Archives for the "Broadband" tag
Modular by Design – Cable TV
Having looked at how the modular by design approach impacted broadcast television, let’s now look at its impact on cable TV. The FCC and the cable TV industry recently came head to head when it comes to a la carte pricing . The concept of a la carte pricing is that consumers would be able to [...]
Tags: Broadband, Cable TV, Telephony
In Analysis
Apple: Cross Platform DRM
As predicted, Apple introduced a version of iTunes for windows today. A lot will be written about how this solidifies Apple’s lead in the digital music player market but what many may be overlooking is how Apple is pushing its own version of Digital Rights Management into a wider market. I suspect this is a [...]
Tags: Apple, Broadband, Intel, Microsoft, Video
In Analysis
Counterstrike on Spam
Paul Graham highlighted an interesting concept in fighting off spammers. The basic idea is to make anti-spam tools do a counter strike in sites promoted by spammers. The basic idea is that a blacklist would be created to include repeat offenders. When a spam is seen, the server would check the blacklist to see if [...]
Tags: Broadband, United States
In Technology
Incrementalism
News.com reports that Bill Gates believes the promises of the dotcom era will be fulfilled. I tend to agree with the concept on its face. Witness, for example, the recent development in the online grocery business. While WebVan blew up in a multi-billion-dollar disaster, the market is now growing, with traditional grocery chains adding this [...]
Tags: AOL, Broadband, Microsoft, Yahoo
In Analysis
Sony to Introduce Media-centric Gaming Box
EE Times and IGN report on the introduction of a new gaming console by Sony. Not, it’s not the much vaunted PS3, which is still supposedly on track for 2005 but something much more interesting (at least to me): a PS2 gaming box that also includes a progressive DVD player and recorder, a 120Gb Hard [...]
Tags: Broadband, MP3, Microsoft, Sony, Video
In Business, Media, Technology
Verizon and Wi-Fi
There’s been much discussion over the past year related to the viability of new wireless operators trying to implement national networks for Wi-Fi. The issue is one of cost and return on investment. As we learned during the dotcom boom, it is easy to build new infrastructures but it is much harder to build new [...]
Tags: Broadband, Verizon, Wireless
In Analysis
