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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

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Russia as datacenter hub? Not so fast

Russia as datacenter hub? Not so fastPutin and Robert KraftThere's a story going around about a visit that Robert Kraft who owns the Boston Patriots made with Bush to Russia. While there they met with Putin. Putin asked Kraft to see his Super Bowl ring. Kraft handed it to him....

Tags: Data centers, Putin, Kraft, data center

Discussion threads 2008-07-27

Car crash on Wall Street: many injuries and heavy losses

Car crash on Wall Street: many injuries and heavy lossesHolding our breathThe auto-owning public is holding their collective breath to see what comes next. You don't want to be the person that paid an arm and a leg for a Prius then found out a year later there were...

Tags: heavy loss

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

Open source as industrial policy

Open source as industrial policythe EC patriots will bring M$ downwith the EU commision spearheading the the fight against the M$ beast, Linux will level the field and force M$ to compete on merits.Now is the time to prevent an Apple monopoly[i]"The Commission must do its part," said Kroes. "It...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Apple Inc., open source, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPhone, industrial policy, software

Discussion threads 2008-06-12

Mozilla launches Mozilla Messaging unit; Can it fix email?

Mozilla launches Mozilla Messaging unit; Can it fix email?how abouta better default SPAM filter? The "junk" mail feature of T-Bird currently isn't as user-friendly nor a trainable as free plug-ins that can be found for Outlook.Windows live mail is my choiceIt is more nimble than thunderbird and has friendlier...

Tags: E-mail clients, Groupware, Microsoft Windows Live Mail, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Messaging unit, Mozilla Messaging, Mozilla Thunderbird, e-mail, Microsoft Outlook

Discussion threads 2008-02-19

Father of anti-virus says to invest in security awareness training

I don't want to start a debate here over who invented anti-virus. According to DarkReading it is Peter Tippett.(see the recent debate over who invented the firewall here. Is Dark Reading going to also knight the inventor of malware if they can track him down?) In...

Tags: Antivirus, Training, Security, Richard Stiennon

Blog posts 2008-02-11

%27Madden%27+game+picks+Patriots+to+win+Super+Bowl

%27Madden%27+game+picks+Patriots+to+win+Super+BowlSafeway Predicts Madden Will Consume A Side Of BeefBy halftime.So much for video games predicting real games . . .Looks like the real Giants won in the last quarter - so much for video games predicting real games.And so much for EA's perfect record as well.Oh how wrong this wastime...

Tags: Games, Safeway Plc., game

Discussion threads 2008-02-01

Debate over telecom immunity starts anew

Debate over telecom immunity starts anewnetroots and the FISA debateIt's fun to watch what local political bloggers are saying about FISA and their senators.http://www.blognetnews.com/central/RE: Debate over telecom immunity starts anewCheney's argument is the same one used to try to justify letting Hitler's cohorts off the hook at the Nuremberg trials...

Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, telecom immunity, telecommunications, government, Cheney

Discussion threads 2008-01-24

News to know: Apple as economic barometer; 100 GB memory chip; IE 8; Amazon DevPay

Notable headlines: Robin Harris: 100 GB memory chip coming in 2009 Larry Dignan: Apple's first quarter shines, but the outlook crushes stock; Is the beating warranted? David Morgenstern: Is Apple a barometer of the consumer economy? Janice Chen: The best cameras...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Memory Chip, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Chip, Microsoft Windows, Semiconductors, Operating Systems, Memory, Software, Hardware, Components

Blog posts 2008-01-23

Beware of flawed CPU efficiency study

Update 2/22/2008 - I originally used the word "rigged" to describe Neal Nelson's study. My reasoning for using the word "rigged" was due to the fact that the test platforms used in Nelson's study painted an inaccurate picture. Nelson's study omitted two generations of Intel products while including...

