DoCoMo Explores Connexion
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DoCoMo explores single silicon handset
DoCoMo explores single silicon handset
07/13/2004 10:43 AMSilicon.com Jul 13 2004 2:19PM GMT
JAL to offer Connexion
JAL to offer Connexion
11/13/2003 01:52 AMMy wife is from Japan thus we spend quite a bit of time on JAL. The
flights are not so...
Lufthansa Launches Connexion May 17
Lufthansa Launches Connexion May 17
05/10/2004 10:02 AMUSA Today reports that Lufthansa will offer Connexion by Boeing over
Wi-Fi starting May 17: This is the first commercial launch of
Connexion, and the service will operate on a Lufthansa plane between
Munich and Los Angeles, a non-stop flight. This may be the first
commercial in-flight Wi-Fi: Emirates airline was close to offering
Tenzing's service over Wi-Fi a few weeks ago. We'll see who wins the
race to be first....
Extending Connexion to the Ground
Extending Connexion to the Ground
04/09/2004 03:57 PMConnexion by Boeing and Singapore's StarHub connect network billing:
It's been a dream of mine since I first heard about Connexion that the
business traveler of tomorrow checks their email at home over Wi-Fi
(using DSL backhaul), handles work in the back of the cab to the
airport by 2.5G/3G, logs into the airport Wi-Fi network, and hops on
the plane to use in-flight Wi-Fi--all with a single account. StarHub
and Connexion's memo of understanding is the first step in seamless
connectivity. The kinds of business travelers who routinely fly
distances that will be served by Connexion are the kind who want (and
possibly need) continuous connectivity to keep their role in the
business information flow active. This doesn't mean you want to sit
next to them, on the plane, of course, especially once in-flight
cellular becomes a reality....
In Brief: Boeing's Connexion service
takes to the sea
In Brief: Boeing's Connexion service
takes to the sea
06/17/2005 03:46 PMThe Boeing Co.'s Connexion by Boeing satellite-delivered Internet
service picked up two new clients this week. Austrian Airlines Group
will install the service on its long-haul fleet, while Teekay Shipping
said it will install the service on some of its ships. Austrian
Airlines will install the in-flight broadband Internet service to
three of its Boeing 777 aircraft and three of its Boeing 767s
beginning in early 2006. Austrian Airlines becomes the third European
airline to sign up for the service, after Germany's Lufthansa and SAS'
Scandinavian Airline Systems. Connexion by Boeing uses satellites to
provide high-speed data connections between aircraft and ground
stations linked to the Internet. The connection speed is typically
about 5Mbps downstream to the aircraft and 1Mbps upstream to the
Internet. The deal with Teekay Shipping marks Boeing's first success
in the maritime sector. Teekay will install the broadband Internet
service on 50 of the its ships. The maritime service will deliver a
5Mbps downstream connection and a 256Kbps upstream service. It will
support Internet access, e-mail, corporate intranet access, and other
data services.
Nortel protects multimedia, IP telephony communications
June 16, 8:30 a.m. PDT
Nortel has announced two security solutions designed to ensure secure
anywhere, anytime remote access to multimedia and IP telephony
communication services as well as protect information from attack and
theft. Nortel Secure Information Access provides access to the
corporate network for mobile, remote, and home-based employees. It
ensures connected systems meet an enterprise's security policy
requirements for anti-virus, personal firewall, and up-to-date patches
before providing access, as well as protects stored information from
virus, worm, and denial-of-service attacks. Nortel's Secure Multimedia
Solution is designed to enable a more secure environment for IP
communications, helping to shield IP multimedia traffic such as IP
telephony, video, and instant messaging from unauthorized access. It
also prevents loss of intellectual property due to eavesdropping and
provides authentication, authorization, and policy enforcement.
BlueCat Networks debuts caching appliance
June 16, 8:30 a.m. PDT
BlueCat Networks announced the Adonis 250 DNS Caching Appliance, which
provides affordable, dedicated DNS caching functionality out of the
box at the edge of corporate networks. DNS caching speeds the location
of Internet addresses and relieves the load on a company's main DNS
appliance. The Adonis 250 features secure managed updates and a
cross-platform graphical interface to simplify administration. IT
managers can use Adonis to begin processing queries with little
configuration, enabling a company to speed up internal requests for
external data while maintaining standards and security. The Adonis 250
DNS Caching Appliance will be available in July 2005 priced starting
at $1,995.
