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Lawmakers fret over digital TV transition

Lawmakers fret over digital TV transitionTrain Wreck ???Thats stupid! people aren't going to die if they can't watch tv. This change doesn't effect cable subscribers anyway.Rise AARP; Save the dot commonsMaria Cantwell is the former Real networks executive now senator. She is likely well aware of the real issue with...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Maria Cantwell, Patriots, TV, digital TV transition, MHz Spectrum, digital television, AARP, universal access, spectrum, commons, democracy, WiMAX, Web 2.0

Discussion threads 2007-07-27

When the Internets win elections

Our president and Senator Ted Stevens notwithstanding, there are a lot of people who understand the Internet and use it to win elections. We know it is a series of tubes that delivers money and votes in exchange for effectively communicated ideas and positions. There is, though, an idea that...

Tags: Business &, Technology, Net

Blog posts 2006-11-09

Google, Real extend pact

Google, Real extend pactAnd... Firefox officially loses to Internet Explorer 7.Someone actually touched Real's "software." That company needs to go under, immediately. I don't even want them trying to make an honest attempt at good software. Between them and three or four other "Premium Bloatware!" companies, the Windows platform has...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Digital music, Digital media, Preston Gates, Slade, Maria Cantwell, Google Inc., RealNetworks Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-08-03

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MTV and RealNetworks: A sound decision?

MTV and RealNetworks: A sound decision?Yikes, RealNetworksAnytime I hear 'RealNetworks' it conjures up bad vibes like as if someone said Pinto.Seriously, I have never used RealPlayer where it didn't screw up a computer, make it run slow, or hook into it in so many places that it doesn't want to...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, plot, RealNetworks Inc., RealNetworks RealPlayer, Microsoft Corp., MTV

Discussion threads 2007-08-21

The FCC eats half of Google's $4.6b carrot

The FCC eats half of Google's $4.6b carrotAuthor is so So SO WrongThis is the selling of the dot commons. It will not happen at all. Any corporation that bids on this spectrum works to undermine the US economy and our form of democracy. Such organizations will be viewed and...

Tags: Federal government, Channel management, pedophile, FCC, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-08-01

Cast your vote: Geeks or Politicians?

Every election cycle there is a predictable moment when someone says that a non-politician would be better for the country than any politician. Sometimes that gets you Ross Perot, who left something to be desired in the Reasonable Leadership category. In Washington state, where I live, theres a former Microsoft...

Tags: Business &, Technology

Blog posts 2006-11-06

Real to plug Windows media support into Linux

Real to plug Windows media support into LinuxAmen[quote]"Over the next six months, there is an opportunity for the IT organizations to do a significant pilot--to find several hundred users who are knowledge workers and let them as a pilot try out our desktop," Jaffe said.[/quote]No excuse not to. Open...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Digital music, Digital media, Helix, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Windows Media, Microsoft Windows, RealNetworks RealPlayer

Discussion threads 2006-08-15

Ballmer details MSN spending plans

Ballmer details MSN spending plansHow long will Ballmer stay in his job?Ballmer's plans don't convince many of my friends in Redmond. Their morale has fallen a lot in recent months. They complain about a lack of direction, apparently random re-orgs, and poor lobbying (eg how is it that relations with...

Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, MSN, Microsoft stock, WA State, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-05-04

Feds target alternative media Web site

Feds target alternative media Web siteCrackdown on independent mediaThese are dangerous times we live in when a secret government can issue a secret court order and close down an independant media site without recourse to legal challenges, and all the ISP is allowed to say is that they can't say...

Tags: Federal government, David Brookbank, Spokane Police Department, Spokane Police Detective Crystal Jolly, FBI

Discussion threads 2004-10-09