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William Safire writes that the future formation of American public opinion has has fallen into the lap of an ambitious 36-year-old lawyer. [...] His name is Kevin Martin.” Kevin Martin is the swing vote in the June 2nd vote to…

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Comcast ponders WiFi extras But ‘nervous’ about unlicensed spectrum. Well, maybe it’s not as far fetched as I thought… I would think that they could build/brand a WiFi appliance, which would address a large portion of their security concerns while…

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SBC plans public Wi-Fi network”The telecommunications company is shopping for wireless networking equipment to create public hot spots.” It would be be great if Comcast were to react to this by encouraging their customers to set up WiFi hotspots in…

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Some good links in this Plastic article: The Matrix Reiterated. If you haven’t seen it, I wouldn’t read this, though, there are some spoilers. via Plastic…

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Verizon not planning on offering standalone WiFi service via payphones. The price tag of $2,000 - $12,000 per hotspot seems a bit steep, but I guess there’s a fair amount of ruggedizing needed. I think that it has more to…

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Business 2.0 has an interesting article on why Apple should buy TiVo. It talks mostly about the threat of planned network-bound systems, not mentioning Comcast’s recent tests of Tivo-ish hard-drive based box. I’m still hoping for a video iPod that…

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For the holidays this year, in lieu of cash bonuses, we bought most everyone at WebLinc Tivo DVRs with lifetime subscriptions. [For those employees without TV or cable, we got iPods, but that's besides the point.] The TiVos were purchased…

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I saw this great war-related poster on the way to work. For the Iverson-challenged, his nickname is “The Answer.”…

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It appears that Comcast will be testing a set-top DVR in Philadelphia. The idea of using the coaxial as the network is really slick and would drive adoption of the home network a lot further. “Ucentric’s system ‘is full featured,’…

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“The doors opened including the ramp as the pressure system broke down. Everybody was sucked out and is presumed dead,” a military official in the capital Kinshasa told Reuters. This is I want to read, three hours before getting on…

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