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Submission + - The battle over AT&T's fiber rollout

Submitted by Tyler Too on Monday December 18, 2006 @04:09PM

Tyler Too writes: AT&T is facing heated opposition from some communities where it wants to deploy its U-Verse fiber network. Ars Technica has a feature looking at the situation in the suburbs of Chicago. 'Legal uncertainty is the rule when it comes to IPTV deployments by telecommunications companies. Neither Congress nor the FCC have weighed in on whether services like U-verse require their operators to take out a cable franchise from cities' It's not just Chicago, either: 'With AT&T set to upgrade its infrastructure to support U-verse across its wide service area, this is a battle that could play out in thousands of communities across the country over the next few years.'

Journal Journal: [music] iPod could use a reset button... 5

Journal by GeckoFood on Monday December 18, 2006 @03:57PM

This afternoon I had a problem with my iPod. I had just downloaded some goodies from iTunes and decided to load them onto the magic box, and the rat bastard decided to freeze. Hard. It did not respond to any kind of input, and the screen was frozen to dim but not off. I could not get it to reset for anything.

Submission + - Rotating Solar-Powered Skyscraper

Submitted by PieEye on Monday December 18, 2006 @03:50PM

PieEye writes: Wired is pointing out on their Gear Factor blog that there's a skyscraper in the works which will be solar-powered, and what's more will rotate with the sun. Quote: 'The completed tower will offer 200 expensive apartments for people who want to spend lots of money to screw up their circadian rhythym. Singh said they want to build many more such towers, with one for every time zone.'

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by CJMackie on Monday December 18, 2006 @03:42PM

Submission + - New office suite from Germany for FreeBSD, Linux

Submitted by

martin-k

on Monday December 18, 2006 @03:28PM

martin-k writes: "Commercial office suite software is coming to FreeBSD ... and Linux, Windows, Sharp Zaurus and Windows Mobile! SoftMaker, a German developer, today released SoftMaker Office, a multi-platform office suite that excels in Microsoft Office compatibility, is much leaner and faster than OpenOffice.org and works on many operating systems, down to PDAs."

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