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· Seems this administration cares more about our nation’s ability to update their Facebook status than fighting crime. http://bwbx.io/g58i
· The stimulus broadband funding has taken what was once a small agency and turned it into a bureaucratic nightmare. http://bwbx.io/hFhp
· BPM capabilities empower managers at the department level to change already running processes on the fly. http://bwbx.io/Hfez
· Australian legislation to force Telstra to participate in its $43 billion national broadband network delayed, again. http://bwbx.io/UjJd
· $700 billion TARP has failed to boost bank lending as well as halt the spread of foreclosures – its two key aims. http://bwbx.io/ljgT
· Boeing has completed the first round of stall tests for its 787 Dreamliner. http://bwbx.io/1YDB
· College endowments suffered their worst losses since the Great Depression in the past fiscal year, lost one-fifth value. http://bwbx.io/l3v6
· Somebody needs to have jurisdiction over what happens to our broadband networks. http://bwbx.io/R4hv
· Proposal is to mark all packets that may cause congestion as “negative packets,” may apply to most peer-to-peer traffic. http://bwbx.io/c2Xe
· Verizon: “We feel much more bullish about 2011.” http://bwbx.io/WE6k
· There are still millions of Gmail accounts for Chinese users. If Google leaves, what happens to those loose ends? http://bwbx.io/zXQb
· Regional organizations may be the best-suited mechanisms to govern the global economy in the 21st century. http://bwbx.io/V2jR
· Comcast-NBC Universal deal puts under one roof cable systems that reach almost 25% of the country. http://bwbx.io/PgXv
· Universities with the biggest endowments raised their average long-term debt by 62%, driven by liquidity needs. http://bwbx.io/xvsD
· The US.Senate voted to increase the federal debt limit by $1.9 trillion, to $14.3 trillion. http://bwbx.io/UGrR
· A well-designed bail-in process will be more predictable for creditors than the range of outcomes seen otherwise. http://bwbx.io/Z5lI
· Capital, like water, tends to flow around obstacles. Try to dam its movement at one point, it will find its way around. http://bwbx.io/hcPP
Location-based networking is a logical extension of efforts to humanize technology and greater global openness. http://bwbx.io/1xBD
· To some, the idea of a technology that can arrange chance meetings with their friends will seem like a dream come true. http://bwbx.io/1xkI
· Regulations that needlessly restrict business opportunities of companies creating jobs will discourage investment. http://bwbx.io/lTD4
· Bacteria responsible for most cases of food poisoning turned into efficient biological factory to make fuels. http://bwbx.io/MNOk
· “UBS did what it was supposed to do, and it’s now an issue for the Swiss and US governments to sort out.” http://bwbx.io/zatv
· A former banker who smuggled client’s diamonds into US in toothpaste pleads guilty-started tax evasion probe of UBS. http://bwbx.io/pwPD
· In the past, we had hours to respond to threats; now we may only have seconds. http://bwbx.io/nSYo
· US Patent Office: “Nearly 10,000 people suddenly had nothing to do because the computer system shut down.” http://bwbx.io/ojEz
· Three versions of the CQ (cultural intelligence quotient) assessment are available online: http://bwbx.io/V0gB
· JAL will not be the only company forced to adapt to a shriveling customer base. http://bwbx.io/slHJ
· Allowing yuan to float would relieve China of need to keep huge foreign-currency reserves-currently about $2.4 trillion. http://bwbx.io/c5SZ
· Mere routing of data packets is not inherently expressive, and not protected under the First Amendment. http://bwbx.io/mW9A
· In 2010 for the first time, Japanese Govt. will have to borrow more from the bond markets than raises in tax revenue. http://bwbx.io/WpK7
Copper infrastructure is already available nationwide, while fiber only reaches about 20 percent of American businesses. http://bwbx.io/gck4
· The entire endeavor is fading for several reasons, all associated with the inadequacy of Davos as a networking forum. http://bwbx.io/RZpX
· Patent reform is not going to influence the votes of many, but is on the agenda for many of the largest campaign donors. http://bwbx.io/mgX5
· GM and other automakers feel confident that the “electrification” of the US (auto) fleet is not far away. http://bwbx.io/CHp7
· Verizon, the second-largest U.S. phone company, plans to cut more than 10,000 jobs at its fixed-line unit this year. http://bwbx.io/yz5
· Evolution has predisposed your brain to crave information as much as your body craves fat and sugar. http://bwbx.io/Juho
