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- The Open Cloud Manifesto: Publish it already
- There's quite a ruckus over a "open cloud computing manifesto." The gist: The document is scheduled to be published Monday and is designed to lay out principles for cloud interoperability. Microsoft made its thinking on the manifesto quite clear on Thursday. In a blog post, Microsoft's Steve...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Cloud, Martin, Cloud Computing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Genachowski tapped for FCC
- Long-time Obama confidant will be nominated to head FCC. by Richard Koman
- Tags: FCC, Broadband, Martin, Federal Government, Telecommunications, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-03-04
- Martin will leave FCC on Tuesday
- Martin will leave FCC on TuesdayWhy is it that people having such bad ideasare frequently rewarded with cushy jobs that encourage them to share more of their bad ideas. My enmity toward the man is not personal, but, just like his predecessor, he spends more time trying to think up...
- Tags: Federal government, FCC, Martin
- Discussion threads 2009-01-16
- 7 parting thoughts from FCC chair Martin
- 7 parting thoughts from FCC chair MartinMartin is not a cogent thinker...nor are any of the people at the FCC. The FCC has been a blight on our government for far too long. It's time to get people who have a clue about technology, and are less worried about lining...
- Tags: Federal government, Martin, FCC
- Discussion threads 2009-01-11
- Martin drops porn filtering from broadband proposal
- Martin drops porn filtering from broadband proposalMartin drops porn filtering from broadband proposalWoohoo! This is a win for everybody!RE: Martin drops porn filtering from broadband proposalI expect to see this proposal hailed with disgust as "Free Wireless Porn!" by the reactionaries, despite the fact it's no different than the Internet...
- Tags: INTERNET, Broadband Internet, Network technology, broadband proposal, Martin, broadband
- Discussion threads 2008-12-30
- White House hates Martin's free Net plan
- White House hates Martin's free Net planBroadband also had to be fairly priced..There is extreme variances in the pricing of broadband among carriers of similiar technologies. Take cable for example, in the Salisbury, MD market; Comcast HSI only will cost you $60 a month for the mid-level tier (8Mbps down/2Mbps...
- Tags: Pricing, Network technology, Net Plan, White House, broadband, pricing strategy
- Discussion threads 2008-12-11
- Martin free wireless plan brings muni WiFi disaster back from the dead
- OK, public spectrum, take 2. Or is it 3? After the infamous D-block auction meltdown, the FCC is set with a new plan to have the private sector deliver free Internet over the airwaves, Reuters reports. And FCC chair Kevin Martin's plan includes another long-held fantasy of policymakers: a...
- Tags: FCC, M2Z Networks, Municipal Wi-Fi, Broadband, Spectrum, Wireless, Martin, Internet, Federal Government, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Government, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Oh, and BTW: 'Intellectually Bankrupt' FCC Chief To Be Around Until Mid-2009
- Oh, and BTW: 'Intellectually Bankrupt' FCC Chief To Be Around Until Mid-2009comcast stinksI have Comcast and wish I had another provider. They have a monopoly in my area and act like they do.Martin my need replacement, but I am on his side with regard to Comcast.RE: Oh, and BTW:...
- Tags: Federal government, TVs, Intellectually Bankrupt, Mid-2009, FCC Chief, FCC, BTW
- Discussion threads 2008-12-02
- FCC's Comcast ruling: Not unreasonable
- Andrew Orlovsky delivers a scathing attack on the FCC decision against Comcast. Orlovsky's sources tell him the FCC's statement PDF was drafted and then redrafted after the vote, resulting in a self-contradictory document. But the evidence Orlovsky quotes for this alleged schizophrenia is contained not in...
