CTIA’s International Case for More Spectrum

In a recent blog post, CTIA compares some measures of the U.S. wireless industry to those in nine other countries. The purpose is two-fold; to show the U.S. is a…

September 1, 2011 15

An Objective Comparison of Future Computing Interfaces

Some tech bloggers are lampooning Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system based on a Microsoft blog that detailed some new feature in the Windows 8 file manager.  MG Siegler of…

August 31, 2011 10

The Steve Jobs Story

You may have noticed that Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple’s official CEO last week. There’s been an awful lot written about the man and his contributions to the tech…

August 29, 2011 1

Don’t Blame iPhone 4 Antennagate on AT&T

A lot of ink has spilled in the last week celebrating Steve Jobs, and deservedly so.  Jobs is undoubtedly one of the most influential geniuses of our time.  But Steve Gillmor…

August 29, 2011 0

Experimental Radio Applications at the FCC

This summarizes a selection of applications for the Experimental Radio Service received by the FCC during June and July 2011. These are related to AM broadcasting, cognitive radio, land vehicle…

August 28, 2011 0

After Two Millennia, the End of the Paper Era

Computers have been promising the demise of paper for decades. but have either failed to deliver or increased the use of paper because of wasteful printing.  The concept of eliminating…

August 26, 2011 1

iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 Available to Sprint

Apple’s iPhone 5 will not become a dual mode “world phone” that supports GSM and CDMA and will no longer be exclusive to the two biggest wireless carriers in the US….

August 24, 2011 1

Trouble at HP and a Little Redemption

Updated 8/25/2011 – Last week HP announced an abrupt and uncertain end to their PC division while scrapping their WebOS “TouchPad” tablet product.  Abrupt wouldn’t be so bad if it…

August 24, 2011 0

Summer 2011 Merger Overview

The summer months are usually uneventful in tech news, but the summer of 2011 has shaped up to be a major inflection point in the technology world.  Several high profile…

August 19, 2011 2

A Kick to the Head

I’ve written before about “cage match competition” in the broadband space – “space” seems like a better word than “industry” – in which the companies that deliver some part of the…

August 18, 2011 0