and why we should be concerned about Comcast's bid to purchase Disney

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Comcast's big bid for Disney

Comcast's big bid for Disney 02/11/2004 02:57 PM
The cable TV company's $66 billion offer for the entertainment icon would create a media mammoth.

Comcast's letter to Disney

Comcast's letter to Disney 02/11/2004 01:48 PM
The text of the letter outlining Comcast's proposal to merge with Walt Disney, sent by company CEO Brian Roberts to Disney counterpart Michael Eisner.

Comcast's Bid for Disney Ripples Through
a Linked Industry

Comcast's Bid for Disney Ripples Through
a Linked Industry 02/12/2004 11:35 PM
With Comcast's $54.1 billion bid for the Walt Disney Company, the knots that bind the intertwined media business pulled tighter. They may get tighter still.

BestNet Communications Corp. Does Not
Proceed with Proposed Stock Purchase and
Asset Purchase & Management Agreements
with Pacific Biometrics, Inc.

BestNet Communications Corp. Does Not
Proceed with Proposed Stock Purchase and
Asset Purchase & Management Agreements
with Pacific Biometrics, Inc. 03/14/2005 05:07 PM
BestNet Communications Corp. (BestNet, OTCBB: BESC) today announced that the Board of Directors have determined not to proceed with the proposed agreement with Pacific Biometrics, Inc that was described in BestNet’s press release of January 4, 2005. [PRWEB Feb 28, 2005]

Comcast's DVR

Comcast's DVR 12/05/2003 12:31 PM
And going overboard with the digital video recorder news this week, Comcast is close to rolling out their own set-top digital video recorder/cable box nationwide. The box itself will be an 80GB model from Motorola that should be able to record high-definition programming. Needless to say, not particularly good news for TiVo or any of the other standalone digital video recorders. Read...

Disney descendant quits the Disney Board
of Directors, and tells Eisner why

Disney descendant quits the Disney Board
of Directors, and tells Eisner why 12/02/2003 04:13 AM
Roy Disney's letter of resignation to Eisner .. email

craphound.com/roytoeisner.txt
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Disney Dream Desk PC - Disney glues Blue
Ears on PCs

Disney Dream Desk PC - Disney glues Blue
Ears on PCs 08/06/2004 04:29 AM
I4U Aug 6 2004 8:30AM GMT

"Disney descendant quits the Disney
Board of Directors, and te..."

"Disney descendant quits the Disney
Board of Directors, and te..." 12/02/2003 09:59 AM

Comcast's Hostile Tango

Comcast's Hostile Tango 02/11/2004 04:20 PM
Comcast's bid for Disney makes a great deal of sense, at some price.

Comcast's Offer for Outage: $1.43 a Day

Comcast's Offer for Outage: $1.43 a Day 04/15/2005 12:36 PM
After experiencing three nights of network outages in less than a week, BetaNews has learned that in at least one case in southeast Michigan, a customer received a credit of $2.86 on their bill to compensate for the two days of service he complained about.

Comcast's Waiting Game

Comcast's Waiting Game 02/19/2004 08:41 AM
Business Week Feb 19 2004 1:27PM GMT

Et Cetera: someone put a bullet in
Comcast's service

Et Cetera: someone put a bullet in
Comcast's service 01/06/2004 02:29 PM
Round up including Googles news, the Athlon 64 3400+, and a complaint about Napster 2.0.

Attack of Comcast's Internet zombies

Attack of Comcast's Internet zombies 05/24/2004 06:03 AM

Roy Disney resigns from Disney, slams
Eisner

Roy Disney resigns from Disney, slams
Eisner 12/02/2003 01:43 AM
Roy Disney has resigned from the Disney Board of Directors, and has sent a scathing email to Michael Eisner explaining, in exorciating detail, exactly why he's leaving the company his uncle founded.

1. The failure to bring back ABC Prime Time from the ratings abyss it has been in for years and your inability to program successfully the ABC Family Channel. Both of these failures have had, and I believe will continue to have, significant adverse impact on shareholder value.

