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Archive for June 2004

Orange to have 4500 hotspots by year end

Orange to have 4500 hotspots by year end Cisco Systems got the big order from Orange, the mobile phone company, to help bring another 1500 hotspots online in France and bring the total to 4,500 by the end of 2004. Orange offers a post-pay… Read More »

Dial-up dying, but DSL thriving

A recent report by Probe Group, Broadband Connectivity in Canada, Mexico and the U.S., finds that although cable modem connectivity dominates DSL by a 2 to 1 margin, DSL connectivity will gradually close the gap with the number of cable modems doubling by 2009 but the… Read More »

 
 

Blogging in low gear

Past day or so, the blogging has been on the down-low! There have been many reasons – far too many to go into details, but here are a couple: Magazine deadline has crept on me silently, and perhaps too soon. In addition, my carpal tunnel is… Read More »

Some Simplification

Folks, after long deliberation, I have decided to mothball the old site. Don’t get me wrong – all the entries and everything is still intact, except that now that I have hit the 3000 entry mark, I decided it was time to reset the clock to… Read More »

Sylantro poweres Q business VoIP

Qwest has launched Business VoIP service, Qwest OneFlex. Read More »

It’s a global economy — so quit whining about outsourcing. India’s booming middle class has $420 billion to spend. Here’s how to grab your share. (Business 2.0, sub reqd Download file) Read More »

AT&T cuts deeper and bigger

MSNBC/Reuters reports that AT&T is going to be making much bigger cutbacks in its consumer phone business. The Wall Street Journal has more details and adds, The nation’s largest long-distance carrier by customers and revenue has begun notifying companies that provide it with marketing services, such… Read More »

FCC chairman visiting Nashville

Tracking Powell: Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell will be in Nashville today on the first leg of a two-day trip to Tennessee to publicize efforts to bring high-tech communications service to rural areas. Read More »

I am on Flipside

Flipside: I will be on CNNfn’s FlipSide today at around 8 am PST/11 am EST talking about my coverstory in the latest issue of Business 2.0. Tune in if you can! Read More »

Adelphia jury still deliberating

Will John Rigas go to jail or not?: Jury finishes 1st day of deliberations without reaching verdict in trial of 4 ex-Adelphia execs Read More »

Think of me as a glutton for punishment. What I am about to write is going to get me a smack-down from Apple lovers all across the planet. As full disclosure, I love my OS-X, love my IPod and my miniPOD. In fact I… Read More »

Netgear portable 802.11g router

So you’re travelling and the hotel where you’re staying only has wired Internet connections. The expensive laptop you bought because it has WiFi built into the unit has to be tethered to the hotel’s outlet with Cat 5 cable, right? No, there are… Read More »

More Must Reads

Speaking of music The Red Ferret Journal has a list in their archives of the best legal places to get or listen to free MP3s. This is the most comprehensive list of quality music archives I’ve ever seen. Just the first site on… Read More »

Is it just me or did Apple really get it right with the iTunes party shuffle feature in the later versions of iTunes? I find myself using it all the time as it selects just the right mix of tunes with a high play… Read More »

For past week or so I have watched with a degree of bemusement, the punishment being doled out to AT&T. Having pretty much lost the UNE-P battle, the company was forced to reduce its revenue and earnings estimates. Now it is being said that Moody’s… Read More »

Every married male techno-geek has run into it. Men spend inordinate amounts of time trying to anticipate it, oftentimes, unsuccessfully. What is it that determines what techno-goodies you do or don’t buy? It’s the Wife Acceptance Factor (WAF) and an excellent article… Read More »

Jim Thompson, a hi-tech veteran and a former employee of Vivato(?) has exposed a scandal of sorts in Spokane, Washington. His expose comes the day it was announced that Spokane International Airport was going wireless, using Vivato gear. Yes the same Vivato which could not… Read More »

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