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- News to know: Windows 7, Net Neutrality, Nokia-Apple; Kindle
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Windows 7 Coverage Andrew Nusca: Liveblog: Microsoft CEO Ballmer kicks off Windows 7 availability Adrian Kingsley-Hughes:...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2009-10-23
- 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
- Comcast's faster web: tempting users to reach for the (bandwidth) ceiling [Video]
- Comcast's faster web: tempting users to reach for the bandwidth ceiling [Video]Pulses of DCHow will they be monitoring all on their subscribers?Everybody goes through the Comcast computer system and they end up faster than AT&T?Aren't they in trouble with the FCC?RE: Comcast's faster web: tempting users to reach for the...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Channel management, Comcast Corp., video, Web
- Discussion threads 2008-10-28
- News to know: Microsoft Mesh; Microhoo; OLPC; Patents; Linked data
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Ten things to know about Microsoft's Live Mesh Ryan Stewart: Silverlight and the future core of Microsoft Screen shots: Microsoft's Live Mesh right Images: Hands-on with Live Mesh Techmeme ...
- Tags: Patent, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Linux, Open Source, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- No SUSE or RedHat consumer Linux OK for Ed Tech
- No SUSE or RedHat consumer Linux OK for Ed TechIt's important to notethat Linux also can make for a gaming system via wine and cedega and cedega has specific install packages for suse. Maybe students should be informed that there are options for gaming on Linux and once...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Ed Tech, SuSE, Novell OpenSuse, RedHat consumer Linux OK, Lenovo T61, Linux, Red Hat Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-18
- Nokia 2366i
- As Nokia pares down its CDMA offerings, finding one of the company's cell phones in either Sprint's or Verizon Wireless' lineup is becoming increasingly rare. Yet the Finns haven't blown out of the CDMA space completely, as Verizon customers with an itch for Nokia design can pick up the Nokia...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Front-and-center, telephone, display, Nokia Corp.
- Product reviews 2007-04-03
- CES and Macworld amount to zip -- until we get better interplay among the companies controlling the parts
- All eyes are on the CES and Macworld events this week -- but the gushings emitted from either show will amount to zero impact on the anticipated converged industries of home/entertainment, mobile services, and PCs/Internet unless things change dramatically among the companies that dominate the subsets of this necessarily inter-dependent...
- Tags: Desktops, Handhelds, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Network technology, Broadband Internet, PC, network, handheld
- Blog posts 2007-01-07
- Company challenges FCC rules on cell phone jamming gear
- Company challenges FCC rules on cell phone jamming gearNot just law enforcementLet's make this technology available to Movie Theaters, Restaraunts, and concert halls...Something Bugs MeIf this cell phone jamming gear can be used to prevent the detonation of bombs, why on earth doesn't our troops in Iraq have them to...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Telecom & Utilities, cell phone, phone, bomb
- Discussion threads 2006-12-01
- An anti-telco blind spot
- An anti-telco blind spotBe afraidI would agree and do not like the prospect of turning over additional power to the government - but having spent a huge chunk of my career in telecom, the telcos are not to be trusted. The PUC public utility commissions are full of reports...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, telecommunications company
- Discussion threads 2006-05-25
- Net neutrality field in Congress gets crowded
- Net neutrality field in Congress gets crowdedTake that AT&T & Comcast! nt.Of course it's getting crowded......the socialists are jockeying during an election year.Socialists always do the wrong thing.http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035-6074564.htmlPlease if their is a God, Keep polititions and the UN out of Net deceisions!!AlWhat a load of crap.This...
- Tags: Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, Net Neutrality, Internet, radio, telecommunications, broadband, U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2006-05-19
- FCC chairman clears way for cheap broadband access
- FCC chairman clears way for cheap broadband accessUp IS Down...If I were the new chairman I would argue that UP for people on the North Pole IS DOWN for people on the South Pole and I would have further documention to support my point/position and people not at either pole...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Broadband Internet, Network technology, LA Times, FCC, phone, broadband, Phone company, cheap broadband access, cable, telecommunications company, cable company, phone company, broadband access
- Discussion threads 2006-01-09
- Quote of the day: FCC 'regulating the entire Internet'
- Quote of the day: FCC 'regulating the entire Internet'Just click the 'here' in the last sentance and READ!The FCC has no more business regulating the internet than the US government or UN!!!!!The US Constitution needs to be allowed to STAY INTACT...INCLUDING the First and Fifth Amendments!!!!!!!!!!!!!Tap isn't Tap any longerThe...
- Tags: Federal government, FCC, Internet, server
- Discussion threads 2005-10-26
- Who should manage the DNS?
- Who should manage the DNS?U.S. CONTROL OVER THE INTERNETThe US government control over the internet has not helped it very much. Only in June 2005 it was disclosed that Hackers hacked the files of US Military. US government should not worry about whether it should have any control over the...
- Tags: unipolarity, Internet, DNS
- Discussion threads 2005-07-01
- FCC requires VoIP to clean up its 911 act
- FCC requires VoIP to clean up its 911 actInifinite loop"Currently, VoIP 911 calls are typically answered by someone in the emergency call center's administrative offices and aren't accompanied by a call-back number or the caller's location. Callers after business hours hear a recorded message that the offices are closed and...
- Tags: Federal government, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, govt, VoIP, FCC, SBC, AT&T CallVantage
- Discussion threads 2005-05-19
- Telcos putting kibosh on a la carte DSL?
- Telcos putting kibosh on a la carte DSL?Cable companies discourage a la carte Internet as well.In SW Florida, Comcast also bundles Internet with their premium cable service. So its cost-prohibitive if you want to use Satellite TV and still have broadband access via cable. The cost if you attempt to...
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, Verizon Communications Inc., SBC, cable, broadband, DSL, telecommunications company, satellite
- Discussion threads 2005-03-29
- DSL wars come down to a battle of the bundles
- DSL wars come down to a battle of the bundlesbasic local phone line costing $10.69 a monthIn what state?! My aging mother who lives on Social Security can barely afford that so called basic local phone line. By the time you add all the taxes, FCC, etc., that total...
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, SBC, cable, splitter, DSL
- Discussion threads 2004-11-10
- CNN and Technorati: Unconventional wisdom
- Political conventions have devolved since Kennedy commandeered television. As suspense went out the window thanks to front-loaded primaries and brokered tickets, the Big Show became an infomercial.The same thing has happened in the technology space, with Comdex giving way to vendor-controlled developer conferences such as Microsoft PDC and JavaOne. And...
- Tags: CNN, Technorati
- Blog posts 2004-07-21
- WiMax in the wings
- WiMax in the wingssounds good.....if you live in the desert,where it never rains.If it's anything like satellite tv it will be next to useless when it rains.Excellent technology and alternativeIt's good to see Intel and others provide an alternative option and competition for broadband services.Hopefully, this exciting technology will allow...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, WiMAX, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2004-06-26
- Bush wants FCC to delay phone hikes
- Bush wants FCC to delay phone hikesHe just cant win at losingIts a sad state our president is in. I kinda feel bad for Bush. Nothing is going his way. He appears to have littled himself to begging anyone and everyone to change what they are doing...
- Tags: phone, Nothing, phone hike, FCC
- Discussion threads 2004-06-16
- Abolish the FCC
- Abolish the FCCYes, if...If you find another way to influence arrogant businesses. FCC has been taking care of cramming, spamming, fraud and any scam.Thank to FCC whcih I used in the past reporting variety of incidents on my personal phone service we had those companies put "back into track" so...
- Tags: Federal government, FCC
- Discussion threads 2004-06-07
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