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Monday, July 13, 2009

Broadband subsidy: too much money, but mostly well targeted; 3 better ways of doing networking

Three Better Ways of Doing Networking That We Ain't Doin'; Why mobile phone users should pay ringtone royalties
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Broadband subsidy: too much money, but mostly well targeted

A few weeks ago I aired my worries about how the broadband funding in the Federal stimulus package was going to be spent. The government has now released documentation on that part of the package, and so far things look mostly OK. Read full story

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Three Better Ways of Doing Networking That We Ain't Doin'
All too many times in networking we are patching protocols, transports, etc., that were designed for networks nearly 30 years ago. Here are three things that we could do and should do to improve security, scalability and the overall network in general.

Why mobile phone users should pay ringtone royalties
This splendid idea inexplicably managed to raise a ruckus right before everyone fled for the holiday weekend: Every time a musical ringtone plays in public -- suggests the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) -- carriers should pay a royalty for the "performance," a cost that would unfortunately need to be passed along to wireless phone users.

Google's Still No Threat To Microsoft
Someone was asking me, "just what is Google's strategy?" I had to describe Google this way, "Google's like this crazy uncle who is rolling in dough from his first business, and who likes to use his money to keep the rest of the world guessing as to what he's really up to."

Ex-Googler says Chrome OS will be a vastly different OS but won't displace Windows
The following is a guest blog written by David Pinkus, a former high-level Google employee who is now senior vice president of information technology for Universal Technical Institute: I think a lightweight, browser-only operating system has been a long-time coming.

Google declares total war on Microsoft, but the main battles are years away
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One headset for two phone systems? That's Savi
The scoop: Savi Office, by Plantronics, about $380.

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July 13, 2009

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