Smith Micro is best known for its Mac software and StuffIt! in particular but the company’s portfolio is much wider than that. Andy and Don chat to Carla of Smith Micro Software to find out what else the company does.

Smith Micro has a portfolio of products in the mobile wireless space, delivering solutions for telcos and cable operators. As Carla points out, if you’ve ever connected your laptop to a 3G network, you’ve probably used some of their software.

Sprint chose Smith Micro’s Mobile Network Director to intelligently manage traffic between 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi connections. A software client on the smartphone works with the carrier’s systems to select the connection technology that will give the best performance in the particular situation. For example, in a very congested 4G area, the software will transfer the data connection to a quieter and consequently faster 3G network.

From the interview, it sounds like Sprint has learnt from the CarrierIQ debacle and while the software on the smartphone works transparently, the owner can override the connection selection manually. Good.

Interview by Andy McCaskey of SDR News and RV News Net and Don Baine, the Gadget Professor.

If you’ve ever wondered how your gadgets talk amongst themselves to successfully play music from your PC through a media streamer, you’ll be interested in this interview with Dr Alan Messer, President of the UPnP Forum.

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is the standard by which IP networked gadgets advertise their services and intercommunicate. Formed in 1999, nearly all the big vendors are signed up with over 1000 members, the notable exception being Apple who tend to do their own thing. Think Intel, Samsung, Nokia, Philips.

The most common example of UPnP (AV spec) is DLNA-certification which governs media management, discovery and control and this effectively determines how music is streamed from one device to another. Set-top boxes know how to use different router ports based on UPnP techniques. Almost any consumer device attached to the network in the home will have some element of UPnP built-in.

(No, Andy, it’s not the ISA PnP but thanks for the trip down memory lane.)

Interview by Andy McCaskey and Courtney Wallin of SDR News and RV News Net.

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Biscotti‘s TV phone is a small camera unit that sits on top of your big screen TV, connecting to the TV via HDMI and to the network via WiFi. Once connected up, owners can make high-definition video calls to other Biscotti owners and Google Video Chat users.  And you will not believe how small the camera unit is. Todd chats to Matthew Shoemake to learn more.

The TV Phone uses an HDMI pass-through technology, meaning that there’s no need to change channels when receiving a call as the Biscotti notifies users via a pop-up message on screen. By using Google Video Chat, the Biscotti TV Phone can connect to any device that has a Chat client, whether it’s Android, iPhone or a PC. Connectivity with other video clients will be forthcoming, but no details just yet.

The Biscotti TV Phone is available for $199 and no monthly fees. Watch the video to get free shipping (disclaimer – not sure how long this promotion will run after CES finishes.)

Interview by Todd Cochrane of Geek News Central for the TechPodcast Network.

Sony‘s CES focus this year is on electronics, content and network services combining to deliver high quality entertainment anytime and anywhere. Supported by a slew of product announcements, new connected devices range from TVs, Blu-ray players and A/V receivers through to tablets, smartphones and PCs and on to camcorders and mobile music players. Sony is combining these with online services for music, video and game delivery, creating a great user experience (as they say). TVs, PCs, smartphones and tablets are key to this experience as the four main devices used for entertainment.

“Sony is committed to designing technologies for every aspect of consumer entertainment – in or out of the home, on the go, in the air, at work, at play, or wherever life takes you,” said Kazuo Hirai, Executive Deputy President, Sony Corporation. “When these products are combined with Sony Entertainment Network (SEN), which offers innovative services like Music Unlimited and Video Unlimited, as well as PlayStation Network, the user experience is truly unmatched and only made possible by a company like Sony.”

The Bravia TV line has been expanded in all three areas; entry level BX, step-up EX and flagship HX. Brightness and contrast levels have been increased and picture quality improved with Sony’s X-Reality and Motionflow video technologies. In particular the latter helps to reduce blur caused by rapid camera movements which is often a problem with LCD screens. Sony is sticking with the Google TV platform with a new network player and Blu-ray player featuring Google TV. Certain Bravia models will link seamlessly to these devices to provide Google TV features directly on the TV.

