The heads of British Sky Broadcasting and Carphone Warehouse, two smaller British ISPs, so far aren’t impressed with BT’s planned fiber-to-the-cabinet network because it isn’t flexible enough, nor is it future-proof. Is this a sign that copper has no place in broadband networks any longer? Read More »
Archive for December 2009
My three-person web development company is celebrating. We’ve survived 2009 — a very tough year — thanks to some good planning, and a bit of luck. As I look back, I realize that our success was based not just on our… Read More »
DirecTV to Launch a 3-D Channel; the satellite TV provider plans to launch the first U.S. 3-D HDTV channel early next year. (HD Guru) It will also deliver more than 200 HD channels with the launch of its latest satellite. (Multichannel News) Netflix’s Video Streaming… Read More »
It is hard to believe that this time next week I’ll be on the way to Sin City to attend the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2010. It’s hard to guess what attendance will be like this year given the economy, but one thing for certain… Read More »
Apple’s mythical tablet may soon arrive, but there’s still time to indulge in last-minute conjecture on what we can expect from Cupertino. So let’s try a thought experiment: a rundown of the ten things that would guarantee that Apple’s tablet is an enduring success. Read More »
While 2009 was the year that startups, smart grid firms and venture capitalists decided to move into the home energy management market, 2010 could be the year that the consumer electronics players make their moves. Energy reseller Direct Energy and a group of… Read More »
Last year, I broke my end-of-annum list-making into two categories — overlooked and obvious favorites. But in 2009, the divide in content seemed to be between the independents (those who self-produced and distributed their series and shorts) and the professionals (those who had… Read More »
The Apple tablet, which over the holidays has garnered more buzz despite still being a rumor, has already been delayed. Don’t worry, though — if the reports are correct, the delay has already been factored into the rumored January product announcement, so we shouldn’t have to… Read More »
Updated: From where Codexis stands, the market for initial public offerings is looking up. The 7-year-old startup — which develops catalysts for drug and fuel production, and aims to break into carbon capture — filed a prospectus for an IPO of up to $100… Read More »
A U.S. district court judge has fined music site Imeem $1.77 million after it failed to appear in court to respond to a copyright infringement lawsuit. The suit had been partially to blame for the company selling its assets to MySpace for less than $1 million. Read More »
A new channel popped up on Roku yesterday called EroticVision.TV that makes adult content available on the broadband set-top box for the first time. But the new “adult entertainment” channel hasn’t actually been approved by Roku, and it operates in a kind of limbo where… Read More »
Of all the connectivity technologies on the imminent horizon, USB 3.0 holds extraordinary promise. But although some devices based on it will debut at the upcoming CES show, we can’t herald the technology’s true arrival yet. Read More »
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