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As iPhone reveals weakness of Edge network, a call for a national wireless network

The sale of the iPhone is a publicity event of such gargantuan proportions that anyone with a reasonable hook to the story can use media hunger for all things iPhone to air their particular agenda. Enter Reed Hundt, former chairman of the FCC and front man for Frontline Wireless. The...

Tags: Mobile/wireless, FCC

Blog posts 2007-07-04

On net neutrality, Reed Hundt speaks truth to power

That's former FCC chair Reed Hundt. I think he looks a bit like Dr. McCoy from the original "Star Trek."But to the subject at hand. Ever wish you could be in two places at once? Last week was one of those times for me.I was at the CTIA...

Tags: Reed Hundt

Blog posts 2006-04-10

Reed Hundt says, make the Internet a top priority

Reed Hundt says, make the Internet a top priorityIs he right? Ha.When have collectivists ever been right?Ok, here's a suggestion. Go back and ask the citizens of Munster whether collectivism works. Or ask the French who starved during the time of the Colbert-Mercantile fiasco. Or ask...

Tags: OK Here, for-profit, Reed Hundt

Discussion threads 2006-04-04

Reed Hundt says, make the Internet a top priority

Appearing like a ghost of Internet past, Reed Hundt showed up at Freedom2Connect to defend his record and attack the incumbent's assumptions.His point was that the Internet is a public good, that fast, ubiquitous access to it is an economic essential, and it would be incredibly cheap to deliver that...

Tags: Reed Hundt

Blog posts 2006-04-04

Additional Resources

Mayor: Cleantech leaders are finding their way to San Jose

The great thing about visiting my brother and his family in San Jose is that there is almost always a business reason for me to be here. I used my latest trip ending tomorrow to catch up with the mayor of San Jose, Chuck Reed, about his city's aggressive green...

Tags: San Jose, Leader, Clean Technology, Capital Structures, Finance, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-22

Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018

Since my blogging buddy Harry Fuller is on vacation this week, I need to pick up the gauntlet and ensure that we've got some good political fodder for those of you who want to debate the existence of global warming and the necessity of reducing our dependence on foreign oil....

Tags: San Jose, Mr., Al Gore, Fossil Fuel, Gore, Blogging, Investment, Internet, Finance, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Microsoft's manycore strategy

The post on Apple's Grand Central multicore support in OS X.vi had some commenters claiming that Microsoft had already solved the multicore software problem. Far from it. And Microsoft knows it Microsoft has a multi-pronged campaign to get in front of multicore. They're hiring smart...

Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Multi-core, MR, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-06-25

Risking Another Frontline Disaster

The Wall Street Journal says in an editorial that FCC chair Kevin Martin is about to screw things up again on the public wireless Internet front. The first time around Martin tried to rig the D block auction to hand 700MHz spectrum over to Frontline Wireless, formed by former commissioner...

Tags: FCC, Auction, Journal, M2Z, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-06-06

Online Company Expands Services with New Web Environment

To expand its online business and increase revenue, reed.co.uk wanted to add new recruitment services. In 2007, the company collaborated with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Attenda to plan a Web environment based on the Windows Server 2008 Standard operating system and Microsoft .NET connection software. Now, the development team can...

Tags: Web, Microsoft Corp., Channel Management, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Marketing, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

White papers 2008-06-04

Roasting biomass to produce more energy

According to engineers at the University of Leeds, UK, it is possible to use torrefaction, a process usually associated with coffee production, to increase the energy content of some of some crops by up to 20 per cent. Not only torrefaction would lead to an increase of the energy extracted...

Tags: Energy, Public Relations, Construction, Benefits, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Human Resources, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-23

When did people forget how to spell? Or complete sentences? Or form thoughts?

I just bought an electric guitar, ostensibly for my 5-year old, who requested one for his birthday, but really as an early graduation and Father's Day gift for myself. I didn't spend much; I found a good deal on an Epiphone "starter pack" and had myself an amp and...

Tags: Standards, Kid, Quality, Business Operations, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-05-20

HRH Prince Penguin

Did anyone else happen to notice that Prince Charles is a closet Penguin? On our UK-based sister site, ZDNet.CO.UK our British colleague Andrew Donoghue quoted His Majesty as follows: "Many of the case studies we received highlight the...

Tags: Thin Client, Thin Clients, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-05-09

10 reasons for IT failure

10 reasons for IT failureThe number one reason...I still say the number one reason for failure is the mind set that in some magical way IT project management is different than other diciplines. (Engineering projects as an example.)One of the short comings I see in most curriculum for computer...

Tags: Strategy, Project management, information technology, IT Failure

Discussion threads 2008-05-02

Is Congress looking at the right VA scandal?

The U.S. Senate is finally getting on the Veterans Administration's VA case. Spurred by a class action suit which is now going to trial, Sen. Patty Murray has demanded the resignation of Dr. Ira Katz, the head of the agency's mental health wing. As...

Tags: Sen., U.S. Congress, Health Care, John McCain, VA, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-24

VistA dieing of starvation and neglect

The Veterans Administration VA is starving its world-class VistA medical records software to death. At a time when organizations around the world are switching from proprietary to open source models of support, an agency which created such a model from scratch is going the other way. ...

Tags: Electronic Health Record, Microsoft Windows Vista, U.S. Department Of Defense, Veterans Administration, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), E-health, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-23

Working in a small business can make you sick

Working in a small business can make you sickSmall Bus. healthcareI have coverage through my employer a four employee company. He pays half, I pay the other half. It's $2750 a year vs. $5400, so it's better than nothing!One of two things has to happenAnd this is the case for...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Blankenhorn, small business

Discussion threads 2008-04-14

Rocker Lou Reed takes aim at new technology

Rocker Lou Reed takes aim at new technologyGive me a breakMaybe if he was a symphony conductor I could take his rantings seriously.Sure MP3 is not perfect, but it's better than Am radio and pretty much on-par or slightly better than FM.We have better formats... Its called MP4 AACThe iTunes...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Rocker Lou Reed, AAC

Discussion threads 2008-03-14

A geek's trip to Capitol Hill on Network Management

I appeared before congressional and government staffers on Capitol Hill for a panel on Network Management sponsored by iGrowthGlobal.  This was my first time in Washington DC and while it was a little cold for my Californian bones, it was a beautiful city and seeing the capitol of the nation...

Tags: BitTorrent, Japan, Network, Comcast Corp., P2P, Mr., Video, DOCSIS, Geek, Wireless Network, Presentation, Network Management, Richard Bennett, Cable, Peer To Peer (P2P), Networking, Internet, Corporate Communications, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Marketing, George Ou

Blog posts 2008-03-03

Fastest-growing UK sites in January 2008

Property December 2007 January 2008 Growth, % Total Internet 32,981 33,254 1% First Choice Holidays PLC 1,612 3,874 140% Arcandor AG 1,877 4,396 134% TUI Group 2,065 4,577 122% British Airways 1,963 3,564 82% Moneysupermarket.com...

Tags: Internet, NB

Blog posts 2008-03-01

Leading Online Recruitment Company Expands Services With New Web Environment

To expand its online business and increase revenue, reed.co.uk wanted to add new recruitment services. In 2007, the company collaborated with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Attenda to plan a Web environment based on the Windows Server 2008 Standard operating system and Microsoft .NET connection software. Now, the development team can...

Tags: Web, Microsoft Corp., Channel Management, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Marketing, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Case studies 2008-03-01