Cable companies are said to be planning upgrades to their networks that would see upstream speeds increase to around 20 Mbps by 2015. At present, most networks have shared upstream speeds of 6-28 Mbps, depending on the service tier. The boost comes via DOCSIS 3.0 technologies. Read More »
Archive for May 2010
U.S. Lets Hollywood Disable Home TV Outputs to Prevent Piracy; the film industry can block outputs on home television equipment so studios can offer first-run movies while preventing viewers from making illicit copies, FCC regulators ruled. (Bloomberg) Mediacom Taps Concurrent To Aggregate Viewing Metrics; under the… Read More »
The HP EliteBook 2740p notebook is the third generation of the Tablet originally released as the 2710p. This tablet adds advanced processor options and touch input to a thin convertible form with a swivel screen. In this video tour you get a walk around the notebook. Read More »
Need to know which carriers are offering 3G data plans for Apple’s iPad? Our rundown of carriers by country will keep you up to date as we gather plan information and details, along with updates in the future as more details are announced around the world. Read More »
Licensing negotiations between YouTube and the German music rights group GEMA have broken down, and GEMA is now demanding that the video share site take down or block access to hundreds of works. Representatives of GEMA announced today that they’ve struck an alliance with… Read More »
While it seemed like you couldn’t get away from speaking appearances and press mentions of inventor Saul Griffith in 2009, he’s been largely off the radar so far in 2010. So what has the MacArthur “genius grant” winner been up to?: Other Lab. Read More »
You might have noticed that your number of Twitter followers has dropped to zero today. Twitter is currently undergoing maintenance to fix a bug, and as part of that process follower/following counts have temporarily been reset to zero. This isn’t the first time this has happened. Read More »
Google says it’s willing to accept its shortcomings on social and bring in a “Head of Social” to set the right course. The company has hired an executive recruiter to fill the position, and is currently in the process of casting its net widely. Read More »
Anttenna today launched as a free iPhone application for consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer exchanges of goods and services. Within a a few minutes, users create a listing of 140 characters or less, which appear on a map, allowing for hyper-local, real-time market transactions on a handset. Read More »
More Must Reads
Rumor Has It: MacBook Air Update Tomorrow
Macworld Australia reports that according to a “well-placed source,” there will be a new MacBook Air model this week, either that or a 27″ Cinema Display. If that seems like a spurious conflations of rumors, it gets better, or “BTR.” Read More »