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The tangled web of broadcasting regulations

The FCC is preparing to approve licensing of "white space" spectrum, which is good for the public even if it poses challenges for broadcasters and mobile networks who paid top dollar for the right to have fewer competitors. Likewise, though the NAB supports a delay in the switchover to...

Tags: Web, Regulation, Broadcasting, John Carroll, FCC, Spectrum, Switchover, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Blog posts 2008-10-17

Broadcasters get leeway on digital TV switch

Broadcasters get leeway on digital TV switchHi Voska, Sorry! I was joking...... that was my take on our local conspiracy theorist's typical rant that everything is a government plot out to empty his wallet. I guess I might have done it a bit too well...Personally we have a nice...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, switchover, TV, digital television, broadcaster, leeway, cable

Discussion threads 2008-01-02

FCC sets cable requirement for digital switchover

FCC sets cable requirement for digital switchoverGov TV mandateThis seems sureal. Doesn't the government have better things to worry about besides the quality of Inside Edition broadcasts?RE: FCC sets cable requirement for digital switchoverMaybe they should also think about all of the people on disablity that don't have funds...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, HDTV, TV, switchover, cable, digital switchover, cable requirement, converter box, FCC

Discussion threads 2007-09-12

Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch Pre-Manual Switchover Switch Integrity Diagnostic Utility Feature Module

This paper describes the Pre-Manual Switchover Switch Integrity Diagnostic Utility feature that provides the switchover target system health information. For costly traffic outages to be avoided, the switchover decision must be made based on the system health information. The diagnostic script utility automates the manual procedures that are used to...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Switchover, System Health Information, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources

White papers 2007-03-04

Fully Redundant Clock Generation and Distribution With Dynamic Oscillator Switchover

This paper describes a fully redundant clock generation and distribution approach with a fully dynamic switchover capability and concurrent repair. It highlights the challenges as the design evolved from a single source, to a "Cold" standby backup, and finally to a fully redundant transparent switchover with no interruption of the...

Tags: Switchover, IBM Corp., Backups

White papers 2007-01-19

Additional Resources

Could excess power consumption finally do in the mainframe?

Hewlett-Packard's John Pickett has it in for mainframes. In fact, he has been known to call them the SUVs of the computer industry, big pieces of gadgetry that are over-powered. As the Mainframe Alternative Program Manager in HP's ESS Marketing group, Pickett is responsible for evangelizing the...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Power Consumption, TTX, Mainframes, Servers, Hardware, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-07-13

IT lessons from Facebook's user name launch

Facebook has detailed some of the backend moves as it prepared to roll out usernames to 200 million users. The blog post is the latest in Facebook's effort to allow us peak behind the scenes a bit. Facebook allowed its 200 million users to pick names while...

Tags: Facebook, Information Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-02

Digital TV conversion figures: 5 percent switch to cable, 8 percent buy new HDTV

As the transition to a 100-percent digital TV landscape officially comes at the end of the week, market research firm Knowledge Networks has crunched some numbers to find out that about a quarter of TV households were impacted by the switch. Despite what seems like the near-ubiquity...

Tags: HDTV, Digital Television, Cable, Converter Box, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-06-07

SATA Revision 3.0 paves way for 6Gb/s devices

SATA Revision 3.0 paves way for 6Gb/s devicesSATA Connectors *are* crap - agreed.Unbelievable that the old molex 4-pin power connector was better than the new one. I never had a molex pop out, but I've have several SATA power connectors disconnect, especially in fold-together desktops like Dells and small form...

Tags: PCI, SATA Connector, Serial ATA, PCI Express, solid state disk, SATA Revision 3.0

Discussion threads 2009-05-28

Washington state rejects open source

Washington state rejects open sourcePerfect example...Of what loibiest have the power to do. MS gets the big guys in their pocket. And then those big guys could care less if they lose half their workforce so long as they get whatever MS promised them.Just what problem is he trying to...

