.6 mln broadband subscribers in the US

Leichtman Research Group, Inc. LRG found that, as of the end of 2003, the leading US cable and DSL providers accumulated over 24.6 million high-speed Internet subscribers. The year also saw record growth for broadband as the twenty largest cable and DSL providers in the US – representing about 98%...

Tags: DSL company, DSL

Blog posts 2004-03-11

Additional Resources

Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their money

SilverLight draws circles around Google's gimmickCompare SL's demo w/ that of ChromeOS and see it for yourself the truth: The former completely owns the latter.RE: Chrome OS will give Microsoft a run for their moneyWhat kool aid are you drinking? NOTHING is secure, and Google wants to take over everything....

Tags: Operating systems, Google Chrome OS, Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome OS, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Ford Motor Co.

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

FCC releases broadband agenda

FCC still not looking out for citizens enoughThe FCC still seems to cater to comm companies FAR more than protecting the interests of customers. The fact that they allow cell carriers to charge thousands of dollars per megabyte for text message data rates is one indication. The fact that they...

Tags: Federal government, Rural America, FCC, broadband agenda, broadband

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Chrome OS: Some Early Preview Videos

google should move away from linuxI suppose they could easily take away all those messes of the current os by doing that. Haha! Crummy-um "Chromium OS and Open Source" video-- the guy is calling it Crummy-um! Sounds about right.RE: Chrome OS: Some Early Preview VideosAnd ZDNet falls hook, line,...

Tags: Corporate communications, Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, ChromeOS, Chrome, Chrome OS, early Preview Video, operating system, Preview Video, video

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Radeon HD 5970 - ATI's killer graphics card

You know what else is impressive?The foot long length of the thing.Alsothe noise level from the leaf-blower coolers to keep this thing from burning your house down.Seriously though, down for getting one, but not till a 3rd party gives us one with some custom cooling options. Although I guess they...

Tags: killer graphics card, Radeon HD 5970, Radeon HD, Radeon, ATI Technologies Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

PBX Telecom IPTV 1.03 (Mac)

PbxTV is a multi-feature, multi-platform online video content streaming application built based on the community's suggestions and critics. PbxTV can deliver high quality full motion live TV signal at very low bitrates. This enables the product to be available on any kind of internet connection ranging from dial-up to ADSL...

Tags: Channel, Apple Macintosh, Mobile, PBX, Fightersoft Multimedia, PbxTV, Video On Demand (VoD), Tv & Home Theater, Cellular Phones, Broadband Internet, 3G, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Telecommunications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-11-19

Microsoft shares a few tidbits on IE9 and (lots) more on Silverlight 4

Safari? What Safari ? :-)http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/39495-safari-4-beta-first-browser-to-hit-100-score-in-acid3-testI know, Steve doesn't like Apple but you're supposed to be a journalist? ;-)Google chrome?IE like Microsoft is stumbling around in a new ecosystem in which spending thousands of dollars is not an option.Plus, it locks you into a insecure OS platform with...

Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Spell Check, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer, HTML5, JavaScript, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Microsoft PDC Live Blog Day Two: IE, Silverlight 4.0 and more

The second day of keynotes at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference is about to begin, and expectations are running high that MIcrosoft might share some details on what's coming with Internet Explorer 9, Silverlight 4 and Office 2010 Beta 2 today. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Blog, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Firefox faces browser clone war in China

Come on ZDNet!!!!Is this really newsworthy????Newsworthy? That's not the point...ZDNet's intent was not to write about anything worthwhile. It's intent was to draw you in and to have you read further in order to get you to visit at least one more page in their web-site.If they had...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

AntiSpam Sniper Pro 3.3 (Windows)

Keep your e-mail clean and safe! E-mail has become an indispensable system of communication for the average man not to mention its importance in the business area. However, where there's a light there's also a switch - the high percentage of spam over the last years has sometimes made e-mail...

Tags: Anti-spam, Microsoft Windows, Best Security Tips, AntiSpam Sniper Pro, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing

Software downloads 2009-11-18

Designing High Availability for Internet Information Services

End downtime forever! - Organizations today are relying more and more on Web services for the implementation of mission-critical applications. With the advent of Service-Oriented Architectures SOAs,which make extensive use of the core Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP and the Secure Sockets Layer SSL, the Web server from the past has...

Tags: Web Server, CA XOSoft, High Availability, Information Service, Microsoft IIS Server, Web Servers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Servers, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware

White papers 2009-11-17

DiscLabel 6.2 (Mac)

Import track lists from iTunes, iPhoto, iDVD, Finder, and Toast. Start with a pre-designed template, or make your own. Print to a wide array of label and paper types, as well as supported direct-on-CD printers. Import images directly from iTunes, iPhoto, and Finder. Download additional templates via the Internet. Use...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple iTunes, Apple iPhoto, SmileOnMyMac, Digital Music, Digital Media, Internet, Printers, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-11-17