ActiveGrid forms LAMP partnerships
June 15, 8:15 a.m. PDT
ActiveGrid announced it is partnering with open source leaders
Covalent, MySQL, Novell, Red Hat, and Zend to innovate and advance the
open source LAMP stack into the enterprise. The LAMP stack consists of
Linux, Apache, MySQL and Perl/Python/PHP. ActiveGrid also announced
partnerships with open source systems integrators Cignex and Optaros.
The ActiveGrid Application Builder and Grid Application Server are
designed for developers to easily create, scale, and deploy native XML
enterprise applications on grids of computers. Early access versions
of the open source applications can be downloaded at www.activegrid.com/downloads. "By
partnering with the key LAMP players, ActiveGrid is able to integrate
the LAMP stack into a cohesive platform for enterprise customers,"
said Peter Yared, founder and CEO of ActiveGrid.Â
Trend Micro acquires IP filtering company
June 15, 8:15 a.m. PDT
Trend Micro has acquired Kelkea, an IP filtering and reputation
services company. IP filtering is a process for identifying the
sources of threats, such as spam, and blocking incoming communications
from known, offensive IP addresses. The acquisition is aimed at
innovating Trend Micro's solutions against emerging threats such as
phishing, pharming, and botnets, and enhancing its current anti-spam
solutions. Kelkea chairman, founder and CEO Dave Rand has been named
Trend Micro Chief Technologist of Internet Content Security to help
oversee this technology integration. Trend Micro will initially offer
Kelkea's existing services under its own brand name and will continue
to support Kelkea's current customers.
Watchfire acquires privacy compliance software
vendor
June 15, 8:15 a.m. PDT
Watchfire announced it has acquired Coast Software's entire line of
online quality and privacy compliance software, including Coast
Compliance Central, WebCentral, and its desktop tool Coast WebMaster.
Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Watchfire's WebXM
online risk management platform monitors and manages online issues
such as Web site security, privacy, quality, accessibility, and
regulatory compliance. Watchfire plans to integrate Coast's privacy
and compliance technology into WebXM, extending its capabilities in
assessing online privacy compliance.
Entuity releases EYE 4.0 network management
suite
June 14, 8:25 a.m. PDT
Entuity announced the release of Eye of the Storm (EYE) Version 4.0,
its network management suite offering fault, performance, and
inventory management in an integrated solution. Entuity has enhanced
EYE's reporting capabilities, adding a new Port Availability Report to
detail availability and reachability for managed ports. Automated
delivery by e-mail is now available for all Essential and Flex
Reports. EYE 4.0 also includes a new module that adds support for
Cisco CallManager, the call-processing component of the Cisco IP
Telephony solution, making VoIP implementations and post-deployment
optimization easier. Other enhancements in Version 4.0 include support
for IBM's BladeCenter. EYE 4.0 is currently in beta testing. It will
be available at the end of June, and runs on Microsoft Windows 2003,
Sun Solaris, and RedHat Linux.
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Connexion by Boeing Racks Up Customers
Connexion by Boeing Racks Up Customers
11/12/2003 02:58 PM Singapore Airlines yesterday, today it's Japan Airlines: JAL said it
will install Boeing's onboard Internet access service on 68 of its
long-haul planes. Installations begin in 2004. It will be interesting
to watch the wars for Internet connectivity in the air. Frankly, I'm a
bit surprised that Seattle-based Tenzing is still around, mostly
because it's got to be tough to go head to head with Boeing. Plus the
airlines are notorious for being touchy about deploying new technology
on board. We'll see…...
Singapore Airlines Makes the Connexion
Singapore Airlines Makes the Connexion
11/11/2003 12:59 PMSingapore Airlines will install Connexion by Boeing: The latest
airline with long-haul service has signed up to install Connexion
during 2004. Singapore Airlines will equip 40 of its jets with the
service, but could install more according to the press release about
the deal. Connexion provides 1 Mbps of upstream and at least 5 Mbps of
downstream via satellite....
Connexion Continues Its March Forward
Connexion Continues Its March Forward
06/17/2005 03:19 PM Connexion has a pile of news this week: On the airline side, they
signed Austrian Airlines (seven planes to be equipped out of 100 in
the fleet); Etihad Airlines of the United Arab Emirates (25 planes)
starting on its Gulf to Europe and North American routes; and, today,
TeliaSonera extends its HomeRun service to Connexion flights. On the
sea, Connexion signed up Teekay Shipping Corporation for 50 ships with
40 more potentially using the maritime version of Connexion at 256
Kbps up and 5 Mbps down (typical airplane rates are 1 Mbps up, 5 Mpbs
down). The TeliaSonera deal is particularly interesting for me ever
since SAS committed to adding Connexion to its long-haul flights.
