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Dave Tuttle keeps the telecommunications industry on its toes. The 44-year-old computer programmer takes both telephone and broadband service from provider NTL at his home in Cheam, England, and gets a 40% discount on the broadband. He used to subscribe to NTL cable television for an additional $70 a month - until he discovered he could install a set-top box that allows British residents to receive digital channels without paying a monthly subscription. Recently he called a friend who was visiting India on a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service that allows users to make toll-free calls...
...release this week is Palm's latest smart phone, the Treo 700w. Slightly narrower than its predecessors, it will forsake the familiar Palm operating system for Microsoft's Windows Mobile. Available exclusively through Verizon Wireless, it should be able to take full advantage of Verizon's wire-free broadband network...
Pelosi is trying to force Washington to go high tech on other fronts as well. In a recent meeting with Google co-founder Larry Page, Pelosi told him of the Democrats' plan to try to make broadband Internet access available nationwide in 10 years. "Ten, why not two?" Page responded, so Pelosi split the difference and is aiming for five years. She is also pushing the ideas of Clayton Christensen, Harvard Business School's innovation guru who says big organizations must open up to new ideas and technology or they will get left behind. Says Pelosi: "We cannot be encumbered...
...Innovation Agenda” and speaking about the importance of women in politics. Pelosi, who as House minority leader is the highest ranking woman in congressional history, laid out a five-point plan that included a call for improved public education, more funding for research and development, universal broadband access, energy independence, and a better regulatory climate for small businesses. Each proposal was further broken down into specific planks, with provisions such as universal health care access—which Pelosi said would reduce costs for small businesses—and the addition of 100,000 scientists and engineers...
...create a slide show that appears as a small strip on your desktop. Get friends and family to sign up with Slide, and each time you drag and drop in a new pic, they will get an e-mail alert. Caveat: you will need a Windows PC and a broadband connection...