Sony’s Vaio range of computers will continue to be updated with more entertainment feature and new designs that fit with consumers’ needs and increasing mobility. At CES, Sony will be demonstrating new technologies and prototypes for a range of technologies including glasses-free 3D.

In the smartphone space, the Xperia brand has done reasonably well, but increasing the smartphone share in North America is now one of Sony’s highest priorities. Sony Ericsson will be subsumed into Sony Mobile Communications and all new phones will carry Sony branding. The latest addition to the Xperia line-up is the Xperia ion, Sony’s first LTE smartphone coming with an HD 720p display and aluminium body. Also new is the Xperia S which comes with 3D image capture.

On the imaging front, no less than 13 new Handycam camcorders are being unveiled. A new image stabilisation system called Balanced Optical Steady Shot has been developed that controls the complete optical path from lens to sensor as a single floating unit. This reduces handshake blur by up to 13 times compared to the previous models. There’s a new camcorder model with a built-in video projector that has improved brightness and enhanced audio. The trusty Bloggie range now has a “Live” model which will live stream HD video over a Wi-Fi connection and there’s an unboxing over at sister channel TPN.tv. Of course, Sony has a bunch of new Cybershot digital still cameras.

Finally, it wouldn’t be CES if Sony didn’t announce a Walkman or two. The new Z series of MP3 players comes with an application interface and connectivity to both Sony’s Music Unlimited and the Android Market. Content can be played from Z series devices either wirelessly using DLNA or via HDMI to Bravia TVs. To further improve the audio experience, no less than eleven new Balanced Armature earbud-style headphones are now available as well.

That’s it – a quick overview of the products on show at CES by Sony and they all look like fun.

At CES in Las Vegas, Withings has announced its wireless Internet-connected baby and toddle scale, winner of a 2012 CES Innovations Award. Developed by the French company, the Smart Baby Scale incorporates WiFi, Bluetooth and the low power Bluetooth Smart connectivity and allows parents to accurately record their child’s weight from birth.

Using the Smart Baby Scale, parents can view the weight readings from any net connected device, such as PC, laptop, iPad, iPhone or iPod touch using the already available WiScale app. Parents can easily pass on their child’s weight profile to their doctor, family and friends and the scale can also update Facebook and Twitter. Messages can be sent to email addresses with new readings and, if desired, parents can put together a scrapbook with notes and photos to create a story of their child’s growth.

Cédric Hutchings, Withings co-founder says, “We are very excited to announce our Smart Baby Scale and offer parents an amazing new way to take care of their newborn or young child. The success of our WiFi Body Scale has proven the benefits of connected weight tracking on adults and we were eager to also bring these benefits to babies and children. We are thrilled that our Smart Baby Scale was awarded the prestigious CES Innovation Award and this further reinforces our vision of designing smart communicating devices that help families take better charge of their health”.

The Smart Baby Scale complements other Withings products such as the adult Withings WiFi body scale and the Withings Blood Pressure Monitor. Parents are able to monitor their child’s weight on the same dashboard they view their own weight and blood pressure. (Hmm, I wonder if parents are as inclined to put their own weight on Facebook!)

No news on pricing but the Smart Baby Scale will be available from Q2 of 2012. The WiScale app is available now for iOS devices from the App Store for free.

Travelling by air can be pretty dull – you’re jammed into a metal tube with nowhere to go even if you could get out of your seat. Inflight entertainment has evolved from one or two screens for the whole cabin to multichannel personal media players in seat headrests, which certainly helps to alleviate the boredom. More recently and largely responding to the requests of business travellers, more and more flights now have Wi-Fi, bringing the Internet to your foldaway table, albeit usually at a price.