Because TeliaSonera runs 3G, home service, and Wi-Fi hotspots, and
operates Wi-Fi in all SAS lounges worldwide, it means you could be
more or less continuously connected through a single TeliaSonera login
from home through a trip to the airport to embarkation across the
flight and even while you stayed in the lounge on landing. This is a
fairly remarkable seamless trip--and one that won't be unique for
long. TeliaSonera's pricing is essentially retail at today's
conversion rates....
DDCP - Disk Database Connexion Pool
DDCP - Disk Database Connexion Pool
07/31/2004 05:11 AMRelease V0.9b
Connexion by Boeing moves to the high
seas
Connexion by Boeing moves to the high
seas
01/16/2004 10:59 AMVessel operators and passengers will be able to use the Connexion
service to access the Internet and firewall-protected corporate
intranets, send and receive e-mail, and view satellite television
programming.
Connexion by Boeing airborne Internet in
airline service
Connexion by Boeing airborne Internet in
airline service
09/01/2004 06:34 AMAinonline.com - Wed Sep 1, 09:34 am GMT
UAE Private 747 Selects Connexion by
Boeing For In-flight Internet
UAE Private 747 Selects Connexion by
Boeing For In-flight Internet
12/10/2003 06:52 AMSpace Daily Dec 10 2003 5:49AM ET
Boeing casts eyes on live TV over
Connexion service
Boeing casts eyes on live TV over
Connexion service
12/19/2004 03:48 PMThe Boeing Co. is planning to add live television to its Connexion by
Boeing service during 2005, a company executive said in a recent
interview.
Boeing launches Internet service; will
passengers make the Connexion?
Boeing launches Internet service; will
passengers make the Connexion?
05/02/2004 04:31 AMSeattle Times May 2 2004 8:24AM GMT
ANA and Connexion by Boeing Sign Mobile
Internet Services Agreement
ANA and Connexion by Boeing Sign Mobile
Internet Services Agreement
01/17/2004 11:10 PMWireless Watch Japan Jan 16 2004 6:33PM GMT
Microsoft explores self-managing
software
Microsoft explores self-managing
software
03/14/2003 12:59 PMThe company takes on competitors with a new initiative for developing
"autonomic" business applications.
Motorola explores new investment options
Motorola explores new investment options
06/10/2004 12:03 AMKhaleej Times Jun 10 2004 4:30AM GMT
Microsoft explores Pune for R&D center
Microsoft explores Pune for R&D center
04/14/2004 05:12 AMCyber India Online Apr 14 2004 8:56AM GMT
Kerry Explores Roots at His Birthplace
Kerry Explores Roots at His Birthplace
07/23/2004 11:18 PMReturning to the hospital in Denver where he was born, Senator John
Kerry began his journey toward his nomination in Boston.
Computer artist explores space
Computer artist explores space
01/01/2004 05:40 AMNZZ Online Jan 1 2004 4:25AM ET
Team explores UN return to Iraq
Team explores UN return to Iraq
01/23/2004 04:16 PMTwo security experts are in Baghdad to test the waters for a return of
UN staff after a bomb attack there in August.
Who’s Using RSS? Nooked Explores RSS
Adoption with Two Surveys
Who’s Using RSS? Nooked Explores RSS
Adoption with Two Surveys
04/05/2005 02:17 AMNooked launches two surveys to learn more about how journalist,
analysts and marketers are using RSS. [PRWEB Apr 5, 2005]
Google Explores Video Blogging
Google Explores Video Blogging
04/06/2005 11:49 AMSearch Engine Journal Apr 6 2005 3:49PM GMT
Sept. 11 Panel Explores Border Security
(AP)
Sept. 11 Panel Explores Border Security
(AP)
01/26/2004 11:25 AMAP - Some of the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers were allowed into the country
despite carrying fraudulent visas and being questioned by customs
agents, an independent commission investigating the terrorist attacks
said Monday in releasing new details about the attack.
New Report Explores how PPC Rank Affects
Traffic
New Report Explores how PPC Rank Affects
Traffic
07/14/2004 01:13 PMSource: Search Engine Guide - A study released by the Atlas Institute
explores the drop in traffic that takes place when Web site owners bid
on lower positions in their pay-per-click campaigns....
Industry Explores Potential User Fallout
From New Version Of IE
Industry Explores Potential User Fallout
From New Version Of IE
01/06/2004 10:41 AMA court ruling passed down in August has sparked little more than a
blip on the online ad industry's radar screen. But some believe that
this seemingly insignificant case has the potential to rattle Web
advertisers, publishers, and service providers to the core. So, what
is the Internet advertising community doing about it? Good question.
