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- Cerf's call for simple pricing: Net Neutrality all over again
- Cerf's call for simple pricing: Net Neutrality all over againCerf's call for simple pricing: Net Neutrality all over again[i]Rather than a volume cap, I suggest the introduction of transmission rate caps, which would allow users to purchase access to the Internet at a given minimum data rate and be free...
- Tags: Pricing, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKING, Net Neutrality, Vint Cerf, simple pricing, pricing strategy, Internet, Cerf, network
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
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- The Paparazzi Social Media Problem
- Jevon McDonald, someone whose opinions I rate highly, has posted a stellar piece on 'The uncertain future of Blogging' today. The idea of user-generated content was once almost exclusively owned by blogging. Blogging was the conversation, blogging was the vehicle, blogging was the...
- Tags: Collaboration, Blog, Jevon, Blogging, Internet, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Clearwire-Sprint make it official, pave way for WiMax rollout
- A mobile WiMax service, called Clear, will soon be here, now that Clearwire and Sprint-Nextel have completed a $14.5 billion joint-venture deal that was announced in May. The new company formed by the deal, which will retain the Clearwire name, will create a 4G nationwide broadband wireless network that will...
- Tags: Clearwire Corp., Sprint Communications, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Waking up, calming down
- Fujitsu is working on a steering wheel-mounted drowsiness sensor that will detect subtle changes in the driver's heart rate and respond with various wake-up calls, including opening the windows, blasting the radio and jolting the wheel. Seriously unconscious drivers might get all three at once. (Here's hoping that sheer surprise...
- Tags: Car, Window, Sensor, Ed Gottsman
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Is there no end to the AutoRun madness?
- * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Roel Schouwenberg Let's skip any introduction and get straight to the point: We're currently facing a problem of epidemic proportions in malware that is spreading via removable devices. The U.S. army's recent...
- Tags: Floppy Disk, Malware, Microsoft Corp., USB, Virus, AutoRun, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 1)?
- Last week, when I asked "Are you sure you don't just want to use Ubuntu?" I received a record number of talkbacks, good, bad, and in between. One of the more interesting, though, came from reader ksheppard, who responded with a challenge: ...Here's a challenge to...
- Tags: Budgeting, Superintendent, Desktop Linux, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- A back to school programming exercise
- For most of us in the States, we're getting back to work after four days of family and tryptophan. For the rest of the world, it's just plain Monday. Any way it goes, a lot of us could use something to get back in gear and could certainly...
- Tags: Python, Programming, Knight, Development Tools, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Netgear readying Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9000 media-streaming device
- One of Netgear's new products that it may announce at CES in January has leaked online, and it adds another networked media-streaming device to an already crowded field. The Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9000 has already reached the FCC for testing and approval, which Engadget was able to sniff...
- Tags: Hard Drive, NetGear, Digital Entertainer Elite EVA9000, Home Networking, Ethernet, Networking, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Icahn averages down on Yahoo; Searches for break even
- Carl Icahn added to his stake in Yahoo just before Thanksgiving and bought more than 6.77 million shares. Naturally, folks need to find the meaning in Icahn's move. Kara Swisher notes that Icahn may have upped his investment because Jerry Yang's replacement is about to...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Kara, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-28
- Crappy economy = great time for open source in schools
- Not only is it budget time for me right now as we put together our FY10 plans, but it's also time to figure out how we're going to make it through the rest of FY09. Since so many people have lost jobs and/or homes recently, the state and town...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Money, Hardware, Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Document Management, Open Source, Tools & Techniques, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft Windows, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-27
- SMS fees impacting Twitter feature
- Just this week, I was applauding Twitter for rejecting an offer from Facebook. One reason I noted was that Twitter's SMS text feature makes alerts from twittering (tweeting?) news outlets such as ZDNet even more valuable. Now, that feature seems headed for the history books as wireless carriers impose fee...
- Tags: Wireless Carrier, SMS, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Facial recognition systems for border security
- Facial recognition systems are used around the world to check very quickly if an individual's photo appears in a database of known or suspected criminals. Unfortunately, the systems often acquire poor facial images in real-world environments such as airports. Now, researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology...
- Tags: Facial Recognition, Border Security, Image, Camera, NIST, Facial Recognition System, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Google: no evidence of a Gmail vulnerability
- Following the speculations on the resurrection of what's thought to be an already fixed Gmail flaw which could assist in domain name hijackings, yesterday Google commented that their investigation indicated that the recent domain hijacks should be attributed to a phishing campaign, rather than to a Gmail flaw. The phishers...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Attacker, Vulnerability, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail Providers, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- A rare occurrence: Macs on sale
- If there's one thing about Apple products that you can pretty much always bank on, it's that they rarely go on sale. Best Buy launched some pre-Black Friday specials that discounts a whole lineup of Macbooks, iMacs and even the Mac Mini. (Nope, iPods and the iPhone...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Retail, Desktops, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Cloud definitions and economics
- Like Phil Wainewright, I attended the excellent CloudCamp in London several weeks back. Unlike Phil, I walked away with more questions than answers but with my enterprisey antenna on high alert. Two things struck me. Rhys Jones of Royal Bank of Scotland's assertion that while cloud computing...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., James, Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- TiVo control comes to iPhone
- I used to be a huge fan of TiVo until the cable companies made me a deal that I couldn't refuse. While I still like the TiVo interface much better than the abysmal Comcast DVR, it comes down to simple economics. The cable companies are willing to...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, TiVo Inc., Digital Video Recorder, TiVo Mobile Site, DVR, Digital Video, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Will Apple launch a netbook? And other burning questions
- Apple has said "it doesn't do cheap," but one analyst reckons that Steve Jobs & Co. will address the netbook market at some point--either with an 11-inch MacBook Air priced between $800 and $1,000 in 2009 or a tablet Mac in 2010. That's one of the more...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Gene Munster, 3G, Notebooks, Desktops, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- News to know: Ubuntu; New Macbook; BlackBerry Storm; Google layoffs
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Are you sure you don't just want to use Ubuntu? Netbooks + Ubuntu: OS solid but... Robin...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Layoff, Apple MacBook, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Notebooks, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Is Apple pricing itself out of education?
- Fellow blogger, Robin Harris, wrote an interesting piece on the costly touches to the new MacBooks (design process, LED backlighting, etc.). Steve's history of putting form before function - or price - comes at a particularly bad time. The worldwide economic crunch - heckuva job, Greenspan! -...
- Tags: Education, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Pricing Strategy, Steve, Netbooks, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Text analytics helps find what you're searching for
- As search becomes more and more of a commodity, many people are beginning to ask “what’s next” for the enterprise search industry. The answer may lie with the fast-evolving area of text analytics, says Lexalytics' Jeff Catlin. Commentary--Enterprise search is still growing, evolving and improving....
- Tags: Enterprise Search, Financial Planning, Cloud Computing, Finance, search, analytics, Jeff Catlin, Lexalytics, Special to ZDNet, Jeff Catlin, Lexalytics, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2008-11-24
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