2. Your consistent micro-management of everyone around you with the resulting loss of morale throughout the Company.

3. The timidity of your investments in our theme park business. At Disney's California Adventure, Paris and now in Hong Kong, you have tried to build parks "on the cheap" and they show it and the attendance figures reflect it.

Link (Thanks, Robynne!)

Will A DirecTV Customer On Comcast's
Payroll Switch?

Will A DirecTV Customer On Comcast's
Payroll Switch? 08/20/2004 12:52 PM
Comcast's latest attempt at "reality TV" has some quite skeptical. Broadband Reports tells us that the latest advertising gimmick from the company to try to win back customers they've been losing to satellite TV is to put on a "reality TV" style commercial, where they follow around a happy DirecTV user as he debates whether or not to switch. Of course, the extra detail is that the happy DirecTV user just happens to be a copywriter for the ad agency Comcast hired to create these commercials. Everyone involved claims that he's free to make up his own mind -- but if he chooses poorly, it could mean (a) the end result of the experiment is never told to the public and (b) the ad agency loses a big customer in Comcast. But, they still insist... no bias at all. Of course, these days, I think most people are skeptical enough to already assume that the whole thing has been scripted in advance.

Comcast's Port Blocking Starting To Work

Comcast's Port Blocking Starting To Work 06/29/2004 05:30 PM
After finally admit ting they had a problem with zombie machines, and coming up with a relatively intelligent solution (only blocking port 25 on those customers who appear to be spamming), it looks like Comcast is seeing some amount of success in slowing down (what they admit is) the "world's #1 spammer": themselves. The new strategy has already cut the amount of Comcast originated spam by 35%. Obviously, there's still a quite a lot of spam to go, but to cut it that much in just about a month is a good sign.

Comcast's WiFi router lets your ISP spy
on you, shut you down

Comcast's WiFi router lets your ISP spy
on you, shut you down 05/07/2004 03:35 AM
Om Malik warns that the Linksys WiFi boxes that Comcast is supplying to its customers allow Comcast to remotely detect and disconnect devices on your home network, like your VoIP phone (which competes with Comcast's long-distance service).

If you scroll through the press release, you come to a section which says that the gateway supports a CableHome 1.0 "for the ability to deliver secure, managed services from Comcast’s head-end network to the subscribers’ home network." Now there is a big problem with this thing - for instance, the Cablehome 1.0 standard allows cable operators to snoop around their home networks and learn things such as how many computers are attached to the gateway and what kind of traffic they are generating/receiving. (Beware Vonage fans, this could be used to detect your Vonage ATA as well.)

In case you were wondering, where’s the juice. Go to the Cable Labs website and read this document. Scroll down to Section 6.3.1 and read:

The goals for the CableHome Management Portal include:
* Enable viewing of LAN IP Device information obtained via the CableHome DHCP Portal (CDP)
* Enable viewing of the results of LAN IP Device performance monitoring done by the CableHome Test Portal (CTP)
* Provide the capability to disable LAN segments

Link (via Engadget)

concerned

concerned 11/06/2003 07:39 AM

reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Nov-05-Wed-2003/news/22521283.html
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Are you concerned about ID cards?

Are you concerned about ID cards? 08/16/2004 06:21 AM
The UK could "sleepwalk into a surveillance society" as a result of ID cards, the Information commissioner has warned. Send us your views.

US official concerned with 3G

US official concerned with 3G 09/02/2004 09:31 PM
Xinhua News Agency Sep 3 2004 0:35AM GMT

U.S. Top Judge Concerned About Criticism
of Judges

U.S. Top Judge Concerned About Criticism
of Judges 01/01/2005 02:08 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 1 2005 6:44AM GMT

UN Concerned by U.S. Handling of Asylum
Seekers

UN Concerned by U.S. Handling of Asylum
Seekers 08/13/2004 09:18 PM
Reuters via Wired News Aug 14 2004 1:33AM GMT

Japan concerned over gun sales through
Internet

Japan concerned over gun sales through
Internet 02/11/2004 11:03 PM
Xinhuanet Feb 12 2004 3:35AM GMT

Teachers Concerned for Science Education
(AP)

Teachers Concerned for Science Education
(AP) 07/03/2004 04:36 PM
AP - Many educators and employers liken the state of science education to a chemistry project gone awry: A bad mix of factors has come together and it spells trouble. By law, making students better at reading and math is the nation's priority. When it comes to science, however, a quiet crisis is engulfing schools, say scientists, educators, business leaders and entrepreneurs.

