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Verizon dismisses Cablevision 101 Mbps claims; Price war looming?

Verizon dismisses Cablevision 101 Mbps claims; Price war looming?Common Carriers?Until we have real competition, like they do in Japan, we're going to be discussing caps and net neutrality. You want competition? Make every ISP a common carrier. Separate the content interests from the carriage interests. Allow...

Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., bandwidth, Mb/s, Cablevision 101 Mbps claim, Mbps claim, Cablevision 101, Price-War

Discussion threads 2009-04-30

Qwest CTO on FTTP, bandwidth caps and integrated services

Qwest CTO on FTTP, bandwidth caps and integrated services35 Mb/sTechnically, maybe. However, it's only available as part of a television bundle and it costs a bundle. The bandwidth available to non-television communications is at most 20 Mb/s and the price is several times what plain ADSL costs for...

Tags: DSL, bandwidth cap, FTTP, Mb/s, Qwest Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

What happens to network performance on Linux/Mac when you play audio?

What happens to network performance on Linux/Mac when you play audio?Doesn't look like audio playback affects network performance on a macYou've posted this at an opportune time! I'm currently copying 42Gb from a Mac OS X server (an old G4) to a MacBook Pro. Both computers have Gigabit Ethernet. Unfortunately...

Tags: Desktops, Ethernet, Operating systems, NETWORKING, Apple Macintosh, network, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, network performance, Mb/s

Discussion threads 2007-08-29

Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) maker Samsung to release a 64 GB solid state drive (SSD)

Earlier this year at CES, Samsung announced the release of the latest version of its Q1: the Q1 SSD SSD stands for solid state drive. From CES, we videotaped my interview of Samsungs manager of marketing communications Jason Redmond who showed us the Q1 SSD pictured right which, at the...

Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), PC, GB Solid State, SSD, Mb/s, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., ultramobile PC

Blog posts 2007-03-27

Rocks, Light, and SunOS 3.1

Last Wednesday I had one of those headaches that result in too much aspirin and an overwhelming need to sit the four year old in front of the automated babysitter pretty much no matter what's on. In this case an episode of Dora the Explora; followed, in his case...

Tags: SunOS 3.1, Sun Solaris, Mb/s

Blog posts 2006-09-06

Wireless vendors take control

Wireless vendors take controlWhatever works better than what we have now...`WiFi is probably the worst standard that I have ever had to deal with. I feel really bad for admins who have to deal with it on any larger scale than I do.Watch.. . do you have privacy within the...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Network security, Wireless LANs, SECURITY, Mb/s, RF Engineer, wireless

Discussion threads 2004-05-12

Additional Resources

HP Pavilion Elite owner resorts to lawsuit over 'inherently defective' PC

My HP Pavilion Elite... / HP quality controlMy HP Pavilion Elite came with an obviously defective, and defectively designed, video card. After about eight months, the video card model was finally recalled.My previous HP desktop computer went for about five years without a problem.HP's quality control is clearly going down...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion Elite, HP Pavilion, Linux, Core i7, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., PC

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Monkeybread REALbasic plugin 9.7 (Mac)

The MBS plug-in comprises a collection of several plug-in parts which extend the REALbasic development environment with 1200 classes featuring over 26,000 documented functions. If you buy a license, you will get free updates for one year.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Plug-in, Monkeybread Software, MBS Plug-in

Software downloads 2009-10-27

Interview with Microsoft’s Seth Patton

More from the Project Conference Seth Patton is the senior marketing director for Microsoft Project. I got thirty minutes alone with Seth at the Microsoft Project Conference 2009 show this afternoon. We discussed several topics impacting the PSA professional services automation and PPM...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., PPM, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-16

Microsoft’s Project 2010

The conference announcements so far... I just watched Microsoft executives demonstrate the upcoming Project 2010 product here in Phoenix at the Project Conference 2009. Here are my first blush comments/observations: 1) The product has matured significantly as a PPM solution....

Tags: Microsoft Corp., PPM, Portfolio Management Function, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-16

AMD's Charlie Boswell: With cloud computing, 'follow the money' [interview]

Andrew, thanks for doing a real interviewThese days, when most bloggers just link to a PR wire story for their source, ZDNet surprises us with an actual interview. An interesting interview to boot! There is still hope for online journalism. Thanks Andrew.RE: AMD's Charlie Boswell: With cloud computing, 'follow the...

