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FCC: Verizon Wireless a big 700 Mhz auction winner; Now what?

FCC: Verizon Wireless a big 700 Mhz auction winner; Now what?time to open your wallet and pay respectsince the spectrum is sold, you have to bow and pay the usage fee to the MAN.RE: FCC: Verizon Wireless a big 700 Mhz auction winner; Now what?[i]Google didn't win any licenses.[/i]ROTFLMAO!! I...

Tags: Federal government, Broadband Internet, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Mhz auction winner, Now-What, Verizon Communications Inc., MHz Auction, Verizon Wireless, spectrum, FCC, usage fee, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-03-20

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Mossberg's review of iPhone 3G: Newer, Faster, Cheaper

The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg has been testing the iPhone 3G for a couple of weeks and today posted his review. As you'd expect, he loves the "between three and five times as fast" 3G networking, "wireless synchronization with corporate email" and the App Store which gives iPhone 3G...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mossberg, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Congress looks at next-gen ad networks

The Center for Democracy and Technology will testify Wednesday about the privacy concerns over ad networks like NebuAd, which has come under fire over a deal with Charter Communications to deploy user-tracking technology, ChannelWeb reports. "For years, Web sites have entered into agreements with advertising...

Tags: Advertisement, Network, U.S. Congress, Ad Network, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-08

What's next for the MacBook Air?

What's next for the MacBook Air?Interchangable batteries go against the Air's designAdding an interchangable battery to the MacBook Air would add enough bulk and weight for it to no longer be a MacBook Air. Before the MacBook Air gets interchangable batteries, the other MacBooks will get more Air-like: thinner &...

Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, Digital music, Digital media, battery, MacBook Air, Apple MacBook, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-07-07

Linux - Still chasing that elusive 1ò0market share

Linux - Still chasing that elusive 1ò0market share.....Not buying less than 1%. 3% yes, 1% no. The problem is there is really no reliable way to count ALL the Linux machines out there, then determine which are server, super computer or desktop or embedded.Linux's strength in diversity creates a near...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-07

Why you'll have a long wait for Microsoft's next OS

Why you'll have a long wait for Microsoft's next OSPerhapsbecause I said best bitsThe next OS from Microsoftshould employ the best bits of what is available, whether they are Microsoft ideas or not - most of the best ones have not been. For example, it should at the very least...

Tags: Operating systems, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-07

TechForward advocates the cause of temporary ownership

I have been MEANING to write about the Los Angeles-based start-up TechForward for weeks now, but felt like I didn't have enough time to write the truly thoughtful post that it deserved. Now, I'm forcing myself to get off my butt, strangely enough, because I'm having a moral dilemma over...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Electronics, TechForward, Lebovitz, Retail, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-04

Trick out your fleet with fuel consumption monitors from Networkcar

OK, I admit it. When I bought my car a year-and-a-half ago, comparing the fuel consumption metrics among the different models WAS part of the equation, but not the most important part. Now, with gas lines forming in my own little town and people putting summer trips...

Tags: Monitor, Performance, Technology, Performance Management, GPS, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-03

WordPress, Gears, and the converging browser/desktop

WordPress, Gears, and the converging browser/desktopGears is good, but, we still need support for a better compiled languagelike a special sand-boxed version of Java. Without Java or similar, we can NOT do things like import complex file types or do a lot of the things that we need for full...

Tags: Mainframes, cloud computing, Web browsers, mainframe, Web application, desktop, Wordpress, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?

I've been reading the headlines today, and the main headlines on most of the top technology websites are about the YouTube/Google/Viacom saga. I'd like to call this: Youglecomgate, a potentially volatile situation hovers over the midst of everyone who has been on YouTube ever, so that's probably the majority of...

Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Internet, Networking, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-03

12 terabytes of YouTube data

A lot of us block YouTube access in our schools. There's plenty of objectionable content worth hiding from young eyes. Probably an equal number of us, however, leave it open at the request of teachers who use its vast resources for teaching (yes, there is more than zit...

Tags: YouTube Inc., Video, Teacher, Viacom Inc., Chances, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-03

SmartTools (exe)

SmartTools was planned for a complete check and management of the fitness-wellness clubs. At the same time the smaller fitness clubs can apply to the workplaces, employees' checking, to increase of their income and the optimization of marketing actions. The most important viewpoint was the easy manageability at the time...

Tags: Club, Warex, Disaster Recovery, Marketing Research, Backups, Data Management, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-07-03

MKN MemoryMonitor (exe)

MKN MemoryMonitor monitors and optimizes the system's memory usage and performance. MemoryMonitor shows detailed information about the physical and paged memory, paging and pagefaults, and other data. It also displays the amount of memory used by the system kernel and cache. MemoryMonitor also runs in the background and optimizes the...

Tags: Paging, Memory, MKN Software, Flash Memory

Software downloads 2008-07-03

Microsoft Equipt: good deal, lousy name

Microsoft Equipt: good deal, lousy nameJust what is "Equipt"?This name certainly does not contain any hint as to why someone would want it. Product names should be at least somewhat related to the purpose of the product.I also dont like software subscriptions. It seems that they are simply another way...

Tags: Microsoft Equipt, Microsoft Corp., lousy name, good deal, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

New Microsoft Office subscription bundle to hit in mid-July

New Microsoft Office subscription bundle to hit in mid-JulyVery nice comboI can't wait for computer manufacturers and builders to start bundling this with systems. Seems like a good idea - like software assurance for home users.RE: New Microsoft Office subscription bundle to hit in mid-JulyI think you can have...

Tags: Microsoft Office, OPEN SOURCE, New Microsoft Office subscription, New Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

OMG! texting is so expensive

OMG! texting is so expensiveSeems ReasonableI don't understand the allure of texting, but that's beside the point. The price increase seems perfectly reasonable to me, if texting is too expensive folks can stop texting.RE: OMG! texting is so expensiveIn America people just buy liabilities. Without them I wouldn't be...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Government, Big Business, phone, allure, Object Management Group

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

New Web calculators from APC help you get a grip on the green impact of certain design and technology choices

What tradeoffs do you have to make to achieve certain energy efficiency goals in your data center? How will adding that extra rack, for example, skew your electricity usage? Power management company APC aka the big UPS vendor figures that anyone who can help tell you that...

Tags: Web, Energy Efficiency, American Power Conversion Corp., Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-02

What your own open source census can get you

What your own open source census can get youGood points DanaThis is a recurring theme. The IT group in a company are using open source for many projects, meanwhile the CIO doesn't think they need an audit or a governance plan because open source is not being used.I recently wrote...

Tags: open source

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Brightening outlook for solar energy?

Wanted to add another couple of links related to Harry's post yesterday about SolarCity. The actual news of the day is the company's new 8,200-square-foot facility in Phoenix, from which it will run its SolarLease program. One thing that Harry didn't mention in his post is...

Tags: Solar Energy, Investment, Utility Solar Assessment Study, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-01

Apple posts iPhone 3G guided tour

Apple posts iPhone 3G guided tourI would have watched it but Apple won't let meI refuse to install QuickTime, the biggest security hole in modern day history, just to watch this video. Too bad, there might have been something in that video that made me change my mind and pick...

Tags: Corporate communications, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, 3G

Discussion threads 2008-07-01