Sort by Retro Thing (Free subscription) - 07/09/2008 - YouTube
The Telstar 1 communication satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on July 10, 1962, ushering in the modern age of intercontinental broadcasting and telecommunication. It was owned by AT&T and developed at Bell Telephone Labs as part of an...
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... of discriminatory fees." Other notables who endorse the concept are former Virginia Governor and telecommunications entrepreneur Mark Warner , who is expected to win his race, and Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich , who is running to unseat Republican senator Ted "series of tubes" Stevens . McCain's philosophy towards Net Neutrality has for a long time been "let the market decide." For his part,...
Sort by The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) - 06/21/2008 - YouTube
Orange to Blue candidate Darcy Burner : Hi, this is Darcy Burner, running for Congress in Washington's 8th congressional district. Like many of you, I'm incredibly disappointed with today's vote on retroactive immunity for the telecommunications companies. I've made my position on this issue very clear, and I've been happy to be fighting to ensure that we uphold the Constitution through all...
Sort by Pulse2 (Free subscription) - 07/12/2008 - YouTube
Often times I am irked by policies and bills laid out by the government such as telecommunication company immunity for wire tapping, but today I was actually impressed by a government decision made. The FCC told the Associated Press that Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) was wrong for interfering with BitTorrent traffic. “The commission has adopted a [...]
Sort by Telstar Logistics (Free subscription) - 07/10/2008 - YouTube
OFFICIAL MEMORANDUM To: All staff and associates From: Telstar Logistics Office of Launch Control and Human Resources Re: Telstar 1 Anniversary Dear colleagues, On this day in 1962, our corporate namesake, the Telstar 1 telecommunications satellite, was launched into orbit....
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PlusBush to Sign New Eavesdropping BillBush to Sign New Eavesdropping BillThe Associated PressPresident Bush said Wednesday that he will soon sign a bill that overhauls the rules on secret government eavesdropping and grants immunity to telecommunications companies that helped. (July 9)This video co
Sort by Threat Level (Free subscription) - 07/08/2008 - YouTube
Online activists from the right and the left announced an unprecedented campaign Tuesday to hold democratic lawmakers accountable for caving to the Bush administration on domestic spying Netroots activists are raising money online to run advertisements against "Blue Dog Democrats" such as Rep. Chris Carney, D-Pa. who have voted for a bill that would immunize telecommunications companies against...
Sort by dkchen (Free subscription) - 04/04/2008 - YouTube
<span >This is a 30-second TV commercial spot from the National Cable & Telecommunications Association claiming that Net Neutrality is a bad thing and that it only means consumers pay more. Not siding with this piece, just bringing it to the YouTube audience. For more info visit www.nct
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While most developing countries are seen as hotbeds of industrial pollution , unchecked emissions and other shady environmental practices , in at least one developing Central American nation, green energy and progress are going hand in hand. In Nicaragua, access to telecommunications is sparse, especially in rural or remote regions of the country, and many citizens there make use of call shops,...
Sort by Sister Toldjah (Free subscription) - 06/26/2008 - YouTube
For all that talk yesterday of a Democrat filibuster on the FISA compromise in the Senate, it wasn’t even close : WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) - A White House-backed spy bill to protect telecommunication companies from billions of dollars in potential damages from privacy lawsuits passed a Senate test vote on Wednesday, and headed toward final congressional approval. On a vote of 80-15,...
Sort by Japan Probe (Free subscription) - 06/12/2008 - DailyMotion
Asahi TV news reports that one of the police officers responsible for arranging security ahead of the G8 summit in Hokkaido has been arrested for entering a women’s bathing area and peeping: The officer, a 38-year-old telecommunications expert dispatched to Hokkaido from Chiba Prefecture, had crept into the dressing room area of the female bathing area [...]
Sort by Wired (Free subscription) - 06/06/2008 - YouTube
... produced using the jacket and a couple of noble volunteers selected from her fellow Interactive Telecommunications Program students. You can also check out a bunch of other cool DIY art and electronics projects from ITP.
Sort by The Park Paradigm (Free subscription) - 06/06/2008 - YouTube
Exchanges and telecommunications technologies are two of the key themes I explore at the Park Paradigm. Long-time readers will know that I think there are many strategic parallels between the two industries: platform companies with large fixed capex and opex requirements but low marginal unit costs traditional business model predicated on (high) fixed transaction fees traditionally protected...
Sort by wired (Free subscription) - 06/06/2008 - YouTube
Developed at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program, Rui Pereira's thesis, the TUIST is a "multi-mode musical interface for super-star wannabes incapable of playing musical instruments." Or in laymen's terms, as Pereira told Wired.com, "This is a musical instrument
Sort by Profy.Com (Free subscription) - 05/16/2008 - YouTube
... unbiased source of news for politics or causes at all without network neutrality. The way the big telecommunications companies are lobbying Congress as hard as they can to have the Internet no longer be a level playing field. Well, with all the other poor decisions coming out of Capital Hill in recent years, it's easy for this to get lost in the shuffle. A little background on the concept...