Tags: Data centers, Virtualization, INTERNET, cloud computing, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Sony Ericsson MBS-100 portable Bluetooth speaker

Sony Ericsson's MBS-100 portable Bluetooth speaker has no problem being noticed. If you didn't know better, you'd swear the little $69 speaker orb might be an eyeball plucked from some giant alien crustacean, or a Venusian satellite that fell to earth. The softball-sized speaker stands 3.5 inches tall by 4...

Tags: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, speaker, Sony MBS-100, Bluetooth

Product reviews 2009-08-27

Optimum Ultra: So how fast is it?

Optimum Ultra: So how fast is it?Up to 101Mbps is not fastI get a MINIMUM of 100 Mbps plus VoIP including the phone for a whopping $20/month. No limits. No caps. I don't live in America, but you guys are getting seriously ripped off. Just my 2 cents.Fastest service where...

Tags: Cable, Network technology, Manufacturing, Broadband Internet, Optimum Ultra, Fios, Cablevision Systems Corp., fiber, Long Island

Discussion threads 2009-07-07

IP in menubar 4.2 (Mac)

This small application runs in the background and shows the current IP dddress of your Mac in the menu bar. There are options available to customize the appearance of the menu entry. The IP dddress is updated regulary. Switch on the Router option if you are behind a router or...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, IP, Monkeybread Software, Network Technology, Networking

Software downloads 2009-06-27

iPhone 3G S specs revealed: 600 MHz and 256 MB of RAM

iPhone 3G S specs revealed: 600 MHz and 256 MB of RAMHuh?"256 GM of RAM"RE: iPhone 3G S specs revealed: 600 MHz and 256 MB of RAMDoes it really have 256GB of RAM? 1000 times more than it nearest competitor, surely you mean 256 MBMine's bigger than yoursI know why...

Tags: Memory, 3G, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G S, Apple iPhone 3G, RAM, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-11

Windows Vista SP2 ready for download (and Windows Server 2008)

Windows Vista SP2 ready for download (and Windows Server 2008)Only 5 languages? Get the SP2 for ALL LANGUAGES from eMuleed2k://|file|mu_windows_vista_sp2_x86_cd_x15-39755.iso|499329024|EF3439826F02B84E26AE34405C5A8969|h=333KDXF2LVWXW2I3VDKW57MB7VDLFUCP|/SHA1: 91FB7F33B838D0378647F49E35850622BABED4BF RE: Windows Vista SP2 ready for download (and Windows Server 2008)I thought Windows7 was the next service pack for Vista ;-)RE: Windows Vista SP2 ready for download (and Windows...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Vista SP2, Microsoft Windows, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server

Discussion threads 2009-05-26

Office 2007 Service Pack 2 available for download

Office 2007 Service Pack 2 available for downloadUpgrade Went SmoothlyI just completed the upgrade to Office 2007 SP2 and all went well. According to Firefox v3.5b4 the download was approx. 290MB and with a 15 Mbs download speed it happened rather quickly. Once downloaded it took about 15 to 20...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Office 2007 SP2, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2007, Office 2007 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Seven big tech acquisitions to watch for in 2009

Seven big tech acquisitions to watch for in 2009Oh pleaseApple buy Adobe? They would never deplete their cash that much. Adobe would be very expensive. And as for the comment about Adobe certainly selling more than half to Windows users, that's barely true, but not nearly as much as people...

Tags: Mainframes, Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Inc., big tech acquisition, tech acquisition

Discussion threads 2009-04-14

MBS Filemaker Plugin 1.7 (Windows)

This plugin adds 150 functions Filemaker. Visit the website for a list of features. For example execute Javascript code in a webview and call from Javascript back to your Filemaker scripts. Or run a slideshow and modify the windows for your database.

Tags: JavaScript, Microsoft Windows, Filemaker Inc., Monkeybread Software, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-04-04

Business School Enhances Internal and External Communications With CRM Portal

Melbourne Business School MBS was founded in 1954 through the University of Melbourne, and its graduate degrees have been ranked in the Financial Times' list of Top 100 Global MBAs since 2005. The school wanted to strategically align its brand positioning message, 'Global. Business. Leaders.', to every facet of its...

Tags: Brand, Positioning, Microsoft Corp., Portal, Business School, CRM, Branding, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-04-03