Archive for October, 2004

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Another BRIC in the Broadband Wall

Om Malik, Saturday, October 30, 2004 at 11:24 AM PT Comments (1)

Any guesses about where the next big broadband spurt is going to come from, well here is a clue: BRIC: Brazil, Russia, India and China. Those are the countries which will be the new forces in the broadband world, and will inspire an increasingly multilingual broadband planet. Yahoo! News reports that the Brazilian phone [...]

Why most blogging tools suck?

Om Malik, Saturday, October 30, 2004 at 10:47 AM PT Comments (3)

This one admittedly has nothing to do with broadband. Instead it is all about my weblog, and my frustrations with the current generation of blogging tools. This saturday morning rant is actually inspired by Jeffrey Veen, who thinks that
Open source content management software sucks. It sucks really badly. The only things worse is every commercial [...]

That’s Minus Two Votes

Om Malik, Saturday, October 30, 2004 at 10:45 AM PT Comments (0)

With all the problems the Bushies are having these days, it is no time to be losing votes and supporters. Without apparently using her brain, a dufus-volunteer, in Philly cost George Bush two votes, and a future Republican!
PhillyBurbs.com : “I was undecided, but we have changed our opinion,” Nischal said. “You don’t treat people that [...]

Giving ENUM a helping hand

Om Malik, Saturday, October 30, 2004 at 9:43 AM PT Comments (2)

Telecom carriers are finally banding together and giving a concerted push to ENUM, a new kind of numbering system that allows folks to associate domain names and telephone numbers. Those who are trying to push ENUM are sworn enemies like AT&T, GoDaddy.com, MCI, SBC Laboratories, Sprint, and Verizon. In order to get the momentum behind [...]

Lousiana joining the National Lambdarail

Om Malik, Saturday, October 30, 2004 at 6:53 AM PT Comments (0)

BayouBuzz.com reports that the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI) Board of Regents have approved a governance plan for the statewide fiber-optics network. This will allow LONI to connect Louisiana researchers and university-based supercomputers to the National LambdaRail (NLR), a consortium of research universities and technology companies deploying a nationwide networking infrastructure to support research in [...]

R U Video Dating Yet?

Om Malik, Saturday, October 30, 2004 at 1:31 AM PT Comments (6)

Telegraph UK says that thanks to 3G Networks in Europe, video dating is new cool thing when it comes to a hook-up. 3G Mobile carrier 3 has just announced a large scale availability of the service in UK.
This involves two people chatting and perhaps flirting while watching live footage of each other on the screens [...]

NEC 232: Curves, and the Future of Mobiles

Om Malik, Friday, October 29, 2004 at 1:52 PM PT Comments (3)

If you want a glimpse of where mobile phones are heading, look no further than NEC’s 232. An unremarkable, if technically solid tri-band GSM phone available in November, the 232 is NEC’s attempt to move past the mass market for cellphones. In a partnership with Fitness magazine, the 232 will come pre-loaded with a number [...]

Internet TV, or InterNOT TV

Om Malik, Friday, October 29, 2004 at 7:28 AM PT Comments (3)

Washington Post: Internet TV is a mirage, seeming so close yet turning out to be far away or downright unreal when you try to watch it. At least that’s my take on the many past plans for zapping motion pictures over the Internet. Now that is harsh, given that so much of the venture money [...]

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