Sunday, December 09, 2007
Monday, December 03, 2007
Friday, November 30, 2007
Google confirms plan for wireless bid - Wireless- msnbc.com
updated 11:57 a.m. ET, Fri., Nov. 30, 2007
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google will apply to bid for wireless spectrum in an upcoming government auction, the company acknowledged Friday.
The Federal Communications Commission is auctioning the 700-megahertz spectrum to increase bandwidth for mobile phone and Internet services.
Google covets the "C Block" of the spectrum — which carries a reserve price of $4.6 billion — because regulators stipulated that whoever operates it must allow their users to download any software application they want to a mobile device.
"Consumers deserve more competition and innovation than they have in today's wireless world," Eric Schmidt, Google's chief executive officer, said in a statement.
Mobile phone companies now force subscribers to use proprietary software to operate handsets on their network, but Google has indicated it plans to challenge that business model. The company announced several weeks ago that it will develop software for mobile devices.
Anticipating Google's move, Verizon Wireless announced Tuesday that it would open its network to devices other than the ones it currently supports.
Google plans to file its application to bid on Monday, which is the FCC deadline. The auction begins Jan. 24.
Now THIS is what i,m talking about!
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Where did all the Zunes go?
Microsoft launches 80-gigabyte media player, but it's sold out online.
While Web retailers have 4 GB and 8 GB versions of the second-generation Zunes in stock, the 80 GB music player is not available on Amazon, Best Buy or Circuit City’s Web sites.By Jessica Mintz
updated 7:44 p.m. ET, Fri., Nov. 16, 2007
SEATTLE - The 80-gigabyte Zune media player Microsoft Corp. launched Tuesday has sold out across the Web, to the dismay of online shoppers and delight of the world’s largest software maker.
“Anyone know where I can get a Cabbage Patch Doll ... er ... I mean Zune?” asks an Amazon.com Inc. customer listed as Paul Taylor on the Web retailer’s message board for the product.
Amazon told Taylor and others that their preordered devices for Nov. 13 shipping would not be sent for 10 more days, according to the message board.
While Web retailers have 4 GB and 8 GB versions of the second-generation Zunes in stock, the 80 GB music player is not available on Amazon, Best Buy or Circuit City’s Web sites.
Microsoft said it prioritized the manufacture of the smaller Zune 4 and Zune 8 devices, and that more of the 80 GB version should be on shelves, physical and virtual, in the next 10 to 14 days.
Rumors of a manufacturing delay spread across consumer electronics blogs this week.
To read the rest of the story click on the link below...http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21842225/
Monday, November 12, 2007
Over 1,000 Dogs Seized From Va. Puppy Mill
ThePiedmontChannel.com
12:05 p.m. EST November 7, 2007
HILLSVILLE, Va. - Nearly 1,000 dogs were seized by animal control officers in Hillsville, Va., after they raided an alleged puppy mill last week. Officers said they raided the puppy mill, which is thought to be the largest of several, after conducting a five-month-long investigation.
?We counted 1,080 dogs on Nov. 2,? said Garry Larrow, Carrol County administrator.
Larrow said the mill was part of a substantial Virginia puppy mill industry.
The mill?s owner, Lanzie Horton, said he doesn?t think it?s fair.
?I feel like this is my business, I ought to be left to run it,? Horton said.
For the rest of the story click on the link below...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21659192/Friday, November 09, 2007
Cake- Never There
I love this band and I mean as in listened to them just about every day for years. What's wrong with me?
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