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HSPA to dominate mobile broadband?

HSPA to dominate mobile broadband?Not in USAThe infrastructure, all the towers, the laws and regulations, for the most part everything, is already in place for WiMax from sea to shining sea in the USA. I was informed yesterday that the less than < 1 Ghz spectrum will remain the public...

Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, interactive TV, election year, spectrum, broadband, mobile

Discussion threads 2007-08-09

FCC opts for open access -- not just that open

FCC opts for open access -- not just that openTraitors ; The War of Multinational Corporations against the USAThis sale is on its surface unconstitutional. The constitution requires the federal government to keep this spectrum public. It was set aside 4 decades ago for consumers and voters so that we...

Tags: Web 2.0, Government, Federal government, TVs, TV & Home Theater, interactive TV, constitution, democracy, FCC

Discussion threads 2007-08-01

Google Interactive TV: not just a paper

Google Interactive TV: not just a paperGoogleThe thing that concerns me the most is. PRIVACY.Google knows "WHAT YOU SEARCH" "WHAT YOU BUY GBUY" "WHAT YOU WATCH ON TV"???????Having so much information in one place would become incredibly dangerous.Neal SafersteinRe: GoogleEven though I agree that this amount of personal information can...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Google Inc., Google Interactive TV, TV, interactive TV

Discussion threads 2006-06-17

Google Interactive TV: not just a paper

Just last week a paperpdf written by some Googlers was published that contains quite a few interesting ideas. Sometimes it's one thing to be interesting and another to be realistic, but I remember writing an article a few months ago that should be brought back to light. Google...

Tags: paper, Google Inc.

Blog posts 2006-06-14

Google targets Interactive TV for ad auction model

Google targets Interactive TV for ad auction modelI used to be the biggest Google fan everI was using Google before it was a household name. Remember lycos, yes it was awhile ago. Now the bigger Google gets the dumber it seems to get. They have about a zillion projects going,...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Google Inc., Google Targets Interactive TV, interactive TV, TV, advertisement

Discussion threads 2006-06-09

Google vs. Microsoft in Interactive TV advertising race

Google vs. Microsoft in Interactive TV advertising raceLooks like Microsoft chasing a lot of markets just to control Google.As with Germany in WW2, Microsoft will find themselves fighting on too many fronts.Important move for MicrosoftThis is is very important manuver for Microsoft. TV is a area where Microsoft has no...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, TV, interactive TV, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Red Sox

Discussion threads 2006-06-09

Google vs. Microsoft in Interactive TV advertising race

Microsoft was granted a patent in May for a “System and method of inserting advertisements into an information retrieval system display.” Description of the patent is below and a graphic illustration is to the right.As I indicate in my “Google Targets Interactive TV for Ad Auction Model” and my “Google...

Tags: advertisement, television programming

Blog posts 2006-06-08

Google targets Interactive TV for ad auction model

As I outline in my “Google developing social and interactive televison applications for ‘mass personalization'” post, Google Research has tested four applications for personalizing broadcast content and making it more interactive and social:Personalized content layersAd hoc social peer communitiesReal-time popularity ratingsVirtual media library services, or TV-based bookmarksAt the same time,...

Tags: TV

Blog posts 2006-06-08

61.3% of US home Internet connections are broadband in August 2005

61.3% of US home Internet connections are broadband in August 2005Just so long as we don't have a crash and the middle class can still AFFORDto live in their homes with their broadband, TV so they can watch american idol which means more to them than reality, and so on?Universal...

Tags: Web 2.0, Broadband Internet, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs, TV & Home Theater, interactive TV, broadband, home internet connection, TV

Discussion threads 2005-09-29

27% of US households interested in interactive TV

Consumers interested in interactive services such as voting on game shows, targeted advertising, and gaming, who total 27% of all US households, represent a lucrative early market for IPTV services and applications, according to Parks Associates. Service providers, particularly telecom operators, could boost current revenues on their quad-play service packages,...

Tags: game

Blog posts 2005-09-05

World's Largest News Source Enters Interactive TV Market With Media Center

Reuters, the world's largest multimedia news company, is known for its speed, accuracy, and freedom from bias. In 2004, Reuters filed over 2.5 million news items, published in 18 languages, from 209 countries. Although historically a wholesaler of news content, Reuters wanted to explore new ways of distributing news directly...

Tags: Interactive TV, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center, Microsoft Corp., TV, Reuters Ltd., News, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

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Cool Tools - Slingpage extends stickies and sharing to Firefox users

Slingpage, which announced its social browsing extension for Internet Explorer last month, will introduce an equally feature-rich version of its service to Mozilla Firefox users next week. Slingpage offers a way for Web surfers to find information about favorite topics via "Slingcast" feeds as well as create...

Tags: Monitor, Mozilla Firefox, Note, Tool, Slingpage, Web Browsers, Monitors & Displays, Internet, Hardware, Components, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Intel launches new chip for consumer electronics

In its latest bid to expand beyond PCs and servers into industrial and consumer electronics applications, Intel has announced a new family of embedded processors. These chips are not based on the Atom processor already used in netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices MIDs--those versions won't arrive until...

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Intel Corp., Chip, Atom, SoCs, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Will industry react to new cell phone cancer scare?

Will industry react to new cell phone cancer scare?hmm...what are we going to do with microwaves, wireless routers and TV & radio stations that emit in a similar spectrum?...Go in the mountains,or... in a cave?What about Bluetooth?So I hear some people saying to use headsets instead, but if they're Bluetooth,...

Tags: Federal government, Cellular phones, Wi-Fi, industry, cell phone, FCC, Bluetooth, new cell phone cancer, radiation, cell phone cancer, phone

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."

2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."My ViewFirst, no one hates Microsoft more than I do - for both practical and ethical reasons. After dealing with Microshaft's endless parade of crap for nearly two decades, I finally abandoned my PC for a Mac. It was one of the best moves of...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."

July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...

Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Live Webcast: Mid-Year Report: Malware, Spam and Web Threats in 2008

What's NOT happening in 2008? The web continues to be a vector for cyber threats. Incidents of spear-phishing continue to dupe users, and botnets are increasing in popularity amongst growing economies across the globe. Complex polymorphic viruses as opposed to the more mundane Trojan horses are getting...

Tags: Web, Webcast, Sophos Plc., Malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Channel Management, Security, Marketing

Webcasts 2008-07-24

Joichi Ito - from venture capitalist to venture communist?

I've become a big fan of Joichi Ito CEO Creative Commons, Chairman of Six Apart after seeing him speak on a panel at the recent Fortune Brainstorm conference. In a room full of many smart people, Mr Ito is one of the smartest. Here is a clip...

Tags: Mr., Venture Capital, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-07-23

COPA is unconstitutional

COPA is unconstitutionalgovernment censorshipNow that Andrew Cuomo AG NY has had most of the ISP's Eliminate ALT* Bineries newsgroups. Does this action, which is like finding a book in the library and burning down the complete facility . Eliminate Cuomo's actions and allow the ISP's to again carry ALT Bineries...

Tags: Regulations, Child Online Protection Act

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Free the XBOX 360!!!

Free the XBOX 360!!!"Microsoft-approved"Why shouldn't Microsoft be concerned with the performance of software on XBox?Quoting:Microsoft makes both the hardware and software, and the environment is tightly controlled - only Microsoft-approved software need apply. [End quote]Vista shows that a product's reputation can be affected by the uninterest or mistakes of third...

Tags: Game players, Games, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp., game, console

Discussion threads 2008-07-23