If you are lucky enough to be on a plane equipped with Gogo‘s inflight Wi-Fi connectivity, Ford has teamed up with Gogo to offer access to Ford’s Mustang Customizer and free access to Facebook for the rest of the flight. The Customizer is a notch above the usual car modelling websites where you can only change the colour of the paint and the interior trim. Starting out with Mustang V6, GT, Boss 302 or Shelby GT500, the Customizer lets you choose the exterior before tweaking under the hood and then placing the car in one of three backgrounds – dragway, cityscape or drive-in restaurant. Apparently there are over 78,791,049,216,000 combinations of vehicle to dream up.

Once you’ve got the car of your dreams, the picture can be downloaded as a background or posted to Facebook and entered into contests to see who has the best car. If you’ve cash to match, you can get a .pdf pricing out the components you’ve chosen.

“We are really excited to give Gogo users a chance to customize their very own Mustang while in flight,” added Brian McClary, emerging and social media specialist at Ford. “The Mustang Customizer has proven to be a great way for users to create their own Mustang and provides an interactive and immersive experience.”

Definitely of interest to bored petrol heads, small boys and Facebook junkies. The special promotion starts 21 October, 2011 and ends 18 November, 2011

I am sure you have noticed the new strategy with the show content and I hope you like the tighter format. The goal is more insight on the important stuff while at the same time getting you a nice sampling of what you may have missed. This may mean longer rants on some sections of the show and barely a gloss over on other segments. All of this is part of the process I am using to take the show to the next level. Your feedback is welcome. Enjoy todays show! Next show will be road show.. Listen for details.

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Show Notes:
Chrome Notebooks
Ultimate Family Computer?
Our OS are Torturing us?
Google TV and the Master Plan.
Google I/O Recap.
DIY Chrome Book.
Senate Censorship Bill!
The 6 Billion dollar roll of the Dice.
Apple Walled Garden Kills Another Company.
Netflix comes out Guns Blazing!
Microsoft + Skype = I do not Understand.
FBI Statements Typical!
The ACTA Treaty!
Corruption at the highest Level!
Sneaker Net email.
TwitPic shame on You!
Comcast fixes Pirate Bay?
iMac Drives Proprietary.
Lime Wire 105 Million to RIAA Partners.
Sony Messed with wrong Hackers.
Facebook PR Team BLOWS It.
National Jukebox 1900 Music.
Caffeine Buzz via your Soap.
Black Holes = Earlier Universes?
Target Asteroid Acquired.
30 Supernova a Second?
Endeavor Team back at KSC.
Wrong Place, Wrong IP, Wrong Time.
Battle Lines Drawn over Net Rentals!
Cox brings TV to Net.
Adobe Sues Wowza over Patents.
Femtocell to Save the Day!
Making your own Coupons = Jail Time.
Google Music Dance over Money.
iPad Wifi Issue is Back.
Amazon Tablet on the Way.
Australian Key loggers for Gov’t employees.
Nuclear Meltdown Confirmed in Japan.

Samsung SH100

I have been wanting a Wi-Fi enabled camera for a very long time, we know you have been able to get SD card with Wi-Fi built in. But we have been way overdue on getting a camera with Wi-Fi onboard.

Now Samsung has a camera that had built-in WiFi that does even more than I expected.

The SH100 wi-fi enabled camera has a 14.2 MegaPixel sensor with 5x zoom, but more important – Once you take a picture, you can send it to your favorite place. A hard drive, Facebook, Twitter, iPad or where ever.

What I really was surprised about was the fact you could use your Smartphone as a proxy viewfinder. If you need to hold the camera up in the air, the camera will send the video to your Smartphone so you can see what you are taking.

The SH100 will be available for $199.99 in March.

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Buffalo Technology has added three new wireless-n (802.11n) products to its AirStation range, including the N-Technology USB 2.0 Adapter, N-Technology 150Mbps router and the Nfiniti Dual-Band Wireless-N Ethernet Converter.

Starting with the AirStation N-Technology USB2 adapter, this is the smallest wireless-n adaptor I’ve seen – it’s more like the little Bluetooth or wireless mouse transmitters – but still manages 150 Mb/s.  It would be perfect if you’ve already got a laptop that only has 11g wi-fi and you want to upgrade.  At just £19.99, it’s a bargain!

