Stories for Jun. 20, 2005

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Good question, no good answers really! Read more »

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First the Cox family, now the Dolans. What next? Roberts? Malone? Thank god the Rigas are not on the loose! Read more »

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Hollywood Reporter says that according to Entertainment Media Research around 35% of music consumers now download tracks legally via the Internet and the percentage will soon pass the 40% who have pirated music. Proof, that when given an option, consumers always do the right thing. And […] Read more »

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So for one day I leave the calculator in the bag, and try to be a nice guy … not forever, but just for one day. And guess what happens. I get spanked! Aswath Rao, does what I should have in the first place, and figures […] Read more »

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This just in! John Rigas and his son Tim Rigas will spend 15 and 20 years respectively behind bars, and that just could be the kind of news that would make Bernie Ebbers quaking in his boots. He is expected to be sentenced on July 13, […] Read more »

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Sony BMG is now introducing music CDs that have copy-protection, and will only rip to windows media. One more testament to Sony’s ongoing cluelessness about everything. The gaming division hates Microsoft. Music business hands over the keys to the kingdom to the enemy. They rule out […] Read more »

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Jon Gales just pinged me and alerted me to a developing story involving Sprint and NFL. Apparently two organizations are close to signing a $200 million five year sponsorship deal. The promotional aspects aside, it seems Sprint will be able to show NFL clips on its […] Read more »

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DMNews.com has put together an interesting list of things we probably did not know about VoIP. For instance, in April 2005, there were 1,229,411 searches for VoIP on Yahoo Search. Or that at present, there are seven companies paying around $4 per click for the term […] Read more »

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First, President Bush was seen sporting an iPod on his bike, now Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II is using one. Reportedly, the 79-year-old sovereign has bought a six-gigabyte silver model for 169 pounds (255 euros, 310 dollars). Queen Elizabeth’s second son Prince Andrew, fourth in […] Read more »

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Neowin.net says Microsoft is testing an update for its Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, and will release it by August 2005. Its likely to include support for the Xbox 360, Native digital cable, content Protection, improved burning (DRM, network, Hi-def, DVD-RAM) and a whole bunch […] Read more »

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The Tablet PC Show #13 (MP3 – 20.6MB – 59min 54sec)LISTEN HERE This Tablet PC Show, recorded on Father’s Day, is lucky show #13. Why is this lucky? The triumphant return of host Marc Orchant gives us a good excuse to catch up on events over […] Read more »

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Cory Doctorow is definitely one of the better known contemporary sci-fi writers publishing today.  This is no doubt due to a few things: his insistence on making all of his novels available for free electronic consumption, his involvement with BoingBoing, and his well documented work with […] Read more »

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Collaboration tools can stimulate group participation in meetings better than static presentations ever will but until now there hasn’t been any way to do this easily. GTOCalcomp, a company I didn’t realize was still around, is touting their InterWrite MeetingPad 400 as the perfect thing to […] Read more »

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The professor who created a sensation after saying that P2P should be legal is apparently a fake or so claim some bloggers. There is word now that Jorge Cortell had faked his resume, even though he claims to have been fired for advocating file sharing. Cortell […] Read more »

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In the large scheme of telecom things, 10 billion minutes is really like an hour. But for a young start-up like Skype, ten billion minutes is a big achievement. Something that squeezes out a tear of joy from a hard heart skeptic like me. Skype Journal […] Read more »

Stories for Jun. 19, 2005

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Last week I wrote that the telecom downturn, or at least the loss of telecom jobs might be coming to an end. Now BellSouth in a surprising move says it will hire 1500 to handle its booming broadband business. The Wall Street Journal has the details, […] Read more »

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I had this problem earlier, but just now another Google outage. Not sure if this is the same problem, but it is the same folks at SoGoSearch which are creating a problem again at Google. Let me know folks if you are seeing the same problems. […] Read more »

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Reading, The New York Times’ this morning brought back some memories, of my early days in this country, and perhaps of the early days of the emerging South Asian identity. I Want My Hyphenated-Identity MTV, perhaps the worst headline ever, talks about the pending launch of […] Read more »

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One of the advantages of downloading files from Bit Torrent was that you knew the spyware companies had not gotten their dirty paws on this network. Unlike Kazaa which has become a main-source for AdWare on many windows machines, Bit Torrent lived in relative ambiguity. But […] Read more »

