Thursday, October 31, 2002

Anchordesk Radio -> for Wednesday, Oct. 30 " Navini Networks CEO Alastair Westgarth tells us why wireless broadband is now ready for prime time. Next up: Ari Schwartz of the Center for Democracy and Technology updates us on how Washington, D.C., is recovering from the recent sniper attacks. At the bottom of the hour, Dr. Mark Cooper, director of research for the Consumer Federation of America, discusses how we're going to get digital television whether we want it or not. CNET News.com's Joe Wilcox wraps up the show with a report on Microsoft's decision to make Office 11 work only with Windows XP or 2000 "  LISTEN 6:37:41 AM  comment []     Link via Boing Boing Blog -> FCC calls for more open spectrum. Chairman Michael "Colin's Son" Powell of the FCC today called for the opening up more spectrum for unlicensed activity. The last time the FCC opened up some spectrum, we got WiFi. Now, open spectrum advocates say that further opening of the airwaves could deliver Cognitive Radio, a technology and philosophy that will allow nearly infinite communications through the airwaves and knock the long-haul wire-carriers on their asses. Link Discuss (via Werblog) 6:11:40 AM  comment []       Link via Werblog -> USA Today: Powell Takes Path to Free Up Airwaves 6:00:38 AM  comment []       Via RatcliffeBlog: Business, Technology & Investing PVR: Setting the stage for change " The way we use media is changing, though not in the way that cable and telco folk predicted back in the mid-1990s, when video on demand was supposed to be the Way. Jenny Levine, The Shifted Librarian, points to a study about the viewing habits of personal video recorders (PVRs). The results speak for themselves: people will download and manage their content, want to control their programming, and real-time downloads aren't particularly important. Check it out. " 5:55:28 AM  comment []

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