Next Transmeta Efficeon Delayed; Firm
Explores Business Changes
Next Transmeta Efficeon Delayed; Firm
Explores Business Changes
07/23/2004 02:50 PMTransmeta Corp. said Thursday that problems at its chip foundry will
push out the majority of designs using its next-generation
90-nanometer Efficeon processor until 2005, and that the company was
exploring "alternative business models".
Siebel's Universal Application Network
Explores New CRM Territory
Siebel's Universal Application Network
Explores New CRM Territory
03/14/2003 01:28 AMEarlier this fall, Siebel began shipping its much-ballyhooed Universal
Application Network, an integration tool meant to work across systems,
applications and enterprise application integration vendors, as part
of its latest release. Its goal is to make integration an application
instead of an expensive custom project.
New PBS Kids Arthur Site Explores
Cultural Diversity
New PBS Kids Arthur Site Explores
Cultural Diversity
05/31/2004 07:05 PM Where in the world can you find a didgeridoo, play jereed, or eat
nyama choma? Learn all this and more while matching wits with Buster
in the interactive matching card game, "Connect the World," featuring
diverse cultures in our world neighborhood. Players can explore even
more in an interactive world map.
"The New York Times explores Warner's
recent communications with mp3 bl0gs"
"The New York Times explores Warner's
recent communications with mp3 bl0gs"
08/16/2004 09:55 PMBBC NEWS | Business | Website explores
dangers of playing with fire
BBC NEWS | Business | Website explores
dangers of playing with fire
07/03/2004 05:29 AMNews.bbc.co.uk - Sat Jul 3, 04:01 am GMT
Unisys explores global service centers
in Europe, China
Unisys explores global service centers
in Europe, China
03/28/2005 12:35 PMUnisys is exploring setting up global service centers in Eastern
Europe and China as part of its strategy to offer customers
multishore, outsourced services, according to an executive of the Blue
Bell, Pennsylvania-based IT services company.
Socitm report explores issues critical
for successful local e-government
Socitm report explores issues critical
for successful local e-government
09/03/2004 06:22 AMPublicTechnology.net Sep 3 2004 9:39AM GMT
Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist
Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist
Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
04/11/2005 08:45 AMTwo years ago, Stephen Dubner wrote
an article for the
NY Times Magazine on Steven Levitt, an
economist with a knack for tackling odd sorts of problems. Last year,
Dubner and Levitt collaborated on an article called What the Bagel Man
Saw about the economic lessons gleaned from a man who's been
successfully selling bagels on the honor system in offices for more
than 20 years. Now Levitt and Dubner are out with a new book called Freakonomics: A Rogue
Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Nearly Everything, an
overview of Levitt's work and collaborations with other
economists.
Dr. Levitt was kind enough to answer a few questions I had about
the book:
jkottke: In Freakonomics, you state that you're interested
in applying economic tools to "more interesting" subjects than what
one may have learned about in my high school economics class. What's
your definition of economics? Is it a tool set or a science or
what?
Steven Levitt: I think of economics as a worldview, not a
set of topics. This worldview has a few different pieces. First,
incentives are paramount. If you understand someone's incentives, you
can do a pretty good job of predicting their behavior. Second, the
appropriate data, analyzed the right way are key to understanding a
problem. Finally, political correctness is irrelevant. Whatever the
answer happens to be, whether you think it will be popular or not,
that is the answer you put forth.
jkottke: Your talent for ignoring seemingly applicable but
ultimately irrelevant information (not that different from a
professional-grade batter taking cues from certain aspects of a
pitcher's mechanics and ignoring the extraneous ones in order to hit
well), where does that come from? Good genes or was it all the books
in your childhood home?
Levitt: If nothing else, I had an unusual home environment.
My father is a medical researcher whose claim to fame is that he is
the world's expert on intestinal gas (he's known as the King of
Farts). My mother is a psychic who channels books. From an early age,
my life was different from that of other kids. For instance, when I
was in junior high, my father would wake me up at night to drill me
with questions in hopes that I would be the star of the local high
school quiz show.
jkottke: In looking at the world through data, you've
investigated cheating schoolteachers, falling crime rates due to
abortion, and the parallels between McDonald's corporate structure and
the inner workings of a crack-dealing gang. What's the oddest or most
surprising thing you've uncovered with this approach? Maybe something
you still can't quite believe or explain?
