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Network TV ad revenues to reach $123 bln in 2008

Network TV ad revenues to reach $123 bln in 2008who Need "pay" for contentIf network TV get so much money for providing "free" content. WWhy is there is a need for paid content?If it was not for some notorious criminal cartel such as RIAA and MPAA i bet everything will...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network TV, TV, network, advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-04-01

Tim O'Reilly's code of (mis)conduct

Tim O'Reilly's code of misconductI'm not sure I agree.What O'Reilly says is that these people have bad characters in the first place. The anonymity creates an environment that these people abuse. However, anonymity protects all of us from other wierdo's and guarantees freedom of speech since the consequences will not...

Tags: Blogging, Criminal Activity, Network TV, blogger, Tim O'Reilly, Internet

Discussion threads 2007-03-30

New FCC report advocates a la carte TV pricing

New FCC report advocates a la carte TV pricingYES!No more Fox propaganda channel!SweetHmm, weather channel, get that online. News, get it online. Network TV is useless, nothing good on for decades. Premium channels is just stuff I can see on DVD. Cable stations always have repeats of old, bad sitcoms...

Tags: Federal government, TVs, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, pricing strategy, Network TV, FCC, cable, TV

Discussion threads 2005-11-29

Additional Resources

The final debate: Don't expect Obama and McCain to spar over net neutrality

When John McCain and Barack Obama take the stage tonight for the final debate before the election, I expect to hear plenty about the economy, domestic issues and foreign policy. What I don't expect to hear about is net neutrality, wireless spectrum or broadband. In tech circles,...

Tags: Wired Inc., Broadband, John McCain, Net Neutrality, Barack Obama, Internet, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-15

MacBook (Late-2008) unboxed and disassembled

  That madman of disassembly, a.k.a. Kodwarisan, has already unboxed and completely disassembled the new MacBook (Late-2008) that was announced yesterday. He has posted 20 excellent pictures of everything including the easily removed hard drive above, logic board, centrifugal fan, right down to close...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Notebooks, Corporate Governance, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-15

Live Webcast: The Privileged Account Management Debate

There has been a furor of debate following the recent issues with the City of San Francisco and its administrator not divulging administrative passwords. Much of that debate has centered on whether other admins would perform similarly malicious acts following an employment termination. Some reports have this percentage...

Tags: Password, Webcast, Account Management, Admin Password, Quest Software Inc., Sales Channel, Sales Force Management, Sales

Webcasts 2008-10-15

Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2)

In Part 1, I discussed the four Free Linux distributions that are best position to provide extended support and ample functionality to an end user through a protracted recession,  as well as having the characteristic "safeness" or "stability" factor in terms of being able to weather...

Tags: Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Sun Solaris 10, Red Hat Inc., Recession, Operating System, Novell OpenSuse, BSD, CentOS, Scientific Linux, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-14

New Wi-Fi chipsets promise up to 2x throughput of current 802.11n devices

A couple of weeks ago I did a post on the Home Theater blog about Celeno Communications' wireless chip that the company claims can support four different HD streams simultaneously. Now another company has announced its own Wi-Fi technology that promises significant performance improvement over the 802.11n spec. Quantenna's QHS...

Tags: Throughput, IEEE 802.11n, Quantenna, Chipsets, Wi-Fi, Semiconductors, Wireless, Hardware, Components, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Jobs: “Blu-ray is just a bag of hurtâ€�

Jobs: “Blu-ray is just a bag of hurtâ€�I get the feeling that Apple is worried thatif they placed a Blu-Ray disc into the unit that it would cut down on rentals thru iTunes.In that case it would appear that Blu-Ray has little need of Apple.Care to back that up?[i]I get...

Tags: Blu-ray, DVD, Consumer electronics, Digital media, job, Apple Inc., Blu-ray disc

Discussion threads 2008-10-14

'I'm a PC. A $999 MacBook still doesn't tempt me' (or does it?)

'I'm a PC. A $999 MacBook still doesn't tempt me' (or does it?)MS will have nothing exciting on the OS front for Christmas this year.If you want to do something exciting, you will have to buy a Mac. And, it only gets worse for MS on the MID/NetBook front. That...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Laptop sale, Desktop sale, PC, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, laptop computer, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-10-14

Keeping the dream alive - bootstrap your way out of the death spiral

Jennifer Leggio is on the road. Guest editorial by Ryan Kuder I was very publicly laid off from Yahoo! back in February. It's a gut-wrenching experience for anyone who has gone through it. At the time, my choices were to get a new...

