Monthly Archives: June 2008

2018. What Laptop Will You Use in Ten Years?

We have lived enough IT history to know that reality has exceeded Moore’s Law prediction of computers doubling capacity every 18 months. In fact, the period is now close to 12 months. Following this exponential growth these are the specs … Continue reading

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iPhone 3G, the Revolution Goes On

The iPhone Revolution goes on, only faster. No more “wait for 3G” effect. Half the price. Going truly global to 70 countries. Built-in Wifi and GPS. Do not be surprised when Apple double their forecast and sell 20 million units … Continue reading

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iPhone 3G at $199!

Rumors confirmed. Apple announced the iPhone 3G. It will be available in 22 countries on 11 July and more than 70 countries by the end of the year. In US, the 8GB version will cost $199 and the 16GB only … Continue reading

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IBM Supercomputer Sets Record, or rather not?

With a total of 116,640 processor cores, including AMD Opteron processors as well as 12,960 IBM Cell processors similar to those created for the PlayStation 3, IBM has broken the one petaflop mark with the new Supercomputer commissioned by the American military … Continue reading

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Telcos do not need Metered Broadband

Building a broadband network based on Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) is a big investment. Once the fiber is deployed Telcos usually offer IPTV as one of the main revenue generating services to pay-back the investment. Some Telcos argue that once they put … Continue reading

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Should Broadband be charged as an Utility?

Defenders of Metered Broadband argue that other Utilities such as Electricity and Water are all charged based on usage: The more Watts-hour you consume the more you pay. So why not the same for broadband: the more gigabytes you download, … Continue reading

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Metered Broadband: Pay-per-Use or Abuse?

Competition among ISPs used to be fierce in the initial times of dial-ups access, with tens of ISPs in the market. That might explain why ISPs did not manage to retain any control of users and flat rates were made … Continue reading

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iPhone at $199? Why not?

TechCrunch echoes the rumor of an iPhone at $199, as it did one month ago, although this time saying it is a baseless rumor from reputated BSter Kevin Rose. The $199 iPhone subsidized by AT&T is an old speculation. And … Continue reading

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Bezos on Amazon Web Services

Om Malik got an interesting interview with Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO. Bezos explains how they worked tough at Amazon to develop a hard interface between their network engineering group and their applications programmers group. Once they had architected a set … Continue reading

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