| Glenn Fleishman has written an analysis of municipal wireless networking, tracing its development from large citywide “free” networks (which did not get built out) to smaller, more targeted networks (Minneapolis, Oklahoma City). He focuses much of the article on mesh vendor Meraki’s strategy: unwiring small neighborhoods, apartment complexes and downtown areas. EarthLink’s pullout from the municipal wireless market, the failiure of wireless ISPs such as Kite Networks and MetroFi, and more impor |
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| | I'm guessing that Congress will fashion some sort of financial package for the US auto industry, but before the deal is struck, it would be helpful to generations of Americans less aware of history to have two GM-related items put on the record. The first was GM's sabotage of its 1960's electric car. As the auto company pleads for taxpayer dollars in the billions to help it stay afloat in a period highlighted by its launch of the electric Chevrolet Volt, let's have GM acknowledge and explain wh |
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| | Major electric utilities are mulling over whether to buy up—well, preorder—thousands of electric cars from U.S. automakers, reports The Wall Street Journal. Now, it's no surprise that utilities would love for plug-ins to become the future of transport—it means they can sell more electrons without having to build tons of new plants. (One federal study found that 73 percent of the nation's light vehicles could be recharged using existing infrastructure if the cars were plugged in overnight; doing |
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| | Gateway announced two new models in its FX Series of desktop PCs featuring Intel’s fastest desktop platform technology to date, the Intel® Core™ i7 processors and the Intel® X58 Express chipset. The new Core i7 processors feature faster, intelligent multi-core technology that automatically applies processing power where it’s needed most, delivering an incredible breakthrough in PC performance. An unrivaled value at just $1,249.99, the Gateway® FX6800-01e means the world of extreme gaming and |
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| | The new CETMAcargo bike from Eugene. (Photos courtesy Lane Kagay) The latest news in the hot cargo bike market comes from Eugene. The photo above is of the new CETMAcargo bike designed by Lane Kagay of CETMA Racks. All loaded up. (Photo: Lane Kagay) CETMA, well-known for their front cargo racks, moved to Eugene from San Francisco back in 2007. Kagay says his cargo bike — which is manufactured just outside Eugene — is still in prototype phase but will be will be available soon. He’ll be in |
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| | More bad news for road transport workers this week, as Daf proposes to axe 250 jobs from its Leyland, Lancashire depot, blaming a dramatic drop in orders for new trucks. Following suit is fellow manufacturer LDV, which also plans to cut 90 production jobs. With times being tough, it seems redundancy will, unfortunately, become more commonplace - but do you know the procedure to follow if your company needs to go down this route? RT.com helps you navigate the many pitfalls you may encounter throu |
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| | Air travel for business falls 8% in September: IATA November 19th, 2008 NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — A sharp drop in the number of business travelers for September looks bad for the airline industry’s revenue growth, according to data released Wednesday from the International Air Transport Association. Last month, the number of business people flying fell 8% from a year ago, coinciding with a steep decline in confidence among manufacturers in Europe, Japan and the U.S., as well as the bankruptc |
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| | The CityRacks Design Competition has come to a close, with this bicycle rack design from Ian Mahaffy and Maarten De Greeve (Bettlelab) winning top prize. The competition, which saw over 200 entries from around the world, called for an innovative bike rack design to be implemented throughout NYC. Ten of the top prototypes were installed and tested at Astor Place in NYC since September 30, including some less conventional designs, like the Gaudi-esque rack by fadarchitecture seen below. CityRa |
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| | The news in 60 seconds PAULO SOUSA APPOINTED QPR COACH The former Portugal international has signed a contract until 2011 to become the new first team coach at Loftus Road. "It is an honour to be part of this project," Sousa said. "I have always wanted to work for a big club." http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article5188902.ece ENGLAND FANS DETAINED IN BERLIN Seven England supporters are being held by German police after a number of fights and minor clashes marr |
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| | WE must admit that our present education system is not doing our nation any favours, as far as race relations is concerned. In fact, we can even go so far as to conclude that it is working against national unity. Our Constitution, of course, guarantees us a variety of schools. There are now about 6,000 national primary schools, 1,200 Chinese primary schools and more than 500 Tamil primary schools. More and more non-Malays now send their children to vernacular schools — for example, nine o |
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| | Who is the International Energy Agency? According to its website: The International Energy Agency (IEA) acts as energy policy advisor to 28 member countries in their effort to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy for their citizens. Founded during the oil crisis of 1973-74, the IEA’s initial role was to co-ordinate measures in times of oil supply emergencies. As energy markets have changed, so has the IEA. Its mandate has broadened to incorporate the “Three E’s” of balanced energy poli |
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| | mind mapping software called XMind. It is loaded with features that will help anyone give a visual representation of their ideas or thoughts. The following is an almost complete video tutorial which provides a birds eye view of the true power of XMind and what all it can accomplish. Posted in Uncategorized Mind Mapping XMind Video Tutorial - November 19, 2008 XMind Open Source Mind Mapping Software - November 17, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized If you are hesitant about |
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