· Cities compete against each other for talent, business and resources, and have to act like commercial enterprises. http://bwbx.io/7HTN
· Congress Government Reform Committee requests the GAO undertake a full review of all aspects of AIG bailout. http://bwbx.io/Gmd4
· Treasury Secretary Geithner spoke with 30+ business and political leaders on the day AIG was bailed out. http://bwbx.io/SBWp
· AIG bailout details protected like matters of national security, for a time. http://bwbx.io/LHcu
Smarter planet is intelligence infused into systems and processes to enable service delivered to improve work and life. http://bwbx.io/AFeT
· Average Internet user is lost over arguments on common carriage, structural separation and data discrimination. http://bwbx.io/CFqk
· Swedish stabilization fund is insurance-like, and a very logical way to reduce the risks in future financial crises. http://bwbx.io/cq89
· It makes sense that some of the regionals (banks) would rally while their bigger brethren were getting dumped. http://bwbx.io/toQh
· Universal access is affordable, fast Internet everywhere in the US using fiber, cable, satellite, copper, or wireless. http://bwbx.io/3kZt
· “There’s a looming crisis over the capacity of America’s broadband networks.” http://bwbx.io/PDAr
· Without Net neutrality, ISPs could charge content providers, again when users access content. http://bwbx.io/dF78
· Volcker fear US banks engage in reckless behavior on the belief government would not let them fail due their sheer size. http://bwbx.io/5Lpb
· Protecting our cyber infrastructure instead has led to policy debate in Washington without solution. http://bwbx.io/xIKJ
· Consumers need protection from an increasingly aggressive infrastructure placing price on every aspect of social life. http://bwbx.io/DGyq
· AT&T’s wireless business is its most profitable, but bulk of company’s investments are going into its wired business. http://bwbx.io/jo9E
· Nortel: Once you get to a certain point, the residual remains are worth more if you can keep them together. http://bwbx.io/GcHK
· None in federal government is charged with collecting data about insurance companies, much less monitoring their health. http://bwbx.io/BKA
· Sec. of State Hillary Clinton: “the freedom to connect”, a central value in determining credibility of overseas regimes. http://bwbx.io/JHQf
· Our zero interest rates have taken $250 billion from the pockets of savers and put it into the pockets of Wall Street. http://bwbx.io/DFdo
· Credit derivative markets grew from a few tens of billions to $160,000 billion today, nearly three times global GDP. http://bwbx.io/OnLH
· FCC launched website for public discussion on future of media and information needs of communities in the digital age. http://bwbx.io/rExR
· Broadband will be to this century what universal electrical grid was to 20th century for jobs and innovation. http://bwbx.io/o4u4
· If corporations cannot be restrained from influencing democracy, there must have more democracy in our corporations. http://bwbx.io/MAWN
· Supreme Court frees business, unions and nonprofits from some of 2002′s McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law. http://bwbx.io/88nV
· Should Obama plan pass, banks won’t be able to take FDIC-insured deposits and use them to do funky algorithmic trading. http://bwbx.io/Qwyd
· Large banks, like polluters, create a cost that falls on the rest of society; society should charge for that. http://bwbx.io/c0vn
· A national strategy for bringing broadband technology to every community in America must be daring and comprehensive. http://bwbx.io/lfBE
· Bank Bonus: Morgan Stanley $14.4 billion, 62% of revenue; BoA $31.5 billion, average pay per employee up 45%. http://bwbx.io/OATm
· Wells Fargo hedging profits will keep rolling in until the Federal Reserve starts hiking short-term interest rates. http://bwbx.io/PQW9
· Red tag sale: space shuttle Atlantis or Endeavor for only $28.8 million. http://bwbx.io/S6HD
· NY Fed submission of documents to Oversight and Government Reform Committee is “incomplete.” http://bwbx.io/oqop
· General Re admits in settlement to faking reinsurance deals to artificially inflate AIG’s loss reserves. http://bwbx.io/Qsph
· FCC should not make rules containing “Hummer-size loopholes for powerful content companies” that can exploit small MSOs. http://bwbx.io/TEQT
· As long as an ISP claims it’s trying to prevent copyright infringement, it’s exempted from the net neutrality principles http://bwbx.io/qkE2
Net neutrality: The Internet is a shared medium. If some traffic needs to get there faster, it requires differentiation. http://bwbx.io/wQYc
