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Dumb wireless pipe wars: Google Voice coming to BlackBerry, Android

Dumb wireless pipe wars: Google Voice coming to BlackBerry, AndroidTelcos are traditional 'divide and conquer' enterprisesJust make out that the separate services are actually intrinsically different, and charge accordingly.Worked fine when there were separate wires, but digital exchanges in the 1970s were naturally integrating the actual data paths.Now it is...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Wireless LANs, Handhelds, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NOW IT, Google Inc., wireless pipe war, phone, RIM BlackBerry

Discussion threads 2009-07-15

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Wireless: Examining the race to the bottom

The wireless industry is facing quite a conundrum: Subscriber growth is faster than the relatively pokey video business, but revenue per subscriber is falling. Toss in the movement by Apple, Google and others to make wireless carriers mere dumb pipes and there's turbulence ahead. ...

Tags: Industry, Video, Cable, Wireless, Wireless Industry, Craig Moffett, Tracfone, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-24

Dumb wireless pipe wars: Google Voice coming to BlackBerry, Android

Google Voice is coming to the BlackBerry and Android phones in a move that could make the search giant your phone company. The move is also the latest sign of a tug-of-war between carriers that want to be value added services and device and mobile software players that see the...

Tags: Google Inc., Phone, Voice, RIM BlackBerry, Wireless, Google Voice, Android, CNet News, iPhone App, Telecom & Utilities, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-15

Jobs: Catch the App Store if you can

Apple CEO Steve Jobs had a simple message for all the App Store rivals trying to emulate the iPhone maker's model: Good luck catching us. Apple marked the first birthday of its App Store and noted the following about what is becoming a business model moat in...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Job, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Wireless, Smart Phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-14

Network Neutrality

Network NeutralityPlease for the love of all that is literature, proof read that. About.....the article. You start with the correct understanding of net neutrality, then end on a note questioning product placement fairness.You lost me.. and i am a network engineer. Packet was mis-routed somewhere in there.Personally,...

Tags: Net Neutrality, network neutrality, Google Inc., network

Discussion threads 2008-07-30

Is your broadband bill about to go up?

Is your broadband bill about to go up?Dangerous road for consumers and providersIf TW is allowed to implement this billing change it will turn out to be a cash cow in the same manner that high oil prices have filled the coffers of oil companies everywhere. The bandwidth of...

Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Games, broadband, broadband bill, cable, NetFlix Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-01-17

HP Pavilion SlimLine s3200t

Because there was some confusion the first time we reviewed a customizable HP SlimLine desktop, we'll make it known right from the start that this system is not like the budget SlimLines you'll find on store shelves. Instead, the Pavilion SlimLine s3200t is HP's online version. You can configure it...

Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, Desktops, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Blu-ray, HP Pavilion, Hewlett-Packard Co., Slimline, HD-DVD, PC

Product reviews 2007-11-16

Index ranks IT industries by nation

Index ranks IT industries by nationcompetitiveness enablersInteresting article. Recent discussions on Zdnet involving the HP identity theft, WiMax, Iphone and Abramoff have identified competitiveness enablers which if allowed to proceed will ensure US dominance economically for quite some time, possibly 1000 years.The first enabler is the unique form of democracy...

Tags: information technology, Web 2.0, democracy, younger democracy, Web, enabler

Discussion threads 2007-07-12

Pentagon bans MySpace, YouTube, MTV, etc. on DoD networks

Pentagon bans MySpace, YouTube, MTV, etc. on DoD networksThis is nothing new to most users of DoD networks..These types of sites have ALWAYS been prohibited by DoD policies. This is not censorship in anyway shape or form because they are simply restricting what information may flow through THEIR network, which...

Tags: NETWORKING, Is it ZDnet, DoD Network, MTV, MySpace, Pentagon, U.S. Department of Defense, censorship, network, YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-05-14

Move over iTunes. Here comes the Secure Video Processor Alliance

Meet Jas Saini. He's chairman of the Secure Video Processor Alliance -- an alliance whose members are not about to take Apple's incursion into the home entertainment and content multiplexing market lying down.The battle to be your content multiplexer is on. It's a battle that most people don't...

Tags: Apple Computer Inc., content multiplexer, multiplexer, personal video recorder

Blog posts 2006-09-21

Is a Baby Bell vs. free WiFi turf war interfering with Katrina recovery efforts?

Is a Baby Bell vs. free WiFi turf war interfering with Katrina recovery efforts?Telcos versus people - forever.Because it started as a physical business - wires and equipment to individuals from a government assisted monopoly, the 'telephone' companies love theie captive cusotmers and hate competition. A lot of years and...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Government, Telecom & Utilities, wireless, Katrina Recovery, telecommunications company, Wi-Fi, Baby Bell

Discussion threads 2005-12-05

Bells' fiber plans spark political flame war

Bells' fiber plans spark political flame warIt's called -- competition!Cable companies can just get over it. But I'm sure there will be plenty of Senators they can buy to pass a few more stupid laws that will ultimately hurt the consumer. Thanks to Republican Party!It is time to slap down...

Tags: TVs, Network technology, TV & Home Theater, Taxes, point in time, Wired Communications, TV, cable, fiber, cable company, government, broadcasting

Discussion threads 2005-04-20