Levitt: It's not the oddest result I've ever come up with,
but there is one finding I have always puzzled over: when cities hire
lots of Black cops, the arrest rates of Whites go up, but no more
Blacks get arrested. When cities hire White cops, the opposite
happens (more Black arrests, no more White arrests). It was an
amazingly stark result, but I'm not quite sure what the right story
is.
jkottke: In the chapter on the effect of abortion on crime
rates, you and Stephen take care emphasizing what the data says and
the strong views that people in the US hold on the issue of abortion.
Still, if someone wants to twist your observations into something like
"abortion is good because it lowers crime", it's not that difficult.
Have your observations in this area caused any problems for you? Any
extreme reactions?
Levitt: I have gotten a whole lot of hate mail on the
abortion issue (as much from the left as from the right, amazingly).
What I try to tell anyone who will listen -- few people will listen
when the subject is abortion -- is that our findings on abortion and
crime have almost nothing to say about public policy on abortion. If
abortion is murder as pro-life advocates say, then a few thousand less
homicides is nothing compared to abortion itself. If a woman's right
to choose is sacrosanct, then utilitarian arguments are
inconsequential. Mainly, I think the results on abortion imply that
we should do the best we can to try to make sure kids who are born are
wanted and loved. And it turns out that is something just about
everyone can agree on.
jkottke: In the book, you say "a slight tweak [in
incentives] can produce drastic and unforseen results". If you were
the omnipotent leader of the US for a short time, what little tweak
might you make to our political, cultural, or economic frameworks to
make America better (if you can forgive the subjectivity of that
word)?
Levitt: I would start by increasing the IRS budget ten-fold
and doing a lot more tax audits. If everyone paid their taxes, tax
rates could be much lower and otherwise honest people wouldn't be
tempted to cheat. For some reason, everyone hates the idea. But we
can't all be cheating more than average on our taxes. I think it would
be for the better. And after I got done with that, I'd legalize sports
betting, and I would also do away with most of the nonsense and hassle
that currently goes into airport security.
jkottke: In the war between the film and music industries
and their customers, there's an argument over how much the explosive
increase in Internet piracy affects sales of CDs, movie tickets, and
DVDs. Using the same data, the music/movie industry argues that sales
are down because of piracy (or at least diminished from what they
"should" be in a piracy-free marketplace) while the other side argues
that sales are up and that piracy may actually have a beneficial
effect. The question of "how does piracy affect record/movie sales?"
seems well suited to your particular application of economic tools.
Have you looked at this question? And if not, do you have sense of
which special view of the data might reveal an answer?
Levitt: I have not myself studied the issue. I have a former
student who has studied this issue. Alejandro Zentner. He argues that
music sales are way down as a consequence of downloading. He uses the
availability/price of high-speed internet across areas and relates
that to patterns of self-reported music buying.
But on the other hand, I have a good friend Koleman Strumpf who has
also written on this and comes to the opposite conclusion using a whole bunch of clever
arguments.
This is a great issue - an important one and a tough one. Having
studied both of these papers, I don't know which one to believe.
---
Thanks, Steven. For more information on Freakonomics, check out the book's web site --
which includes a
weblog written, in part, by the authors -- or buy the book on Amazon. Check out also this email
conversation between Levitt and Steve Sailer on the connection
between legalized abortion and reduced crime in the 1990s, a short profile in Wired, and this profile in Esquire (free subscription required).
(
View @ Amazon)
March 22, 2005 Event Explores the
Business of Innovation with Nationally
Recognized Entrepreneur Joan
Koerber-Walker
March 22, 2005 Event Explores the
Business of Innovation with Nationally
Recognized Entrepreneur Joan
Koerber-Walker
03/19/2005 02:39 AMCorePurpose founder and CEO Joan Koerber-Walker will address business
and industry leaders on The Business of Innovation on March 22, 2005
at the W.P. Carey School of Business MBA Aulmni Link and Learn. The
presentation will foucs on key success factrs for entrepreneurs and
intrapreneurs. [PRWEB Mar 18, 2005]
Toys "R" Us explores Babies
"R" Us spinoff
Toys "R" Us explores Babies
"R" Us spinoff
08/12/2004 12:57 AMSeattletimes.nwsource.com - Wed Aug 11, 06:24 pm GMT
NTT DoCoMo vs. The Big One
NTT DoCoMo vs. The Big One
01/10/2004 12:31 AMWireless Watch Japan Jan 9 2004 10:59PM ET
NTT DoCoMo does it again
NTT DoCoMo does it again
12/19/2003 11:55 AMinfoSync Dec 19 2003 5:34AM ET
DoCoMo Looks To the UK Again
DoCoMo Looks To the UK Again
06/30/2004 07:42 PMThe Feature Jun 30 2004 10:50PM GMT
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