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Archive for October, 2005

Doing the Time Warp Again

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 26th, 2005

It’s just a jump to the left
And then a step to the right
With your hands on your hips
You bring your knees in tight
But it’s the pelvic thrust
That really drives you insane
Let’s do the Time Warp again

Engadget has announced a Folding@Home program where “you can donate your processor’s spare cycles to study of [...]

WiMax World 2005

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 26th, 2005

WiMAX World, running Oct. 26-28 in Boston, opened today with a flurry of announcements. It’s billed as the world’s largest exclusively WiMax show. The show features 160+ sponsors and exhibitors and 130+ speakers.
The WiMAX World program covers every aspect of WiMAX and mobile broadband trends over 3 days and is [...]

Open Source Grants

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 25th, 2005

Google is entering into a $350,000 joint open source technology venture with both Oregon State and Portland State University.

The universities will collaborate to encourage open source software and hardware development, develop academic curricula and provide computing infrastructure to open source projects worldwide. The universities will also help provide a bridge between [...]

World’s Tallest Towers

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 25th, 2005

Chicago is planning one of the world’s tallest towers as a platform for local television stations to mount their new high-definition broadcasting antennas.
The 2000 foot, $300 million Pelli tower would have a needle-thin, triple-spired tripod. At the top would be several floors for restaurants and an observation deck, and at the base [...]

Civitium Offers Advice

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 25th, 2005

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
- Ben Franklin
Greg Richardson of Civitium has some pointed words for incumbants who try to kill municipal broadband:

As their board members, executive teams, lawyers and business people sit around conference room tables discussing [...]

Google Base

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 25th, 2005

Is Google after Craig’s List? Google Base is rumored to let internet users submit information about a wide range of personal items, free of charge, to a publicly searchable database maintained by Google.
The information could include things like a “listing of your used car for sale” or a “database of protein [...]

Anaheim: One Provider Cloud

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 25th, 2005

Anaheim California is considering a 20-year franchise agreement with EarthLink for broadband wireless services covering all 50 square miles of the city. EarthLink is under consideration as the preferred provider, following the city’s issuing of a nationwide request for proposals to build such a network, reports GovTech magazine.
EarthLink will use a [...]

BellSouth/Navini in NewOrleans

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 25th, 2005

BellSouth announced today that its wireless broadband service is now available to small businesses in New Orleans. BellSouth Wireless Broadband Service provides small businesses with an alternative high-speed Internet access solution as they rebuild their businesses or help with restoration efforts.
The New Orleans Navini service offers businesses high-speed Internet access, with downstream [...]

Canon $500 WiFi Camera

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 25th, 2005

Canon today announced a new compact WiFi camera, the SD430, the first Canon model to feature built-in WiFi (802.11b). The Canon PowerShot SD430 retails for $499 and will be available at the end of January 2006 in the United States.
Canon PowerShot SD430 can also function as a webcam or be remotely operated by [...]

Swiss/Chinese WiMax

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 25th, 2005

VIA NET.WORKS, a company of Solution24 AG, has received a national WiMAX test licence by the Swiss authorities to carry out WiMAX pilot operations in Zurich and Geneva.
“Currently test operations are being carried out in Zurich and Geneva. Our plans for the near future are to establish an [...]