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Archive for January, 2010

Tablet Runs iPhone-style OS

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 26th, 2010

McGraw-Hill’s Harold McGraw III confirmed that Apple’s tablet, coming tomorrow, will run an iPhone-style OS. Yeah, Very exciting. Yes, they’ll make their announcement tomorrow on this one. We have worked with Apple for quite a while. And the Tablet is going to be based on the iPhone operating system and so it will be transferable. [...]

Elon Musk: We’re Safe for Astronauts

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 26th, 2010

In the latest episode of This Week in Space with Miles O’Brien, Elon Musk of SpaceX vehemently denies his Falcon 9 rocket will be unsafe for astronauts as a decision nears from President Obama on the future of the manned space program. The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel says abandoning NASA’s besieged Ares 1 rocket is [...]

Sidecut Report on Clearwire

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 26th, 2010

Paul Kapustka’s latest Sidecut Report has a look Inside Clearwire. The report is based on extensive interviews with Clearwire’s chief technology officer, Dr. John Saw, as well as representatives from Clearwire suppliers Motorola and Cisco. It’s a free download. Paul describes: How Clearwire’s emphasis on using microwave backhaul gives it a cost-savings and flexibility of [...]

Texting Banned by DOT

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 26th, 2010

The U.S. has banned texting for commercial bus and truck drivers, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today in Washington. Violators may be subject to civil or criminal penalties of as much as $2,750, LaHood has made the issue a priority after more than 5,800 people died in 2008 in accidents where at least one form [...]

Airports Getting Free WiFi

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 26th, 2010

Portland International Airport has had free WiFi since 2004. Now it looks like other major airports are getting on board. Free WiFi will soon be available at the San Francisco International Airport. The move, which is being voted on today, may offset the costs of providing the free service with advertising or sponsorship. San Jose [...]

$300M for 14 Broadband Projects

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 25th, 2010

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today 14 Recovery Act Broadband Infrastructure projects that will receive $309,923,352 through funding made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. At least nine of the 14 projects announced today will use fiber for middle-mile or last-mile networks, notes Lightwave. This is the second major funding announcement. The first [...]