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Archive for February, 2008

Houston to Re-launch City-wide Wireless

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 27th, 2008

The city of Houston plans to re-launch its muni wireless initiative, notes MuniWireless, and has issued an RFI to review proposals for the project. It was only a matter of time before cities recovered from the shockwaves from EarthLink’s retreat from the muni market and began re-evaluating how to provide broadband coverage. Houston is the [...]

Qwest + Verizon?

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 27th, 2008

Qwest has talked to Verizon Wireless as part of a plan to revamp the way Qwest sells bundles of services, Verizon Communications Inc confirmed on Wednesday. The Wall Street Journal earlier reported that Verizon Chief Executive Ivan Seidenberg said his company has held talks with Qwest about a possible deal. Qwest said on Monday it [...]

New Atlantic Satellite

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 27th, 2008

Space Systems/Loral today announced that it has been awarded a contract to manufacture a new spacecraft for SES NEW SKIES. NSS-14 features 52 x 36 MHz equivalent C-band transponders and 72 x 36 MHz equivalent Ku-band transponders. It is expected to be the largest, most powerful satellite in the SES fleet, and expands the company’s [...]

The Opposite of Digital Signage

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 27th, 2008

Digital Signage Expo and Interactive Technology Expo is going on this week in Las Vegas. Digital Signage Expo was named one of the fifty fastest-growing shows in North America by Tradeshow Week Magazine. It’s what the world is coming to. On your phone. Around town. Clear Channel Outdoor UK is launching a suite of mobile [...]

Nuclear Powered Spacecraft

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 27th, 2008

Freeman Dyson is a scientific historian, the son of Freeman Dyson and brother of Esther Dyson. He is the author of Project Orion: The Atomic Spaceship 1957-1965 (Google Books) and Darwin Among the Machines (1998), where he suggested that the internet is a living, sentient being. George Dyson tells the amazing story of Project Orion [...]

Internet Advertising: Up 25%

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 26th, 2008

TechCrunch notes that the Interactive Advertising Bureau has a preliminary estimate of $21.1 billion for U.S. Internet ads in 2007, a 25 percent increase over 2006. Meanwhile, the Kelsey Group puts U.S. Internet advertising at $22.5 billion for 2007 (IDC, as previously reportedby TechCrunch, is at the high end with $25.5 billion). The Kelsey Group [...]