Tags: Washington State, open source, Microsoft Corp., Dressel

Discussion threads 2009-04-17

500 mln mobile TV viewers by 2013

While mobile broadcast TV was pioneered in Japan and South Korea, following the switchover traditional and mobile TV broadcasters and cellular operators in many regions will launch mobile TV services that are forecast to attract over 500 mln viewers by 2013, ABI Research found. by AM

Tags: Mobile, Mobile TV, Advertising & Promotion, TVs, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, AM

Blog posts 2009-02-18

Analog TV signals are starting to dim. Have you been affected?

Even though the federal deadline for TV stations to switch completely to digital broadcasting has been pushed back to June, some stations have already made the move—a full 25 percent, according to the Associated Press. While most major cities haven't been impacted yet, residents of San Diego and smaller cities...

Tags: Converter Box, TVs, Network Technology, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Networking, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-02-18

DTV delayed until June

DTV delayed until JunePresident Obama and the Congress ....... got this one wrong! The same people that aren't ready now won't be ready in June. It is their nature that until their hand is forced they will not act.Furthermore, since when is television is a right? Did...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, digital television, TV

Discussion threads 2009-02-05

Clouds, history, and unmitigated drivel

Clouds, history, and unmitigated drivelHere come the flames!Regardless of the accurracy/inaccuracy of your vision, I can see the flames coming already.I personally don't see anything overtly incorrect in what you state, but my interpretation differs slightly.In my opinion, until they can find a way to capitalize on the creation of...

Tags: NETWORKING, New Network Architecture, network, monoculture

Discussion threads 2009-01-29

So how did it go? Debriefing the inauguration

So how did it go? Debriefing the inaugurationI listened on the radioI've always found video to be distracting when I'm trying to work, but I agree that this should have been playing in US government and history classes throughout the US, not because a particular president was being sworn in,...

Tags: CBS Corp., inauguration, ceremony, Webcast

Discussion threads 2009-01-20

Are you being gouged on your cable bill?

Are you being gouged on your cable bill?cableI was receiving the standard package about 50 channels, costing about 29.99 - in 8 months with no changes the cost escallated to 80.00, they lost a customer, there is no explaination for the cost increase, there is no one checking them either.COX...

Tags: Network technology, DirectTV, cable, cable company, Cox Cable

Discussion threads 2008-11-10

Coming soon, but not really soon enough: A certification to weed out shady electronics recyclers

Just carved out a half-hour to sit on the teleconference for the Basel Action Network BAN, which is a watchdog on the problem of toxic waste around the globe. The issue about which BAN is truly up in arms this week relates to the export of containers full of computers,...

Tags: Certification, Electronics, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-10

The tangled web of broadcasting regulations

The tangled web of broadcasting regulationsYou get what you pay for.Unless, of course, you're a broadcaster. In that case, reducing the value of what you purchased from the government by suddenly allowing competitors is a good thing. You've been robbed, but the public gains by... something else happening.What...

Tags: TVs, Web, TV, broadcasting, broadcasting regulation, government

Discussion threads 2008-10-17

End of an era: Dell may dump its factories

End of an era: Dell may dump its factoriesRubbed up the wrong way?"The rub: It's unclear whether contract equipment manufacturers would want to buy Dell's manufacturing hubs. Do contract manufacturers really want to take on Dell's capacity?"Don't CEM's want to take on everyone's capacity ... I mean isn't their model...

Tags: Manufacturing, Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., End-Of-An-Era

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Geek Sheet: Configuring Synergy2 to Share Keyboard, Video and Mouse

It's time again for another Geek Sheet. This time, we're going to show you how to share keyboard, mouse, and video click for short demonstration between multiple desktop computers, using different Operating Systems with a free Open Source program called Synergy2. Are you geeky enough that you...

Tags: Mouse, Microsoft Windows XP, Client Systems, Video, Screen, Mice, Keyboards, Servers, Hardware, Peripherals, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-08