· Connectivity capabilities of Boeing 747-8 and 787 may allow access to external computer systems and networks (hacking). http://bwbx.io/WwJY
· 787 Dreamliner airplane has completed the initial airworthiness testing – more crew and planes to join flights. http://bwbx.io/TAJl
· FCC closes cable programming loophole. http://bwbx.io/wnRt
· 44 percent of visitors to Google News scan headlines without accessing newspapers. http://bwbx.io/FVkG
· FCC issued an order prohibiting the distribution or sale of devices that operate at frequencies between 698 and 806 MHz. http://bwbx.io/4fFN
· FCC: Interoperability remains far from standard for public safety radio systems. http://bwbx.io/WzHT
· Skype grew 51% in 2008 to 54 billion minutes, international telephone calls grew 8% to 406 billion minutes in 2009. http://bwbx.io/ah8j
· Net neutrality and free online expression will be protected by the European Commission. http://bwbx.io/86jv
· FCC: unlicensed white-space – unused airwaves on the broadcast spectrum – use may be included in the Broadband plan. http://bwbx.io/fZLj
· EU preparing recommendations for Greece to bring the deficit estimated at 12.7% (2009), back below the EU limit of 3%. http://bwbx.io/K4Us
Opportunities for spectacularly large volumes of simple circuits are immediately available with PRINTED ELECTRONICS. http://bwbx.io/RIGT
For some truly compelling, thoughtful discussion of the credit crisis look back at the resources indexed here. http://bwbx.io/QJTg
· If we aren’t fighting for network neutrality then, we’ll be committing a sin of omission and we’ll have no one to sue. http://bwbx.io/kQLP
· Thanks to technology “we’re all creators”, creators’ rights must go out of the window. http://bwbx.io/DjV3
· Everyone seems to be a reporter these days; they just don’t carry a steno pad with them – but an iPhone or equivalent. http://bwbx.io/Ja1Z
· South Pacific nations’ higher-yielding assets attracting investors, but risk is currency market moves will erase profits http://bwbx.io/9Cjl
· FCC: Less regulation and more incentives will spur economic growth and job creation. http://bwbx.io/z5U2
· Hearings on the potential sale of Verizon’s West Virginia landlines to Frontier Communications concluded. http://bwbx.io/pa0z
· Frenetic bond issuance in January, an indication of where yields are heading? http://bwbx.io/i5oM
· Financial crisis: Just because something hasn’t happened in the past doesn’t mean it won’t happen in the future. http://bwbx.io/yIoS
· Avaya is preparing to unveil its integrated road map, after $915m Nortel’s enterprise business unit deal. http://bwbx.io/Xgex
· FCC “data-driven” process has produced so little data, but churned out tons of philosophical and legal arguments. http://bwbx.io/QtJn
· Current rules “have struck the right balance” and FCC should not to “mess with success.” http://bwbx.io/RJEX
Value of the Internet increases as it draws more and more social participation. http://bwbx.io/2zWv
· Net Neutrality:A single post began a multi-year adventure culminating in national press attention and FCC investigation. http://bwbx.io/lJNx
· EFF believes “ancillary jurisdiction” FCC asserted as a basis for Internet regulations is legally insufficient. http://bwbx.io/ixsg
· The real way to ensure a neutral net and economic efficiency is to increase true competition. http://bwbx.io/OoLI
· Verizon cites “bandwidth hogs” as reason to introduce usage-based billing. http://bwbx.io/OfKt
· 80% US patent applications received electronically, but prints them out and scans them into a case management system. http://bwbx.io/Iw2S
· Attack on Google used encryption and covert channels to hide itself, and was written from scratch. http://bwbx.io/jN0v
· Australian Govt to spend $250 million to provide backbone fibre to blackspots across regional Australia – pics http://bwbx.io/ZmI6
· Reason why your government isn’t working to its optimum capacity: antiquated computer technology. http://bwbx.io/NgjM
· France doing everything to save the Airbus A400M military transport plane. http://bwbx.io/sdGe
· The compensation programs at financial companies were “creating perverse incentives for riskier behavior” http://bwbx.io/CuXc
· Financial crisis: Thriving mortgage markets and soaring Wall Street profits created a false sense of security. http://bwbx.io/1GCm
· Financial crisis: Big bank profits lulled regulators. State regulators fault federal counterparts. http://bwbx.io/VjOl
· Cyberattacks may move into diplomatic agenda after sophisticated attack on Google and at least other 33 firms. http://bwbx.io/BdBV
· FCC – At issue is the future of how Americans will communicate and receive information. http://bwbx.io/hpCC