- Tags: FCC, Commission, Comcast Corp., P2P, Andrew Orlovsky, Orlovsky, Martin, Orvolsky, Federal Government, Networking, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- The running scandal of long-term care insurance
- The best I can come up with is a federal pool paying for federalized care into which everyone above a certain age must pay, with the taxpayers making up the losses. That doesn't sound good to me, either. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Cost, Insurance, Long-term Care, Martin, Real Estate, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Live PageRank 0.9.5 (Windows)
- Live PageRank gives you a movable DnD widget which shows you the Google Pagerank of the current URL. The extension places a small icon in the status bar of the browser, and the Live PageRank value of the current page is displayed. The icon can be moved around and placed...
- Tags: Google PageRank, Microsoft Windows, Martin
- Software downloads 2007-09-27
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- Onkyo SKS-HT870
- Onkyo is known for having speaker expertise, even though it's not primarily a speaker company. That's because of Onkyo's success selling home-theater-in-a-box systems HTIBs, which combine a speaker system and an AV receiver in a single box, taking some of the confusion out of putting together your own system. The...
- Tags: center channel, speaker, Onkyo
- Product reviews 2009-10-30
- Microsoft drops 'Family Guy' special
- Viewers watch Family Guy because they want tonot because it's forced in to their cubicles at work.That doesn't fit with the Windows brand, indeed.MSFT tried to alter the content of the show"Microsoft sent MacFarlane and Fox several notes expressing their concern over the show's content but ultimately decided just to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Family Guy, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- WSJ chief criticizes news aggregators - creators carry cost burden
- Hat tip to Danny Sullivan for pointing out the above panel at Web 2.0 Summit, which featured Robert Thomson, Wall Street Journal chief, and Marrissa Mayer head of search products at Google, plus Martin Nisenholtz, The New York Times Company, and Eric Hippeau from the Huffington Post, moderated by...
- Tags: Google Inc., Wall Street Journal, Journalist, Thomson Corp., Internet, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Marketing, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-10-23
- Windows 95 wiped out last PC competition
- Windows 95 marked the last time Microsoft faced any "serious competition" in the PC operating system market, an analysts recalls, as the software vendor gets ready to launch its much-anticipated Windows 7. Windows 95 marked the last time Microsoft faced any "serious competition" in the PC operating system market,...
- Tags: PC, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Windows 7, Microsoft, Windows, Victoria Ho ZDNet Asia
- News items 2009-10-21
- With AppSense, making sense of managing the virtual desktop user experience
- As more enterprises turn to virtual desktop infrastructure to save money and leverage the infrastructure they already have, managing the user experience has become critical. But how do you maintain standardization across large organizations while keeping the user happy at each log on? AppSense...
- Tags: AppSense, Virtual Desktop, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-10-12
- Business class SaaS
- The Software as a Service market is expected to double by 2012. Martin Capurro, senior director of product management at Qwest Communications, examines how security, performance, compliance and portability are affecting overall adoption.
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Martin Capurro, Business SaaS, security, performance, compliance, portability
- Sponsored whiteboards 2009-10-01
- Non-intrusive security
- Martin Capurro, senior director of product management at Qwest Communications, discusses how to strike the right balance between productivity and security within the enterprise. He explains security must work end-to-end, from the system level to the mobility level, and how each layer works to mitigate risk.
- Tags: Martin Capurro, security, mobility
- Sponsored whiteboards 2009-10-01
- The burnout risks for E2.0 community managers
- Dion Hinchcliffe's piece on community management surprised me. There is a sense that Dion is trying to lay down some ground rules in an area that is too new for anyone to draw anything other than tentative and early stage conclusions. That's not to say that conclusions are incorrect. There...
- Tags: Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-09-29
- Watch Out for That Meteor, Stallman.
- Richard M. Stallman RMS the founder of the Free Software Foundation, has labeled prominent Open Source software developer Miguel De Icaza a "Traitor" for joining the Board of Directors of Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation as well as for his creation of the Microsoft .NET-compatible Mono software development...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Free Software Foundation, GNOME, Microsoft Corp., Richard Stallman, Miguel De Icaza, Mono Framework, Genie, Linux, Open Source, C#, Tools & Techniques, UNIX, .Net, Operating Systems, Software, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-09-22
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