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Figuring FiOS — Will it really cost Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ - message board) more than $9,000 to bring fiber to your home? — Yes, it could. And bear with me, please: I'm about to attempt some FiOS math. — The company today said it plans to pass 18 million premises with its fiber network by the end of 2010.
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Andrew Schmitt / Nyquist Capital:
Verizon Opens the FiOS Kimono — Historically, Verizon (VZ) has held it's FiOS FTTH subscriber numbers close to the vest, and has not provided detailed information about penetration rates or success metrics. Today, they opened the kimono. — Here are the highlights: — 375k broadband subscribers today.
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Rafat / MocoNews.net:
Major Change Coming At Mobile ESPN; Winding Down Likely, Possibly Being Sold — Exclusive: [by Rafat Ali & Staci Kramer] We have heard from numerous sources that MobileESPN, the ambitious yet doomed MVNO effort from Disney, is in for a big change this week: either a phased winding down/transition …
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Barbarian / Forever Geek:
Debunking the MySpace Myth of 100 Million Users — The hype around the 'web 2.0' buzzword continues to grow and grow. From bulls**t statements like 85% of college students use Facebook (umm no, that was when less than half of US colleges were supported, yet everyone continues to cite that magical number) …
Associated Press:
Judge: StreamCast Induces Piracy — LOS ANGELES — A federal judge ruled Wednesday against the distributor of the Morpheus online file-sharing software, finding the firm encouraged computer users to share music, movies and other copyright works without permission.
Daily Mail:
Apple go to war over 'pod' — Apple is waging war against companies that use the word "pod" in product and company names, arguing customers will be confused by what brand they are buying. — The action has been fuelled by Podcast Ready, a 13-employee company, which has developed software …
Kotaku:
X06 News Shocker Summary — It sounds like X06 was quite an amazing press conference, filled with the sort of surprises and delights befitting a regular carnival of gaming. — We've posted all of the news on the site, but I thought it would be best to summarize it somewhere for those not into browsing, or reading.
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New York Times:
Super Bowl Glory for Amateurs With Video Cameras — Five amateur Super Bowl ads in a contest will be posted on Yahoo. A vote will help determine which one should be shown during the game. — By LOUISE STORY — IT was only a matter of time before a homemade commercial appeared during the Super Bowl.
Gizmodo:
iTunes 7.0.1 Has Buttloads of Mobile Phone Mentions — Normally, an iTunes update wouldn't be much news. But this one has lots of mentions of a "mobile phone" that can play video and display pictures. As far as we know, the ROKR and RAZR V3i can't do that. — Here's a taste of the strings:
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Steve Bryant / Google Watch:
Three Conspiracy Theories (and One Black Helicopter) Concerning Comcast and Google — When I posted that bit about Comcast and Google yesterday, I swear I didn't think many folks would care. But all of a sudden I started getting these quacky e-mails about how Comcast was intentionally blocking Google …
techon.nikkeibp.co.jp:
Suzuki Unveils Prototype Fuel Cell Electric Wheelchair — Suzuki Motor Corp. has developed "MIO," an electric wheelchair with a fuel cell unit. It has been designed based on Suzuki's previous electric wheelchair "Senior Car" operable with a handlebar. It is a motor-driven wheelchair …
Steve Rosenbush / Business Week:
VideoEgg Gets a Jolt of VC — With $12 million from the Starbucks chairman's venture capital firm and other investors, the startup capitalizes on the rise of Web video — Seeing riches in the Web's sudden emergence as a mainstream vehicle for video, a venture capital firm co-founded …
Tom Krazit / CNET News.com:
Intel's next-gen notebooks to feature Nokia chip — update SAN FRANCISCO—Intel's next-generation notebook will have an integrated 3G chip from Nokia and improved graphics support for Microsoft's Windows Vista, the company announced Wednesday. — Nokia's HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) …
David Pogue / Pogue's Posts:
iPhone Rumors — Everyone's always asking me when Apple will come out with a cellphone. My answer is, "Probably never." — I have friends who worked on the Palm Treo. And to this day, my gut churns to recall the hell they went through. — The problem is that when you build a cellphone …
Steve Yegge / Stevey's Blog Rants:
Good Agile, Bad Agile — Scrums are the most dangerous phase in rugby, since a collapse or inproper engage can lead to a front row player damaging or even breaking his neck. — Wikipedia — When I was growing up, cholesterol used to be bad for you. It was easy to remember. Fat, bad.
Ina Fried / CNET News.com:
Second HP employee issued probe warning — A second Hewlett-Packard employee warned others at the company that the tactics being used in its leak probe might be illegal, CNET News.com has learned. — In a Feb. 7 e-mail, HP security official Vincent Nye told the company's head of security …