· “Such a critical information source for a newspaper industry so desperately in need of help should not go away.” http://bwbx.io/vfK9
· FCC: “This is simply not the way the government should conduct its business” http://bwbx.io/P0r0
· The music industry has a plan to convince ISPs to adopt a “graduated response” when dealing with illegal file sharing. http://bwbx.io/cpB9
· Buried in the FCC’s rules is a deeply problematic loophole. http://bwbx.io/ecVY
· FCC planning a voluntary marketplace mechanism for broadcast TV stations how they want to use their spectrum. http://bwbx.io/uMJW
· The job of the leader is to get the best out of his follower and get out of the way: http://bwbx.io/LHhE
· It’s ironic evolution has cobbled up a human brain that can remain stubbornly unconvinced about its own true origin. http://bwbx.io/Jo15
· SEC plan to ensure all orders to risk controls may prompt high-speed trading firms to convert into broker-dealers. http://bwbx.io/lVRr
· SEC will offer witnesses immunity from prosecution to combat financial crime. http://bwbx.io/GgAH
· “The (financial) crisis was not caused by “acts of God.” These were acts of men and women. These were controllable.” http://bwbx.io/n4xV
· Bailout: There is effectively no metric to determine whether Treasury’s actions met its stated goals. http://bwbx.io/NQRy
· Banks face inquisition amid atmosphere of public anger over bonuses. http://bwbx.io/2VwF
· The world’s richest dynasties are putting more of their wealth into the hands of family-run mini banks. http://bwbx.io/MoV
· Securitization passed risk of default on to investors and away from lenders – a coup for lenders. http://bwbx.io/nNF
· Problem arises when a speeding vehicle heats the air in front of it, ionizing it into plasma blocks radio transmissions. http://bwbx.io/23iR
· When average people were losing homes and jobs, Bush Admin. decided backdoor bailout of biggest players on Wall Street. http://bwbx.io/8o0m
· Google no longer willing to continue censoring search results on Google.cn http://bwbx.io/ixpf
· Verizon plans to double the fee to $360 from the $179 it currently charges customers for canceling their service early. http://bwbx.io/LlW8
· Deadline for your feedback on Net Neutrality to FCC is Thu, January 14. http://bwbx.io/Sys9
· Smaller websites might not be able to afford fees leading them to close up shop or the profits aren’t worth investment. http://bwbx.io/8cPG
· How much authority does the FCC have to determine its own jurisdiction? http://bwbx.io/xtd1
· New York Fed subpoenaed to provide documents on how and why taxpayer dollars were used for a backdoor bailout http://bwbx.io/FrK3
· Special commission set up by Congress to investigate causes of financial crisis to hold hearings next week. http://bwbx.io/d3I3
· Banking Reform: A tax that is not targeted and temporary risks creating permanent, punitive revenue grabs by Uncle Sam. http://bwbx.io/IXNK
· The Fed made record profits in 2009 and will return $45 billion to the Treasury. http://bwbx.io/EBo9
· IBM was awarded 4,914 US patents in 2009, more than any other company for a 17th straight year. http://bwbx.io/wlBL
· The very last space shuttle flight scheduled for Sept 2010, but space shuttle fleet hasn’t achieved all its goals. http://bwbx.io/oavT
· New IBM Portal for unified view of all technical support tools for all IBM systems, software, and services. http://tinyurl.com/ycqtsoe
· “Until I am guaranteed …, AT&T will need to pry my landline from my cold, dead, fingers.” http://bwbx.io/9Pmz
· Based on troubles Facebook had on privacy, can it claim Facebook’s privacy policies reflect “current social norms”? http://bwbx.io/KpEe
· “Twitter is for long term now, so they need to turn on these monetization engines. We spend more money than we make.” http://bwbx.io/XgUq
· The Fed was created by Congress, not the Constitution and requires no appropriations from Congress to operate. http://bwbx.io/Jjuq
· CISCO: “To become the top communications and IT company in the world.” http://bwbx.io/sIFm
· There is rising demand for Cisco products but its suppliers are unable to deliver everything Cisco currently needs. http://bwbx.io/epRI
· $500 million price tag for SOFIA is a bargain when you consider the $2.5 billion paid for the Hubble Space Telescope. http://bwbx.io/zHqw
· A crucial test of how the aircraft handles with its door stuck in fully open position is scheduled for early this year. http://bwbx.io/WXJ
· “The Nortel we once knew is not going to rise from the ashes. That history has been written.” http://bwbx.io/gIMg
· Far better is to have control over our most valuable commodity: time. http://bwbx.io/v9Y6
