Mobilog

Wednesday, December 24, 2003

Clark Campaign Going Open Source. Supporters of Democratic presidential hopeful Wesley Clark launch an initiative to create open-source campaign-management software. With primary elections fast approaching, backers say they need better tools for their efforts. By Chris Ulbrich. [Wired News]

Wesley Mouch????
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Intel's failure to communicate. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says Intel's struggles in the communications chip business hint at a larger lesson about failed ambition. [CNET News.com - Front Door]
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Apple coming out with "mini iPods". That veritable font of Apple-related rumors and speculation that is Think Secret is confirming that Steve Jobs will introduce a new line of smaller "mini... [Gizmodo]
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Cingular + AT&T Wireless?. Lots of speculation that Cingular is weighing a merger with or acquisition of competitor AT&T Wireless. While we like the idea of there being more,... [Gizmodo]
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Printable flat-panel displays. Researchers at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center say they've figured out how to "print" a flat-panel display using a modified ink jet printer and special... [Gizmodo]
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Smart Antenns Wave of Future. We may start seeing more smart antenna technology built into WLAN gear soon: Already Vivato and Bandspeed use smart antennas and Motia is building smart antenna technology into chips. Some analysts say that smart antennas will encourage more enterprises to use WLANs as the networks may be easier to build because they'll require fewer APs.... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
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McCaw is up to Something Again. Apparently Craig McCaw has formed a new company, Flux, and has acquired some MMDS spectrum: Little else is known about what plans the company might have. Glenn thinks McCaw could use the spectrum to circumvent Wi-Fi and sell backhaul and business services. I think that any technology deployed over the MMDS spectrum will end up being a residential or a small to medium business offering--something that competes with DSL or offers a similar service where DSL or other broadband options aren't available. Meanwhile, Nextel has snapped up a bunch of MMDS spectrum and McCaw just resigned from Nextel's board. I've heard that Nextel may want to use the spectrum to deploy a mobile WiMAX service which would essentially offer 3G services. We may learn more at the end of January when a Nextel exec will be one of the keynote speakers at the Wireless Communications Association annual meeting. That conference was the place to be when MMDS and LMDS were hot.... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
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First-mover advantage. Now it's official: Strong market positioning means price-setting power in online sales. That's the word from an April 2003 study on the effects that price changes had on the online book sales of rivals Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com.
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Microsoft to pay SPX $60 million in patent suit. Microsoft Corp. will pay $60 million for violating a patent held by a division of SPX Corp., a Charlotte, North Carolina-based manufacturing and technology company, SPX said in a statement released on Wednesday. [InfoWorld: Top News]
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SonyEricsson follows Palm in RIM deal. Clean sweep [The Register]
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Mobilcom returns 3G licence. Europe in Brief [The Register]
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The battle over digital music is just another verse in Apple's sad song: This astonishingly imaginative company keeps getting muscled out of markets it creates. So what does Apple have to tell us about innovation?
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