Monthly Archives: December 2008

Interview to Bill Gates

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Charlie Rose interviews Bill Gates a few weeks ago in Seattle. They talk about the remarkable life of a man who changed the World by putting a computer on everyone’s desk. And about someone who we all expect will make … Continue reading →

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The #1 App in App Store

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

December 28th is the Spanish equivalent to April Fool’s day. That is why I had to read twice the news that iFart Mobile (see video) was the best selling application in App Store during the holidays (iTunes Link). Quoted from … Continue reading →

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Music 2019

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Ten years ago the RIAA fought the decrease in sales of music CDs by different means, including: taking their customers to court, lobbying to have the ISPs stopping Internet Access to anyone who shared music files, and imposing taxes to … Continue reading →

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Online Video Gets the Headlines, IPTV the Revenue

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

An interesting analysis from Telco 2.0 compares the business of YouTube versus Hulu in 2008. The table summarizes the key data used in the analysis: YouTube Hulu No of videos/day 1000+ million 3-4 million Average duration 2.75 min 27.5 min … Continue reading →

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Net Neutrality: All Packets Are Created Equal

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

The essence of Net Neutrality is “All Packets are created Equal“. No ISP should block or prioritize any traffic based on what the IP Packet carries. That is, no VoIP/Skype, YouTube video, music download or Bittorrent traffic should be processed differently … Continue reading →

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How Can IPTV Telcos Defend from Online TV?

Posted on December 15, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Some facts about Online video: Online TV is growing. The number of people watching online video will grow from 563 million in 2007 to 941 million in 2013 according to ABI research, echoed by NewTeeVee. People watch far more hours … Continue reading →

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Who Wouldn’t Back Android?

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Android announced this week that 14 new companies are joining the Open Handset Alliance. The new members are: AKM Semiconductor, ARM, ASUSTek Computer, Atheros Communications, Borqs, Ericsson, Garmin International, Huawei Technologies, Omron Software, Softbank Mobile Corporation, Sony Ericsson, Teleca AB, … Continue reading →

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Is Internet Creating or Destroying Value?

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

As usual in bad times, the debate on whether progress creates or destroys value comes back, as questioned in Martin Varsavsky blog, this time referring to how RSS destroys affects to blogs reducing the amount of displayed advertisement. As Martin … Continue reading →

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The Ultimate Media Center from Asus

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Taiwanese vendor Asus brought the Netbooks to mainstream with their popular Eee PC, leading the way for other manufacturers to jump into a now crowded category. Following that success, Asus introduced a small-form-factor desktop, the Eee Box, creating a new … Continue reading →

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Modular Data Centers: Containers for Clouds

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Mike Manos, Microsoft Data Center Chief, has unveiled in his blog the design of future “Generation 4″ Microsoft data centers. With the mission to provide massive easy-to-scale computing infrastructure to power the Cloud, Microsoft envisions pre-assembled containers equipped with a … Continue reading →

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