And if you want to upgrade your whole wireless network, then you’ll need to take a look at the complementary router, the AirStation N-Technology 150 Mb/s router (RRP £29.99).  Finished in fashionable white, it draws design cues from the Link- and DriveStation range.  There are four 100 Mb/s LAN ethernet ports round the back for hard-wiring.  There’s a further single port for the WAN so note that this is a pure router – there is no modem; ADSL, cable or otherwise.  DHCP, NAT and SPI firewall features are built-in.

Finally, for those devices that have ethernet ports but don’t have wireless-n, then check out the Nfiniti Dual-Band Wireless-N Ethernet Converter. This plugs straight into a power socket and incorporates two ethernet ports for connections to games consoles, DVRs, Blu-ray players and so on.  Unlike the other devices, this converter can transfer data at 300 Mb/s and given that it’s likely to be used for streaming media, this is a good thing.  You’ll be able to pick this up for £39.99.

All the devices above use Buffalo’s AOSS (AirStation One Touch Secure System) which simplifies the process of wirelessly connecting them together.

With luck, GNC will be able to bring you a hands-on review of these in the next few weeks.

Buffalo have also released an application called “WebAccess i” for the Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch that allows owners of the Tera- and LinkStation NAS devices to download and upload files across the internet.  It’s available from the iTunes store.  (I’m told that it’s “really cool”, but I haven’t yet been able to test it.)

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Meego coming to a car near you.
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Do Regular People understand Public Lives were Living?
Cloud Perspectives.
What Planet is CNN reporting on?
** Walk Across America.
Laser Show destroys DSLR!
iPad Stand.
Lightning slowed down x300.
Cell Phone rules at your Work?
Devices and more Devices become Net Aware.
T-Mobile iPhone Expectations.
Telcos loosing Broadband Customers.
Inception Good or Bad?
Mobilize your Blog.
Facebook Delete Button.
Google Music.
EFF Scores Big Win!
Facebook Like feature Enhanced.
YouTube API Fantastic News.
Google Apps for Government?
New Mars Rover takes first Roll.
AT&T fixing Network with Cheaper Wi-FI?
UFC to go after PPV streamers.
Citi says mobile app banking Security Issue.
Sniffing for those Paralyzed.
Southwest says Mechanical issue = Act of God?
All Colliders idle in 2012?
Copyright Insanity.
Camera wizardry at it’s best!
Gamma Ray Burst will be Ugly!

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Video Kinect.
Facebook Videos and iPhone 4.
AT&T Were Sorry!
5 iPad Apps that will change your mind.
Apple Mobile Browser share drops.
Who is your Trip Advisor?
CitizenTube.
Starbucks free Wi-Fi on 7-1-10
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Twitter Outages.
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I announce a couple of contest and a new initiative that I hope will help some Ohana get started with some new projects. Today’s news was dominated by the iPhone but I dug around and found the rest of the stories out there. To all of you that faithfully listen thanks for being part of the Ohana. Todd..

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Artificial Cornea Approved.
HP Printers to come with email address.
Casinos covering losses by saying bad code!
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Bing on iPhone 4
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FCC going after Spectrum.
Steve Rubel and Scoble Fav iPad Apps.
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Are you as mad as I am over the latest AT&T announcement I get on the GNC Soapbox and stay there for a bit. Last show in Hawaii for two weeks, I head out to Texas and NY over the next 4 shows. Join me live at more civilized times. Listen to show for details. Looking for some feedback on the Insider Video on how you liked it..