Tags: Quad-core, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Intel Corp., Neal Nelson, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, George Ou

Blog posts 2008-01-15

Microsoft Windows hardware leader takes a 'vacation'

Microsoft Windows hardware leader takes a 'vacation'Better go get out while the gettin' is good.They also get tired of people laughing when they say they work at Microsoft.right decisionwhen the [i] Windows Hardware Ecosystem[i] vanished, what need for a leader is there?Linux is eating M$ lunch!Translation:In view of the recent...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, window, Microsoft Corp., zealot, hardware, leader

Discussion threads 2007-12-03

If Skype was disruptive to telcos, then Cubic Telecom is their nightmare (and good for you)

A few weeks prior to my scheduled departure for Dublin, Ireland where I ran the most recent Mashup Camp, I started handing out the phone numbers of my hotel and traveling companions to people who might want to reach me while I was over there. For cell phone usage,...

Tags: SIM Card, Web, Ireland, Phone, Call, Skype Technologies S.A., Wi-Fi, Service, Cubic Telecom, Phone Number, MaxRoam, Pat Phelan, Telecom & Utilities, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-11-27

Rudy's brilliant new idea: a virtual border fence

Rudy's brilliant new idea: a virtual border fenceActually, NO, it would NOT be a problemWe've had the technology to 'see' underground over a decade now. No reason it couldn't be added to the arsenal of technology already planned.Aside from that......the fence will have to be able to see underground to...

Tags: Rudy, brilliant new idea, fence, new idea

Discussion threads 2007-11-20

Patriotfox (jar)

New England Patriots Firefox Theme. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Theme, Randy Senee

Software downloads 2007-11-12

One year later, Vista really is more secure

Windows Vista was released to manufacturing a year ago next week, and landed on retail shelves exactly nine months ago today. To mark the occasion, I dragged a system out of mothballs and installed the original RTM version of Vista Ultimate on it. (Well, OK, I also needed a test...

Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2007-10-31

Why Red Sox winning pennant is bad for Internet phone and video

Why Red Sox winning pennant is bad for Internet phone and video*yawn*If Boston is so problematic, just move it to southern New Hampshire.On the other hand, too bad for VON. Even if the location wasn't a problem, who the heck is going to be paying attention to the meetings?...

Tags: Corporate communications, VOIP, Red Sox, VoN, pennant, Sox, Internet phone, video, phone

Discussion threads 2007-10-22

Police Blotter: Warrantless eavesdropping rejected

Police Blotter: Warrantless eavesdropping rejectedUpside down...Being the federal government's law enforcement arm, one would think that the Justice department would be concerned with enforcing and abiding the supreme law of the land.the ConstitutionAs it stands the Justice department is clearly an enemy of the Constitution.What would the Founders have expected...

Tags: Vertical industries, Franklin Quote, liberty, government, essential liberty, Police Blotter

Discussion threads 2007-09-26

EU ruling deals setback to Microsoft

EU ruling deals setback to MicrosoftQueue the WinZealots...]:)Queue the PatriotsThis article is incorrect on the ruling having nothing to do with the USA - which has "settled". The USA is very much trying to reform Microsoft which is viewed now as a transnational big business rather than an American company...

Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Corp., EU ruling deals setback, deals setback, EU Ruling, American company, big business

Discussion threads 2007-09-17

What will Microsoft's loss in Europe mean to customers?

What will Microsoft's loss in Europe mean to customers?RE: What will Microsoft's loss in Europe mean to customers?It's largely a PR blow. Which is good, considering on how effectively Microsoft manipulate PR to their advantage.It's all about trust.Here we go again!Yes, Microsoft should have made some easier in regards to...

Tags: Linux, Public relations, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-17

Germany arrests 10 in global Internet scam raids

Germany arrests 10 in global Internet scam raidsPrivateersPrivateers have backing. In the Caribbean, privateers were useful to those who wished their enemies harm. Once authorized, the privateers could take from any enemy what ever they could get their hands on. They were not considered criminals. They were not considered pirates....

Tags: Internet, privateer, big business

Discussion threads 2007-09-13