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Turkey Revenge
The turkeys are pissed this Thanksgiving they are seeking revenge.
Germs Infest 60% of Americas Phones
60% of Americans sleep with their phones, harboring germs. Cleaning regularly with UV sanitizer or alcohol wipes can help keep your phone and bed germ-free.
Smartphone Sanitizing: A Practical Guide
Securely erase personal data from your old smartphone before recycling. Protect your identity from hackers—easy steps to follow.
Why Soft Skills Matter in Today’s Job Market
Boost your career with essential soft skills like communication, teamwork, and emotional intelligence. Learn why they’re crucial for workplace success.
HD Video on Your Cell Phone
Wireless Week is reporting that Texas Instruments has announced a new processor, the OMAP 3440 which will enable high-definition video recording on smartphones. TI also demonstrated the Pico chipset, at the recent Mobile World Congress, which includes a chip and processor for handheld and mobile HD video projections devices.
TI officials speculate that the high-definition capabilities could start showing up in devices by early 2009. Brian Carlson, technology manager in TI’s cellular systems unit says, “Video is the next big wave for mobile, imaging was first, then audio and now video is catching hold.” Greg Delagi, TI senior VP says, “We’ve only just begun to scratch the surface of how important and helpful mobile devices will become to each and every one of us.”
(Wireless Week, March 01, 2008, Page 11)
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Tags: 2008, AAPL, Android, Apple, GOOG, Google, HDTV, High-definition video, iPhone, Mobile, Mobile World Congress, Samsung, Smartphone
IT Security Statistics
CompTIA has recently reported new IT security statistics. They say that the number of IT security breaches is down but the level of severity is up. In their survey, CompTIA found that the average cost of a security breach across all companies surveyed was $368,288. This number was driven by a number of firms that estimated their costs over $10 million. Approximately half of the respondents estimated that the cost of an IT security breach was $10,000 or less.
These firms broke down their costs of security breaches:
- Employee productivity affected – 35%
- Server or network downtime – 21%
- Revenue-generating activities changed – 20%
- Physical assets impacted – 17%
- Legal fees and/or fines – 8%
(Wireless Week, October 15, 2007, p. 38)
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Never Say Never to Broadband over Powerline
GigaOm is reporting that LA-based utility.net, broadband over powerline (BPL) network provider, will begin deploying BPL in the Lansing, Michigan area. The BPL rollout will be in cooperation with Consumers Energy. Consumers recently completed a pilot project with Shpigler Group which initially deployed a BPL network to 10,000 homes in and around the city of Grand Ledge, Michigan.
The first phase of the broadband over powerline deployment is expected to be operational by the end of 2007. Consumers Energy will grant utility.net additional service areas in blocks of 100,000 customers in the coming years. Within several years, utility.net expects to reach one million Michigan residents with broadband over the powerline.
utility.net will assume full responsibility for the network and business model. The company will partner with one or more Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The ISPs will manage the relationship with the end customer. Utility.net will initially offer three symmetrical broadband over powerline service levels, 768 Kbps, 1.5 Mbps, and 3 Mbps.
Consumers Energy provides electric and natural gas service to 6.5 million residents of Michigan.
Ralph Bach has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his Bach Seat about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Email the Bach Seat here.
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Tags: 2007, BPL, Broadband, Business, Consumers Energy, Michigan, Power line communication, Zombie
Television Warning
As part of the migration to digital television, the FCC will require those who sell television receiving equipment without digital tuners after May 25, 2007, to disclose at the point of sale that the equipment will require a converter box to receive over-the-air television after Feb. 17, 2009.
Citing “a matter of public safety for consumers who rely on analog-only television” to receive emergency information via television broadcast, the commission is requiring a transparent sticker with warning information be affixed to the screens of analog TV for sale or displayed separately “immediately adjacent” to each analog TV for sale. For TV devices without displays, the alert must be “in a prominent location.”
FCC Second Report and Order in the Second DTV Periodic Review
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If only they would warn us about tripe like Cop Rock and Martha Stewart Apprentice….
Ralph Bach has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his Bach Seat about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Email the Bach Seat here.
IPv6 is Coming
Updated 10-04-2008 – Here’s a good graphical representation of the status of IPv4 addresses from ars Technica.
Updated 03-21-08 – Here’s a doomsday clock for the end of the IPv4 world, courtesy of the IPv4 Address Report
Gadget by Takashi Arano’s Intec NetCore
(Details here).
ars Technica has an article where ARIN is encouraging migration to IPv6. The article states there are still IPv4 addresses available until 2010. An ARIN spokesperson told ars that “19 percent of the IPv4 address space is still available, with 13 percent unavailable and 68 percent “allocated.”
The group is reluctant to make predictions on when the supply of IPv4 addresses will run out, choosing instead to watch distribution and consumption trends so that others can do the predicting. “Those forecasts have some variation, but it is clear that this could be an issue as soon as 2010.”
Ralph Bach has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his Bach Seat about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Email the Bach Seat here.