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Ballmer on Google.
Skype Rdio?
FTC Spanks Key Logger.
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Windows iPad.
Will Paywall Fail?
Google gives up Wi-Fi data to Germany.
81 Iridium Birds Ordered.
Coal to Elephant Grass.
Urine to Power your Car?
Falcon 9 Launch for Today.
More Water Proof for Mars.
Nuke for Oil Leak off the Table.
Eyeball Tickets in Columbus.
App Rejection Criteria for Apple App Store.
AT&T King of 3G (whatever).
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Police do not want to be Filmed?
Border Guards can take your Laptop.
EFF Helping Time Warner.
Product Placement Questions.
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StarTech Mac Adapters!
Compatibility Trojan!
Gravitational Wave Detector.
Infoworld Mac / Apple Mediation Plan.
Galaxy Cluster way out their!
Canadian Supreme Courts says press have no rights!
USPTO Moving swiftly on Patents?
New Hampshire court rules New Media – Media.
HTML 5 Video Embed Instructions!
Audio Enthusiast will want this!
Wi-FI at 60GHZ?
Orion Abort system Tested.
Atlantis last Flight may 14th.
** Facebook Privacy De-Evolution.
Firefox version 4 sneak peak!
Clear to stay Wimax till 2012?
10 or 100TB Hard Drives!
Hypermac updates Product line!
My Kind of Shack.
AT&T Hits keep coming.
Faster Upload Speeds Coming?
iPad 3G Plan Pricing.
Anttenna iPhone App.
More books for Vision Impaired.
iTunes LIVE?
AT&T + Rights + iPhone +2012 = Nightmare!
Office 2010 Discounting ends in July.
Bio-Engineered Cleaners attack!
Android #2, Rim #1, iPhone #3.
4MBPS for all my Countrymen.
Electrons at nanoscale next computer?
Twitter taken down by hackers!
Boeing Phantom.
Safari has a bug for Windows Users.

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Do not ever buy any charging device from Mophie. I explain in my show tonight on how this is the worst designed after-market i Phone charger and my experience with three failed units. Listen to learn how to win a Roku. We will give another one away next week. Next show will be recorded in Albuquerque New Mexico.

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Progress to ISS.
Chile wins big Telescope.
Sony TV’s with Intel Inside.
HP and Palm good match or bad?
Steve Jobs Talks Down Flash.
TomTom to save itself with Apps?
T-Mobile and Bandwidth Caps.
No Tethering yet from AT&T?
Space Balloon – 1 SUV – 0
No G’s for the iPhone.
Hotel Wi-Fi Ratings.
Gov’t Request and Google.
Thats my iPhone story and i’m sticking to it.
1 Million dollars for rights to cell Mobile ads to iPhone?
Is Facebook the New Mob?
40 Uses for Floppies.
2nd Chrome Patch Available.
NASA says no Life on Mars, Yet.
Gov. Palin email trial deadlocked.
OLED used for Infrared?
I can raise my own kids thank you!
iPad 3g Pricing!
Polaroid Lives.
Spirit sets a Record!
College Students Attendance Tracked!
Windows 7 Worst Features.

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Live from Central Texas, if you want to win a Roku listen to win. You can watch the Geek News Central Podcast on Boxee and Roku be sure to check us out. Find out which star was on my flight out of Honolulu and the conversation I had with him. Show streamed tonight with my Clear Wimax connection. If you want to watch a live show tune in Thursday at 8pm CST for the show.

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Gizmodo Editor house Raided.
Will Gizmodo test the Blogger/Reporter Standard?
YouTube IPL Stream Beats Expectations.
7 iPad Apps.
50k Android Apps whats your Favorites?
Does your Device have a Off switch?
Windows Home Server Upgrade (Vail).
Lose your car often.
Cell Phone Jammer in Trouble with FCC.
Galileo #1 Almost Ready.
Scientist get deep in RSA Encryption Hack.
Windows iPad users Targeted by Malware.
Mcafee takes a beating!
DMCA Takedown for Personal Data.
New Zealand 3 Strikes Rules.
FCC Spectrum Task Force.
Floppy Disk R.I.P.
i7 Macbook your next Stove!
Wi-Fi Sync App.
iPad Camera Adapter.
Is their iPhone versus Android?
Samsung + GoogleTV = Win!

