Monday, March 07, 2005

Utilities Weigh in on BPL. More interested in network control aspect. Despite cheery industry Astroturf and rampant optimism from outgoing FCC chief Powell, the actual people deploying broadband over power-line (BPL) technology still aren't sold. 7:26:36 PM

Bell Canada Gets Naked. Are telcos awakening to unbundled reality?. Bell Canada has finally announced they'll stop forcing the purchase of local service and will begin offering a stand-alone DSL line, also known as "naked DSL". It's a move North American telcos are slowly being forced to embrace as users migrate. 7:26:09 PM

Inside SBC's Looming TV Service. More details on Project Lightspeed & U-Verse. Light Reading has the inside scoop on SBC's looming television services (dubbed U-Verse), taken from a presentation to the DSL Forum last week and a tour of SBC Labs (w/photos). Since SBC isn't doing fiber to the home, compression becomes important. 7:25:41 PM

U.S. Asked to Probe Music-Download Sites  The Federal Trade Commission is being asked to investigate Web sites that claim to offer legal music downloads for a low price but actually sell popular software that is available free elsewhere on the Internet and is commonly used to steal songs. 7:24:34 PM

Sounds Like Radio "casting you the best in new music; transcending oppressive style and genre restrictions; unleashing the world's musical underground". Sort of a music blog, presented as radio shows. There's all kinds of interesting music here, from all kinds of genres, most-all from unsigned acts. Surprisingly varied, and good. 10:58:46 AM

Whose Patent Is It, Anyway?. In one sector after another, companies warn that China's swift industrial rise is being greased by brazen and increasingly sophisticated theft of intellectual property. 10:57:40 AM

Company Says It Can Put Satellite Radio on PDA, iPod, mp3 Player and Cell Phone. Calypso Wireless, Inc. says it's developed a technology that will allow users of mobile devices such as cellular phones, PDAs, satellite radios and portable music players, to listen to satellite broadcasts on those devices from either Satellite transmitters or wireless. 10:56:55 AM

"Strongbad Email" Does Radio. This is a very funny flash animation poking fun at Radio and DJs. Get the link. Former "Radio Caroline" Pirate DJ Tommy Vance Has Died. Related: Background and History on "Radio Caroline" Related: British Radio milestones. 10:56:35 AM

It's The Latest Federal Craze: Broadcast McCarthyism. Senator Ted Stevens and Representative Joe Barton want to “level the playing field”, so to speak, between free broadcasting and pay broadcasting. It's the latest faze of broadcast intimidation courtesy of the Federal government. Read more. (Opinion) 10:56:03 AM

Family tracking clock. At Techfest, Microsoft showed the teddy bear that keeps an eye on kids, but also the prototype of a digital wall clock that keeps track of each member of the family. Instead of numbers, the hands point to places — work, school, home — and can track a person's location to show where he or she is at any time. The idea requires the members of the family to have a mobile phone; microchips in the phones allow tracking by satellite to within a few metres. The clock is not expected to be widely available for several years. 10:55:34 AM

Airport Wi-Fi Statistics. Half of 30 busiest airports have public Wi-Fi. In case you've ever wondered, USAToday has broken down which Wi-Fi vendors serve the busiest U.S. airports in a chart that compliments this story on the subject. About half of the nation's 30 busiest airports offer Wi-Fi. 10:45:55 AM

Napster, Subscriptions Seen Nibbling at Apple  Apple Computer Inc's dominance in digital music faces new challenges as online subscription services from Napster and others take off and pre3sure the iTunes owner to begin "renting" music in addition to selling downloaded tracks, analysts said on Thursday. 10:45:15 AM

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