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What is Intel's mobile Linux game?: Intel has a new mobile Linux project dubbed Moblin right.It includes a Linux kernel, a framework for a user interface, a browser, a multimedia framework, and embedded image creation tools, along with developer resources.Sounds great until you realize there are a ton of other, similar frameworks under development. Nokia backs Maemo,...; Tags: wireless, telecom, Strategy, mobile, Linux, Hardware, General, Development, business models, Applications; Blog posts 2007-07-17
The open source purpose of new spectrum: What is the purpose of frequency regulation?Is it to maximize returns for investors or to serve the public interest?Open source does not deliver as much software profit as the proprietary model, but it does deliver enormous value to customers. Thus the free market likes open source. If the purpose of "competition"...; Tags: business models, General, Google, Government, Hardware, Legal, mass market, mobile, politics, telecom, VOIP, wireless; Blog posts 2007-07-12
How big should the Linux kernel be?: Great news. The Emulex Virtual Host Bus Adapter HBA driver is being made part of the Linux kernel.What this means is support for enterprise scale fiber connections is actually going to be inside the core of the operating system. Cool.It's just another indication of how robust Linux is becoming, thanks...; Tags: Development, General, Implementations, Infrastructure, LANs and WANs, Linux, Linux Server OS, support, telecom; Blog posts 2007-07-11
Can OpenMoko break the wireless monopoly?: Open source telephony takes a big step forward today as the OpenMoko neo1973 starts shipping to developers. Its public Wiki is also open for business.The phone runs an open Linux kernel and what it calls Mobile FOSS, meaning everything inside it is Free and Open Source Software. Parts were chosen based...; Tags: wireless, VOIP, telecom, mobile, Hardware, Government, General, FOSS, Development; Blog posts 2007-07-09
FCC fights the open source concept: With today's release of new rules for Software Defined Radios, it should be clear that the FCC under chairman Kevin Martin right is dedicated to proprietary models, and a determined foe of open source.The final FCC language shows disdain for the open source concept, fearing that anything which can be...; Tags: General, Government, Hardware, Infrastructure, Legal, politics, telecom, wireless; Blog posts 2007-07-06

Seeking political advantage in open source: John Edwards may be winning nothing more than Iowa and the netroots primary, but he is notable in being the first Presidential candidate to mention open source in his political campaign. (Picture from Hedgefunddomain.)His campaign told the Open Voting Consortium last week he supports requiring open source code in voting...; Tags: telecom, politics, Microsoft, Legal, Government, General; Blog posts 2007-07-01
Open access should not be a partisan question: The question of open access to the 700 MHz frequencies being abandoned in 2009 by TV should not be a partisan one.But it has become so. With Democratic FCC commissioner Jonathan Adelstein now speaking out on behalf of open access, in advance of final rules, the partisan nature of the...; Tags: wireless, telecom, politics, Network Standards/Protocols, mass market, Legal, Government, General, business models; Blog posts 2007-06-22
The telecomm revolution will not be televised: Maria Bartiromo of CNBC ticked me off the other day.It was in her introduction to the NxtComm show in Chicago, the successor show to Supercomm. She breathlessly described how "the industry's heavyweights" were there to "decide on the future of telecommunications."But the future doesn't come from there anymore.The future is...; Tags: wireless, VOIP, telecom, Strategy, Infrastructure, Implementations, Hardware, General, Development, Applications; Blog posts 2007-06-21
Open spectrum is why the iPhone will fail: Until Larry Dignan pointed it out, I had not realized just how busy we ZDNet bloggers had gotten in talking about the Apple iPhone.It's hardware, it's proprietary, so I really planned on keeping my mouth shut about it. But there is one point I have decided to make, one related...; Tags: wireless, VOIP, telecom, politics, mass market, Hardware, Government, business models, Applications, Apple; Blog posts 2007-06-20
WiFi is the open source technology of the decade: To me, the best open source technology of this whole decade is WiFi.Without it, I wouldn't be posting this.Since a lightning strike knocked out my wired Internet service a few nights ago I have been coming to you from inside a coffee shop a mile from home called Gathering Grounds....; Tags: wireless, VOIP, telecom, Standards, mobile, mass market, Legal, Internet, Hardware, Government, General, business models; Blog posts 2007-06-13