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Way beyond ready to head for home, this has been a long trip and I have a long list of things from my lovely wife to take care of when I get back. Rare early afternoon recording of the show. Good old Chrome decided to play games with me during the podcast so that was fun to deal with. At least no idiots in the chatroom today!

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iPad Jailbreak?
Canon T2i 1080p
Mini Cooper on Mars!
Fatty Foods Like Cocaine?
Car Safety Issue caused by Gamma Rays?
Publishers banking on iPad?
UK want’s Cybercafe to Spy on Users!
Printable RFID Tags!
Gifting Limited in iTunes!
Wimax via Satellite?
Android and iPhone neck and neck!
Parachute to de-orbit Sats!
Boingo $1.99 Wi-Fi for iPad.
Shuttle cleared for Launch!
Spy for Universal Musig Group earn $26k!
Would your Wife Agree to this?
iPad out of Stock till the 12th!
Atom Smasher 411!
UK Digital conversion gets Pushback!
Microsoft defends IE8 Hacks!
Clearwire launches 4G in Houston!
HTML5 Skeptics!
This USB sticks will self destruct in 10 seconds!
iPad Tour!
Blockbuster and Warner Brothers Partner Up!
Mac Updates!

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When it rains it pours someone has opened up the flood gate and I have been inundated with request for proposals from companies wanting to do advertising deals. So I have been burning the midnight oil and will likely pull some 18 hour days over the weekend to get everything pushed out. One more show here in Texas before I head back to Honolulu.

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GoDaddy stops Chinese Sales!
iPad + TSA = Extra Bin
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T-Mobile in 2010.
ScanSnap?
Can Forums help your Show and Site?
Android Growth due to Rev Share?
Wii + Netflix -= Soon!
iPad Apps?
Google + Twitter + Chinese = War!
CBS and HTML5 on April 3rd.
20yrs for Massive Credit Card Bill.
Flip versus iPhone?
Keep our Libraries Open.
Robocaller gets FTC Bill – House and Cars!
UK Laughing at US ISP Policy!
Gmail Geo-Location as added Security feature!
Sexting re-examined!
Cable TV is Doomed!
Cable TV is Doomed like Dinosaurs!
Red Chinese issue Google Reporting Rules.
YouTube down?
90% More Space?
UK Man does for 500 Pounds what cost NASA a Million?
SEO Trademark battle hero!
UK Digital Bill to get Rammed down your throats!
NASA $66.00 per head for snack?

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I blew the barn doors off on this one folks!. Hopefully iTunes cooperates tonight not sure what happened last podcast. Be sure to always check in at the website for the show. I cover a far amount of ground tonight and I reach out to our Italian listeners hopefully you all can talk to me about the Insanity in Italy at the moment.

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OGG Versus H.264 Head to Head!
Intuit updates Quickbooks for Mac!
Facebook gets Wires crossed!
TV Stations asked to give up 500mhz!
Virgin Media to roll 100 mbps Service out!
Latvian Hacker spills beans on Banks!
Esa’s Smos European Space Agency Mission Report.
PALM in Trouble!
Boxee back on Apple TV!
Thunderbird Security Fix!
FTC Investigating Companies for P2P document leaks!
Skype on your TV!
End of Support Life for Many Microsoft Products!
NASA Chief under Fire!
Johnny Cash Song 10 Billionth Downloaded!
Citibank monumental screw up!
Has your Blackberry Radiated you Today?
Whoops Did not mean to knock your site offline!
Is it time for ET Ethics?
Patent Label Chasers?
40 Billion and wanting to Spend Money!
Sen Al Franken wants User Bandwidth Caps!
Klipsch’s Ear Buds.
Telava 3g Pay as you Go!
Detect Wi-Fi Hot Spots at 20 Miles!
Augmented Reality and Social Media?
Second Life to get Second Life?
Politicans and there Keepers!

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Every show has it’s trolls tonight one took it to a new level, very sad individuals play games like this. Lots of tech news and information just like always. Next show will be a early live recording hope you join me on Thursday night for the live event.

