JQ On Technology Vox 2008-05-07T14:36:59Z JQ http://j-q.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00ccff93e9cad756/ JQ's Blog WiMax Gets A Big Push tag:vox.com,2008-05-07:asset-6a00ccff93e9cad75600e398f75d120005 2008-05-07T14:36:59Z 2008-05-07T14:36:59Z JQ http://j-q.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Broadband for the rest of us?

After rumors of its demise and resurrection, it looks like WiMax will finally get the push it needs in the U.S. to become a viable contender in the wireless communications space. Sprint and Clearwire finally rekindled a deal to launch a nationw...

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]]> Microhoo: August Surprise tag:vox.com,2008-05-06:asset-6a00ccff93e9cad75600f48cf57d000003 2008-05-06T16:37:12Z 2008-05-06T16:37:12Z JQ http://j-q.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom In the world of mergers and acquisitions, it's never over. Folks are selling their Yahoo shares after Microsoft abandoned its efforts to take over the company last weekend, but they might want to start buying again in July. Yes, Yahoo wanted mor...

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]]> Windows XP Still Hanging On tag:vox.com,2008-04-23:asset-6a00ccff93e9cad75600e398f2e6720005 2008-04-23T16:28:53Z 2008-04-23T16:32:27Z JQ http://j-q.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Windows Vista

People mulling the idea of buying a computer often ask, "Should I get Windows XP or Vista on it?" That question is about to become moot. As of June 30th, 2008, computer makers will no longer be able to sell machines with XP installed. But people...

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]]> Blogoholism: The Stress of Blogging? tag:vox.com,2008-04-07:asset-6a00ccff93e9cad75600f48d0af3be0001 2008-04-07T16:04:31Z 2008-04-07T16:17:21Z JQ http://j-q.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The lives of bloggers

Breaking News: Bloggers Eat Pizza and Twinkies! One of the funniest stories I've read in a long time came in the form of a below-the-fold item in the Sunday New York Times. Ostensibly a hard news story about how stressful blogging can be, the ar...

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]]> Earth Hour Baby Boom tag:vox.com,2008-03-28:asset-6a00ccff93e9cad75600f48d07c0bd0001 2008-03-28T20:39:42Z 2008-04-04T21:01:53Z JQ http://j-q.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Yeah

Another good idea--and there are precious few of them these days--from Down Under: Turn off some of that major light pollution for one hour Saturday night.(NB: Earth Hour was Saturday, March 29th.) It's called "Earth Hour" and was started last...

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]]> Bell Canada Hijacks Al's Invention; Comcast Redirects tag:vox.com,2008-03-28:asset-6a00ccff93e9cad75600f48ce910cb0003 2008-03-28T19:50:58Z 2008-03-28T21:11:23Z JQ http://j-q.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Net Neutrality

While Comcast began backtracking (well, sort of) on its policy of shutting down certain Internet traffic, those north of the 49th parallel look like they're about to become second-class Netizens. The culprit? Bell Canada. And to think that all ...

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]]> Smart Phones on Fox tag:vox.com,2008-03-16:asset-6a00ccff93e9cad75600f48d03b1300001 2008-03-16T23:19:14Z 2008-03-16T23:19:14Z JQ http://j-q.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

I mean, really!

All mobile phones will eventually be "smart" phones. But for now, the Crackberry, er, Blackberry is the leader. Apple promises to hook its hot iPhone into corporate e-mail systems this summer, which should give the devices a boost in the business...

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]]> Yahoo Deal All But Done? tag:vox.com,2008-02-12:asset-6a00ccff93e9cad75600e398dbf4560005 2008-02-12T16:53:33Z 2008-02-13T01:16:20Z JQ http://j-q.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

JustSayNo

One wonders when Yahoo will wake up and smell the cat food. (Microsoft's cat food, that is, to contort a musical sub-reference into a tech marketing quasi cliche.) Naturally, Yahoo had to at least nominally (and oh so predictably) reject Microso...

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]]> Google Calls Kettle Black tag:vox.com,2008-02-04:asset-6a00ccff93e9cad75600f30f588d610001 2008-02-04T14:58:01Z 2008-02-08T00:45:36Z JQ http://j-q.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Henry_Potter

The recent hostile bid by Microsoft for the flagging Yahoo is taking on "It's A Wonderful Life" proportions. Unfortunately for the world's search engine, Google is casting itself in the role of Mr. Potter. Witness one of the funniest blog post...

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]]> Time Warner Fumbles the Super Bowl tag:vox.com,2008-02-04:asset-6a00ccff93e9cad75600e398d91a180004 2008-02-04T01:33:04Z 2008-02-04T16:07:12Z JQ http://j-q.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Time Warner was unable to deliver the Fox channel in high definition during the Super Bowl Sunday night in one of its biggest and most lucrative markets, New York, home of the New York Giants. Flooded with complaints, the cable provider was unabl...

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