JQ On Technology

WiMax Gets A Big Push

nobody@vox.com(JQ) — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:36:59 -0700

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

nobody@vox.com(JQ) — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:37:12 -0700

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

nobody@vox.com(JQ) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:28:53 -0700

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?

nobody@vox.com(JQ) — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:04:31 -0700

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

nobody@vox.com(JQ) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:39:42 -0700

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

nobody@vox.com(JQ) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:50:58 -0700

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

nobody@vox.com(JQ) — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:19:14 -0700

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?

nobody@vox.com(JQ) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:53:33 -0800

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

nobody@vox.com(JQ) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:58:01 -0800

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

nobody@vox.com(JQ) — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:33:04 -0800

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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