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It was only a matter of time. Cable & Wireless, which has emerged from the telecom bust, a much smaller and much leaner company become takeover bait. Apparently its petite charms have left the french smitten. Or so says Sunday Telegraph. France Telecom is going to […] Read more »

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If you live in a region where Father’s Day is celebrated then I would like to wish you a very happy day. Actually, if you live in a country that doesn’t recognize today as Father’s Day I urge you to take this opportunity  to visit your […] Read more »

Stories for Jun. 18, 2005

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I had this really long post written out talking about why Windows users theme their OS to look like OS X and the underlying meaning of it all when all I really wanted to do was post a link to this absolutely fantastic browser version of […] Read more »

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Finally a breakthrough – after sputtering and floundering, Intel has come up with a new chip that combines all flavors of 802.11 including the forthcoming 802.11n standard. The amazing chip has been developed using the system-in-a-package technology. How long it will take to go from prototype […] Read more »

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EVDO, has been a thrill for those who have been able to get it. Folks in New York have pinged me bragging about the high speeds they get when on the go. I have been a tad jealous because high speed EVDO has been elusive in […] Read more »

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Bloglines founder Mark Fletcher believes that stealth mode start-ups especially in web services space is an oxymoron. His rant is inspired by 24 Hour Laundry, a new start-up, that has been one of the most gossiped topics this past week. He rightly points out that a […] Read more »

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The first thing you notice about WiFi is the alphabet soup.  Sure 802.11 is a standard but it comes in many different flavors.  Will you be dining on A, B, G, or the new N this evening?  This "standard" has also plagued OEMs who need to […] Read more »

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Folks who are waiting for Apple’s iTunes 4.9 with built-in Podcast support should take a gander at BadFruit.com’s BadApple plugin. The developer of this plugin is going to add support for all sorts of podcasts, not just Apple approved podcasts. It is right now a Windows-only […] Read more »

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Sycamore Networks, once the shining star of the optical boom has fallen on hard times. With new orders as scarce as a winning performance from Tampa Bay Devil Rays, the company has been on a slow road to nowhere. The demand for its core optical long […] Read more »

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The sustained downturn in the telecommunications industry has taken away a lot of jobs – hundreds of thousands of jobs. But results of a recent survey conducted by TelecomCarriers.Net shows that the sense of despondency has lifted, and while many believe that the telecom job market […] Read more »

Stories for Jun. 17, 2005

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It seemed like not too long ago that Adium was updated. Well, yet again, they have posted another update. You should download it if you haven’t already. Mostly bugfixes and other sorts of minor changes. Doesn’t seem to break anything … yet. Previous notes on Adium […] Read more »

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Boing Boing and Make are foaming over this thing called Ditty Bot, which is going to let you stream music from your Mac to your cell phone. I wonder if they really considered how ludicrous this whole thing is. Come on – you stream music from […] Read more »

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Rob Bushway has been waiting for delivery of his Motion LE 1600 Tablet PC about as patiently as I would in the same situation.   Well, he’s got it, opened it up, and better yet he’s taking pictures to share with us all.  Look at that viewing […] Read more »

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Can anyone tell me how to migrate all the mail from the Tiger mailboxes to simple mbox format. I cannot tell you how painful it is to work on this application, which moves slower than Yugo. $129 for this piece of garbage! Help someone please? Read more »

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Skype, despite no advertising, is number one in the North American VOIP business. This according to Sandvine, a Waterloo, Ontario-based company that tracks the VoIP business. According to Sandvine, Skype accounted for 46.2% of minutes and 40% of bandwidth amongst all VoIP providers. Further more, Skype […] Read more »

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Terri Stratton has added the promised photos to the Motion LE1600 review Part 1.  I love the way this keyboard looks. Read more »

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The Mitsubishi Pocket LED DLP Projector offers a native SVGA (800×600) resolution (XGA max.) and weighs in just under a pound so you literally can take it anywhere.  It’s not the brightest projector out there at 250 lux but it does project an image up to […] Read more »

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Another video plugin for Skype has gone into beta this week with the introduction of vSkype.  vSkype lets you use any video webcam to conduct video phone calls over the free Skype network.  What sets vSkype apart from other plugins I’ve seen is the ability to […] Read more »

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Have you been looking at satellite radio with longing eyes but can’t decide if you want a car unit, portable unit or one of those units that plugs into a boom box for the ultimate way to listen to Eric Clapton belting out Layla?  Your dilemma […] Read more »

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