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Submission + - GSM Association Backs LTE for Mobile Boadband (techluver.com)

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Tech.Luver
Tech.Luver writes: "The board of the GSM Association voted to back LTE (3GPP Long Term Evolution) as the mobile broadband standard to succeed HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access), the CEO of the group said Tuesday. The vote is an indication that GSM operators are unified in their support for LTE, and gives them a united front as LTE competes with Qualcomm's UMB (Ultra Mobile Broadband) and with WiMax, backed by the computer industry, to become the next mobile broadband technology. LTE is several times faster than HSPA and could help spur demand for more downloading over cellular networks. Japan's NTT DoCoMo may become the first operator to widely deploy the new technology, which is expected to be ready by the end of this decade. Rob Conway, CEO of GSMA, announced the association's backing of LTE during a speech at the GSM Association's Mobile Asia Congress in Macau, China, and called on the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the leading United Nations agency for communication technologies, to ensure the industry wins the spectrum needed to offer mobile broadband. ( http://techluver.com/2007/11/15/gsm-association-backs-lte-for-mobile-boadband/ )"
Television

Submission + - Comcast Just Won't Learn

Submitted by JjcampNR
JjcampNR writes: Moments after announcing the availability of Tivo powered Comcast DVR boxes, the serial port on most Comcast digital cable boxes manufactured by Motorola were disabled. After a large volume of calls to Comcast by a hoard of angry Tivo users (most Series 2 Tivo boxes use the serial connection to change channels on the cable box) word from Comcast support is that new firmware was the reason for the crippling of the serial port. While Comcast is currently blaming the issue on Motorola for releasing the firmware, the timing of this awfully convenient. My Tivo Series 2 box has worked perfectly through the serial port on a number of Motorola cable boxes over the last few years. With the current list of dirty tricks growing longer by the day, increased pressure from Verizon, and revenue down 50% for the last quarter, how long can Comcast continue to ignore customers to make up for their own shortcomings?
Democrats

Submission + - Obama calls for National CTO (www.icstars.orghttp)

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EmperorKagato
EmperorKagato writes: "Google Inc.'s Headquarters Mountain View, California: Presidential Candidate Barrack Obama talked about his plans to connect Americans through technology.

"Together, we could open up government and invite citizens in, while connecting all of America to 21st century broadband. We could use technology to help achieve universal health care, to reach for a clean energy future, and to ensure that young Americans can compete and win in the global economy"
Obama, a strong supporter of Net Neutrality, expects to achieve this goal by appointing a Chief Technology Officer that would ensure that every government agency is meeting 21st century standards."
Democrats

Submission + - Obama at Google (yahoo.com)

Submitted by infinitysv5
infinitysv5 writes: Obama made a campaign stop at Google. He pledged to post government data on the Internet in universally accessible formats, and likened his quick rise in politics to Google's rapid emergence as the giant it is. He also fielded questions, like this one:

"Obama was prepared when Google CEO Eric Schmidt, the event moderator, asked him the most efficient way to sort a million 32-bit integers.

Obama said he did not favor the bubble sort method, impressing engineers by his reference to a method of sorting out numerical algorithms.

"You answered the question correctly," Schmidt said."

Only a politician would even mention bubble sort.
Government

Submission + - Obama to name CTO to manage government wikis, more (venturebeat.com)

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Bayscribe
Bayscribe writes: "Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has released details of his technology plan. VentureBeat contains the full plans, including Barack's decision to appoint a "Chief Technology Officer."
The CTO's mandate would be different from the cybersecurity czar appointed under the Bush Administration. Bush's czar helped defend against cyberattacks. Obama's CTO, by contrast, would ensure government officials holds open meetings, broadcast live webcasts of those meetings, and use blogging software, wikis and open comments to communicate policies with Americans. Obama also wants to go further than the FCC in opening up the wireless spectrum, and seeks to increase subsidies for broadband access."

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