· GDP = private consumption + gross investment + government spending + (exports − imports) http://bwbx.io/KSdc
· Boeing may cancel shorter-range version of 787 Dreamliner after only remaining customer for the model canceled. http://bwbx.io/lyWz
· “Once you start messing with the economy and start pulling stimulus out, it makes it harder to maintain the recovery.” http://bwbx.io/oIzE
· The number of discouraged workers climbed to 929,000 last month, the most since records began in 1994. http://bwbx.io/72jU
· FCC “can’t get an unbridled, roving commission to go about doing good.” http://bwbx.io/rbQg
· Net neutrality is turning into a noisy side show, and distraction from real priority of wiring country for recovery. http://bwbx.io/7SRP
· Alcatel-Lucent Briefings http://tinyurl.com/ylaw24w
· U.S. regulators has urged banks to protect themselves against hikes in interest rates, and easy earnings. http://bwbx.io/7ylr
· Net neutrality is an important issue, as it may well determine the future of the Web. http://bwbx.io/m79D
· The UK government is seeking public advice on how to spend £1bn to ensure superfast broadband this decade in Britain. http://bwbx.io/wyN0
· “The Decline & Fall of Nortel Networks” http://bwbx.io/5kKS
· Brazil, China, the EU, India, Japan, Russia, South Africa, and the US ended up negotiating the Copenhagen Accord. http://bwbx.io/ppXf
· Like a political Superman, he took off with economic recovery, climate change, healthcare & financial market reform. http://bwbx.io/C1W2
· Intel releases 32 nanometer products for notebook and desktop. http://bwbx.io/C3au
Inspirational leaders unrelentingly tap the right people for each job and create opportunities within organization. http://bwbx.io/DfX
· Argentina: Standoff over attempt to oust country’s central bank chief. http://bwbx.io/bLw7
· FCC is asking for one-month extension for national broadband plan to be submitted to Congress, due by Feb. 17. http://bwbx.io/N7PR
· “We’re at the end of the bubble. It will take a long time to get the momentum going.” http://bwbx.io/CEKY
· The US economy is simply no longer viable as it is currently structured. http://bwbx.io/Qk0P
· The Icelandic economy collapse is emblematic of debt fueled banking expansion and associated risks when markets fail. http://bwbx.io/SEir
· FCC: Broadband essential for economic growth, education, public health, civic engagement and better government services. http://bwbx.io/SDFn
· For Geithner and Bernanke everything starts with the loan. But for people it starts with their bank balance and costs. http://bwbx.io/d8Q8
· Giving large financial institutions access to zero-cost borrowing is creating an “illusion of profitability.” http://bwbx.io/NEhY
· “Hey if Virginia, Exxon Mobile, Citibank, Walmart, California could do it, any employer can for their employees too” http://bwbx.io/C6Jo
· The current crisis is not failure of capitalism, but failure of people running capitalism to understand how it works. http://bwbx.io/qfk1
· TSA hoped to force bloggers to reveal who leaked TSA Security Directive SD-1544-09-06, but failed. http://bwbx.io/R6Jw
· Business owners are finding advantages of fast online tools – disadvantages of not accessing broadband are growing. http://bwbx.io/Z0Pu
Washington’s legislative initiatives of 2009 illustrate how complexity in lawmaking can conceal political evasiveness. http://bwbx.io/Zxjp
· The lesson of California is a political system dysfunctional to avert crisis is also dysfunctional to respond to it. http://bwbx.io/moBR
· Net neutrality threatens the existing business models of operators. http://bwbx.io/1RYP
We were hollowing out our productive future with worthless paper such as subprimes, dotcoms, blue chip stocks and bonds. http://bwbx.io/Bh13
· Without a statewide process, Verizon is forced into 351 separate applications, hearing preparations, and appearances. http://bwbx.io/4tF3
· What began with Y2K hysteria ends in 2009 with consumers worried about paychecks and mortgages. http://bwbx.io/BCXQ
· A guarantee is a subsidy. Failing to understand this is what permitted political class to mislead the American public. http://bwbx.io/D2ko
· Best you can say about Verizon and AT&T these days is that they are probably a better bet than a government bond. http://bwbx.io/Ms2o
· Verizon is selling off “landline business.” Does this mean at&t is planning the same? http://bwbx.io/eRkf
· Offshore deals became the biggest contributors to the trillions of dollars of losses in 2008′s global meltdown. http://bwbx.io/nMLq
· Nokia raised the heat with a new patent challenge against the iPhone maker, Apple. http://bwbx.io/mq6e
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