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Friday, February 2nd, 2007Dan Bricklin goes 1.0 with open-source wikiCalc
Sunday, January 28th, 2007Census to Start Small on Handheld Rollout
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007I think this is a step in the right direction for the Census Bureau. No matter what you think of the Census Bureau, they are charged with collecting certain information from the general population.
For anyone that has done geneology research, trying to read handwriting from years ago, and dechipher what is recorded, this will [...]
Taking Wi-Fi — And Wi-Fi Security — to a New Level
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007The factory settings on store sold wifi equipment has been a faulty issue for years. Now it looks like the industry is doing something about it. Rather than shipping with the security features off, the participating members of the Wi-Fi Alliance will ship their products with the security enabled.
This is a step in the [...]
Internet bringing world, changes to rural Texas towns
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007Spending most of my life in West Texas, I appreciate what these business men are doing in Snyder, Texas. As many of the small farming towns dry up and begin shuttering the windows, Snyder is moveing into the 21st century. They’re not waiting for another government program to start, they are attacking the issue head-on.
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The Bad Guys are Winning!
Monday, January 8th, 2007The bad guys are winning the battle, according to this article in the Houston Chronicle. What battle you ask? The one to take over your computer and make it a zombie, controlled by someone else.
By using this technique, email spammers are difficult to locate, making it harder on the authorities. To make matters worse, most [...]
Verizon Markets Services at Mall Stores
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006Opening stores in malls is a new way for a large telco to get interest. I assume they will only open stores where the Fios network is available, but within the next few years, that will expand to a large chunk of their service area.
I talked to one of their people about this very subject [...]
Danes debunk cell phone fears
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006It looks like we can all relax, at least for the next ten years or so. This massive study finds no link between cellular telephones and cancer. Although it looks at data for over twenty years, they continue to monitor the study.
Of course, this doesn’t mean you can get behind the wheel, in front [...]
Fujitsu Bets Big On WiMax
Friday, November 24th, 2006Forbes reports on the technology company, Fujutsu, and their wish to re-enter the wireless market in the United States, since pulling out many years ago. They are poised to introduce a bevy of WiMax products soon and will be smack dap in the middle of the competition.
WiMax Technology is Coming Soon to a City [...]
Free broadband users ‘less happy’
Monday, November 20th, 2006Lorelle on Wordpress points to a story from the UK that makes one of the points I have emphasized since the first mention of ‘free’ government sponsored Internet access here is the US. This article is about several ‘cheap’ services, not just government sponsored, and the problem is service.
If there in no profit, there is [...]