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Will Google fail in 1gbps roll out?
FCC may force carriers to share!
Verizon 4G on the Way!
Sports Hacker wanted in France?
4 Trillion Degree collision?
Some cool iPhone Apps.
California Steampunk Gathering!
Comcast = Xfinity!
UK Linking is not Infringing!
7.2 Billion stimulus being blocked?
Spirit is parked for Winter.
Shuttle Mission Extended!
Blip Downloads bad for Media Device Viewing!
Windows Phone 7 Video.
Windows Mobile Comparison.
Bug Labs 2.0
Is Wi-Fi on School Buses a good Idea?
Use for those old Projector Slides!
DIY Mag Power Plug.
WAC to deliver on App Standards?
Is Cable Fudging Survey Numbers?
ChatRoulette is very very dangerous!
Do you use Hot Spot?
Scobleizer on TED
Sarah Lacy on TED?
Do you have a 20 minute rule?
Mozilla happy with Opera?

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Nokia announced that its is developing a portable Internet device based on the open-source Linux operating system. Designed to take advantage of the wide distribution of accessible Wi-Fi networks, the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet features a widescreen display and an on-screen keyboard, a la a PDA on steroids. The device will also be able to connect to Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones as an alternative network connection source.

The portable computer includes built-in access to Internet radio, RSS (Real Simple Syndication) news reader, and a digital media player. Weighing in at about a half-pound, the device will be available to consumers this fall.

According to Nokia’s website, “The device runs on Linux based Nokia Internet Tablet 2005 software edition which includes widely deployed desktop Linux and Open Source technologies. The maemo development platform (www.maemo.org) will provide Open Source developers and innovation houses with the tools and opportunities to collaborate with Nokia on future devices and OS releases in the Internet Tablet category.”

Dave’s Opinion
This is a good foray for Nokia: designing a portable media device without being beholden to the restrictions and costs that traditional laptops face with Microsoft Windows. The Linux operating system is generally considered more stable and flexible than Windows, and with proper installation is equally secure, and some IT experts think, more secure than Microsoft’s operating system.

Nokia 770 Internet Tablet Press Release: http://press.nokia.com/PR/200505/995802_5.html

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Nokia 770 Internet Tablet Press Release

The American Council of Mayors and Urban Managers voted Friday to lobby the U.S. Congress in support of pending legislation that will render illegal 802.11b/g Wi-Fi networks, paving the way for widespread development of the much faster 802.16 WiMAX networking protocol.

The broad support from the nation’s urban leaders took the computer and telecommunications industries by surprise. Most technologists expected the legislation to die in committee, after being supported by only a few House members, all of which are from rural areas.

Dave’s Opinion
As the law reads, both commercial and residential Wi-Fi networks will be rendered illegal, reportedly to clear a broad path through the 2.4GHz radio spectrum. Most networks that I have helped to install in the last two years have either been fully wireless (Wi-Fi) or included a Wi-Fi subnet.

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The City of Philadelphia has concluded negotiations with Verizon Communications, and will move forward with plans to develop a metropolitan Wi-Fi network, even though a new Pennsylvania law allows telecommunication carriers from blocking such projects.

The planned Wi-Fi network, which will offer low-cost Internet service to residents, is still scheduled to go online this summer. Pennsylvania House Bill 30, signed into law this week, allows incumbent carriers, such as Verizon, the right to block local governments from setting up paid Internet networks after January 1, 2006. The law allows existing services, such as Philadelphia’s, to continue, plus there’s a one-year grace period within which new governmental network services may be developed. Good news for residents is that the law does not restrict the future development of free-access networks, should a local government decide to foot the bill.

Dave’s Comments
I have been using Baltimore and Philadelphia’s metropolitan Wi-Fi networks as examples of government support for broad-access Internet services, in my university e-business classes. Philadelphia’s network plan is interesting because it encompasses the entire metropolitan area, and is specifically designed to serve those residents most likely to not have current broadband Internet access.

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References
Pennsylvania House Bill 30