Concerned Kucitizens question strategy

Concerned Kucitizens question strategy 01/22/2004 04:56 AM

A concerned reader in St. Louis just
might be Dave Eggers

A concerned reader in St. Louis just
might be Dave Eggers 02/18/2004 05:11 AM
Amazon Glitch Unmasks War of Reviewers .. It just may be the authors themselves .. anonymous reviews

nytimes.com/2004/02/14/technology/14AMAZ.html?th
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our government is more concerned about
balloons and parades than helping out

our government is more concerned about
balloons and parades than helping out 12/31/2004 02:55 PM
in how much they were contributing towards tsunami relief .. NYT Editorial: Are We Stingy? Yes .. stingy?

nytimes.com/2004/12/30/opinion/30thu2.html?oref=login
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Bush Said Iraq Talks Concerned
Afghanistan (AP)

Bush Said Iraq Talks Concerned
Afghanistan (AP) 04/17/2004 04:34 PM
AP - Following an important meeting on Iraq war planning in late 2001, President Bush told the public that the discussions was about Afghanistan. He made no mention afterward about Iraq even though that was the real focus of the session at his ranch.

Daschle concerned about 'sobering'
terror briefing

Daschle concerned about 'sobering'
terror briefing 07/11/2004 08:25 AM

zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1300&dept_id=156927&newsid=12283083&PAG =461&rfi=9
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Poll: Companies Are Most Concerned About
Insider Threats

Poll: Companies Are Most Concerned About
Insider Threats 12/29/2004 01:05 AM
Information Week Dec 29 2004 4:15AM GMT

Poll: Companies Are Most Concerned About
Internal Security

Poll: Companies Are Most Concerned About
Internal Security 12/29/2004 01:06 AM
TechWeb Dec 29 2004 4:09AM GMT

Prof. Khurshid concerned about Khan's
health

Prof. Khurshid concerned about Khan's
health 06/17/2005 04:29 PM
Kashar Jun 17 2005 7:54PM GMT

Powell Concerned by Putin Political
Changes (Reuters)

Powell Concerned by Putin Political
Changes (Reuters) 09/14/2004 11:20 AM
Reuters - Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Tuesday he had concerns about Russian President Vladimir Putin's sweeping political changes.

Dell Profits Jump, but Analysts
Concerned

Dell Profits Jump, but Analysts
Concerned 05/14/2004 12:08 AM
Miami Herald May 14 2004 4:47AM GMT

Bush Says Concerned About Democracy in
Russia (Reuters)

Bush Says Concerned About Democracy in
Russia (Reuters) 09/15/2004 03:29 PM
Reuters - President Bush said on Wednesday he was concerned that recent decisions by Russian President Vladimir Putin could undermine democracy in Russia.

Dell Profits Jump, but Analysts
Concerned (AP)

Dell Profits Jump, but Analysts
Concerned (AP) 05/14/2004 12:09 AM
AP - Quarterly income surged 22 percent at Dell Inc., which saw record sales, but rising inventory levels and higher costs for memory chips concerned some analysts.

Analysts concerned about
longer-than-expected G5 delays

Analysts concerned about
longer-than-expected G5 delays 08/17/2004 05:00 PM
Analysts from Prudential Equity Group and UBS are warning that delayed shipments of G5 chips from IBM could affect Apple Computer's bottom line

(New York Times, (R)) The Union of
Concerned Scientists

(New York Times, (R)) The Union of
Concerned Scientists 02/19/2004 10:02 AM
Scientists Accuse White House of Distorting Facts .. best available science .. nytimes

nytimes.com/2004/02/18/science/18CND-RESE.html?hp
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China Internet Users Concerned About
Recent Arrests

China Internet Users Concerned About
Recent Arrests 11/13/2003 01:46 PM
VOA Nov 13 2003 12:16PM ET
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