The power to route around bottlenecks: The most vital trait shared by the Internet and open source is the ability to route around bottlenecks.If there is a problem on a router between your PC and this item, the Internet Protocol will find another way. Thus the network increases in redundancy and robustness as it grows.Open source...; Tags: telecom, Patents, mobile, Microsoft, mass market, Legal, Internet, Google, General, BSD, Applications; Blog posts 2007-06-04
GPV V3 and hardware modification: The Free Software Foundation has released its "last call" draft of GPL V3, along with a personal plea from Richard Stallman for folks to upgrade from V2. (This gadget-loving Tux was found at Computer Shopper.)Most discussion of the new release will focus on Novell, which won clearance for its Microsoft...; Tags: wireless, telecom, Strategy, Software Licensing, mobile, mass market, Legal, Hardware, GPL, Government, FOSS; Blog posts 2007-06-01
Telcos, cables battle over statewide video franchising: Cable and phone companies who've been duking it out in the marketplace are now taking their battle to state legislators, reports Stateline.orgAt stake is access to the lucrative television market, and companies such as AT&T and Verizon want to circumvent the current local approval process in favor of statewide...; Tags: State &, Local Govt, Telecom; Blog posts 2007-05-17
Open spectrum can close the broadband gap: The San Jose Mercury News (reg. req.) admits the U.S. now has a "broadband gap."That is, citizens of other countries can get more Internet bits for less money than can Americans. The group to the left, partly financed by the EU, is trying to increase wireless service in Europe. Its...; Tags: business models, General, Government, Infrastructure, Internet, mass market, politics, telecom, wireless; Blog posts 2007-05-09
The war against open spectrum: One of the key Internet values which makes open source possible is open spectrum.Unlicensed frequencies, linked to the Internet, have been among the greatest economic boons of this decade. The 802.11 or WiFi bands carry far more traffic, and generate far more economic activity, than any licensed band ever sold...; Tags: General, Government, Hardware, Infrastructure, LANs and WANs, Network Administration, Security, telecom, wireless; Blog posts 2007-05-08
How to kill open source: The use of lawyers to go after open source frontally, with copyright and patents, has not worked, so many in the open source community are under the mistaken impression that the war is over and they won. It's not over. (A podcast of this old-timey radio show is available through...; Tags: telecom, mass market, Legal, Internet, General, content, business models; Blog posts 2007-05-07
Time Warner gets a clue: For a decade now open standards have been anathema to the copyright industries.But lately Time Warner has gotten a clue. (The tiny image in the corner of the logo at right, by the way, is a flying pig.)The companys cable unit made a deal with FON which lets subscribers offer...; Tags: Applications, business models, content, General, Internet, marketing, mass market, telecom, wireless; Blog posts 2007-04-24
Open source needs lobbyists: A decade ago, when the Web had just been spun, the computer industry learned the hard way how it needed lobbyists to keep competition alive. (Why the movie? Read on.)Chief among these companies was Microsoft, which stepped up to the plate for the industry, hired lots of warm bodies (often...; Tags: telecom, politics, Microsoft, marketing, Legal, Government, General, Enterprise Policy; Blog posts 2007-04-18
Can Linux save Palm?: Palm Computing, which defined a whole new category with the PDA and then saw it shrivel, is attempting a comeback based on Linux. (Picture from the PalmInfoCenter.)A new version of the Palm Treo, due out by the end of the year, will run on a version of Linux. This news...; Tags: Hardware, Development, wireless, telecom, mobile, Linux, General; Blog posts 2007-04-11
No open source pressure in Viacom-Google case: Why write about Viacoms suit against Google in an open source blog?Because there but for the grace of open source goes software. (The image is from the ZDNet blog of Donna Bogatin, who holds a different, albeit quite valid, view on these topics.)Back at the turn of the century stories...; Tags: Google Inc., Business Software Alliance, Viacom Inc., open source, piracy; Blog posts 2007-03-13