iGroups: Apple's Latest Patent

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United States Patent & Trademark Office [Application #20100070758] reveals an iPhone App (“iGroups”) in which a number of these type devices co-located at a geographic location can broadcast and receive “tokens” (tokens – legalese or technospeak for social networking stuff). (more…)

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Blockbuster’s Buggy Whip

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The bricks and mortar of Blockbuster are proving to be far more burdensome for the movie rental giant.  In the wake of the FCC’s initiative to expand broadband access nationwide (a major distribution channel for Netflix, iTunes, Redbox, and others), the Blockbuster distribution systems appears to be replacing the “buggy whip” a symbol for anything that is hopelessly outmoded. (more…)

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Fallacy of Internet Privacy

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A California federal judge approved a $9.5-million settlement of a class-action lawsuit over social networking site Facebook’s program Beacon that published what users were buying.  This on the heals of outgoing Federal Trade Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour, who said that Facebook, Google, and other major U.S. Internet companies need to better protect the privacy of their users. (more…)

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Builders (Re-) Offering “Daisy-Chain” Communication Cabling

Homebuyers Beware

According to an article posted on 3/12/2010 by CEPro, homebuilders are turning up their noses on almost every discipline of home technologies, seeing it as a passing phase.  What do you expect?!?! (more…)

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Safety Reminder

“Spring forward; fall back”  The season of time change (March 14, 2010) is a call to action (more…)

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National Internet Access

http://www.broadband.gov

The Federal Communications Commission [FCC] is preparing to submit to Congress next week a 10-year plan that will redefine the nation’s media and technology priorities by establishing high-speed Internet as the country’s dominant communication network.  Highlights include: (more…)

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Ye Who Controls the Pipe

Reciting a conversation between me and my broker [some +15 years ago], “Ye who controls the pipe, controls the world.”  My comments were made after returning from a project where the corporate client’s objective was to connect their world-wide operation over a single integrated network.  This included, voice, data, and audio visual media (the early years of video teleconferencing).  How times have evolved… (more…)

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Landing Google’s Fiber-optic Network

http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi

Last week on Facebook, an old high school buddy sent an invite to join, “Google on Main – The World’s First & Longest.”  Having no idea what this was about, the IGNORE button was quickly pressed.  How little I knew… (more…)

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‘Hurt’ing the 3D Movement

Job well done, Kathryn Bigelow!  What was supposed to be a tight battle between The Hurt Locker and the 3D groundbreaking Avatar turned out to be no contest. The Hurt Locker topped Avatar in the sound mixing and multiple other technical categories en route to collecting six Oscars, not forgetting best picture and best director honors! (more…)

Tags: 3-D Television, New Technologies, Samsung
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Silver [Ag] or Copper [Cu]

Trivia for the “philes” out there…  By comparisons of conductivity (or the converse, resistivity), silver is the best conductor known and copper second [at 9% lower conductivity or 11% higher resistance].  But in many cases, silver is NOT the element of choice when selecting your audio visual cabling. (more…)

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Industry Links

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  Rumor: iPhone 5 with 4-inch screen expected this summer | Apple Talk - CNET News

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  Google’s new privacy policy: Should you be concerned? — Tech News and Analysis

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  Apple may discontinue the iPod shuffle and classic | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

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  Companies See Opportunity in Stopping Cellphone Hackers - NYTimes.com

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