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A New FCC Rule Might Change How You Watch TV November 30, 2012 
The Federal Communications Commission passed a little-publicized order last month that changes how cable television providers can deliver basic broadcast channels. This rule change has far-reaching implications for those who legally grab their basic broadcast channels for free from cable, but don't buy a cable subscription. It also affects television streaming device set-top box makers, like Boxee and Roku.
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Chinese Media Accuse Cisco of Lax Security November 28, 2012 
China's state-run media could be in the early stages of a wave of attacks against U.S. telecommunications giant Cisco. A pair of Chinese media outlets -- China Economy and Informatization and the Caijing National Weekly -- reportedly singled out Cisco on the same day, calling for the company to be investigated.
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UK Tweeters Face Libel Threats Over False Rumors November 26, 2012 
As many as 10,000 Twitter users in the United Kingdom face the threat of legal action because of their tweets regarding recent sexual abuse allegations. The tweeters could be in trouble because of comments -- either posted to Twitter or forwarded to other people -- in which they refer to a BBC report that incorrectly linked a former Conservative Party official to sexual abuse of a child.
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Avaya Puts More Eggs in BYOD Basket November 26, 2012 
Avaya IP Office joined the BYOD revolution with the release of version 8.1 earlier this year. Now the company is gearing up for more changes, including a forthcoming release that will integrate video functionality into its feature set. It will continue to expand its functionality around mobility in 2013, said SVP Tom Mitchell, president of Avaya Go to Market.
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Slippery Statistics Suggest Online Piracy Is on the Wane November 08, 2012 
Sandvine has released a new report on global Internet traffic that points to the growth of online data consumption and implies that the increasing use of legitimate content services such as Netflix may be softening the impact of illegal P2P file-sharing. At face value, that seems difficult to believe. "Online piracy is booming by any measure," said industry analyst Jeff Kagan.
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Apple Loses FaceTime Patent Quibble November 07, 2012 
Apple infringed four VirnetX patents, found a federal jury in the Eastern District of Texas. The technologies in question are used in Apple's FaceTime software, which is available for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, as well as Mac computers. VirnetX was awarded $368.2 million as part of the verdict.
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The New Marketing October 31, 2012 
I spent a day last week in Boston attending a conference called the "Inbound Marketing Summit" organized by my friend and former analyst Allen Bonde. Inbound marketing IMHO is taking off in some important dimensions. Inbound marketing is a cool idea that's been pushed by multiple companies recently. For instance, HubSpot held its user meeting early in the summer, and it was all inbound marketing all the time.
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Huawei Coughs Up Down Under October 24, 2012 
Huawei reportedly has offered Australian authorities unfettered access to its software code in an effort to combat the perception that it is a security risk. In March, Huawei was barred from participating in the construction of Australia's National Broadband Network because of security concerns. More recently, the Chinese telecommunications giant was dubbed a security threat in a U.S. congressional investigation.
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Boxee Opens All You Can Eat TV Buffet October 16, 2012 
Boxee on Tuesday announced a new device, Boxee TV, which combines live TV, Web apps and a digital video recorder with cloud storage. The box hardware is based on a new chipset from Broadcom and runs software written from scratch for the device. The Boxee Box, which is the predecessor to Boxee TV, will effectively go into cold storage.
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Dish Calls Off Blockbuster-Netflix Battle Before It Begins October 08, 2012 
Dish Network is abandoning plans to develop Blockbuster into a streaming video service that would directly compete with Netflix, company founder and chairman Charlie Ergen said in an interview. Dish acquired the video rental chain for $320 million in April of 2011, months after Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy. Later that year, Dish announced it would offer a bundled movie rental service with its pay TV service.
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House C'tee Blasts Chinese Firms, Claims Buying Aids Spying October 08, 2012 
A congressional panel has warned that Chinese telecommunications giants Huawei and ZTE pose a security threat to the United States. The panel recommends that both firms should be prohibited from any mergers or acquisitions. The House Intelligence Committee launched its investigation into Huawei and ZTE, each among the world's biggest producers of telecom networking equipment, last November.
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YouTube Grows Up: The Maturing of a Medium October 03, 2012 
Remember Charlie? YouTube isn't just about cat videos and basement productions anymore. Charlie's a big boy now, and YouTube has been growing up too. The site has evolved into a full-fledged social media platform, and entertainment companies and other businesses have begun to take note. "In a world of short attention spans, text is no longer enough," said Phil Starkovich, president of Sincell.
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Eyes Have It: Big Screen Is Best for Online Video September 27, 2012 
More viewers are using their TV screens to watch downloaded or streamed video content instead of the tinier screens on their laptops, tablets or smartphones, according to new research from NPD Group. The report found that over the past year, consumers using their TV as the primary screen when watching downloaded or streaming digital content jumped from 33 to 45 percent.
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Google Goes to Great Depths for Watery Maps September 26, 2012 
Having already mapped Antarctica and the North Pole, Google has added panoramic images of coral reefs on Google Street View. Google gathered the materials through the Catlin Seaview Survey, a project designed to study the health of coral reefs. Scientists with the Catlin Group, based in Bermuda, used a trio of wide-angle lenses snapping 24-megapixel photos from each lens.
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Cheat Fresh: Romanian Pair Cop to Subway Credit Card Hack September 20, 2012 
Two Romanian men, ages 27 and 28, have pleaded guilty to a multimillion-dollar hacking scheme targeted at Subway restaurants. The two men, arrested last December, were part of what is believed to be a four-person group that stole information from an estimated 146,000 payment cards belonging to Subway customers.
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Live From Hulu Japan: It's Sunday Morning! September 19, 2012 
In an apparent effort to thwart TV show piracy, Hulu Japan, a subscription streaming site, will show episodes of Saturday Night Live mere hours after the show airs on U.S. television. Hulu, which is based in the U.S. but also operates in Japan, struck a deal not with NBC, the network that broadcasts SNL, but with Broadway Video, the company that produces the show.
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Incendiary Video Spotlights Murky YouTube Policies September 13, 2012 
YouTube was the topic of much discussion Wednesday as it grappled with whether or not to take down the video widely linked to the violence in northern Africa that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens. The video was still accessible on YouTube as of late Wednesday morning, U.S. time -- after protests had begun.
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Sony's New TV Could Put HD to Shame - If Anyone Buys It August 31, 2012 
Sony on Thursday showed off an 84-inch TV set with 4K resolution technology at the IFA consumer show in Germany. The Sony set adheres to the 4K UHDTV standard, which is 3,840 by 2,160 pixels. It offers four times the number of pixels found in the 1080p HDTV standard, which measures 1,920 x 1,080.
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Apple Tunes Out YouTube August 07, 2012 
Soon iPhone users won't see the YouTube app on their handsets and will have to go to the YouTube website from the Safari browser. Apple won't be including the app in iOS 6, as its licensing deal with YouTube is now ending. The video-sharing social networking service is now owned by Google, of course, and this could be Apple's latest move to reduce the presence of its rival.
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Apple's Language Lapse Irks Hong Kong iTunes Users July 06, 2012 
Today in international tech news: Apple may have irked some Hong Kong users when its newly-launch iTunes store displayed song titles in a language other than Cantonese. Also: Google and Italy reach a deal that will bring newsreels and propaganda from Mussolini to the Web; and Facebook lays down a big investment in a 6,200-mile underwater Internet cable in the Pacific.
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