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I Don't Get It
Jeff Richgels gets beyond the hype and turns tech talk into plain English.
Jeff Richgels
December 3
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iDGi: Fitch Ratings warns on cable and telecom outlook
Fitch Ratings on Wednesday pointed to difficult times ahead for the cable and telecommunications industry as unemployment and home foreclosures balloon and it faces an uncertain regulatory landscape under a new president, the Associated Press reported. The ratings agency said the sector >> more
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December 3
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iDGi: Cable subscribers again rate Discovery Channel No. 1
For the 15th straight year, Discovery Channel is the favorite cable network, according to the annual Beta Research Cable Subscriber study evaluating basic cable networks, Multichannel.com reported. History and ESPN were second and third. Thirty percent of those surveyed named >> more
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December 3
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iDGi: National honor for state Charter exec Washa
Lisa Washa, vice president and general manager of Charter Communications' Wisconsin operations, has been recognized by CableFax Magazine as being among the top 100 influential and successful women leaders in the cable industry. The list was published in the Nov. 20 online and print >> more
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December 3
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iDGi: Greener surfing?
Tweaking your Web browser so it doesn't run a lot of flashy Web graphics will cut your computer's energy use while cruising the Internet. Whether it's significant is a matter of perspective, according to a report by PC World. The story reports that Robert Hansen, >> more
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December 2
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iDGi: Wisconsin's Internet speed is s l o w
Wisconsin ranks a lowly 45th in the U.S. in Internet speed in a study involving thousands of Internet users by PCMag.com. Wisconsin's average speed is 402 kbps, not much more than half No. 1 Nevada's 781 kbps. The >> more
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December 2
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iDGi: Home equipment could give 10x boost to cell capacity, report says
Indoor 3G base stations called Femtocells installed by consumers will boost cellular network capacity more than 10-fold without causing interference, according to research carried out by the Femto Forum, IDG News Service reported. Femtocells are designed to give indoor coverage for >> more
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December 2
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iDGi: Netbooks hot on Cyber Monday, Amazon reports
Netbooks dominated the Computers & PC hardware bestsellers list on Amazon.com on Cyber Monday in the U.S., the biggest online shopping day of the year, IDG News Service reported. Netbooks took seven of the top 10 spots on Amazon.com's computer bestseller list by the end of the day >> more
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December 1
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iDGi: Time Warner exec nixes Charter acquisition talk
Charter Communications Inc. is not a cheap acquisition target, the chief financial officer of Time Warner Cable Inc. said Monday at the Reuters Media Summit, Reuters reported. Charter's stock fell 3 cents per share Monday to close at 16 cents per share, but the St. >> more
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December 1
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iDGi: Free wireless broadband across U.S.?
The Federal Communications Commission will vote later this month on a plan that includes free wireless broadband across the country, USA Today reported Monday. If approved at the FCC's Dec. 18 meeting, free broadband could become reality within a year, the paper >> more
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December 1
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iDGi: FCC commissioner in digital TV transition meeting in Milwaukee Tuesday
The transition of broadcast television from analog to digital in February is the subject of a town hall meeting Tuesday in Milwaukee featuring Federal Communications Commissioner Michael J. Copps. Copps' trip to Milwaukee and Green Bay on Tuesday and Wednesday is part of the >> more
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