Tags: Dream, Network, Yahoo! Inc., Start-up, Jennifer Leggio, Ryan Kuder, VC, Angels, Networking

Blog posts 2008-10-14

New notebooks: What Apple didn't announce

While Apple delivered a lot of new features in the new MacBooks today (glass trackpads, unibody contruction) and they also removed one – Firewire from the MacBook. There are some other key features that that were rumored to arrive in Apple's new notebooks that just didn't pan out. ...

Tags: Multi-touch, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Notebooks, Keyboards, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Peripherals, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Apple gadget lust for me, but anything for Ed Tech?

Apple gadget lust for me, but anything for Ed Tech?Your Mac Lust borders on Creepy....Geez... that article is just a little bit scary. The kid on the eTrade commercials is in my head..."I seriously underestimated the creepiness factor"... he says this about a clown and I am applying it...

Tags: Corporate communications, Desktops, DVD, Consumer electronics, Notebooks, Apple Inc., video

Discussion threads 2008-10-14

Confirmed: MacBook drops Firewire port

Confirmed: MacBook drops Firewire portUpgrade to Pro?It looks like if you want FireWire, you'll need to get a Macbook Pro instead.http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/specs.html"What do video professionals think about this?"What about we non-professionals who shoot video?I guess we're SOL, as far as Apple is concerned.Nice way to drive customers to Windows machines Stevie...

Tags: Notebooks, macBook Pro, Apple MacBook, FireWire, video, Firewire port

Discussion threads 2008-10-14

LiveBlog: Apple's notebook event

LiveBlog: Apple's notebook eventThat Jobs fellow always looking out for us![i]Jobs said the licensing for Blu-Ray technology is still too complex to burden customers with the costs associated with it.[/i]Thanks Jobs! I'll be thinking of you while watching Blu-Ray movies on my HTPC Vista machine that cost me ~$60...

Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Apple Inc., LiveBlog, notebook event, notebook

Discussion threads 2008-10-14

Poll: Best personal finance software?

Poll: Best personal finance software?MoneydanceMoneydance - moneydance.comSplashMoneyGreat little app originating for the Palm OS. Has been ported to Windows and iPhone worlds. I can keep track of my expenses on my iPhone and sync it via wireless connection with my desktop. Good tool set and it is a darn sight...

Tags: INTERNET, Financial accounting, personal finance software, personal finance, Moneydance

Discussion threads 2008-10-14

LiveBlog: Apple's notebook event

update: (Editor's note: The updates of this entry appear in reverse order.) 11:03 a.m. - The event is over. Steve thanks us for coming and we're done. 10:54 a.m. Answers questions about relationship with Nvidia, as well as integration of Blu-Ray. Jobs said...

Tags: Job, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Graphics, Apple MacBook Pro, Tim Cook, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Cisco's Chambers sees collaboration fueling productivity gains; Web 2.0 as new enterprise engine?

Cisco CEO John Chambers said Tuesday that there will be an "instant replay" in technology-led productivity gains in the current downturn just like the U.S. saw in the mid-1990s. The difference this time around: In the mid-90s those productivity gains were based on big enterprise resource planning...

Tags: John Chambers, Web, Collaboration, Cisco Systems Inc., Web 2.0, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Would you pay $1,499 for the Microsoft 'Oahu' Surface table?

Would you pay $1,499 for the Microsoft 'Oahu' Surface table?Off course >: )Yes i would especially if it comes with Windows 7 and has quite a bigger than 22" and Full HD screen.Seriously it is not everyday that Microsoft release an innovative and exciting consumer product.Yes. Heck, I have...

Tags: Keyboards, Games, Food & Beverage, Surface Table, Oahu, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-14

Lead, Melamine, and Backdoored Routers

Lead, Melamine, and Backdoored RoutersBackdoored Routers - A Good IdeaWhat's the problem with backdoored routers? It's a good handy way to make sure that you are not stealing Intellectual Property. If the Chinese government, RIAA, etc. watches every move you make, then probably your moves will all be...

Tags: Routers & switches, Manufacturing, Backdoored Routers, Melamine, router

Discussion threads 2008-10-14