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Heading off for a vacation… posting may or may not be lighter, probably depending on the weather. This weekend - Rhode Island… Next week - Long Beach Island, NJ.

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In November, cell phone customers will be able to keep their numbers if they change wireless carriers. Now, the Federal Communications Commission is considering allowing customers to keep the same number if they move from a traditional phone service to wireless. [Mercury News
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Having lived in California for so long, I know the drill. The most important rule is don’t swim with the shark food, especially seals, sea lions, and otters. If you see any of these swimming near you, get the fuck away from them. Also, try not to look like them. Choose bright colored wet suits [...]

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The 18-year-old James, whose storied high-school career generated multiple national television appearances and landed him on the cover of Sports Illustrated, signed a six-year endorsement deal with Coca-Cola Co. (KO.N) brands Sprite and Powerade, the company said on Thursday.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. James has not yet played a minute of professional [...]

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Chances are, you’ve been CAPTCHAd. Since the Internet spam problem reached epidemic proportions several months back, an increasing number of Web-based e-mail services and antispam applications have started using CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) against the online bots spammers so often use to carry out their dirty deeds. [...]

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“We heard the voice of public concern loud and clear,” Mr. Powell said, “that localism remains a core concern of our public, and thus, I think it is time the commission address it head-on.” [New York Times]

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Been wondering or looking for a more clear understanding? The Washington Post “investigates…”washingtonpost.com

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The Federal Communications Commission is poised to release controversial rules that many believe will shape the future of the broadband and telecommunications business.
After six long months of waiting, the Federal Communications Commission is poised to release controversial rules that many believe will shape the future of the broadband and telecommunications business.
In February, the FCC released [...]

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Last month, a bill was introduced in the House of Representatives that would require the FCC to adopt a proposal for a digital TV standard developed by dozens of cable operators and consumer electronics companies. The proposal pushes for a national “plug-and-play” standard for digital TVs that would not require set-top boxes. Its approval would [...]

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New figures out from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) show that Internet advertising revenues were up by 7 percent to $1.7 billion in the first three months of 2003, the second straight quarterly increase in two years. [internetnews.com]

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Beyond the commercial-skipping capability that gives advertisers and agencies pause, DVRs offer the possibility of addressable and long-form ads that can be served directly to the user’s hard drives. That possibility is already a reality at TiVo, which has agreements with entertainment companies and automakers for its so-called Showcases. Yet two MSOs speeding deployment of [...]

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Great stuff….
Today I want to introduce you to three Google query solutions that are accomplishing incredible feats with RSS and Google search technology.
1) Google Alert - Track any search query from your favorite news aggregator. A variety of cool settings are available once you are signed up. My only gripe is that it is primarily [...]

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The California State Assembly overwhelmingly approved a bill Monday that will impose what could be the toughest financial privacy standards in the nation, barring companies from sharing all sorts of personal data from individuals’ phone numbers to their bank balances.
The bill, authored by State Sen. Jackie Speier (D-San Francisco), requires insurance companies, banks and other [...]

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A cool billboard caught on I-94 south of Milwaukee, Harley’s hometown

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… You will receive 1.9 issues of Business 2.0 for each remaining issue of your Red Herring subscription. If you are already a subscriber to Business 2.0, your subscription will be extended accordingly.
Nice, right? I did not know it was possible to receive partial issues of a magazine or that you could extend [...]

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — The world of search engines is on the crux of some big changes with no clear winners in the next 12 months, according to SearchEngine Watch founder Danny Sullivan.
Whereas major players such as Google, Yahoo! (Quote, Company Info), and Microsoft (Quote, Company Info) currently dominate the landscape, the remaining batch of [...]

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Video on demand is a growing business for cable companies, according to a new study that predicts that 15 million cable subscribers worldwide will be paying for the feature by 2007.
Video on demand (VOD) is a service offered by cable companies that lets subscribers order movies any time of day and control the video like [...]

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ASPEN, Colo.–Antispam proposals in Congress are not strict enough and would do more harm than good, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday.
In a strongly worded criticism of current legislation, Tim Muris characterized the dozen or so bills as well intentioned, but he warned they “will do little to solve the current spam [...]

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Long said the ferry system, which serves 15,000 commuters a day in the Puget Sound region, received federal funding for a feasibility study of Wi-Fi service in July and began planning for the service yesterday with its contractor, Mobilisa Inc. in Port Townsend, Wash. The funding of about $1 million means it’s full steam ahead [...]

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On the surface it may seem that Verizon’s push to talk service is a direct threat to Nextel, but clearly this is a weaker offering… 4-8 seconds to connect??? Who would ever use it? I can’t see this being productive between 2 people, let alone up to 10.
Key features of the launch:
–Walkie-talkie [...]

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