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gigaom61 posted a blog entry

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:32:00 -0800

Down Under, Wireless Broadband Speeds to 21 Mbps
Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson and Australian phone company Telstra today announced the launch of a HSPA...
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Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:51:17 -0800

Updated: Limelight Networks CDN Goes Down in Asia
Updated with Limelight response: A source of mine just alerted me that Limelight Networks is suffering some kind of outage in...
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Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:43:31 -0800

It is World Wide Internet, For Real This Time
For past two years, I have been pointing towards a subtle but important shift that has started to take place - the...
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Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:03:47 -0800

Real Jobs Gone
Okay, I was trying to be clever there, but it seems Real Networks has joined a long list of companies that are slashing jobs in...
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Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:18:01 -0800

Quick Bits & Some Fine Reads From Around the Web
It’s been awhile since I put together a list of random stuff I’ve found on the web and cool tips that have made...
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Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:17:23 -0800

Fiber to the Home — For $10,000
Want fiber to the home? If you’re not in FiOS territory, it’s going to cost you. I’ve been following the...
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Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:11:00 -0800

So Robots Can’t Do Everything After All
Gabe Rivera, the creator and programming genius behind a series of news aggregation sites including Memeorandum, Ballbug and...
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Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:30:54 -0800

Facebook Launches Connect, Finally
Given how much has already been written about Facebook Connect, you would think that the service has been available for eons....
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:00:59 -0800

The Handset of the Future Needs Wi-Fi
Like me, the Wi-Fi Alliance is based in Austin, so I asked them if they wouldn’t mind setting up a home tour that would...
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:00:44 -0800

Why Government Should Meddle in Broadband
With the change in administration it’s time to stop pussyfooting around the issue of broadband access in the U.S. It...
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:20:40 -0800

Why Twitter Didn’t Sell to Facebook — Really
The New York Times’ Claire Miller attended a Churchill Club function to fete Twitter co-founder Evan Williams last night....
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:37:04 -0800

Chrome’s Extensions: The Missing Piece for Google Apps
Google recently announced an extension framework for Chrome, adding the ability to run extra software in the browser....
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:00:06 -0800

Announcing GreenNET: Our Conference about CleanTech
Two of the biggest challenges facing our society — economy and climate change — are so intertwined that it is virtually...
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:52:34 -0800

DNS Problems Hit Yahoo
Updated: Yahoo, one of the largest web sites on the planet, is being plagued by series of problems related to Domain Name...
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:24:07 -0800

Did Google Issue a Bear Call?
A few months ago Sequoia Capital doused the ever ebullient Silicon Valley with a bucket of ice cold reality when it laid...
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:50:03 -0800

10 Ways To Trick Out Your Netbook for Free
Netbooks are all the rage at the moment, with Asus predicting that it will sell 5 million of its Asus Eee PC netbooks by the...
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:30:33 -0800

PCMag.com Rankings Shame Nation’s ISPs
In a measurement of statewide web-surfing speeds, Nevada came out on top with speeds of a mere 781 kbps, and that was far above...
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:25:50 -0800

Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Some Facts, Stats & Mishaps
Never before have Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales been so carefully tracked as they were this year. The scrutiny makes...
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:40:44 -0800

Six Apart and Pownce: Micro-blogging FTW?
The closure of Pownce, which was announced Monday via posts by co-founder Leah Culver and her new employer, blog software...
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:49:36 -0800

Phorm Execs Jump Ship
Phorm’s chief operations officer and several members of its board have left the company, citing disagreements with CEO...
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:14:36 -0800

Sierra Wireless Deal Signals Shift in Data Cards
Today Sierra Wireless, the maker of wireless data cards agreed to spend about 218 million euros ($274.9 million) buying...
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:57:49 -0800

Nokia Announces N97 Superphone, Won’t Sell It for Months
More than two years after Apple launched the iPhone, and months after its rivals launched their versions of touchscreen phones,...
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Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:51:23 -0800

Yahoo! 2008 Year in Review Released
Yahoo is not waiting around for 2008 to pack it in, and has released the top stories (and top searches) for the year that still...
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Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:00:07 -0800

GigaOM Interview With Clearwire CEO Ben Wolff
Today Clearwire said it had completed the transactions that will allow it to build the first nationwide WiMAX network, to be...
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Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:16:17 -0800

BitTorrent at War With VoIP? Hardly
The Internet is close to a meltdown, according to The Register. The culprit, according to author Richard Bennett, is the...
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